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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1968
Page
2
The piece notes Stanes removal amid citizen frustrations and Dick’s long state role with Gov. Grant Sawyer. It cites GOP voter gains, Democratic declines, and possible Baring vs Ham dynamics, with Knight and McCarthy supporters shaping momentum and Dick facing funding pressure.
The Federal Reserve Board reduced the discount rate from 5.50 to 5.25 percent effective today, aligning with improved money market conditions after congressional tax and spending actions. Minneapolis Bank had already lowered its rate by 0.25 percent, with the remaining 11 banks expected to follow.
In Madera California an open hearing will decide whether ten Morris children age 3 to 17 may stay together after the deaths of Robert Morris 39 and Joyce Morris 36 in a freeway collision. A trust near $50 000 funds the children's future and guardianship bids come from relatives and Fresno families amid offers of adoption. The children wish to remain in Madera where they attend church and school. Guardianship contenders include Gertrude Graves an aunt from Concord and Boris Lachowicz and his wife from Fresno.
Carson City Nevada UPI reports a public hearing set for August 28 by the State Insurance division to tighten rules on pre paid funeral and burial service sales. Commissioner Louis Mastos cites abuses in Las Vegas and says standards for trust funds and salesman disclosures are needed. A second hearing on life insurance policy replacement is planned for August 29.
Gov. Harold E. Hughes of Iowa withdraws as a Democratic favorite son candidate and releases the 46 Iowa votes. He cites staying focused on a free open convention as the aim, while McGovern, Humphrey, and McCarthy camps react with cautious comments on impact. The current breakdown shows Humphrey 9.5 votes, McCarthy 7, McGovern 1, with 28.5 uncommitted.
The NLRB issued a complaint that could dissolve Tom Hanley’s AFCGF amid division within the Nevada Club scene. Hearing set for Oct 22. named parties include Hill Hanley the Nevada Club management Danny Foster and the Office and Gaming Employees. The case centers on alleged unfair labor practices and possible conflicts of interest between union officers and supervisory company roles.
Defense Secretary Clark M. Clifford urged North Vietnam to signal a real decline in combat actions. He said the current lull might mask renewed offensives and tied any bombing halt to assurances that American lives would not be jeopardized. He stressed the president seeks a verifiable de escalatory step before resuming substantive talks in Paris.
Two Tonopah men, Jerry May Powell and George D. Singleton, both as well as a 15 year old, were arraigned in Justice Court yesterday for a Chevron gas station robbery that netted $67. Powell and Singleton are held in the county jail on $5,000 bail each with a preliminary hearing set for August 2.
City Manager Art Trelease told the city commission that rules on political activity by city employees will be clarified after a Sun photo of Paul Price at a Las Vegas Police Protective Association event raised concerns. He cited not using city uniforms or vehicles off duty for campaigns while allowing individuals to participate on personal time.
Two California men Ronald Leswick 21 and Albert Thomas 25 will have a Justice Court hearing on Aug 22 after arraignment on narcotics possession charges. They were arrested in downtown Las Vegas following a citizen report of peddling drugs. A third man Donald Sanders had charges dismissed. Leswick and Thomas remain jailed in lieu of $3,000 bail each.
James Clarence Jackson, 29, of 1941 HH Street, will face a District Court jury trial on murder charges October 21 after pleading innocent. He is accused of fatally shooting James Lee Cartwright, 23, at the Wild Goose Bar on Lake Mead Boulevard and also denied assault with a deadly weapon and assault with intent to kill related to the nightclub fracas that wounded two others.
A U.S. Army audit cited 188 contracts from the Frankford arsenal valued around 100 million dollars as delinquent in meeting delivery schedules. The National Association of Government Employees urged a congressional probe, saying many items were for Southeast Asia and calling for oversight of Army Materiel Command policies.
The California Condor, a nearly extinct bird, roams more than 100 miles from its home in a constant search for food, inhabiting rugged mountain ranges west of Bakersfield.
Dr Rush Nutt, famed cotton breeder of Lorman Mississippi, introduced steam powered ginning in 1830 at his facility. He developed the Petit Gulf variety and marked a shift from horse power to steam in cotton processing.
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