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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1966
Page
1
Final summary of the eleventh SUN Youth Forum panel on juvenile affairs moderated by Joe Delaney covers sex education as needed in schools, open discussion of morals, unwed mothers in schools, premarital sex, birth control, LSD, cheating, and dress. The piece argues morals aren’t worsening, just more open today.
George Dickerson 43 was named chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission by Gov-elect Paul Laxalt. He will take office January 1 and says the commission should review past actions if needed while denying a commitment to reopening the Sinatra skimming probe. Milton Kecker to advise for six months.
President Johnson approved 500000 dollars to start pre construction planning for the 80 million project to move water from Lake Mead to Las Vegas. Sen. Alan Bible said the money ensures design and engineering proceed this fiscal year and noted prior congressional appropriations of 1 million.
In Columbus a 17 year old boy with kidney failure receives a donor kidney from 9 year old Nancy Hancock who died after a car accident. Two surgical teams perform a four hour operation at Children's Hospital to transplant the kidney to Alvin Alltop. Doctors report initial signs of function though rejection risk remains for weeks.
About 6,500 Christians from Israel crossed Mandelbaum Gate with two day passes to enter Jordan for relatives and holy sites in old Palestine. Israeli and Jordanian police watched the crossing amid ongoing tension since the 1948 war and the Nov 13 raid.
Weather report notes high cloudiness but sunshine is expected with gentle northeast winds. Today's high reaches 60 degrees, low 35, with sunrise at 6 49 and sunset at 4 31. Humidity at noontime around 21 percent.
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