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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1968
Page
1
A powerful quake struck Manila at 4 21 am collapsing several multistory structures. Police feared hundreds dead with 62 bodies recovered from rubble and a five story apartment building in Santa Cruz described as collapsing under a standing. Inmates escaped unharmed from a city jail section as authorities warned the toll could reach 200 in one building.
The editorial notes that both major parties hold national conventions in large halls with security measures and media restrictions. It recalls 1964 dynamics in San Francisco and Atlantic City and cites Dwight Eisenhower's push for limiting television coverage and tall guards to preserve order on the convention floor. It flags GOP concerns about these changes and the desire for a more solemn process.
Justice of the Peace Herman Fishher bound Sylvester Azbill 39 over to District Court for trial on charges he killed his wife Rose Mapel Azbill 41 after a secret preliminary hearing. The December 1967 death involved drugging and fire in the Rancho Circle home. expert medical testimony was presented and Azbill's son Brad testified.
A joint release from Gallup and Harris reports Nixon and Humphrey neck and neck with Rockefeller gaining ground since Gallup's July poll. The surveys vary by timing and method, but analysts say sequential plotting supports a tight race among Nixon Humphrey McCarthy and Rockefeller.
Editor notes this second article on Richard Nixon alliances. It describes a Democratic cult of Nixon watchers who hoard clippings and confidential reports fearing a future Nixon campaign. The piece links Nixon to Roger Milliken Eugene Beesley and drug industry lobbying as part of a broader pattern.
Nelson Rockefeller moves into a six point lead over Hubert Humphrey or Eugene McCarthy with Nixon trailing. The poll of 1346 voters shows Rockefeller ahead 40 to 34 against Humphrey and 40 to 34 against McCarthy after a month of campaigning.
Independent cab owners began closed talks on a contract proposal to make them union firms following a general strike that left 500 cab drivers idle. Extra buses were added during the strike as major firms like The Strip Nellis and Star Cab seek greater control and can field 89 cabs among them.
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