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Newspaper

Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1968

Page

2

Sihanouk Says U.S. Pressure Limits Cambodia Talks

Phnom Penh Prince Sihanouk says conflicting American and Communist pressures will constrain negotiations with US envoy Bowles. He rejects full ties with Washington without recognizing Cambodia’s frontier and a non aggression pledge, while expressing openness to general talks and friendship with some American figures.

Phnom Penh Cambodia Norodom Shanouk U.S Chester W. Bowles Sihanouk Washington United States Bowles Warsaw Ho Chi Minh Nguyen Huu Tho Nationalist Liberation Front Averell Harriman Robert F Kennedy William Fulbright Mike Mansfield Dean Acheson

Humprey Cancels Speech as Ethiopian Students Protest

Vice President Hubert Humphrey canceled a Haile Selassie University address after student demonstrators defaced an effigy of President Johnson. About 300 protesters carried signs like Johnson Murderer and Down with the CTA as Humphrey, late from talks with the emperor, arrived in Addis Ababa during his nine nation African tour. He defended U.S. self determination and greeted Americans at the embassy before attending a Peace Corps wedding reception.

Addis Ababa Ethiopia UPI Hubert H. Humphrey President Johnson Humphrey Haile Selassie Haile Selassie University Johnson Asmara CTA Zambia U.S Vietnam Kinshama Congo

New Draft Protests In Offing After Indictments

Five men including pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to violate draft laws. At Arlington Street Church in Boston supporters forecast larger antiwar action such as student strikes and sit-ins, blaming the Johnson White House for the indictments.

Boston UPI Arlington Street Church Johnson Grand Jury Benjamin Spock

Subzero Cold Grips U S Across Wide swath

A brutal cold snap swept the nation with sleet and freezing rain from New Mexico to the Atlantic Coast. Heavy snow warnings extended from Kansas to New York as 23 states faced sub‑zero temperatures and hazardous driving conditions across the East.

New Mexico Atlantic Kansas New York Thaois Indiana Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania Missouri Kentucky West Virginia Maryland Central Plains California Pacific Northwest Texas Georgia

Three Chicago Officers Dismissed Over Klan Ties

Three Chicago police officers were ordered separated from the force after being identified as Ku Klux Klan members. The move followed an investigation by Police Supt. James B. Conlisk and a raid on Donald Heath’s home yielding guns and 200,900 rounds of ammunition. Earnest Semet and William H. Plogger were among those named. three other officers resigned after Klan affiliations emerged.

Chicago Forte Bite Donald Heath Illinois KKK Earnest Semet William H. Plogger James B. Conlisk Heath George Sims Heaths Police Bureau of Inspectional Services

San Francisco Newspapers Hit by Picket Line Strikes

Mailers Local 18 walked out in a one day strike against San Francisco's two major dailies the Chronicle and Examiner after a Los Angeles based picker line shut them down. No negotiations were scheduled.

San Francisco UPI Mailers Los Angeles Mailers Union Local 18 Morning Chronicle Afternoon Examiner

Texas oil heir Ike West Jr. released after coroner ruling

San Antonio heir Ike West Jr. whose body was held after a crash diet incident was released to his wife Sandy West by County Coroner Dr. Otto Ravenholt. An autopsy showed no heart attack or obvious wounds. lab tests continue to rule out foul play. West was found by Dr. Thomas Newman in Las Vegas where he had registered under the name Gladney.

Élas Su ‘Dently Otto Ravenholt Ravenholt Ike West Jr San Antonio Texas Gladney Sandy West Las Vegas Sol Ken Elder Elder

Boston triple shooting shocks Roxbury Black Muslim district

A woman and two men were shot in a blood stained 1967 tan wagon in Roxbury near Brunswick and Normandy streets. Herbert Smith 47 of Roxbury assistant manager of Basin Street South perished at the wheel. A woman in her 20s and a second man in his 30s were found dead in the vehicle. Police said the killings are not gang related and two identities remain unknown.

Boston UPI Bos Merle Jones Roxbury Brunswick Normandy Herbert Smith Basin Street South South End Smith

Brush Fire Strikes Lorenzi Park Area

A desert brush fire in Lorenzi Park near Twin Lakes burned about ten acres along Tonopah Highway. Three Las Vegas Fire Department units battled the blaze from an undetermined source, bringing it under control in under an hour while investigators mapped the scene for hours.

Lorenzi Park Las Vegas Las

Florida Slaying Suspect Held

A Las Vegas resident, Robert John Stevenson aged 24 of 2224 Tam Drive, is in North Las Vegas custody as a suspect in the Florida boat yard death of James Young, 54. A warrant for second degree murder has been issued and Stevenson is expected to waive extradition.

Las Vegas Florida Robert John Stevenson Tam Dr James Young

McCarthy challenges top politicians over Vietnam policy

Sen Eugene J. McCarthy urged high level figures to join his anti Vietnam stance at a New York event. He called for Secretary of State Dean Rusk to resign and said US policy echoes past Republican lines, with Dulles named as shaping today’s approach.

New York UPI Eugene J. McCarthy D-Minn Poli Cies Johnson Vietnam McCarthy Robert F. Kennedy New York Democrat Minnesota Coalition For Statler Hilton Dean Rusk Viet‘nam Ariz Barry Goldwater John Foster Dulles

Where I Stand (Continued from Page 1)

The SUN reports irregularities in coroner and law enforcement inventories and the disposal of bodies in Clark County Nevada. Officials including Dr. Ravenholt have offered little comment while alleged looting of valuables from the deceased is linked to public apathy and official indifference.

Heaven and Earth The SUN Coroner's Office Ravenholt Clark County Nevada Borden

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