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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1968
Page
1
Don January of Dallas, Texas, won the 16th Annual Tournament of Champions at Stardust Country Club with an eight under par 276 earning $30,000. Julius Boros finished second at seven under 277, while Randy Glover tied for third at 279 and earned $12,000.
Blustery winds and rain hit Las Vegas as the Tournament of Champions golf classic concluded before 16,000 fans, part of a four day spectacle watched by 35,000 total. Gusts up to 38 mph uprooted trees and stirred debris while forecasters warn of more wind and possible rain today.
U S official Katzenbach voiced optimism that the Vietnam peace talks site dispute will be resolved though other State Department staff questioned Hanoi sincerity. He cited secret diplomacy and Johnson's bombing pause as groundwork for possible talks while signaling continued caution about Hanoi's responses. Weather and regional conditions dominated other items with storms, floods, and unseasonable warmth across the United States.
CHICAGO UPI The hunter of Eichmann and organizer of Nazi prosecutions Tuviah Friedman claimed he has information that Martin Bormann deputy to Adolf Hitler is living in Chile. Friedman, who tracked Eichmann for 15 years, spoke at a Warsaw ghetto uprising anniversary service and said he would seek to bring Bormann to the United States if found.
The FBI intensifies the hunt for Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray with an emergency listing, nationwide manhunt, and border alerts. Ray’s alias Eric Starvo Galt is cited as the man who killed King in Memphis on April 4.
Monique Peterson a 30 year old French cosmetic specialist on her first parachute jump survived a fatal fall after her parachute malfunctioned in Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital she remains in serious condition with a broken back and possible internal injuries Dudley Wyncoop of San Francisco witnessed the dramatic descent and called her lucky to be alive.
South Vietnamese and U S forces fought side by side to smash two Viet Cong battalions near Tra Hup camp 24 miles west of Saigon. Allied reports tallied 104 enemy dead in four clashes. 31 more Viet Cong were killed in the main engagement. A separate report noted a North Vietnamese woman was found among seven enemy bodies.
Harris survey shows 71 percent favor federal gun control bills, up 5 points since last August, with gun owners at 65 percent in favor. Rural areas report highest gun ownership at 78 percent, while sentiment remains strong despite NRA opposition.
North Korean infiltrators fired on a U S Army patrol on the western Korea truce line. Five to eight aggressors crossed the no man’s land and exchanged fire with U S troops before retreating. No immediate casualties reported. This marked the fourth border incident in a week including two more attacks and a deadly ambush last weekend.
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