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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1968
Page
3
Police swept the Stony Brook University campus at 5 a.m. arresting 34 suspects, including two women sleeping in a men’s dorm. Twenty-three students were enrolled at the 3900-student university, with 25 indicted and nine more jailed in dorm rooms.
Lt. Col. Jack A. Mercer and Capt. James A. Sullivan piloted the missing aircraft. Passengers included Col. Rex E. Epp Col. Charles Rathburn and Col. William Davidson. Eisenhart, SAC chief of staff 1964–66, would have turned 54 on Feb. 19. He earned multiple decorations and logged 154 combat hours in World War II. He was born in Culbertson Nebraska and trained at Randolph and Kelly Fields.
President Johnson pledges a three year jobs push, Model Cities rehabilitation, 6 million new housing units over ten years, child health care, stronger law enforcement, and a temporary 10 percent income tax surcharge to back a negotiated halt in bombing North Vietnam. He forecasts a lean budget with an $8 billion deficit if tax hikes pass.
Nevada Supreme Court rules agents must testify in depositions. Depositions continue at Jones and Jones law firm with Dean Fison James Moreland and M B Parker listed among scheduled participants. U S attorneys report 14 new depositions yesterday in the federal office with multiple names identified for today and January 22 and special sessions planned for January 29.
Investigators linked threats and a shotgun blast to associates of Shumate. A note was found in a shattered bottle, and Wade, Kroc, and LePiard fled or were absent while tied to an alleged telephone threat. Kroc faces multiple bail issues. Wade left town after protective custody.
Noel Brann an associate professor of history at the University of Maryland received a draft induction notice ordering civilian janitorial work at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He denounces the draft as a tool to repress Vietnam War opposition and plans to use his case to mobilize campus protest as students circulate petitions and a rally was planned.
A Las Vegas woman Gladys Chaddaway 65 died after being struck by an automobile while crossing the 800 block of Ogden Ave. The driver John Monroe Abrams Jr. 27 was not charged pending police investigation. The victim was pronounced dead at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital.
Romney accused the Johnson administration of coverups and lies while urging a candid presidency. He challenged Johnson to outline an acceptable Vietnam settlement as he campaigned in Dover New Hampshire ahead of the March 12 primary. Reagan criticized Washington on issues from Vietnam to crime, and McCarthy spoke to a Vietnam peace group.
Space Agency halves the Apollo Applications program after budget cuts. The planned space station missions and advanced moon exploration are canceled or scaled back with only a embryonic station and sun watching telescope remaining. Astronaut stays shortened to 28 days and two 56 day periods. Officials cite funding as the core obstacle for 1970s lunar initiatives.
Minneapolis attorney John M. Williams heads Citizens for Governmental Restraint Inc to collect about one million impeachment petitions over Johnson's Vietnam War actions. With Edward Keating, Williams says 200 supporters circulate and about 1000 signatures are in, aiming to present to Congress by May 1.
South Vietnam's Foreign Minister Tran Van Do said Hanoi and Saigon are ready to meet to discuss a possible extension of the 48 hour Tet Lunar New Year cease-fire. Hanoi had suggested extensions while Viet Cong called for seven days. Allies observed a 24 hour Christmas truce and extended New Year truce to 36 hours.
In Western Sicily rescue teams labored with bulldozers and bare hands to reach survivors after four days of shocks. Death toll estimates ranged from 152 to over 250 with 20,000 homeless and 1,500 missing as relief rushed in from abroad.
Rep. James G. Fulton proposes underground runways and pine buffers to mute jet noise. He suggests landings into a tunnel and takeoffs surfacing uphill to gain altitude faster, with plans to plant adjacent trees or barriers.
A quake centered near Pereira in Ceara state damaged the town and surrounding areas with a 25 mile felt zone reaching Sao Miguel in Rio Grande do Norte. Officials report no immediate casualties. Pereira sits in a mining region in the Cabelo Mountains about 250 miles south of Fortaleza.
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