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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1968
Page
1
A landslide from Typhoon Polly toppled two sightseeing buses into the Hida River in Gifu Japan. Rescue teams fear about 130 dead in the worst road disaster on record. Three people survived including one driver while others remain missing as rain-swollen waters swept the hillside collapse.
A Soviet made United Arab Airways Antonov 24 turboprop vanished between Cyprus and Egypt. All 40 aboard died, including seven crew and 33 passengers from Egypt and other Arab nations. The last radio contact was near the Cyprus coast about 150 miles away. This followed a 1964 crash near Cairo that killed 30.
About 400 officers stood on alert after two nights of racial violence in St. Petersburg Florida as youths threw rocks and bottles sparked fires and looting. Police reported 42 arrests from 8 p.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Sunday with two officers injured by flying glass.
Washington reports former president Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered two more ventricular irregularities as doctors noted electrical pacing remained ineffective. The 5 star general, recovering from a recent heart attack, stayed stable between episodes with family nearby and humor intact.
News of heavy fighting across Tay Ninh Binh Long and nearby provinces reports up to 300 Communist dead and substantial U.S. casualties amid coordinated mortar rocket and ground assaults. The tempo and spread suggest possible larger offensives with street fighting in Tay Ninh city and attacks on An Loc Loc Ninh and other key towns.
Variable high cloudiness and gentle winds expected today. Maximum near 95 degrees with a low around 65. Yesterday reached 94 with a low of 62. Humidity runs at 18 percent. Sunrise at 6:92 and sunset at 7:27.
A 16 year old allegedly fired from an embankment near Long Island City hitting and killing Vincent Maher 31 of Manhattan and wounding Gabriel Jansen of Point Pleasant. The weapon a sawed off 30-02 rifle was found hidden as officers arrested the suspect less than half an hour after the predawn shot on the Long Island Rail Road bound for Manhattan.
The 110 member platform committee led by Rep. Hale Boggs begins public hearings with over 50 witnesses as Democrats battle Vietnam policy and urban disorder while McCarthy and McGovern forces push for floor fights to dramatize discontent. The panel negotiates ghetto crime and welfare topics ahead of the Chicago convention opening in a week.
Nellie Saroka, 26, is jailed after allegedly stabbing Ray Saroka, 37, in the chest with a paring knife during a quarrel at their home 112 West Chicago Street. Ray, in critical condition at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital, reportedly suffered a deep chest wound and a leg gash as neighbors restrained the suspect and retrieved the weapon.
The Harris survey shows 61 percent oppose halting bombing of North Vietnam and 52 percent oppose including the Viet Cong in a coalition government before a South Vietnam election. Respondents express frustration over the war with 63 percent giving Johnson negative marks, while 88 percent want the war ended though few agree on an honorable settlement.
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