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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1968
Page
5
A clearance listing offers maple dinette sets, heavy chairs, round extension tables, and sofa groupings with reversible cushions. Also featured are modern sectionals, nightstands, bedroom suites, marble tables, and Hotpoint refrigerator-freezer with warranty and varied discounts.
Four Senate committees plan hearings on rising hospital charges and physicians fees, examining cost causes and government and private insurance links. Reports indicate hospital charges have doubled in ten years while physician fees rose about 40 percent. hearings target doctors in high earnings areas and fee abuses.
A nudist resort near Pierson hosts a weekend circus with thirteen acts starting at 3 p.m. Visitors must be a family or couple and must disrobe per club policy. Acts include trapeze tightwire funicycle Spanish web jugglers and aerialists.
Palm Beach Florida police arrested beachboy Jack Murphy a known felon on vagrancy charges. He was identified as the jewel thief once convicted in a New York museum theft alongside Allan Kuhn and Roger Clark. Bond set at 500 dollars. He listed life guarding as his occupation and Miami Beach address.
Kinshasa announced a break in diplomatic relations with Rwanda after Kigali refused to extradite 120 European mercenaries held inside Rwanda. The Congo condemned Rwanda for defying Africa and said OAU resolutions on evacuation are voided by the mercenaries’ flight.
Dr. Martin Luther King announced recruiting 3,000 people from 16 states for a program of direct action for jobs in Washington this spring. He spoke to about 2,000 students at Ohio Northern University, noting Washington as a prime civil rights target this year.
The National Science Foundation announced it is spending 152000 dollars on a project to teach mathematics to computers. The description suggests a novel effort in computer education and algorithmic learning.
A new small geodetic satellite was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base California. The mission aims to improve precise Earth measurements used in mapping and geodesy. Officials noted the satellite will provide data for height and position accuracy.
Two Madison men were jailed after obscene slogans were found on their chests during preinduction exams at Milwaukee. Joseph Chandler 18 and Daniel Swinney 23 faced bond of 100 dollars each as their cases were adjourned to February 16. Outside, about 60 demonstrators urged Richard Atlee to refuse induction. Atlee was disqualified for the moment after the physical.
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