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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1966
Page
1
Airlines resume operations after a 43 day strike with United and Trans World reporting near full service. National Airlines sees brisk passenger flow at McCarran while Eastern, Northwest and others restore schedules and ground crews return to work.
In Erzurum Turkey villagers sift through earthquake rubble seeking survivors bodies and scarce food. Dazed survivors and grieving families struggle amid the disaster as relief teams rush to assist.
In Paterson New Jersey a sniper fired on parked cars from Garret Mountain for 12 hours harming four vehicles. A juvenile suspect was detained and released as search operations continued aided by a spotter plane and house to house checks.
Viet Cong squads struck 22 times in 24 hours disrupting national elections across South Vietnam. Premier Nguyen Cao Ky, appearing in black peasant garb, vowed to crush attempts to sabotage the September 11 elections with all his force.
The Harris survey notes Democrats appear to hold a 55 to 45 lead but war news and raids thin the margin. A military spokesman reports U S jets flew 134 missions in a near record day while rescue work continues at crash and bomb sites amid mounting casualties.
A peasant mother in Varto clings to her daughter found alive after 36 hours in rubble. Villagers near their homes prefer to stay amid tents and salvage efforts. In U.S. races, Democrats face losses in the Midwest and West, while Eastern and Southern battlegrounds show mixed gains. Vietnam conflict reports note an RF4C down and ongoing bombardments as election turmoil looms.
White youths aided by Nazis and Ku Klux Klansmen attacked a Negro driver and a woman in a west side station wagon during Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. marches into a South Side area once torn by rioting. Police fired to disperse the several hundred attackers as Nazis and Klansmen spoke under permits.
Mark Bowman a 13 year old from Pahrump was thrown from a riding horse and suffered severe leg muscle damage described as the horse chewing out muscle. He was brought toward Las Vegas where AA Ambulance took him to Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital for skin graft needs. The Sheriff’s Department dispatched sterile equipment to locate the torn muscle for grafting.
A legal notice in today’s paper details the Sept 6 primary voter list. The 84 page record shows 88 556 voters eligible to participate. Readers with omissions or corrections should contact the Election Department at 382 4982.
Mostly clear skies with afternoon cloudiness and gentle winds. Today's high reaches 100 degrees and low 70 with sunrise at 6 04 and sunset at 7 22. Yesterday's high also 100 and low 72.
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