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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1968
Page
1
National Republican Party chairman Ray Bliss hopes to finish next week with a clear standard bearer. He has been less controversial this year as the party plots its message and candidate lineup.
By Bryn Armstrong. Nixon led in Gallup July polling, while Harris showed Rockefeller ahead with Humphrey and McCarthy. later a joint Harris Gallup statement claimed neck-and-neck races among Humphrey Nixon and Rockefeller beating Democrats, amid the surge of polling as the GOP convention nears.
Two key Republican favorite sons James Rhodes and Spiro Agnew arrived in Miami amid a Nixon Rockefeller battle. Rhodes and Agnew hold 84 first ballot votes and say they are for no candidate while weighing a pact with Michigan and Ohio delegations. Agnew may release delegates after talks. Romney and others eye a single candidate to rally support.
Nevada's George Abbott helped steer Western leaders at a Miami Beach convention toward supporting Ronald Reagan on the first ballot with hopes Nixon would not secure an immediate victory. The movement, described as courtesy votes for Reagan, aimed to recognize the popular California governor from the West.
A Las Vegas veterinarian Dr. Earl Jameson 41 and his children Earl Jr 15 Reena 11 and A L 5 were found dead in the wreckage of their light plane in a remote mountain valley 30 miles northwest of Laramie Wyoming. The Cessna reportedly collided in mid air with an unknown object.
A twin engine Beech craft and a Suns in one strayed patrol collided in the Laramie Valley near Medicine Bow and Pole mountains. William and Edith Nagley of Basking Ridge New Jersey were identified among the dead. Both planes were overdue in the Colorado Wyoming area and found near dawn by a rancher. The Cessna piloted by Jameson struck the Beechcraft behind its fuselage causing the Beechcraft to pancake and roll.
Three independent taxi firms resumed operations at midnight after a prolonged bargaining session with Teamsters Local 881. County police bolstered escorts for operators as unions seek an interim industry-wide agreement while a possible airport franchise looms. Independent “Little Giants” propose a control plan run by the Teamsters to issue licenses and regulate pay, aiming to set an example for others amid disputes over a future cab allocation system.
A light plane crashed into the Las Vegas Convention Center last night at 9 25 p m. One person was dead and police searched the wreckage for other bodies after the aircraft brushed Landmark Tower and tore into a meeting room.
A North Las Vegas patrol car responded to a disturbance at 1937 Balzar St where Sgt Jerry Zoner and two suspects were shot during a melee. Wounded suspect William T. Wilkerson Jr. was in critical condition with four bullet wounds. Zoner was in critical condition but expected to survive.
The GOP resolutions committee backed a platform endorsing administration rejected methods to aid ghettos and condemning strict gun controls. Agreement on Vietnam policy remained unsettled as delegates discussed a broad cities in crisis plank.
Variable cloudiness with gentle winds. Today's high 183 and low 76 reflect warm waves. Noontime humidity 2 percent and sunrise at 5 49 with sunset at 7 45 define a long day.
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