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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1966
Page
2
William Manchester asks a state court to allow publication of his JFK assassination book as the Kennedy family seeks to block it. Harper and Row plans April release and Look magazine to serialize next month. Manchester defends integrity and notes the book reflects his own research and honesty.
Circuit Judge Herbert Paschen was to announce the murder trial site for Richard Speck. Illinois cities under consideration included Peoria Rock Island Rockford Ottawa and Quincy with Peoria and Rock Island leading. Speck is charged with killing eight nurses July 13 and 14 in a South Chicago Hospital dormitory.
Paris reports rising unemployment reaching 315,000, with forecasts of surpassing 350,000 as industrial layoffs hit central and northeastern regions. Pompidou orders remedial studies while Gaullist leadership faces strikes and union protests amid a looming 1967 parliamentary contest.
Soviet authorities reportedly carried out their sixth underground nuclear test of the year in Central Asia. Seismic readings from Upsala Sweden measured 6.2 on the Richter scale. Observers note possible peaceful Plowshare aims while noting the test violated the 1963 treaty if radioactive leakage is confirmed.
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