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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1968
Page
2
Vice President Hubert H Humphrey vowed yesterday to press his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in a campaign push likely to intensify after his victory in early primaries and his appeal to labor groups and urban voters. He pledged to tour key states and build a broad coalition.
Atty Gen Ramsey Clark arranged a federal security watch at the GOP national convention with at least 1290 officers from local, state, and federal agencies. Secret Service leads, Florida Highway Patrol expanded around the convention hall as Humphrey condemned violence and urged peaceful democracy.
In Reno 24 prisoners will face charges of destruction of county property after a Tuesday disturbance at Washoe County Jail. Sheriff Bud Young said plumbing was torn out and the intercom system ripped from the wall, with about 1000 dollars in damage. No injuries were reported.
Police ordered curfews in Dixmoor and Harvey amid a violence surge blamed on the Black Elephants gang. A wave of gunfire and stone throwing wounded eight people and injured three, with officers shot while police responded and a fence line confrontation led to multiple arrests.
The Defense Department announced plans to deactivate 50 ships and eight air squadrons to cut defense costs by about 8 billion dollars. The measures include mothballing the guided missile light cruiser Topeka the antisubmarine support carrier Randolph and the nuclear submarine Triton. About 1,900 officers and 12,000 enlisted will be rotated elsewhere and Navy personnel reduced by roughly 13,000.
Las Vegas developer Maurice Friedman and four co defendants stand trial in Los Angeles for alleged card game rigging at the Beverly Hills Friars Club. Friedman says his personal address book was seized and seeks to bar photographs from evidence while prosecutors allege a confederate in the attic signaled card choices via electronic device.
Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy told a Columbus rally of about 4 000 that the burden of offering voters a choice for president lies with the Democrats. He predicted Nixon would be the Republican nominee and noted Rockefeller led Nixon in polls while Humphrey led in polls to challenge him. Bond introduced McCarthy, and McCarthy met Ohio delegates pledging support for Stephen Young as favorite son. The Ohio delegation weighs its roughly 24 votes in caucus next week with Humphrey around five votes and others uncommitted.
Thirteen coal miners were reported unaccounted for and possibly trapped after an accident at the Rover Queen mine near Central City Kentucky. The mine, owned by Peabody Coal Company, is one of the nation's largest bituminous coal producers.
The piece urges Republicans and Democrats to rise above ward level politics to confront nuclear tensions Viet Nam and economic dislocations. It argues for justice through equal law enforcement and stresses the need for leaders with iron resolve courage and compassion to meet urgent national demands.
Jacqueline Kennedy will cruise the Greek islands this month as a guest of Aristotle Onassis. She arrived in Greece Tuesday with her brother-in-law Senator Edward M. Kennedy and a Greek government spokesman gave no clear indication whether he would join the trip.
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