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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1968
Page
4
Las Vegas Sun reports regarding Soviet actions and Czechoslovakia. The Pravda summary claims a minority led by Dubcek pushed for controlled reform, risking counterrevolution and threatening socialist gains amid conferences at Cierna and Bratislava.
Federal grand jury to investigate rumors of a plot to assassinate Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and other Democrats at the Democratic National Convention. U.S. Atty. Foran said 16 witnesses, including members of South Side gangs, will be called. McClellan rumored as a target. Humphrey to arrive in Chicago Sunday.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk stated the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia damages East West relations and jeopardizes prospects for a universal arms control agreement. He urged reason and a troop withdrawal while indicating limited options beyond diplomacy and unified global opposition.
The United States and six other nations pushed a UN Security Council resolution condemning the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, seeking immediate withdrawal of troops. Algeria and India blocked a quick vote, delaying action to consult their governments and risking a Soviet veto.
Allied troops reported 34 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed in four battles around Saigon bases. B52 jets struck west of the capital while a surge in action north of the DMZ left hundreds of enemies killed as U S and South Vietnamese forces engaged near Gia Linh and Gio Linh.
United Nations Council hears Czech leadership appeal as occupation troops withdraw from centers like Plzen and Budejovice amid protests. Central Committee members reportedly back the August positions, while a general strike warning spreads in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland. Algeria and India join Soviet delays.
The Chinese Communist Party controlled press condemns Moscow and its Warsaw Pact allies for sending troops into Czechoslovakia. It calls the move a fascist, revisionist betrayal and mocks Soviet explanations as imperialist camouflage.
Democrats approve their party platform amid intraparty clashes over delegates in Texas and Georgia. McCarthy forces push to challenge delegates while Humphrey aides seek unity to confront Nixon, with accusations of a southern strategy and discrimination shaping the convention floor.
Chancellor Neil Humphrey asks the Board of Regents to approve a 1969 71 budget of 44.36 million for the University of Nevada system including 34.09 million from appropriations and 12.12 million from fees and grants. Nevada Southern gets 12.12 million. university total rises about 34 percent from the prior biennium. Enrollment is projected to climb, with Las Vegas up 71 percent to 6 300 and Reno up 30 percent to 7 170 by 1970. The plan uses adjusted student credit hour to equalize funding, and includes tuition and registration increases to support the needs.
Mrs. Lois Woods Taylor, 58, of Las Vegas was in intensive care after a northbound car swerved, struck a concrete bridge abutment and overturned 35 miles north. The vehicle slid 200 feet upside down, causing deep facial lacerations and internal injuries.
Doctors report renewed heart irregularities in Dwight D. Eisenhower despite lidocaine calming prior fibrillations. They note he has not learned of the Czech crisis and avoids current events, while family visits continue and Nixon’s hospital visit pleases the former president.
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