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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1968
Page
1
Saigon endured a major daytime offensive as Communist forces pressed targets in the city including the U S Embassy. Six hours of heavy fighting followed around the embassy with officials saying the main building was not breached. UPI reports this marks the war's biggest offensive thus far.
The piece recalls a draft notice sent to an eight-year-old in Elkins West Virginia and questions military policies and the trend toward militarization. It contrasts past wartime resolve with current leadership and reflects on McNamara and the human cost of military machines. It also reports on 1967 NTS man-hours lost, NRDS progress, and planned nuclear rocket and defense projects.
The Las Vegas Sun advertises a Lucky License bumper sticker mailed on request via the Circulation Department at 382 3078. The notice mentions a mile long Hot Creek Valley testing site in Central Nevada and Amchitka Island near Alaska as supplemental sites for potential underground detonations.
The winter storm crushed the Northwest with heavy snows closing hundreds of schools and delaying city services from Portland to Seattle. In California the Sierra and Susanville saw nine inches in six hours and some areas exceed four feet, while a California Zephyr was stranded with 18 passengers. Across Vietnam, heavy attacks near Saigon and at Tan Son Nhut left American casualties and strained hospitals.
Motorists face a 5 p.m. deadline to pick up 1968 license plates at the Department of Motor Vehicles. A minimum $5 penalty applies for late pickups, plus $3 and 10 percent of the privilege tax. Extra staff will assist the rush at the office.
Nevada Gaming Commission delayed approval for a Disneyland style casino on the Strip after the Gaming Control Board cited only 77 percent of the required 90 percent financial backing. The application, tied to Caesars Palace licenses, was sent back to the Control Board for meeting seven conditions.
Clark County juvenile delinquency remains higher than ideal but manageable says two lawmen. Las Vegas Police Department records show 2,813 cases handled in 1967, 33 fewer than 1966, with 2,070 actually arrested. Ragland notes officers try to settle minor problems locally.
Two blond gunmen robbed the Lake Mead Marina office at 2 a.m. and escaped with a small safe containing about $1,000 after handcuffing night watchman Aldon Burt. Suspects Robert Daniel Cody, 22, Boulder City. John Mellville Carlstrom, 23, Las Vegas. and Charles Roy Banks, 21, Las Vegas, were jailed.
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