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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1966
Page
4
In Cincinnati the Beatles played an eight-song set to about 8,500 spectators as rain kept crowds calm and largely silent. Police lined the field while fans, mostly girls, voiced little reaction until the group left for St Louis after the rainout.
The piece notes a narrow Republican edge for Congress and says outcome depends on Democratic turnout, with 53 percent of the electorate behind the party. Viet Nam shifts voters little, with Northern dissidents moving toward Republicans and Southern support balancing losses. farmers and rural areas show economic discontent threatening Democratic strength.
Rioters and Nazi supporters clashed as police detained white supremacists for lacking permits. King spoke on NBC and urged restraint while planning marches restricted by an injunction. Rockwell addressed a 500 strong crowd in Marquette Park as tensions rose across Chicago.
Survivors search for quake dead and rescue teams rush aid across Erzurum Mus Bingol Bitlis provinces. Emergency hospitals, field kitchens, and army trucks mobilize relief while roads, bridges, and communications impede operations. Premier Demirel visits Varto as Turkey mourns with nationwide closures. Erzurum spared heavy damage despite quake near Van Lake.
Britain mobilizes nationwide hunt for Harry Maurice Roberts 30 believed trapped in the British Isles. Scotland Yard reports hundreds of tips as searches span Chequers area and Chequers docks while Interpol is alerted and the public urged to report lookalikes.
The Chinese Communist Party Central Committee designates Defense Minister Lin Piao as the main successor to Mao Tse-Tung to uphold Maoist thought and policies. Red Flag calls for purges of officials opposing Maoist doctrine and urges nationwide study of Mao Tse-Tung’s thought.
Pope Paul VI at Castel Gandolfo prayed for relief of Turkish earthquake victims and those affected by the Vietnam War. He cited the Good Samaritan to urge charity through awareness and prayers, urging readers to extend compassion to all victims of disaster and conflict.
Firefighters rescued three year old Mark Acevedo and his 29 month old brother Todd from a Fresno apartment fire in Bakersfield. Mark died at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital while Todd remained critically injured from inhalation injuries. Their mother Sharon Acevedo escaped through a front window.
Actor Jason Robards Jr. and companion Alex Lucas were arrested after allegedly prowling Jon Hall’s Malibu Beach home yard to “play Ramar of the Jungle.” Hall’s wife Racquel reported the intrusion. deputies found the pair behind a hedge.
Washington radio commentator and columnist Fulton Lewis Jr. died after a second heart attack in four days. Memorial services set for Tuesday at St. David's Episcopal Church. interment private. He was 63, survived by wife Alice and two children.
Havana reports Cuba will not allow Cuban Americans to depart for the United States for an indefinite period. Foreign Minister Roa blamed U S efforts to induce mass migration and denied any deal to pay Cuban American fares, calling the stories ill planned propaganda.
Washington Governor Dan Evans and his wife welcomed a baby boy at St. Peters Hospital in Olympia. The newborn weighed 10 pounds 4 ounces and joined brothers Mark 5 and Danny 2. Both mother and baby are in good condition and awaiting release while naming was not yet decided.
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