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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1968
Page
4
The Stardust deal would have transferred control of the gambling resort to Dalitz. Dalitz, the former Cleveland gambler under federal probes including income tax evasion, previously resisted the government but observers say federal pressure may have pushed him toward selling to Hughes.
LA officials grounded all Los Angeles Airways flights as federal safety experts studied a deadly crash that killed 21 aboard a Sikorsky helicopter en route to Disneyland. Investigators consider metal fatigue a possibility while weather and air traffic are ruled out. NTSB teams examine wreckage after a May crash with 23 dead.
Allied infantrymen killed 215 North Vietnamese soldiers along the McNamara Wall as fighting spread from the DMZ. South Vietnamese troops backed by armor reported 159 regulars killed near Gio Linh in an eight hour battle with one killed and 34 wounded. Marines near Camp Carroll and Con Thien and Khe Sanh areas also reported several dozen enemy dead.
The chamber will drop its support for a tripartite petition tied to Air West amid city pressure. Mayor Gregson and Clark County officials weigh next steps as bids on competing service face delays.
New book by Jonathan Daniels claims President Franklin D Roosevelt carried on a decades long affair with Lucy Mercer Rutherford. It recounts a 1941 resumed relationship amid Eleanor Roosevelt’s suspicions and notes Lucy’s presence at Roosevelt’s deathbed and Eleanor’s swift departure from the White House.
UPI reports U S officials disclosed the United States has offered to release 14 North Vietnamese prisoners from a 1966 Gulf of Tonkin naval engagement in hopes Hanoi will free American captives. Arrangements are not yet complete.
Republicans claim gains as they court delegates with talk of an open convention. Wallace moves to file voter petitions in Missouri to place a third party on the ballot in 38 or 39 states. McCarthy outlines cabinet suggestions including Nelson Rockefeller, William Fulbright, and Coretta King Jr. as ambassador to the UN. Agnew staff shakeup ends with a resignation and new appointee.
President Johnson issued an executive order to keep federal veto power on job training while boosting state and local control. Local committees of business labor and government leaders will issue recommendations to federal agencies via a state review, aiming to mobilize resources to meet local needs.
Nevada Democratic Chairman Robert Rose disclosed he has served since April as co chair of a national Young Citizens for Humphrey steering committee. Reno and Las Vegas leaders challenge his lack of disclosure and argue McCarthy supporters may fare better in Nevada.
Robert Almount, 23, said he was beaten by five police guards during a domestic arrest last Saturday. State Rep Hughes McGill, R Louisville, spoke as one of two Black legislators in the State House. The gathering, held around a city playground basketball court, saw many attendees in African garb. The night was hot and humid at 82 degrees.
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