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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1968
Page
1
Prague reports tell of students in Wenceslas Square refusing curfew as Soviet troops advance. About 75 protesters sit at the statue foot while troops regroup nearby. reports of gunfire, arrests, and casualties surface as the fifth day of occupation begins.
Chicago officials anticipate heated debate at the Democratic National Convention over rules and Viet Nam. Governor Samuel Shapiro, chair of the Rules Committee, proposes abolishing the unit rule while Texas supports keeping it. Debates on presidential and vice presidential nominations loom with seating and credentials fights ahead.
Seven teenage probationary firefighters and a team leader were killed when a San Gabriel canyon blaze erupted near Glendora. Three others aged 15 to 18 were burned. more than 1,000 fought the fire, which burned 7,000 acres and destroyed cabins in Fish Canyon while homes were spared in Glendora and Azusa.
France detonated its first hydrogen bomb from a balloon over Mururoa Atoll near Papeete after weather delays. The test joins the United States Soviet Union Britain and China in the thermonuclear club, ending eight years of prep and costing billions.
Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Jiri Hajek denounced the Soviet invasion as unjustified force at the United Nations Security Council. Svoboda reportedly urged Hajek to withdraw U.N. proposals and settle the crisis among socialist nations. Moscow reports claimed Dubcek might remain in power with Russian approval, while Hajek urged troop withdrawal and U.N. involvement to heal tensions.
Hank Greenspurm reports from Chicago as he heads to cover the Democratic National Convention. No column appears in this edition.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s health deteriorated with a fresh attack of heart spasms while under care at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Physicians reported the condition as serious but stable as updates followed.
A 72-year-old woman described a brutal assault near Las Vegas Beasley Road. Deputies detained Claude D. Cordell, 24, of 2305 Lenwood, Las Vegas, on charges of intent to do great bodily harm. The victim identified the suspect and was treated after the attack.
Today features clear to partly cloudy skies with a high near 95 and a low around 63. Humidity at noon is 11 percent with sunrise at 6 07 and sunset at 7 18.
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