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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1968
Page
2
The Sun argues Hughes, though welcome, cannot relieve citizens of civic duties or solve state problems. It warns Hughes’ enterprises across aircraft and research cannot be sole solutions and urges public officials to understand he is a businessman, but not the cure-all.
United Press International reports a massive wintry outbreak across the nation. Deaths topped 272 with New England and Texas among hardest hit as fires and carbon monoxide incidents added to the casualties. Snow and ice disrupted travel from New Mexico to Louisiana and grounded flights.
The first day of a jury trial features Jay C. Brewer, a Las Vegas restaurant owner and former Assembly candidate, denying criminal intent while describing a scheme with Bank of Nevada cashier’s checks. He says the overdraft matter was civil, and that Arthur McGill suggested he issue checks to obtain cashier’s checks. The case involves more than $92,000 moved via checks and cashier’s checks as part of the alleged misapplication of funds.
Leaders of a Clark County group advocating integrated housing praised Gov. Paul Laxalt for his stance on fair housing. They noted he would seek 1969 legislative action if discrimination persists in Las Vegas. Farr and Carilino said his leadership boosts social progress and plan to meet in Las Vegas this week.
President Johnson announced the resignation of Charles L. Schultze as director of the Bureau of the Budget. Charles J. Zwick will replace him, with Schultze to join Brookings in Washington and teach economics at the University of Maryland.
Detectives raided a luxury Greenwich Village apartment last night and said it ran a 26 million dollar yearly gambling operation. Two men were arrested in the 334 dollar monthly Bleecker Street flat described as the operation's clearing house. A separate military report says a crowded civilian bus on Highway One north of here was struck, killing 25 passengers and wounding two others.
In San Diego California the unburned skin of 17 year old Nancy Stangel was donated to Nancy Sisson 23 of Santee for grafting after the girl died in Grossmont Hospital The donor and recipient are linked through the Stan gel family with the donation occurring shortly after the death.
In Da Nang, South Vietnam, a mine exploded causing damage and casualties. Details on victims and exact blast circumstances were not provided.
The Henderson City Council rejected an airport land use proposal for 945 acres near Interstate 15 and Henderson Cutoff. The project owner Arby W. Alper was asked to wait for Clark County’s airport study results before reapplying. County officials Dave Henry and Earl Taylor spoke against the plan.
A United Nations projects officer Pierre V. Stula, declared a Czech-born French citizen, leaped from the 24th floor of the UN headquarters. He died after landing on a fifth-floor veranda. Stula had just returned from an assignment in Vienna.
The Mens Club of Temple Beth Sholom will sponsor a benefit performance of Fiddler on the Roof at Caesars Palace Circus Maximus Room at 6 30 p.m. tomorrow. Tickets cost 15 dollars featuring dinner and show. Reservations at Temple office 1600 E Oakey Blvd or 384 5070.
Pierre Van Paassen, renowned author and journalist, died yesterday at University Hospital after a long illness. He was 72.
Gov Laxalt's cabinet approved a program to give 4600 Nevada state workers eight hours of classroom defensive driving over the next year. Employees will complete four hours in two consecutive weeks with the DMV aiming to finish within ten months. The plan, one of the first of its kind, seeks to meet federal highway safety standards at low cost.
Jimmie Hovietz, 6, was ordered to appear January 19 in District Court on a charge of slaying his mother Vera Lynch, 31, mother of five, stabbed to death in March 1966. District Judge Howard Babcock postponed the hearing to await psychiatric reports on competency to stand trial. Police quoted Hovietz as saying he killed a ghost during a drinking party with Indian war songs.
Antitrust attorney Joseph L. Alioto, 51, sworn in as San Francisco's 34th mayor yesterday in the Opera House before 3,500 attendees. He attended an ecumenical mass and four public receptions after defeating the late contender Eugene McAteer and former mayor John F. Shelley.
Preliminary autopsy of oilman Ike Wes Jr found in a Las Vegas motel last week ruled out natural death but could not determine the exact cause. Deputy Coroner Ken Elder noted no signs of violence. Toxicology tests continue as Wes’s wife Sandy and brother Saul arrived in Las Vegas.
Gov Paul Laxalt will stay in Carson City this week for several public events. He will fly to Las Vegas on Thursday for four appearances including a Rotary lunch in Clark County, a League of Women Voters conference, a Christian Concerns meeting, and a dinner at Nellis Air Force Base with Gen. R. G. Taylor. He returns to Reno Saturday for a University of Nevada Board of Regents meeting.
A Gallup poll of 310 locales projects independent peace party leader Senator Eugene McCarthy gaining 12 percent of the vote if a national election were held. Johnson leads with 39 percent, Nixon 30 percent, Wallace 11 percent. 8 percent undecided. McCarthy plans a New Hampshire primary March 12 as a peace candidate.
Gov Laurleen Wallace and her husband former Gov George Wallace flew to Houston where she will receive outpatient therapy for a growth that may be a third cancer. She is to undergo three to four weeks of treatment at M D Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute with no announced stay for Gov Wallace.
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