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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1968
Page
4
Two Las Vegas workers perished and a third was critically injured yesterday in Barstow while trying to rescue a friend from contaminated sewage gas. Ronald Finley and Salvador Seja died from gas exposure. a third man remains in critical condition.
Theodore Teddy Whitlock 19, a private first class from North Las Vegas, was killed August 1 in a Quang Nam Province firefight. A Marine rifleman with Easy Company 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, he had served since December 1967 after working as a busboy at the Aladdin Hotel.
Testimony at a preliminary hearing alleges Rose Mapel was alive when the Dec 27 torch murder at the Rancho Circle home occurred. Sylvester Azbill, 39, is charged with killing Mapel, whose charred body was found in the burned bedroom. The teen son Brad testified his father poured lighter fluid and struck Mapel after brief resistance, saying Rose was alive with eyes open.
Gardnerville Nevada state Republican Chairman George Abbott avoided comment on his plans while Gov. Laxalt and Abbott kept an embargo on statements about possible discipline. He had stirred the Nevada delegation by nominating Michigan Gov. Romney to oppose Agnew at the National GOP Convention after Agnew was favored by Nixon.
Senator George McGovern and Senator Eugene McCarthy campaign across the nation as doves on Vietnam. McGovern argues domestic issues, including urban reconstruction and fighting racism, take equal priority to ending the war. McCarthy warns of possible violence at the Chicago Democratic National Convention and urges a peaceful, orderly event while seeking delegates in populous states.
Local 881 estimates over 300 members back at work for four cab firms after an interim agreement over the weekend. Talks continue with two other firms to clarify issues while a state Supreme Court decision on PSC cab limits looms. The pact guarantees $20 a day and does not cap cabs per day for the other signatories.
Partly cloudy with scattered rain possible. Today's high 190 and low 75. Yesterday's high 100 and low 76. Noontime humidity at 26 percent. Sun time 3 57 and sunset at 7 33.
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