13 Jul 1966
Page 7
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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1966
Page
7
U S pilots dodged missiles from MIG21s during air operations as ground combat raged five miles south of downtown Saigon. Vietnamese forces reported heavy clashes near Nha Be with at least 40 Viet Cong killed and 4 captured after a six hour engagement.
Judge Mowbray announces pursuit of re election in Clark County highlighting leadership on the battered child law and creation of a county public defender program funded by a $196 000 Ford Foundation grant expected to save the county about 350 000 over three years He has held numerous community roles including Boy Scouts YMCA Elks Eagles American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars and Catholic welfare leadership with high honors from several organizations including the Las Vegas Serra Club City of Hope and the Sons of the American Revolution He and his wife Kathryn have four children John Romy Jerry and Terry.
A 1960s style column surveys views on police brutality, praising the FBI for professionalism and tech, while noting local forces face recruitment issues, distrust among Negro communities, and evolving roles from para military to civil servants amid student protests.
A long dispute over the test site contract pits REECo against contractors and Local 525. The Nuts Club mediated the 1962 inquiry. The 1963 agreement raised hazard pay and shifted benefits. Contractors proposed changes and the union rejected them, ending work June 30.
Charges in the dispute paused after a joint hour-long meeting described as extremely useful by Reynolds. Both sides still far from settlement of the five day old strike affecting three of five U.S. flights as Eastern Air Lines moves to lay off 12,000 non striking workers while Northwest weighs similar steps.
Midwestern Minerals executive Organ chartered the plane to Denver and Page Arizona. Las Vegas confirms crash from McCarran at 5 25 p m. The craft vanished over Grand Junction Colorado and disintegrated without fire. Fuel estimates vary between four and five hours of flight.
Renowned actor Phil Lip Bent and folk singer Peter Sachse, both 26, died when their WWII training plane crashed 150 feet offshore near Windansea Beach in La Jolla California. The ATG aircraft, taking off from Brown Field, stalled after a series of low passes, as witnesses described stunting and buzzing before the crash. The victims' widows are well known actresses, and both men were San Diego State alumni. Navy divers recovered the bodies from about 40 feet of water.
Gemini 10 astronauts John Young and Michael Collins completed a flawless countdown rehearsal at Cape Kennedy. Pending final checks today, launch preparations could begin for a Monday Atlas Agena launch as they aim to rendezvous with two Agena satellites, perform spacewalks and tests during a planned three day orbit.
A searing heat wave caused 17 deaths in St. Louis and four drownings near Chicago while violent storms battered the lower Great Lakes. Unseasonably hot weather strained the eastern two thirds. The SNCC split with King’s integration efforts in Grenada Mississippi pushing rural campaigns. Johnson appeals for bombing North Vietnam amid price concerns as auditors flag 2.5 million in Navajo funds spent unauthorized.
France plans its first hydrogen bomb in 1968 and operational weapons for its nuclear forces by 1970, Defense Minister Pierre Messmer announced in Paris Match. Kosygin seeks earlier Moscow arrival, possibly for Viet Nam talks. Sandusky, Ohio endures 11 inches of rain with evacuations and flood damage across Lake Erie communities.
Pasadena reports that America's Surveyor Mooncraft sent a series of clear lunar surface photos despite a weakening battery. JPL called it a touch and go operation with frequent checks between shots to monitor power. A spokesman warned the battery is in trouble.
Congress approved a 17.5 billion defense bill for planes missiles ships and related research and sent it to President Johnson. The measure includes a new nuclear propulsion program for the Navy and a 3.2 percent across the board pay raise retroactive to July 1.
In Peking Tuesday Communist Vice Premier Chen Yi branded U S bombing near Hanoi and Haiphong as military blackmail and a blind alley in the Viet Nam war. He condemned the Indian peace plan as a US copy undermining Geneva accords and demanded immediate U S troop withdrawal from South Viet Nam.
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