04 Feb 1968
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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1968
Page
1
The body of 19 year old Vicki Moffitt of Stamford Conn. was found in a Piper Comanche wreck on Mt Isabel near San Jose California. She was missing since Monday during a flight from Phoenix to San Jose and had lost radar contact in a storm before the planned landing at the municipal airport.
A St Louis special jury reviewed 1967 teen fatalities, noting most victims were front seat passengers or drivers, often intoxicated, not wearing belts, and in groups with casual acquaintances. They reported a high alcohol link and common hints of suicidal thoughts. The panel urged a middle front seat belt addition.
A Vietnam war opinion piece critiques wartime policy and White House influence. It questions whether peace advocates can speak freely in Washington and notes antiwar sentiment across the nation. The author condemns censorship and argues for humane, nonwar resolutions. (See WHERE, Page 2)
In Pleasantville New Jersey a 20 year old girl Gail Elizabeth Smith was found dead in her blood splattered cellar with a knife in her chest and a cord around her neck. Authorities describe the scene and urge residents to report anyblood stained clothing.
An additional six million dollars may be allocated to Project Rover as shown in President Johnson's just submitted budget proposal. The move could expand work on NTS operations and related programs nationwide.
The budget aims to advance a flight rated NERVA engine for space travel with work partly at Nevada Test Site. NASA would receive about 60 million, the AEC 72 million, totaling 152 million with 20 to 25 percent spent at NTS.
Las Vegas police detectives arrested five people on marijuana possession during a raid based on a tip. Among those detained were Rand Neal also known as Rand Younker 18 Allen Case Stowers 23 David Samuel Johnson 25 and Laura Louise Collins with a juvenile also taken into custody. The raid at 1036 Wengert yielded a small marijuana amount and related paraphernalia.
Paris police said Michel de Verdier de Genouillac, 23, confessed to killing Princess Annette de Rohan in her Paris apartment during a dispute over his bar habit. He allegedly struck her with a whiskey bottle after she used a tear gas bomb he gave her.
Mostly sunny today with gentle winds and a high of 65. Police quoted a man named de Genouillac confessing to killing a princess after discovering her dead, ransacking her apartment to fake burglary, dousing the body with gasoline, and setting a fire. Witnesses say a mutual friend tipped police after recognizing the princess and her translator coworker.
U S bombers and tank columns pounded Communist held areas of Saigon as Marines conducted a door to door push to recapture Hue. Officials reported more than 15000 Communist fatalities in the national offensive started last Monday, with warnings they may regroup for new attacks. Heavy fighting continued in Hue, the ancient imperial capital, as Viet Cong forces pressed.
In Cape Town Philip Blaiberg the world's only surviving heart transplant patient aged 58 remains in satisfactory condition but is not improving as rapidly as hoped a hospital bulletin said. A spokesman stressed there is no deterioration.
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