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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1968
Page
1
Baltimore routs Cleveland 34 to 0 in the AFL Championship game. New York edges Oakland 27 to 23 in another league clash.
Tom Collins reports that Clark County students at the SUN Youth Forum on December 6 debated abortion legalization, birth control, hippie culture, and draft card burners. The group concluded abortions should be legalized without restrictions and draft dodgers have no rights, to be prosecuted by the federal government.
Beir ut reports say two Israeli jet fighters swept in daylight over Beirut International Airport after a nighttime raid by Arab commandos. At least 13 Arab airliners were destroyed or damaged, including seven jets, with damages estimated from 56 to 100 million dollars. No fatalities reported. Israel framed the action as retaliation for the Athens El Al attack. Security tightened, airport operations delayed, and Lebanon sought a U.N. Security Council emergency session.
A brush fire near East Las Vegas produced gray smoke hundreds of feet high. Clark County Fire Dept. let the blaze burn out with no danger to people or property as flames licked sagebrush north of East Las Vegas near the Henderson dump. Local residents called authorities and papers seeking the cause while firemen stood by until the flames died.
Italian actress Sophia Loren delivered a 7 pound 12 ounce baby boy by cesarean section at a Geneva county hospital maternity clinic. Dr Hubert de Watteville reported both mother and child are doing well. Carlo Ponti, Loren's husband, said the boy will be named Carlo Jr. and that the couple is overjoyed. The birth occurred at 2 53 a.m. EST yesterday.
Space Center Houston welcomed the Apollo 8 crew with a family reunion before their debriefings. Frank Borman and James Lovell stayed home in the morning while William Anders attended mass with his wife Valerie and their five children. The trio then proceeded to the Space Center for medical and technical debriefings.
The United States pressed the United Nations Security Council to condemn Israel for a helicopter strike at Beirut airport and called for arms limitations in the Middle East. Lebanon urged stronger sanctions and compensation, while Israel framed the raid as a reprisal for an Athens jet attack. The session was delayed as delegations debated agenda links.
Billionaire Howard Hughes left the door open to buy Air West Airlines after a majority of the board rebuffed his 95 million offer. He indicated in Las Vegas that he may revisit the deal, with a midnight deadline looming to alter the thinking of the directors.
Howard Hughes offers $22 a share for Air West stock. The board votes 13 to approve the sale but stockholders favor the bid 53 percent. The purchase contract must be signed and delivered by both parties before midnight December 31, 1968, or it expires.
A governor's committee drafts a strict taxi regulation bill for Nevada. It demands neat and clean drivers, no smoking or tobacco, no loud talk, and drivers staying by their cabs. Cabs over four years old would be banned, weekly washes and daily interior dusting required. Reese Taylor of the Public Service Commission says the rule would fix Las Vegas issues.
Arctic air swept from the Northwest into the northern Plains driving temperatures down to 46 below zero in Montana and forecasters warned of subzero readings from the Pacific Northwest to the Upper Great Lakes. Warnings covered North and South Dakota Minnesota and parts of Colorado and Kansas while gale alerts rode the Atlantic coast. Mountain climbers led by Paul Petzoldt began an ascent of Grand Teton as winds and snow persisted and overnight lows plunged further in Montana North Dakota and eastern Washington.
A Harris survey finds 59 percent of Americans feel Saigon's government has hindered progress toward an honorable Vietnam settlement. Only 35 percent deem it very important for that regime to stay in power. A cease-fire precedes a political settlement for 51 percent to 40 percent, and 43 to 30 percent prefer ending military fighting overall.
Mostly fair conditions with gentle winds. Highs near 55 degrees and a low around 52. Noontime humidity 37 percent. sunrise at 6 51 and sunset at 4 35.
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