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Newspaper

Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Jul 02, 1968

Page

4

Col Shook Takes Command of Nellis 474th Wing

Colonel Carmen M. Shook assumed command of the 474th Tactical Fighter Wing at Nellis Air Force Base replacing Colonel C L Van Etten. A 28 year veteran, Shook served in World War II and taught across Europe Asia and the Pacific before holding senior posts at Osan Kirtland MacDill and Takhli. He has two daughters Sandra and Katherine and a son Robert with his wife Della.

Carmen M. Shook 474Th Tactical Fighter Wing Nellis Air Force Base C. L. van Etten Shook United State Army Air Corps 358Th 8Th 9Th Air Force Europe 86Th Neubiburg Germany Andrews Afb Washington D.C Aerospace Defense Command ADC Sioux City Iowa 58Th Fighter Group Osan Korea Air War College Maxwell Afb Ala Kirtland Afb Air Force Systems Command Air Force Special Weapons Center 479Th Tactical George Afb Calif Air Force Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base Thailand Jth Air Force 474Th Tactical Fight Wing Strike Command MacDill Afb Fla Della Sandra Kathaerine Robert

Hawaii Interview In Hanley Murder Case Delivers New Witness

Clark County District Attorney George Franklin flies to Honolulu to quiz Wally Charleston a former San Francisco union official and key witness in the murder case against labor leader Tom Hanley Call Norm Call and Carl Black are also implicated in the 1946 bill for pay murders of Ralph Alsup Black is a fugitive Hanley awaits trial in Nevada jail Franklin plans to return later this week Charleston could join other Hanley associates slated to testify at trial

Clark County George Franklin Honolulu Hawaii Tom Hanley Franklin Wally Charleston San Francisco Union Normal Call Call Hanley Carl Black Ralph Alsup Charleston

Nixon gains momentum with Lone Star delegates and GOP shift

The article reports Nixon securing Texas delegates and signaling a broader move within the Republican race. Rockefeller outlines a policy platform with a Latin market plan and a Western Hemisphere peacekeeping force. Landon backs Rockefeller as the top GOP choice. Cooper urges an open convention to avoid defections. A Chicago delegates conference and Humphrey’s outreach to mayors are noted.

Rockefeller New York Western Hemisphere Organization of American States Alf M. Landon GOP John Sherman Cooper Washington Cooper R-Ky Nixon Chicago Ilinois Iowa Kansas Minnesota Nebraska North Dakota South Dakota Oklahoma Missouri William H. Renschler Illinois Renschler Hubert H. Humphrey Minneapolis

U S and Soviet Union Agree On Nuclear Disarmament Talks

President Johnson announced joint discussions with the Soviet Union to pursue nuclear disarmament in the near future. The move followed the London signing of a world treaty banning nuclear weapons for nations without them and Kosygin's memorandum on halting the arms race.

Washington UPI Johnson United States Soviet Union White House Thompson

Red China Hails Birthday Amid Bloodbath Reports

Reports from Hong Kong describe a violent crackdown as the 47th CCP anniversary is marked in Peking. Gun battles in Canton reportedly kill hundreds with bodies dumped in rivers, while 20,900 soldiers guard the border to Hong Kong and Macao.

Hong Kong Red China Communist Party Peking Canton South China North China Kwangtung Macao

Mendoza Seeks High Court Seat in Nevada

Attorney in Las Vegas with early roles as justice of the peace and city attorney seeks a seat on the Nevada Supreme Court. Admitted to the Nevada Bar in 1951, he has practiced in Las Vegas and Clark County and holds affiliations with St. Viator Catholic Church, the Reserve Officers Association, and City of Hope. He and wife Ruby are parents of five. An Army veteran.

Las Vegas North Las Vegas Clark Ty Nevada Yand St. Viator’s Catholic Church Mendoza Ruby The Reserve Officers Association City of Hope

Two Las Vegans Hospitalized After Rear End Crash

A high speed rear end collision on Paradise Road near Sierra Vista Drive sent two Las Vegas residents to hospital with facial injuries and internal shock. The drivers were Willie Hawkins and Charles McDonnell, both 19, from Las Vegas, in the Hawkins vehicle which struck Dr. Donald Hoops’s car and then crashed through a brick wall.

Paradise Road Sierra Vista Drive Willie Hawkins Charles McDonnell Las Vegas Donald Hoops Hawkins Doctor

Final Rites For Noted Vegan Al Cahlan

The service occurred with Cahlan's brother John present as the church opened from a side door before Masonic rites began. Dr. Barclay Johnson led the eulogy praising Cahlan's heart and faith. Cahlan, a 32nd degree Mason, received full Masonic rites as leaders including Lt. Gov. Ed Fike and Mayor Oran Grayson attended.

Cahlan John Barclay Johnson Church of Religious Science Nevada Ed Fike Las Vegas Oran Grayson U.S Alan §. Bible Angus G. Blad

Alert Lawman Halts Runaway Railroad Box Cars

A patrolman stopped two runaway box cars that sped 12 blocks through a south Kansas City business district. Five autos were struck and three people injured before the officer jumped aboard and set the hand brakes. One car trapped its driver beneath its wheels as passengers watched.

Kansas City UPI Model Country Club Plaza

Hughes Makes Big Move on ABC Stock Bid and TV Acquisition

Hughes offers to buy a large stake in ABC and seeks a temporary FCC waiver to stay within ownership limits after purchasing 2 million ABC shares. In a separate Midwest railroad incident, two runaway box cars derailed near Kansas City, injuring three people including Glen Mathews, 19, in a blue car.

