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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1968
Page
1
The Las Vegas Sun celebrates eighteen years since Hank Greenspun launched the paper from The Free Press. The edition recalls its battles with politicians, including Joe McCarthy and Pat McCarran, a 1963 fire, and ongoing crusading journalism that defined its rise.
Meridian Mississippi police said they thwarted a racist plot to bomb a Jewish merchant home after a gun battle. A 26 year old Jackson woman Kathy Ainsworth linked to Ku Klux Klan was killed along with three men injured one a police officer. Authorities recovered dynamite and a timer. Thomas Albert Tarrants III of Mobile Alabama was captured and sought by the FBI.
Surprise replacement for ailing Robert F E Mullen arrives as Judge Alvin Wartman names James Carmany to direct county juvenile court services and guide probationers. Carmany led Southern Nevada welfare operations and has held the top state post there for under 60 days.
Police across Pope and Johnson counties recovered 149 small bombs spread over a 20 mile radius. Each device contained about five ounces of TNT and looked like drilling explosives. No injuries were reported and authorities planned a Monday follow up search to ensure all bombs were collected.
Five exhausted Boy Scouts and their leader were rescued after spending Saturday night on Potosi Mountain. They endured cold conditions and hunger before dawn patrols located them in Pine Creek Canyon yesterday.
Clark County Sheriff's deputies and REACT volunteers found Inulhe Sun Troop 165 safe after an all day hike planned by Scout Master Wesley McGirr. Scouts Tom Hanson Doug Kane Mike Flutz Jim Bull and Carl Norris joined the 12 mile trek over rugged Potosi Ridge to Willow Springs Road. The group logged about five miles by map after fatigue slowed two hikers.
Detroit police found 11 year old twin sisters Nora and Diana Gyley dead from stab wounds. Diana was missing until her body was located about a mile from the home. Detective John Roffey noted a report of breaking and entering and possible assault preceding the discovery.
Paris reports Charles de Gaulle's Gaullist party won at least 355 seats in the 487 member National Assembly, a landslide that solidifies his control and enables sweeping reforms. Key figures include Guy Mollet, Gaston Deferre, Jacques Duhamel, Christian Fouchet, and Francois Mitterrand.
A Seaboard World Airlines DC8 chartered by the U.S. military stray off course and was escorted to landing on Iturup Island in the Kuriles. The craft carried about 214 U.S. Army soldiers and possibly civilian government employees. No damage or injuries reported. It was en route from McChord AFB Seattle to Yokota Japan. State Department engaged with the Soviet Embassy. purpose of troop movement unclear.
Continued clear gentle winds with today’s high near 95 and low around 65. Yesterday’s high 93 and low 63. Noontime humidity at 6 percent. Sunrise at 5 27 and sunset at 8 02.
Nixon holds solid support within the Republican base yet lags with general voters as the GOP National Convention nears in Miami Beach. He must broaden appeal beyond party ranks to win a broad November majority.
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