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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1966
Page
1
A 1960s political analysis debates who authorized the use of eavesdropping devices. Senator Kennedy denies involvement while Hoover asserts Kennedy was the author. The piece frames the stakes for the 1968 Democratic nomination and public trust in privacy and national security.
A U S fighter plane bombed a South Vietnamese village by error, killing at least two civilians and injuring others in the Gia Phu hamlet. The misfire came as B52s pounded a Viet Cong camp near Saigon for support of ground troops.
North Vietnam charged that U S planes bombed Hanoi in a first war time residential attack killing or wounding civilians and destroying houses. The Defense Department said U S targets were military only with casualties reported but no exact figures. A Tass correspondent added that a workers district near the Red River was bombed.
A heavy snow storm swept the Middle Atlantic seaboard yesterday, snarling traffic in Washington and Baltimore, closing schools from Virginia to northern Maryland, and prompting snow emergencies. Plows and sanding trucks were dispatched as heavy snow warnings extended from the Virginia mountains to southeastern New York with up to six inches reported in places.
National Airlines and the Air Line Pilots Association reached a contract settlement in San Francisco eliminating a threatened strike. Negotiator Leverett Edwards of the National Mediation Board said wages were agreed and the remaining 27 issues were resolved quickly. The 426 pilots had warned of a Thursday strike deadline if no deal was reached.
The Sun reports pilots work under an expired one year contract as talks near signatures. A Miami national spokesman cites no settlement details. Storms disrupt the Baltimore Washington corridor with snow limits and parking bans on emergency routes. Schools close and traffic slows while regional warming moves in.
The Syrian government halted Iraqi Petroleum Co. IPC pumping in Syria to pressure Iraq over royalties. The move cuts oil flow to Lebanon via a 320 mile IPC pipeline, risking shortages and potential nationalization of IPC fields if disputes persist. IPC is run by British American Dutch and French firms.
The forecast notes a partly cloudy day with light to gentle winds. Today's high is 57 and low 35 with sunrise at 6 43 and sunset at 4 27. Yesterday reached 58 and 34 with noon relative humidity at 48 percent.
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