New Southern Nevada Water Project Undergoes Blast Start
U S Sen Alan Bible pressed a button triggering a dynamite blast to start the New Southern Nevada Water Project. The ceremony marked the formal kickoff as construction commences on the canal and pumping works planned to modernize regional water supply.
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Dropout moods frame Vietnam stand in political column
The piece argues youths and middle aged voters may disengage from elections over Vietnam and moral questions. It cites Sen Eugene McCarthy’s stance as a model for principled opposition to war and criticizes lesser evil choices in the 1960s presidential field. The column contrasts idealism with reality and laments war’s impact on a free nation.
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Miss Illinois Wins Miss America 1969 Title
Judith Anne Ford, 18, of Illinois, was named Miss America 1969 in Atlantic City. A University of Illinois sophomore from Belvidere, she performed a trampoline talent routine, stands 5 ft 7, 125 pounds, with 36 24 36 measurements, and hopes to become a high school physical education teacher.
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Belvidere
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Mrs
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Sunny Southwest Winds Bring Hot Day Across City
Weather report notes sunny skies with southwesterly winds 10 to 20 mph. Today's high reaches 105 degrees and low 75, following yesterday's 104/72. Noontime humidity at 9 percent. sunrise 6 17, sunset 6 59.
Brooke Bolts Nixon Voter Tour Sees Split on Issues
UPI reports Sen Edward M. Brooke of Massachusetts, a Nixon campaign milepost, says he supports Nixon but disagrees on some issues including Supreme Court handling of criminal cases. Brooke and Sen Thruston Morton have been top tour associates. Brooke leaves Washington for Senate business with no set return date.
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Richard M. Nixon
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Pueblo crew release rumor fuels Panmunjom talks
In Seoul a report of a secret Panmunjom meeting heightened speculation over the release of the Pueblo's surviving 82 man crew. A hospital ward was cleared and ambulances stood by as U.S. soldiers prepared for potential casualties.
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Mechanics Puzzled In Bus Mishap
Investigators said a 1967 Ford school bus involved in a fatal crash with a semi truck on Utah Highway 56 was not recalled for steering repairs. The wreck killed one student and injured 24 as mechanics and highway patrol examined the 70 foot embankment collapse near Cedar City.
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Cedar City
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