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Newspaper

Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1968

Page

2

Longest Continuous Undersea Study Set Announced

In San Diego the third Marine Systems and Anti-Submarine Warfare meeting unveils TEKTITE I plans. Four scientists will live 60 days at 50 feet depth near St John Island in the Caribbean aboard two GE built habitats.

San Diego Calif UPS Great Lameshur Bayy St. John Island Caribbean Navy National Aeronautics and Space Administration Department of the Interior General Electric Co General Electric Valley Forge Space Technology Center Sealab Scalab

Political Hopefuls Await Rocky's Move

Five weeks after saying he could not foresee active candidacy Governor Nelson A Rockefeller was expected to become an active candidate for the Republican nomination. Other items note Humphrey urging cooperation for Vietnam talks and criticism of Johnson endorsements from cabinet members. Kennedy campaigns in Indiana on hunger and food stamps, McCarthy to students in Terre Haute, and Nixon resting before a Pennsylvania event.

Nelson A. Rockefeller Republication America Agriculture Department McCarthy Schute High School Terre Haute Ind Nixon Pennsylvania Raymond P. Shafer

Ex Deputy Charged In Saloon Theft in Virginia City

Robert T. Sheridan a former deputy sheriff was arrested in Virginia City on charges of accessory to burglary after allegedly aiding concealing and withholding information on a $5,000 theft from the Delta Saloon. Sheridan who investigated the April 15 burglary was released on a $5,000 bond.

Virginia City UPI Delta Robert T. Sheridan Sheriff's Office Sheridan

Allied Forces Crush Marching Commies in Vietnam Fight

Allied forces reported about 1,200 North Vietnamese troops marching south of the Demilitarized Zone near Dong Ha were engaged in a five hour battle that killed 130. In the A Shau Valley, U S air cavalrymen conducted search and destroy missions around four outposts in an 11 day operation. Reports cite 469 enemy killed in the broader theater with South Vietnamese units claiming 104 killed and Marines 26. Four Marines died and 22 wounded. South Vietnamese casualties described as light. Three clashes occurred in Hau Nghia Province west of Saigon with 58 Communists killed.

Saigon U.S A Shau A Shau Valley Highway 1 Don Ha Bridge Hau Nghia

Truax To Enter Plea In Securities Theft Case

Thomas N. Truax, 26, former ABAG assistant administrator, arraigned on seven counts involving 203500 dollars in stolen ABAG securities. Judge Weigel grants three week delay. plea set for May 21. bail 100000. Truax alleged to have gambled away over 500000 in ABAG funds. He was returned from Palm Beach after a Feb 8 disappearance.

San Francisco UPI Thomas N. Truax Association of Bay Area ABAG U. S Herman Mintz Oakland Truax Berkeley Las Vegas

Burglars Active On Strip Victims Reported Missing Jewelry

A New York couple said their hotel room loot totaled 1,325 in cultured pearls and a pearl bracelet. Mrs. Rose Bachman of Milwaukee reported a beaded purse with jewelry and cash worth 2,665 stolen from an Imperium Room on the Strip. Deputies found no signs of forced entry.

New York Leonora Meister Seven Oaks N. Y Imperium Rose Bachman Milwaukee

Climax in New York Uprising Ends With Peace Move

UPI reports Columbia University life returned toward normal as President Grayson Kirk accepted a peace formula from 200 faculty members to end the week-long student protest affecting 1,000 of 27,500 students. A brief clash occurred between rebels and counterdemonstrators as actions progressed. Faculty promise to disclose whether peace efforts succeeded.

New York UPI Columbia University University Grayson Kirk

Accident Sends Boy To Hospital In Las Vegas

A two year old Las Vegas boy was injured in a two car crash at Sahara Avenue and Nellis Boulevard. He is in fair condition at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital with cuts and bruises. He was a passenger in Dorothy Remakel s vehicle. Driver Ralph Boulter was not injured.