Hughes ABC Midwest Kansas 47Th Street Kemp Glen Mathews Bolivardo

U S asks Russia to release plane with Americans

U S officials urged the Soviet Union to free a Seaboard World DC8 bound for Vietnam that carried 214 U S servicemen and 17 civilians after it landed on the Kurile Islands. Moscow said it was investigating while no charges were disclosed.

U.S Russia Moscow UPI United States Soviet Union Kurile Islands Pacific Vietnam U. S Washington Seaboard World Airways

Sunrise Coast Firm OKs Merger

San Gabriel Valley Hospital in San Gabriel along with West Orange County Community Hospital in Stanton Baldwin Hills Hospital in Los Angeles Beverly Glen Hospital in West Los Angeles Lakeview Hospital in Elsinor Santa Clarita Hospital and the Santa Clarita Convalescent Hospital in Saugus approve a merger.

San Gabriel Valley Hospital San Gabriel West Orange County Commuunity Hospital Stanton Baldwin Hills Hospital Los Angeles Beverly Glen Hospital West Los Angeles Lakeview Hospital Elsinor Santa Clarita Hospital Santa Clarita Convalescent Hospital Saugus

Nevada Couple Die In Plane Crash Near Jarbridge

An Austin Nevada couple Joseph W Dory aged 44 and Ruth Dory were killed when their light single engine plane struck a power line and crashed near Jarbridge Elko County authorities said The crash cut power to the small community Dory ran a motel and service station in Austin The incident occurred as they were en route to visit friends

Jarridge, Nev UPI Austin Elko County Joseph W. Dory Ruth Jarbidge Elko Dory

Antisemetic Bomber Walked Into Mississippi Stakeout

Meridian Mississippi police trapped Thomas Tarrants and his Ku Klux Klan woman companion at a Jewish leader Meyer's home. Tarrants carried a bomb, fled, and a gun battle left Tarrants injured, the woman slain, and a policeman and bystander critically wounded. Authorities had asked Meyer Davidson and others to vacate their homes before the weekend. Davidson, a prominent Jewish merchant, said officers urged them to move for safety.

Meridian Miss UPI Thomas Albert Tarrats Tarrants Meyer Davidson Davidson Mobile Ala Hatcher Ainsworth

Pilot Strike Ends After 17 Days in London

The 17 day strike by British Overseas Airways Corporation pilots ends with a wage dispute still to be settled. A spokesman for the British Airline Pilots Association said pilots will return to work pending final terms and negotiations resume Tuesday. The strike cost the airline about 14.4 million dollars in lost revenue.

London UPI British Overseas Airways Corporation British Airline Pilots Association

Kosygin Reveals Nine Point Peace Proposal

In Moscow Premier Kosygin unveils a nine point plan to slow the arms race and curb nuclear warfare. The proposals call for ending nuclear bomber flights and submarine cruising, banning underground tests and biological weapons, eliminating foreign bases, creating regional disarmament zones, and fostering progress toward disarmament. The memo suggests UN disarmament talks in Geneva with 18 nations to discuss limits on delivery systems and ABMs. France and China are not signatories to the partial test ban treaty.

Moscow UPI Alexei Kosygin Middle East Kosygin Washington London France China Charles de Gaulle U. N. Disarmament Committee Geneva

Toy designer calls end to toy gun production

Marvin Glass, renowned for Ric-O-Shay and a former maker of toy firearms, urged manufacturers to stop producing toy weapons, arguing they must protect children's mental health and character beyond profits after Kennedy's assassination in 1965.

Chicago UPI Marvin Glass Kennedy Glass

No Sailor Strike Ends After Three Day NMU Pay Win

An arbitrator awarded the National Maritime Union a 5 percent pay hike and 15 extra vacation days retroactive to June 15, ending a three day nationwide seamen strike. The union will direct crews to return to work immediately, affecting more than 600 NMU ships and idling about 100 vessels at ports.

New York UPS Theodore Kheel NMU

Quake Signals Hint At Red Atomic Test

Washington reports seismologists in Uppsala and the U S Atomic Energy Commission detected quake like signals north of the Caspian Sea. The AEC says the shock resembles a test of 20 000 to 200 000 tons of TNT and notes it is the first time such signals from that area have been publicly disclosed. Officials would not confirm a new proving ground or faster underground testing by Russia.

Washington API Caspian Sea Uppsala U.S.A AEC Caspian

Johnson to Visit El Salvador for Central American Talks

The White House announced President Johnson will fly to San Salvador from the Texas ranch on July 6 to join Central American leaders July 5-7 for discussions on the Central American Common Market. Mrs Johnson will accompany him.

LBJ el Salvador Washington UPI White House Johnson FE Salvador Organization of Central American States San Salvador

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Col Nellis Fight Wing New Hanley Witness San Quentin Prison San Francisco Oakland Bay Black Lone Star State Ussr Harold Wilson Alexei I. Kosygin U.S. Senate Nikita Khrushchev Khrushchev Pearl River Hong Kong Times Las Vegans Lawman Charles Kemp Klas-Tv CBS Federal Communications Commission Hughes Tool Mathews Mary Whan Juanita Greathouse Whan Llewellyn Thompson Kremlin Alexei N. Kosygin Andrei Gromyko Dean Rusk Anatoli F. Dobrynin Sunrise Okay Merger Mississippi Roy Gunn Jackson Mike Hatcher Robert Burton Kbby Capomacchio Ainsworth John Bell Williams Nine Point Great Britain Paris
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