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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1968
Page
1
It would be Hughes' first venture into northern Nevada since arriving in Las Vegas about 15 months ago. He has concentrated his spending spree in the south and faces pressure to shift northward.
City officials push an $8 million municipal complex funded without definite financing plans. Critics warn of poor timing and demand public detailing of need, costs, and repayment before asking taxpayers for money. The site would reuse the present city hall and adjacent lot amid a broader study of unified government options.
President Johnson announced the United States will establish contact with North Vietnam for peace talks and will fly to Honolulu for a weekend of consultations with American officials and allies. Defense Secretary Clifford and Gen. Wheeler will accompany him, with Dean Rusk likely to join from SEATO talks in Wellington. Geneva was mentioned as a possible site for negotiations.
AFL CIO president George Meany announced the union backs Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey as the Democratic nominee without membership ratification. The move follows Humphrey's talks with President Johnson and Kennedy and challenges Kennedy and McCarthy in Wisconsin race aftermath.
U S Marine forces and South Vietnamese troops drive toward Khe Sanh three miles from the besieged outpost. Helicopter gunships reportedly kill a North Vietnamese company while 79 enemies and allied troops die in clashes north of Saigon.
New York Stock Exchange trading volume shattered its 175 year record as prices generally rose amid wartime peace developments. The market responded to two simultaneous moves in the Vietnam War ending negotiations and policy shifts.
The State Gaming Control Board begins a new program this weekend sending agents in powder-blue blazers with a blue and silver state seal to patrol Nevada casinos. The initiative marks a fresh look for enforcement as agents hit the clubs.
Las Vegas labor groups hailed a 3 to 2 city commission vote defeating a resolution to bar city employees from union membership. Sponsor Jim Corey and Grant Stewart voted yes to the ban while Mayor Oran Grayson and commissioners Phil Mirabelli and Wes Howery opposed it. A packed crowd filled the meeting room after a mayoral and commissioner push and a commentary by Lou Paley of the Nevada State AFL-CIO.
UPI reports a federal judge barred Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and associates from organizing a 6,900 person march in Memphis. King vowed to ignore the injunction, citing first amendment rights amid recent violence that left one dead, 62 injured, and 276 arrested. National labor leaders and outsiders were expected to join the planned march.
Sunny conditions with northerly winds 10 to 15 mph. High near 75 and low around 46. Yesterday's high 69 and low 46. Noontime humidity at 24 percent. Sunrise at 5 23, sunset at 6 05.
Mahlon E. Faust of Donrey Outdoor Advertising writes to the SUN Budiemen column claiming a recent answer about the Gnakyak was inaccurate. He cites a March sighting of Gnakyaks in Pahrump and an unverified report of one in Rock Springs, Wyoming.
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