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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1966
Page
1
North Viet Nam gun crews reportedly shot down six American warplanes, tying a year-old daily record. Two of the eight airmen survived, while six were listed as missing after the combat above Saigon. North Viet Nam claimed seven US planes were shot down in the same action.
Latin music king Xavier Cugat and Charo, a 21-year-old Spanish singer, wed in a Caesars Palace ceremony presided by Justice of the Peace James Brennan. The couple emerged to cameras, cut a cake, and Cugat gave Charo a diamond clip before a small reception with family and friends.
President Johnson’s daughter Luci and husband Pat Nugent secretly flew to Nassau announcing privacy at Capri Corn villa owned by Rebekah Harkness. They traveled with seven other newlywed couples on a Pan Am 707 from New York, guarded by security as bystanders recognized nothing.
Scattered afternoon clouds and gentle winds. Today's high reaches 110 with a low of 80. Sunrise is 5 53 and sunset 7 39. Noontime relative humidity near 23 percent. Yesterday’s high 111 and low 81.
A Braniff BAC 111 crashed near Falls City Nebraska killing all 42 aboard. Witnesses saw a bright flash before the explosion as the jet fell from stormy skies into a soybean field. Only two crew remains were recovered while investigators assess sabotage and cause.
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