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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1968
Page
3
Delegates and 50,000 attendees arrive as Chicago braces with 5,300 National Guardsmen, Army detachments, and busy security at the International Amphitheatre. Police, Secret Service, and federal authorities enforce strict credentials amid protests planned by MOBE and Yippies.
U S and South Vietnamese forces faced 56 Communist assaults over 24 hours across four fronts from the Cambodian border to the Mekong Delta near Saigon and Da Nang. Casualties included 65 insurgents and 16 allied soldiers with heavy fighting reported near Duc Lap Tay Ninh and Dong Tam. The wave was not the long awaited third offensive, with a major strike expected no earlier than September.
UPI reports rebellious Czech students faced Russian fire as they surrounded a statue and refused to move. By midnight about 75 students remained with 15 tanks and 15 armored personnel carriers in the square four hours after the curfew. Casualties spiked to 20 dead and 300 wounded, with protests also heard in East Germany.
Georgia Old Guard delegates led by Gov. Lester Maddox vow to fight a credentials compromise that would share their convention vote with an integrated rump delegation backed by Vice President Humphrey and Senators McCarthy and McGovern. The McCarthy McGovern forces push for a Vietnam peace plank if the platform panel rejects it. Opening ceremonies feature Chicago Mayor Daley, Gov. Shapiro, and Sen. Inouye with Billy Graham delivering the invocation.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, 77, remained in critical condition eight days after his seventh heart attack. A morning bulletin described renewed cardiac irritability with frequent extras and two rapid episodes, despite a brief improvement earlier in the week.
At the United Nations the Czech crisis heated as Hajek accused the Soviets of a tragic mistake and called for foreign troops to depart. Malik filibustered against Hajek while Ball and Western ambassadors led a 9 to 2 vote opposing the Soviet move with four abstentions.
Dolores Douglas loaned her car to a friend for errands. The vehicle came back but the briefcase containing $3,000 did not. The incident took place on Monroe Street in Las Vegas.
French nuclear scientists completed precautions against fallout as the H bomb exploded at 8 30 a m local time from a balloon over Fangataufa Lagoon in the Taumotu archipelago. The blast was monitored by USS Richfield and remote control from De Grasse as two more tests are anticipated amid strong islander fears and winds that delayed the countdown.
Pope Paul VI capped his Bogota trip with a firm reiteration of the ban on artificial birth control and a call for peaceful social reform. He urged bishops to enforce the encyclical On Human Life, while praising moral family planning and poverty alleviation without Marxist revolt.
A July thunderstorm at Crawford County Fair grounds Meadvill e Pa struck a pony track fence and tents, killing Sandra McKinley 31 and Jane Hayes 18 and injuring 76. Nine remained hospitalized in satisfactory condition as ambulances and private cars rushed victims to two hospitals.
A brush fire starting Friday burned over 6 000 acres near Glendora and Azusa threatening 442 hillside homes. Firefighters from three states battled shifting winds that caused spots in canyons while keeping residents from evacuation and tending injured responders.
Deputies detained Cordell after a 72 year old woman said he offered a ride, forced her into a desert area, assaulted her repeatedly, and tore her clothing. Blood, dirt, and desert foliage stains were found on his clothing along with a cut knuckle. The woman was taken to Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital in good condition.
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