Las Vegas Sahara Avenue Nellis Boulevard Highway Patrol Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital Robert Spearman Chicago St Dorothy Remakel Cannon Blvd Ralph Boult

King's Followers Launch Poor People's Crusade in Washington

Multiracial Committee of 100 led by Rev. Ralph Abernathy demanded food housing jobs and guaranteed incomes for the nation s needy. They met with Agriculture Secretary Freeman and Attorney General Ramsey Clark delaying beyond schedule and warned of mass civil disobedience if demands are not addressed.

Washington UPI Martin Luther King First Congregational Church Ralph Abernathy King Southern Christian Leader Ship Conference Abernathy Agriculture Orville L. Freeman Freeman Atty Gen Ramsey Clark Clark Bertram Haring Office of Economic Opportunity OEO Dean Rusk

Mexico could feed the Pacific Basin says WAL executive

Western Air Lines senior VP Arthur F. Kelly told AMAV delegates that Mexico can supply goods and agriculture to meet future Orient and Pacific Basin needs. He cited Los Mochis as a proving ground and predicted Acapulco Manzanillo and Jalisco as major trading ports and urged a Mexico Alaska trade mission.

Arthur F. Kelly Western Air Lines Mexican Travel Agents Association AMAV Hotel Tropicana Mexico Orient Pacific Basin Kelly Los Mochis Imperial Valley Coachella Valley San Joaquin Valley Acapulco Manzanillo Jalisco U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board Robert L. Park Hawaii Far East South Pacific U.S Westerns Pacific Examiner Western California Mexico City Los Angeles San Diego Japan Alaska Hickel

California Pair Sues Sheriff s Department over Frontier arrest

Margie Sherman and Wesley Sherman of Lodi California filed a $50 000 false arrest suit against the Clark County Sheriff s Department alleging public humiliation after being arrested with more than a half dozen others at the Frontier Hotel casino. Charges against the Shermans and Jolla Stevenson were dropped for lack of evidence. Four others awaiting trial face counts of attempting to cheat the hotel by switching a marked deck. investigators say the scheme was photographed by Hughes era monitoring equipment.

California Clark County Frontier Hotel

Capetown Doctor Reacts To Paris Heart Transplant

Dr Christiaan Barnard the pioneer of the heart transplant voiced surprise and pleasure at news that French surgeons in Paris had performed a similar operation. He noted he had not expected such procedures and predicted the field would advance despite current limits.

Capetown South Africa UPI Paris Christiaan Barnard

Where Lionel Where Lionel Continued from Page 1

A blocky montage of anecdotes and workplace jabs. A PR veteran praised at Caesars. Jokes about a Vegas hotel boss and a rough tip incident. A jab at form EEO-1 notices. A light note ends with Ruthe D. signing off.

Commie Party Summit Conference Scheduled

A Soviet backed plan sets the world party summit for Moscow on November 25 with 54 nations involved. The communique urged dissidents to unite while Romania Yugoslavia North Korea China Albania stayed away from prep talks and Czechoslovakia led calls for open discussions of camp divisions.

Budapest UPS Soviet Union Moscow Romania Yugoslavia Eta Czechoslovakia North Korea China Albania Peking Europe

Bermuda calm after curfew as troops patrol streets

Bermuda faced days of unrest with 17 injured and 100 arrested as riots struck Hamilton. A dusk to dawn curfew and state of emergency kept violence down, while a British warship offshore and steel helmeted troops and police guarded the capital. Tourists fled by sea and air seeking safety.

Hamilton Bermuda UPI Atlantic

Lions Club Broom Sale Planned in Las Vegas

The Las Vegas Lions Club announces a three day broom sale starting today through Thursday. Chairman Don Harris says proceeds fund programs to help the blind and prevent blindness.

Las Vegas Lions Club Don Harris

NAACP LDF launches drive against racial housing ads

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund announced a campaign to enforce the new Fair Housing Law. Its first targets are fourteen Southern newspapers accused of using racial designations in advertising.

New York UPI NAACP LDF

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