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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1968
Page
6
In Paterson New Jersey the Sisters of Charity at St Josephs Convent will vote on spending the 100000 lottery prize won by a parishioner in the New York State lottery. The gift funds a long sought gym for the school built in a dilapidated mill.
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield warned that ongoing Vietnam involvement drains energy and funds from U S domestic problems. He urged that the United States blow the whistle on further Vietnam expansion in the national interest. Mansfield spoke at the Potato Chip Institute conference in Bal Harbour Florida and said peace talks rumors aside, the war trend remains upward.
CAPE KENNEDY UPID The first flight test of America's moon landing ship was called a fantastic job by chief flight director Christopher C Kraft who predicted flying men in the next lunar module. The unmanned craft reached orbit, then faced engine failure after four hours, but engineers recovered from the problem as the mission ended in Earth orbit after 7 hours 40 minutes.
At the 17 nation disarmament conference Canada Britain and Czechoslovakia became the first to publicly back the nonproliferation treaty draft presented by the United States and the Soviet Union. Canada praised the essentials while suggesting wording to block peaceful explosion provisions from revealing weapon information. Britain noted the draft as balancing interests though not perfect and Czechoslovakia offered unconditional support.
Il Messaggero reports Sicily’s quake victims received early bread and medicine from mobsters who then forced refugees to pay to leave the danger zone and sell small properties for a fraction of their value. Officials urge focusing on relief amid fear.
Broadway and television actress Charlotte Rae will debut in the film Hello Down There alongside Janet Leigh and Tony Randall, marking her first major motion picture appearance.
President Johnson asks Congress for a vast manpower plan to employ half a million hard core unemployed people in urban slums. The message follows the State of the Union and calls the program the largest in U.S. history aimed at helping Americans who want to work find jobs.
Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy declares he will fight to win the Democratic presidential nomination and will not step aside. The Look magazine interview frames his campaign as his own and notes Kennedy’s possible strategy. In other news, President Johnson pitches a broad job program to boost urban employment and private sector partnership.
John Wayne supervised the sale of registered Hereford bulls from his 42,000 acre cattle ranch near Springerville Arizona. The Hollywood star paused from filming The Green Berets to oversee the event and ensure proper bidding.
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