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Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1966

Page

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Where We Stand Where We Stand

SUN Youth Forum discussions on national affairs cover the Great Society the John Birch Society draft laws foreign aid and Civil Rights. Students call for slowed poverty programs emphasis on education training and local economy over debt giveaways. They view the John Birch Society as a pressure group with mixed support and debate universal military training and draft non-discrimination reform.

SUN Youth Forum el Mitchell John Beville Great Society John Birch Society

Missiles Fall On North Vietnamese Fishing Fleet

U S Navy spokesmen said Soviet made SAM missiles fired at planes over coastal North Vietnam landed among a North Vietnamese fishing fleet near Vinh, with two missiles exploding and others in the middle of the fleet. Pilots spoke of a large offshore flotilla as a 7th Fleet destroyer checked for damage. The event occurred on the sixth anniversary of the National Liberation Front.

Saigon UPS U. S. Navy North Vietnam U. S Vinh 7Th Fleet National Liberation Front Viet Cong Hanoi

Kennedy widow risks millions to block book release

Mrs. John F. Kennedy faces potential losses of up to five million dollars as Look Magazine seeks a temporary injunction to halt serialization of The Death of a President. Indemnity bonds may be required to cover Look's anticipated losses from advertising and circulation if the court forbids publication. Senator Robert F. Kennedy cites Kennedy family efforts to avert litigation and notes Mrs. Kennedy asked author William Manchester to omit personal sections.

New York UPI John F. Kennedy Look Magazine Look State Supreme Court Saul S. Streit Kennedys Sun Valley Idaho

Out-of-Towners Subpoenaed in Skimming Probe Jury

Two former Cal Neva lodge employees Charles Pranger and Frank Zedrick were subpoenaed to testify before the Federal Grand Jury on the seventh day of testimony. Sands Hotel cashiers also testified for about an hour. Irving Devine, meat and provision supplier to major Strip hotels, was subpoenaed yesterday but remained in the jury room briefly.

Cal Neva Lodge Lake Tahoe Charles Pranger Frank Zedrick Federal Grand Jury Sands Hotel Las Vegas Strip Irving Niggie Devine Nevada State Gaming Commission

Nevada Test Site yields thermonuclear test near Beatty

A thermonuclear device detonated at the Nevada Test Site produced a one million ton TNT equivalent blast. Seismographs across New England recorded the quake though Beatty itself felt little, with nearby Exchange Club evacuated as a precaution due to perceived risk. The test, code named Greeley, sent seismic waves across the country while disrupting local concerns.

Massachusetts New Hampshire Maine Arctic

Murder Suspect Arraigned in Wife's Stabbing Death

James Francis Pickard 36, a plumber, faces arraignment at 1:30 p.m. in Justice Court for the fatal stabbing of his estranged wife Jardeane May Pickard 33. Police found her in a neighbor's yard with chest wounds after responding Monday night at Rose De Lima Hospital.

James Francis Pickard Justice Court Jardeane May Pickard Rose de Lima Hospital

Weather Summary for Today and Yesterday

Sunny with a southerly wind 15 to 20 mph. Today's high 67 and low 35 with sunrise at 6 48 and sunset at 4 30. Noontime relative humidity 33 percent. Yesterday's high 59 and low 31.

Five Die in Nevada Head-On Crash Near Beatty

Five people were killed in a head-on collision on U.S. 95 six miles north of Beatty Nevada. The Nye County sheriff George Barra and undersheriff were among the dead. they were en route to Tonopah when the crash occurred.

Nye County Beatty Nev U.S. 95 George Barra Tonopah

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