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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1968
Page
4
Dispatches describe intensified clashes in Prague as Soviet troops press the occupation on the fourth day. Fire and machine gun fire echoed through the city as embassy lights went out and a Marine kept a running safety report from the communications room.
The witness explains ongoing losses in a high stakes gin rummy game and details plans with Douglas to rig games. He describes checking for a peekhole and later arranging after hours entry to install a hidden device in the cardroom. The first rigged game occurred June 26 with Briskin and Tony Martin.
Congressional leaders after a White House briefing condemn Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia but push for a hands off U S policy. They warn East West relations suffer while urging UN diplomatic pressure and self protection in future Soviet dealings. Johnson returns to Texas after the session.
Illinois guardsmen began checking into Chicago armories as tensions rose before the Democratic National Convention. A federal grand jury questioned gang members and a pig dressed as a candidate caused a stir in the Loop. Guards were placed at federal buildings amid rumors of planned protests.
In Washington the former president Dwight D. Eisenhower marked a medical yardmark as he survived his first full week in the battle to recover from a serious heart attack.
Sacramento reports 75 workers at the Nevada Nuclear Rocket Development Station will lose jobs by October end. Aerojet General’s Sacramento plant plans to cut 210 more amid budget slashes. Pan American World Airways will trim about 15 employees weekly through mid October. NRDS will retain staff to run two tests including the world’s first ground NERVA engine and a Peewee reactor test. Space Agency Director James Webb faced political criticism over the NERVA cuts from Senator Bible and Senator Anderson.
A Sun City woman, 63 year old Sara Lenore Drewolski, died when her car was struck from behind and plunged down an embankment near Alamo on U S 93 at 1 10 p m Her husband Louie Drewolski was treated for minor injuries at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital in Las Vegas The other driver Jean Finn a 30 year old Las Vegas housewife sustained a broken arm and also received treatment at the same hospital The fatality marked Nevada highway deaths for the year reaching 149 up from 123 in 1967.
A federal suit seeks a permanent injunction to block the merger of Bank of Nevada with First National Bank of Nevada under the Clayton Act. The suit argues the plan violates antitrust rules on overlapping governance, while officers of the merged banks would include Jerome Mack Stuart Webb Herbert Stout and Robert Sullivan. Defendants have 20 days to answer.
Dale Hill, president of the American Federation of Casino and Gaming Employees Union, lost a bid to dismiss criminal libel and extortion charges in district court. Judge Mendoza held state libel law applies over any federal or NLRB claim amid ongoing labor negotiations.
A high speed crash on Bruce Street at Searles left two motorists with serious head injuries after one car hit the other from behind. James Stalker, 19, of 1612 McWilliams St., and Fred Herbert, 68, of 1939 Bruce were taken to Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. Stalker’s car rammed Herbert’s, then burst into flames.
Mrs. Joan Fisher, 29, of Salt Lake City, was crowned Mrs. America of 1969. The substitute teacher and mother of three defeated Mrs. Wyoming Chris Esmay and other runners up from New Mexico California and Missouri.
The Nevada Public Service Commission urged the CAB to investigate Air West for ongoing delays reservation problems and rude ground staff on Reno to Las Vegas flights. Chairman Reese H. Taylor Jr. warned of a formal complaint if service does not improve, noting merger disruptions and partial gains since July 1968.
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