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" aire Lone FIT en Ee ST 0 eer eee re art ae UK E N N B D. y: Continued from previous page s overnight stay in 100 a plate dinner to be the headquarters for t Las Vegas and the scene of for Sen. Cannon, who will be seeking a third term . next year. Kennedy checked into his penthouse suite about 3 p.m. and for the next 45 minutes exchanged small © . talk with a group of local people, He changed his clothes, and then departed for the Sands Hotel for . a private cocktail party for about 200 persons which _ was-hosted by Robert Maheu, chief of the Hughes- Nevada Operations, He remained at the hotel until- _ about 5 p.m,, then returned to his Sahara quarters, _ entering the’ hotel through the rear entrance, 2,000 Greet Senator Aides said his back was hurting. He bathed ~ the heat relieved.the pain from the injuries Kennedy suffered in an airplane crash years ago, After ’ resting, he made his way tothe Sahara Space Center where more than 2,000 persons were gathered, He - entered for the pre-dinner reception about 7 p.m., - and spent more than an hour shaking hands. At 8:10 p.m., the group made its way to the dais, ’ and the speeches began, Kennedy’s speech and the activities of the others - while they were on the dias was adquately: covered - by the local press. There’s no point in repeating them here, Kennedy appeared restless:.at the head- table, some observed, The event lasted until 10:45 p.m. At the conclusion of the dinner, Kennedy ac- companied Jerry Mack, co-chairman of the event, his wife Joyce, and their two daughters tothe Sands . Hotel.: They sat in the lounge talking until: about midnight. Then the senator and the Macks parted company, Soon, Kennedy was observed walking. to the elevators to the Sands high. rise: with. a hotel employee, Two detectives ‘who were assigned to. protect him followed, but were unable to get into’: the same elevator. They watched the needle ‘stop “ at the 18th floor. Kennedy Vanishes in High Rise When the elevator returned to the lobby empty, the two detectives got in and went tothe 18th floor. There they met the hotel employee who had been ‘with Kennedy. He was returning to the elevator. ‘Where is he?’’ the detectives asked. - “The hotelman was.' evasive, persisted and got impatient. “Well, he’s in. theré, just getting some rest,” "the hotel official said, pointing to roorn 1895. “‘We’re. assigned to protect him, so we’ll stay - here too,’’ the detectives said, meaning an awkward . wait in the. corridor outside room 1895. Soon the hotel employee returned with a key to _. the room directly across ‘the corridor. The detec- “NEVADA REPORT ao Published monthly’ at Las Vegas, Nevada “ , Offices: Suite 10 ~'880-East Sahara Avenue, . a , _. Las Vegas, Nevada 89705. , oa noo. Telephone (702) 735- 6883 Loa, , rv Mail Subscription, $25 per year ; ’ Colin McKinlay, Editor Publisher 1-fe rt tw oh The detectives ° Tay A eae CET DER tives went inside, left the -door open and made — themselves comfortable. MidnighgR efreshyaents Delivered Minutes latem™@cthey were alerted to the sound of . footsteps in the corridor. It was a young man in the . uniform of a room service clerk. He was carrying’... a bottle of Scotch and a bottle of Vodka, He knocked ™ on a door of No, 1895. The door was opened by an - attractive bosomy bloride, about 25 years ‘old, and -° a’ one-time showgirl before the Sands discontinued its, chorus line. Shé took the liquor andice and gave ° the clerk $30. Sen, Kennedy had a 7 a.m. flight for Springfield, Mo., where he was to be the keynote speaker for an agricultural group, So, the detectives were pounding on the door before 6 a.m. to awaken him, Again, the attractive blonde opened the door, then slammed it immediately, A short time later, a Mexican-American, about 50 years old, also wear- . ing a room service uniform, knocked at the door, °” The girl opened it, and the, ‘room service waiter pushed a table containing a breakfast spread: into the room. Sen. Kennedy and the girl sat down to breakfast. - About 10. minutes later, the girl left the room alone, Sen. Kennedy emerged a few minutes later,. . joined the two detectives and the three returned to the Sahara where he could check out of his room -> and leave for the airport. There was little con- versation — there was nothing to talk about. The story would never have needed telling had ‘it not been for Mary Jo Kopechne. .-of industrial and household’ waste. closing in on the Vietnam-war and crime inthe. Political Twist To Water Pollution Washington ‘has its Potomac, Cleveland its Cuyahoga and Detroit its Lake Erie all of which have a common denominator — they are cesspools . Pollution is. streets aS examples of human helplessness, Nevada, which hoped to be the brilliant American “exception, is becoming ever more concerned about the quality of water in Lake Tahoe and Lake Mead. ‘In alarm, the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce -turned to the Hughes organization to underwrite and ‘analysis of the problem in the south, The. task fell on Hughes man John Meier, who prepared a detailed study of the water pollution problem and a solution, which received wide press coverage. It concludes ‘that the water can be useful if it is deposited’ somewhere other than Lake Mead. ° But, involved in such a project is the fight through a maze of buréaucratic and political hurdles, Since ‘ the pollution of Lake Mead is comparatively recent, it could be cleaned up for a fraction of the cost of a similar project for Lake Erie, The Meier solution involves a self-financing plan since the waste water would be sold for agricultural purposes, and the.. nitrates and phospates of Las Vegas effluent are -the ingredients which make the grass grow green. What was unforseen with the Méier study was that the’ young executive would become soembroiled in the matter that he is gding to attack it on the political, level. Look: for Meier to quit the Hughes organization before the end of the year and run for - one of the state’s highest ‘public offices where he .. can ‘grappel with air ‘and. water pollution at its . bureaucratic ‘center, And, it. will all be with the- blessing.of/Hughes,.. fu JJ ctr.