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Newspaper

Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Jan 22, 1968

Page

4

Demonstrators Ejected From Johnsons Washington Church

Seventeen Vietnam war protesters and Eartha Kitt supporters disrupted a National City Christian Church service. The president was absent as ushers escorted 16 demonstrators from the building and carried out the 17th amid applause from some congregants.

Washington UPI Eartha Kitt White House Johnson National City Christian Church George R. Davis Davis Tom Fox

Widow of Kasperak Granted Transplant Amid Hope

Virginia White, 43, who died of a brain hemorrhage, approved heart donation for Mike Kasperak after his Stanford doctors proposed a transplant. Kasperak, from Cleveland then East Palo Alto, battled chronic heart disease with his wife at his bedside in Palo Alto.

Mike Kasperak Stanford University Kasperak Palo Alto- Stanford Medical Center Mike Virginia White White Judy Rickey Des Moines California

Public Trust In Congress Fading Again

A Harris survey shows public trust in the 90th Congress has fallen sharply since 1965 with 21 percent of respondents offering no opinion. Blacks, enrolled Democrats defend Congress while independents and younger, better educated voters criticize it most.

Congress

North Korean Raid Kills Five In Seoul

About 30 armed infiltrators crossed into Seoul and opened fire last night. Police killed one attacker, captured another, and the group killed five people including a police chief and four civilians before being halted near the Blue House. Nine characters omitted.

Seoul South Korea UPI National Police Headquarters Blue House Park Chung Hee Jongvo

Ford Theater Reopens as National Shrine to Lincoln

Ford Theater dedicated as a national shrine after a $2 million restoration. Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and senators Charles Percy and Milton Young addressed about 500 invited guests as the theater was recreated with original furnishings or faithful reproductions to resemble its 1865 appearance on the night Lincoln was assassinated.

Washington UPI Ford Abraham Lincoln Hubert H. Humphrey Charles H. Percy R-Ill Milton R. Young R-N. D Lincoln John Wilkes Booth

Hanoi rejects U.S. peace talks as edict criticizes San Antonio formula

The Nhan Dan commentary denounces President Johnson's peace proposal, saying the United States has no right to set terms or demand reciprocity. It accuses the U.S. of aggression including air raids on Haiphong Hanoi Lang Son and other North Vietnamese targets, and rejects any negotiations under Washington pressure.

United States Nhan Dan Johnson San Antonio South Vietnam Haiphong Hanoi Lang Son North Vietnam U.S

Union Warns GM May Face Crippling Labor Walkout

DETROIT UPI Union official Leonard Woodcock says GM could be crippled as three foundry walkouts—Saginaw Michigan Defiance Ohio and Tonawanda New York—idling tens of thousands of workers unless local issues are resolved.

General Motors Corp United Auto Workers Leonard Woodcock Woodcock Saginaw Mich Defiance Ohio Tonawanda N.Y

Eartha Kitt Defends White House Remarks

Eartha Kitt says her White House luncheon remarks were not a critique of the United States. She explains she spoke as an American to address juvenile delinquency and concerns about the Vietnam War, noting she spoke to Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson and guests and does not see herself as a spokesperson for Black Americans.

Boston UPI Eartha Kitt United States White House Lyndon B. Johnson Miss Kitt America

Communists Denounce Johnson War Policies Over Korea Threat

North Korea denounces President Johnson as a war maniac and murderer in Rodong Shinmoon commentary, warning U S Vietnam actions could trigger a new Korean war. KCNA broadcasts monitored in Tokyo quote Pyongyang stressing tense conditions. The piece assails U S military resolve in Vietnam and accuses Washington of causing poverty and unemployment through taxation.

Tokyo UPI North Korea Johnson U.S. Vietnam Pyongyang Rodong Shinmoon Korean Central News Agency KCNA

Proposes Apes For Medical Research In New York

New York business leader William Black urged the U.S. government to breed and use anthropoid apes for heart transplant research and other medical studies. He proposed a large-scale program in the Florida Everglades and cited Dr. Albert Sabin’s primate use in polio vaccine development. Black noted high costs and donations to Columbia University, Lenox Hill, Mt. Sinai, and Parkinson’s Foundation.

New York API William Black Black Chock Full 0 Asia Africa National Institutes of Health Florida Everglades Columbia University Lenox Hill Mt. Sinai New York City New Rochelle N.Y Parkinson’s Disease Foundation

Mass Complications Prove Fatal for Heart Patient

Dr Christiaan Barnard warned against halting heart transplant work after recent patient deaths in the United States and South Africa. Shumway expressed ongoing observations to improve future transplants and noted interest in low dose immunosuppressive use to prevent rejection.

United States South Africa Shumway Christiaan Barnard Louis Washansky Blaiberg Barnard

Commanders Face 15000 Reds In New Drive

The fighting left at least 25 Americans dead and 171 wounded as U S Marines repelled a North Vietnamese push near Khe Sanh and the McNamara Wall. Attacks spread through Pleiku and Dak To with mortar fire against Khe Sanh and other points in Leathernneck Square.

Khe Sanh Dmz Laos U. S South Vietnam Gio Linh Camp Carroll

Six Die in Fog Shrouded U.S. 99 Crash

A multi-vehicle collision on foggy U S 99 ten miles south of Bakersfield, California, killed six people and injured eight others. The crash began when John Caudillo, 36, of Los Angeles veered into northbound lanes and struck Louise Baker, 47, of San Francisco, triggering a chain reaction that included a family of four among the dead.

Bakersfield Calif UPI U.S. 99 Here California Highway Patrol John Caudillo Los Angeles Louise Baker San Francisco

Cambodian Border Clash Report Seeks U.S. and Vietnames Casualties

Reports from Phnom Penh claim a Cambodian border patrol killed about 15 soldiers from a mixed American and South Vietnamese unit after a border incursion last Thursday. The ICC investigated, while Cambodia accused U S troops of crossing in Friday’s clash and Sihanouk discussed Western moves with Tito amid regional tensions.

Phnom Penh Cambodia UPI Cai Co River South Vietnam ICC U. S

Overseas operators join strike against AT&T on second day

In New York 85 percent of overseas operators did not work on the second day of AT&T walkout. An AT&T spokesman said calls went through without interruption as supervisory staff filled in for 204 missing Local 1150 members.

New York UPI American Telephone & Telegraph Co At&t

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LBJ God Theless Harvey S. Glasener Barry Goldwater President Johnson Harris Ford Theater Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam Detroit UAW Chevrolet American Motors Corp Korea Quang Tri Pleiku Dak International Control Commission Penm Montreal Norodom Sihanouk Tito Yugoslavia Tanjug Sihanouk
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