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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1968
Page
1
In Los Angeles a helicopter traveling to Disneyland with twenty one aboard crashed in flames killing all passengers. The disaster echoes a prior crash in May that claimed many lives, marking a record loss.
At the Miami Beach Republican convention supporters push a rebranded Nixon with a friendlier image while critics warn his backroom tactics and possible links to Thurmond. Separate reports detail two Los Angeles helicopter crashes, one near Anaheim and Disneyland, killing 3 and injuring many, with wreckage scattered across parks and streets.
Scattered looting and violence erupted after a bombing at Zion Baptist Church in Louisville’s West End. Rev A L King Jr’s brother Rev A D Williams King led overnight church damage assessments as police kept the area sealed and a white man was assaulted near 1st Street and Walnut. Local disturbance recalls May’s earlier racial unrest.
Police narcotics agents seized an estimated 7000 dollars worth of heroin cocaine and marijuana after a stakeout at a West Las Vegas apartment. Willie Henderson 51 was arrested on narcotics charges at 409 West Van Buren Street. Officers found heroin or cocaine in a balloon in the bathroom and marijuana in a bag on a night stand. Sergeant Behrman spotted the white powdery substance. Sleeper recovered three successive balloon bags from a bedroom closet.
Western Air Lines in Ft Worth faces a 30 day cooling off period ending Sept 5 after more than a year of talks with ALPA. Pilots seek pay parity with other carriers and improvements in working conditions while an interim agreement covers B 737 crew.
Clark County commissioners in a special session voted unanimously to place a 3 million dollar general obligation bond on the November ballot. Funds would add two floors to the courthouse administration area, one to the jail, and finance the purchase of the old Fifth Street Grammar School valued at 1.5 million. The plan follows years of discussion as the county currently spends about 195 thousand dollars annually on rent for 17 departments outside the courthouse.
Gov. Paul Laxalt of Nevada joined Nixon's key issues committee as an advisor. The panel of governors and congressmen will address international national and local matters for the campaign. First meeting set for August 9 in New York City.
City and county leaders meet at City Hall to discuss forming a rumor control board for Southern Nevada to counter crisis misinformation in urban areas. The discussions revolve around governance, scope, and potential actions to curb false rumors impacting public safety and community response.
The meeting is set for 3 pm in the City Hall conference room. Mike Dawson of the Southern Nevada Human Relations Commission says the core is a well publicized telephone number for citizens to check rumors on daily community events. Rumor control centers arose after civil disorder, notably Chicago in July 1967 with over 40,000 inquiries.
Sunny today with gentle winds and a high of 95 and a low of 65. Humidity at noon is 17 percent. Sunrise at 5 35 and sunset at 7 58. Yesterday's high was 21 and low 14.
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