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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1968
Page
4
U S heavy bombers and a Canberra cruiser pounded fortified DMZ sites while B 52s and ground artillery shelled Con Thien Gio Linh and Camp Carroll. Saigon reported 5000 Marines moved north of Da Nang as intelligence cited two to three North Vietnamese divisions nearby.
Dr. Christiaan Barnard reviews two heart transplants. Louis Washkansky died 18 days after surgery from pneumonia due to immunosuppression, while Denis Blaiberg was kept isolated with minimal drug intervention. Barnard notes rejection risks remain and emphasizes patient management in early post transplant period.
About 12 guards on duty as warden Hocker reports no incidents yet. Inmates threaten a work and meal boycott while the warden demands negotiation only from inmate leadership. He calls the action a pressure tactic and says the strike is driven by a few malcontents with most inmates backing administration.
A 38 year old Las Vegas area man, Joseph William Brooks, was found dead in the back seat of his car with a hose running from the exhaust. His car was located several miles away in the Calico Basin area off West Charleston Avenue. Brooks was a field representative for 7-11 food markets in the Las Vegas area.
Clark County coroner reports 63 year old Katherine Gillman died from respiratory failure due to asphyxia in a Park Arms Apartments fire at 511 E Sahara Ave. The cause is tentative pending microscopic and toxicology tests. fire under investigation.
Three juveniles were booked into Juvenile Hall after a disturbance at the Coliseum Skating Rink in Las Vegas. A police officer was kicked in the leg as officers arrived to quell the near riot after a citizen’s arrest attempt. A witness described loud obscenities directed at officers.
Pesch said the transfusion and yesterday's operation should help stem the liver necrosis. He noted gall bladder complications are common after surgery. Kasperak remains in a semi conscious condition following the operation and his liver condition could be connected to the length of his heart surgery.
A Harris poll finds critics label Reagan as too Goldwater-like and opportunistic while a majority remain unfamiliar with a personal problems episode. Voters see him as a hard liner on Vietnam and race, but question his candor and integrity. The survey shows Reagan’s campaign abilities still uncertain.
A Gallup survey of 1,534 adults in 310 localities finds 66 percent view President Johnson as a hawk who favors stepping up the Vietnam War effort, 18 percent call him a dove and 16 percent have no opinion.
King Constantine of Greece says he launched a failed coup as he felt boxed in by the regime. He fled Greece December 14 with royal family and began exile in month two. He claims retirement and promotion decrees forced his action and says he will speak more freely from abroad.
Prince Norodom Sihanouk said he was displeased by reports that the United States might pursue across Cambodian borders. He said U S Ambassador Chester Bowles assured him in Phnom Penh talks that Washington would abstain from frontier incursions, a position reflected in Bowles signed joint communique.
Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield says Hanoi's move from could to will on talks may be goodwill but cautions about North Vietnam's sincerity. He urges a bombing halt to test Trinh's promise while permitting raids on infiltration routes to continue. He criticizes Saigon's stance on NL F talks and Thieu's refusal to recognize the NLF.
Nine men accused of guerrilla raids in preparation for an armed uprising in the Amazon go on trial in Belem. Police report confessions detailing arms acquisition and Molotov cocktails. Ricardo Gomez, 25, of Puerto Ayacucho, Venezuela, described as leader, is wanted for crimes in Venezuela.
Dr. Walter W Heller argues for a 7 or 8 percent surtax under certain budget and early agreement conditions with Rep. Mills to spur approval. He warns absence of surtax raises rates and pressures European and developing economies, urges restraint on Great Society, and supports built in budget increases including military and health funding.
President Rene Barrientos in La Paz challenged Fidel Castro to release thousands of political prisoners to prove the revolution’s legitimacy, replying to Castro’s offer to trade 100 counterrevolutionaries for Guevara’s remains. Barrientos asserted Bolivia’s 1954 revolution is more authentic and demanded freedom for Castro's prisoners.
West German Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger warned that election of Right wing radicals to the federal parliament could undermine international confidence. He sought to raise the 5 percent threshold to 10 percent, a move opposed by the Social Democrats who call it unconstitutional. The NDP already holds seats in six of eleven state legislatures.
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