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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1966
Page
6
Scientists said the Lunar Orbiter photographs show test patterns from prelaunch film as the craft orbits the Earth before starting its mission. The 850 pound probe will film nine potential landing sites on the moon during a 28 day cycle with first images from 28 miles distance.
American air losses reported with Thunderchiefs missing north of Hanoi amid heavy anti-aircraft fire. Villages near the Demilitarized Zone suffered casualties in a series of bombing incidents blamed on unidentified planes. An American investigation seeks bomb fragments while noting prior mistaken American air strikes. Ground fighting in the Central Highlands involved the 1st Air Cavalry Division in Operation Paul Revere II with reported enemy casualties and weapon captures.
Senator Edward M. Kennedy urged swift legislation to control weapons and criticized media for glorifying violence. He said Congress cannot censor and called for balanced programming showing peaceful problem solving to accompany crime shows. He spoke at Hadassah’s national convention in Boston.
Esperanza Del Valle Vasquez 37 from Mexico City nears freedom as doctors ease the artificial heart pump. Kidney function improves with lower pump load and vital signs remain stable after a weekend kidney issue.
A House committee praised the Air Force report on the Edwards AFB XB70 crash and pledged stricter regulation. The May 1 collision between NASA pilot Joseph Walker in the F104 and the XB70 killed Walker and Maj. Carl S. Cross, with leadership at Edwards held to account for approvals and communications.
Severe storms spawned tornadoes in Sauk County Wisconsin and funnel clouds in Rosendale and Rochester Minnesota. Reports note uprooted trees severed power lines and heavy rain with hail up to two inches in Wisconsin towns.
Union machinists and management settled on a new contract valued around 90 million dollars after intensive talks led by Reynolds and Labor Secretary Wirtz. The deal includes a cost of living wage escalator and higher wage increases, surpassing administration wage guidelines and previous rejection.
The 131 year old New York Herald Tribune folds amid a 113 day strike after merging with World Telegram and Journal American. The World Journal Tribune will continue with one afternoon and one Sunday paper, ending the Herald Tribune as a morning daily.
The Los Angeles coroner ruled comedian Lenny Bruce died of acute morphine poisoning from an overdose injected intravenously. He was found in his Hollywood Hills home with a syringe nearby, and the 40 year old performer had recent narcotics and obscenity legal troubles.
Senate rejected a proposal to raise federal mass transit grants to 225 million annually for 1968 and 1969, keeping funding at 150 million. The vote followed GOP opposition citing the Viet Nam war and economy, with supporters arguing money would aid urban transit planning, research, and system development.
The House Space Committee found U S scientists waste $150 million yearly in manpower searching for already known facts and approved a bill to fund about $18 million annually for compiling and publishing standard reference data to aid government and industrial researchers.
In New Orleans a federal appeals court ordered the release of Edgar Labat and Clifton Peret, who had endured a 13 year wait on death row for aggravated rape. The 5th Circuit ruled the convictions came from juries excluding Negroes and sent the men home while double jeopardy or retrial considerations proceed. Labat gained international attention for long imprisonment and prison correspondence with a Swedish woman. Chessman of California previously held the record.
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski said he was refused permission to travel to the United States for Poland's Christian millennium celebrations. He spoke to about 60,000 pilgrims at Jasna Gora Monastery, noting the denial was not his fault. The invitation covered visits to more than 30 American Polish communities.
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