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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1968
Page
6
Air West reports a $2.49 million third quarter loss and a nine month deficit of $3.70 million, undermining directors' claims of improving prospects amid a Hughes takeover offer. The board plans to present the $94 million stock bid to shareholders December 27, while opposition directors threaten delaying tactics.
Washington sources say an almost final deal envisions North Korea freeing 82 USS Pueblo crewmen, potentially before Christmas, with only the joint announcement wording and timing unresolved amid a delicate situation. A last minute hitch could delay the release from the Jan. 23 seizure off the North Korean coast.
Testimony in Las Vegas tied to the Hanley case shifts as Bass admits signing a deposition and recants prior claims. He describes civil service during Europe’s build-up rather than a discredited murder plot, under pressure from a court attorney.
Robert Thargott and Dr. Harry Reynolds defend the Benham underground test as a major defense project. The blast near Hole U200 measured large yield and caused a rolling 3 inch ground motion, reaching Las Vegas 100 miles away in 30 seconds.
A bedroom fire in Las Vegas killed a nine month old girl while her father William Wardle worked at the Bonanza annex of the post office and her mother Carol Wardle was visiting a neighbor. Police found the blaze and firefighters arrived within minutes but the infant could not be reached. Investigators halted a quick cause determination, noting that electric blanket malfunctions were ruled out. The scene led to personal testimonies during a Hanley hearing about payments, debts, and alleged threats connected to the Alsup case.
Northern Nevada negotiators urged Clark County lawmakers to back a bi state compact that would allocate Lake Tahoe and the Truckee Carson and Walker rivers water between Nevada and California. The measure seeks ratification by both states and federal consent, with projected Nevada water rights and costs outlined by officials.
Clark County trustees shaping an integration plan faced strong opposition from West Las Vegas residents led by Louis Miller of the Highland Neighborhood Council and Rev Prentiss Walker. They criticized alleged plans to close six West Las Vegas elementary schools for conversion to specialized programs. Walker rebutted comments by NAACP Las Vegas president Charles Kellar, clarifying his remarks referred to Kellar, not Judge Bruce Thompson.
Lipman and SUN staff promise eyewitness coverage of the Apollo mission from liftoff on a Saturn V to the translunar injection and a perilous lunar orbit. The briefing covers the rocket's power, costs, orbital legs, and the dangers faced during approach and reentry as the crew aims for Christmas Eve Moon orbit.
Cambodian leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk releases 12 American servicemen, including 11 from a Mekong River landing craft crew and a helicopter crewman, as a gesture amid Viet Cong statements of releasing three Americans in South Vietnam. The plan coincides with Moon mission optimism and Saturn V context, with frontier space ambitions highlighted by The Sun.
An American man with a toy pistol hijacked Eastern Airlines Flight 47 from Philadelphia to Miami with his four year old daughter aboard. The plane landed at Jose Marti airport in Havana at 4 p.m. after leaving Jacksonville radar. State broadcasts in Havana identified the hijacker as an American Negro man and said he was accompanied by his young daughter.
An Eastern Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Miami was hijacked before 3 p.m. The FAA offered few details. The crew included pilot and officers J E Whitword and J A Chaffin with seven stewardesses. The Miami based crew notes this was the fourth hijacking of an Eastern jet this year and the largest crowd on a Cuba flight.
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