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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1969
Page
2
A reader compares military service to sending pets to war. Citing two dogs and a cat, the writer argues government demands are rapacious and that pets deserve loyalty and love, not deployment. He would sacrifice his family and life but resist sending his dog to conflict.
Television personality Art Linkletter told a House committee that the Beatles promote an acid culture and that only a Nixon Beatles debate on TV could win teen attention for drug education. He cited his daughter Tiane’s LSD related death and warned against media and commercial forces fueling drug use.
The committee votes to tax income currently exempt or lightly taxed, raising estimated revenue by 155 million dollars more than the House plan. The bill preserves eight tax preference categories while preserving some loopholes for the wealthy, including tax-free bonds and certain charitable deductions. Intangible drilling costs would be included in the minimum tax under the Senate version.
Col. Gen. Nikolai P. Kamanin reported successful testing of a radio system linking three Soyuz spaceships with ground controls via an orbiting communications satellite. The test occurred during the Soyuz 6 7 and 8 missions last week with seven spacemen aboard.
American-born Soviet spies Peter and Helen Kroger arrived in Poland from London to begin a new life after a prisoner exchange. The Krogers, once sentenced in 1961 for selling Polaris secrets, were freed in London and escorted by Polish security officials to a waiting minibus at Okecie airport.
Washington officials inform the White House Budget Bureau they object to a plan that would grant states an extra year to meet Federal meat inspection standards. The Curtis bill would allow until December 15, 1970, for intrastate systems to match the federal program for meat sold interstate. It also offers a further year, to December 1971, for states showing significant progress by 1970.
The writer Jack Kerouac was buried in Lowell Massachusetts with traditional Roman Catholic ceremonies held at St. Jean Baptiste Church. Poets friends and family attended the mass celebrated by Father Armand Morisette.
The piece recalls Tuesday’s 90 percent humidity easing to 40 percent by evening as visibility improved. Temperatures ranged from 48 to 71 degrees with Nevada’s alleged 8.81 inch annual rainfall questioned by weather reporters citing city-based records and regional variability.
First Lady Pat Nixon weighs small updates to formal White House rooms that Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis restored. Plans include replacing worn fabrics and a rug while avoiding a major overhaul. Any changes require approval from the Fine Arts Committee and Preservation Committee. Sarah Doile, a New York decorator, reviews silk fabrics and Upholstery as Nixon notes the rooms remain beautiful as they are.
UPI Chicago A federal court judge denied bond-related permission for defendants David Dellinger and Bernard Davis to fly to Paris for a meeting with a North Vietnamese peace delegate. Attorney Kunstler said the trip could aid prisoner releases. Hoffman refused the motion and said bail provisions for a defendant on trial would not be enlarged.
Bonn The West German mark rose 8.5 percent as brandt government action sets official rate at 3.46 per dollar, up from four. Revaluation raises German goods prices abroad and may require Common Market measures to shield farmers from cheaper imports. Economics Minister Schiller called move brave but prudent. Josef Ertl urged import levies and export rebates to cushion farmers until EM currencies align.
The British Coal Board spent 3 million pounds over five years to develop a perfect smokeless briquette. The new briquettes are cushion shaped and dimpled, designed to stay on the fire without falling off, according to Edward Hawthorne the technical manager of the Board's briquette section.
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