Southern Nevada Water Project dynamite blast marks start
The water project begins with a dynamite blast as 24 miles of new distribution line are prepared to serve Las Vegas Valley growth to about one million people. Key figures include N B Bennett, Robert B Griffith, Senator Bible, and Colorado River Commission member Walt Casey representing Gov. Laxalt.
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Buzz” Bennett
Bureau of Reclamation
Robert B. Griffith
Senator Bible
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Colorado River Commission
Hoover Dam
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Bible
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Southwest
Pacific Northwest
Arctic
Walt Casey
Paul Laxalt
Lincoln School Bus Crash Kills Student in Utah
Lincoln County School pep band members were en route to Parowan when the bus collided with a tractor semitrailer after a steering failure. Michael Cox, 14, of Panaca, died. 24 others were injured, two critically. Driver Wayne Cable, 31, and Theron Heap, 44, were treated and released.
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Lincoln County
Parowan
Utah
Michael Cox
Panaca
Valley View Medical Center
Cedar City
Nancy Lee
Scott Phillips
Caliente
Brookie Swallow
Stanley Young
Highway Patrol
Wayne Cable
Theron Heap
Cable
Heap
Utah Hospital
Miss Illinois Wins 1969 Miss America Title
Judith, Miss Illinois, captures the 1969 Miss America crown at Convention Hall. She is the first contestant to win both swimsuit and talent preliminaries this year and hails from Iowa City with gymnast training and a trampoline background.
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Bert Parks
Massachusetts
Catherine Monroe
Lynnfield
Mass
Iowa
Susan Alane Thompson
Des Moines
Oregon
Marjean Kay Langley
Milton-Freewater
Ore
Debra Dene Barnes
Sunstrand Corporation
Iowa City
Don
Brooke Bolts Nixon Trail Disagreements On Senate Work
Senator Brooke, the only Black member of the Senate, criticized Nixon on several policy points during the campaign while remaining open to joining Nixon's travel team. He said he would campaign for the ticket and return to votes on gun control, Miranda decisions, and court criticism, stressing honest disagreements and continued support.
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Rhode Island
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Thomas E. Dewey
Harry S. Truman
Richard Nixon
Chicago
National GOP Leader Backing National Primaries
House GOP Leader Gerald Ford urged consideration of nationwide presidential primaries with conventions focusing on vice presidential picks and platforms. He warned against abolishing conventions entirely and discussed electoral college changes and potential 1968 deadlock scenarios. Ford predicted a GOP gain in House seats and state delegations to aid Nixon in a possible House decision.
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Saigon under pressure as hit run attacks and shelling rise
U S infantry said they killed 37 Communists southwest of Saigon while surrounding a 400 man Viet Cong battalion near Can Duoc aided by helicopter gunships. Saigon suffered terror bombings in Cholon with casualties and a major warehouse fire near the presidential palace. Navy ships near Saigon came under rocket fire. pilots flew 81 missions as Typhoon Bess hindered air operations.
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U.S
Mekong River
Can Duoc
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Ira Hunt
McLean
Cholon
Ellsworth
U.S. Navy
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Soviets Lay Down Rules For Czechs
Soviet emissary Vasily Kuznetsov delivered Kremlin demands to Czechoslovak leader Alexander Dubcek urging removal of counterrevolutionaries and a one party rule before occupation troops withdraw. The 14 point Moscow agreement calls suppression of antisocialist elements and normalization through Kremlin dictates.
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UPS
Vasily Kuznetsov
Kremlin
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Kuznetsov
Oldrich Cernik
Dubcek
Stepan Chervonenko
Central Committee
Kommunist
Jiri Hajek
Radio Prague
Hajek
Moscow
Ota Sik
Presidium
Gustav Husek
Dubcck
Husak
Release of Pueblo Crew Near Release Not Confirmed
The United States said it has no reason to believe the Pueblo crew will be released and declined to link the North Korean notice to the ship’s fate. The 83 crew members were seized January 23 in disputed waters, with one sailor dying in custody. Negotiations have continued within the Korean Armistice Commission at Panmunjom, and Washington maintains the true story awaits the crew’s release.
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Pueblo
Pyongyang
Kim Il Sung
Korean Armistice Commission
Panmunjom
North Korea
Wonsan
State Department
Pentagon
U.S
Two Die In Hotel Fire At Cartwright Hotel Sidney
Two residents died when flames engulfed the Cartwright Hotel in Sidney New York just off Main Street. Five guests were present. owner Connie West unaccounted. Ray Price and John Tracey suffered broken legs leaping from windows. two other guests rescued unharmed. A second fire damaged a nearby garage destroying two cars.
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N.Y
UPI
Cartwright Hotel
Connie
West
Ray Price
John Tracey
Sidney Hospital
San Francisco Bans Sex Education Film Time of Your Life
San Francisco public school officials announced the controversial film Time of Your Life will not be used in the coming term. Prepared by an Educational Television station, it drew objections from some parents as part of the family life education program.
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San Francisco
UPI
Zone Adjustment Hearing Slated
A special City Commission meeting is set for 2 p.m. on October 2 to hear an appeal by Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Hawley of 904 Willow. They challenge a Board of Zoning Adjustment decision granting a use permit for a hospital parking lot at 905 Rose Street, requested by Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital.
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R. E. Hawley
Willow
Board of Zoning Adjustment
BZA
Rose St
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
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