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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1964
Page
1
The piece blasts advisers and politicians amid a presidential campaign, recalling past warnings and missed chances. It contrasts Goldwater Republicans with a fumbling ex president and cites Hungarys 1956 revolt and Czech and Vietnamese tensions to question when decisive steps should have been taken. Noting U S Marines, it references the Nation’s UN role and calls for timely leadership.
Turkish air raids on the northern coast of Cyprus killed 21 people and wounded 200 as eight attacks targeted Greek Cypriot positions around Kokkina. One jet reportedly was shot down. UN commander Col Jonas Waern narrowly escaped when rockets struck nearby.
Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor fumes over a dispute with Princess Grace of Monaco and vows not to work for her again. She says French lawyers will act against a millionaire lord’s daughter after a row at Nice Airport. Gabor, her husband, and daughter Francesca returned from Monaco with stories of peer rebuffs and a Monte Carlo gala ahead.
Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy plans a push for the U S Senate in New York. President Johnson approves the move after eliminating him as a possible running mate. Kennedy has discussed with Mayor Robert Wagner and other New York leaders, aiming to replace Republican Sen. Kenneth Keating.
Dr. David M. Spain said the body of James Chaney, one of three civil rights workers slain, showed a brutal beating with a blunt instrument or a chain before the shooting. The family doctor noted he had never witnessed such injuries in a case of this nature.
New York pathologist Dr. Spain described Chaney’s injuries, noting a shattered jaw, crushed left arm, multiple arm fractures, and a skull fracture pushing bones toward the brain. He suggested deaths could result from severe beating or gunshot wounds, while the mother Mrs Fannie Chaney pressed for full public disclosure and trial. A second autopsy was planned for Mich.
Increasing cloudiness with afternoon and evening thunder showers. Winds shift from south to 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph this morning through evening. Highs reach 107 with yesterday's high 109, humidity around noontime and sunrise at 5 45 sunset at 7 38.
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