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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1966
Page
1
U S Air Cavalry units in the Central Highlands pursued a large North Vietnamese battalion after a fierce battle that left about 65 enemy dead and caused American casualties. Helicopters, napalm, rockets, bombs, and artillery supported the ground fight amid jungle fighting.
A chartered four engine airliner carrying 69 aboard from Miami to Bogota crashed while landing in heavy fog at El Ytcado. Seventy nine aboard at takeoff? The report says 43 survived and 17 killed.
The Nevada Supreme Court will hear an appeal for freedom by Las Vegas murder suspect Barbara Howard 22 and co defendant husband Thomas 25 in the Oct. 28 killing of Officer William Fortye. Their lawyer argues habeas corpus to drop the murder charge due to insufficient evidence. both remain jailed without bail.
Tara Browne 21, heir to the Guinness brewing fortune, died when his light blue sports car hit a parked truck in West London. Suki Potter, 19, injured, was hospitalized. Browne, linked to London's Mod scene, leaves a pending trust of about 2.8 million dollars and Richmond Court actions over his children.
The Harris survey shows blacks and whites diverge on Martin Luther King and most leaders. King is seen as aiding blacks more by Negroes than hurtful by whites, while Powell faces sharp opposition from both sides. Roy Wilkins Bunche and Marshall receive cross-racial praise. Whites doubt others like Whitney Young Randolph McKissick and Gregory, though Negroes favor them.
Louis Harris surveyed prominent African American figures to assess whether they aid or hinder the Negro civil rights cause. The results reveal mixed opinions on each man’s impact and strategy.
The Lambert-St. Louis Airport air terminal was evacuated after a tear gas bomb exploded in a construction area on the first floor. This followed a dynamite find at the center of the terminal the previous night, shattering windows and injuring passengers, with authorities unsure of a single suspect.
Sunny with gentle winds and a high near 69 degrees. The low will drop to 35 degrees with sunrise at 6 47 and sunset at 4 29. Yesterday reached a high of 62 and a low of 32 with noontime humidity at 28 percent.
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