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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1968
Page
38
Authorities moved to close the Pioneer Club casino after a raid found a four-deck dealer's shoe allegedly rigged to favor the house. Officials said the emergency order followed testimony and the board voted to seek a formal complaint with the Gaming Commission. Mrs. Elardi faced the closure with little comment as operations ceased.
Nevada’s delegation remains uncommitted with Laxalt seen as the West pivot. Governors from Montana, Alaska, Colorado, and Oregon express support for Nixon or Rockefeller while California’s Reagan leads a favorite son delegation. open posture expected from Idaho New Mexico Wyoming Washington Utah.
Kameenui, an ambulance driver, confessed to murdering his wife after claiming she aborted an abortion dispute at a bar. He waived extradition, agreeing to aid detectives locating the grave. He was to be returned to Las Vegas to face murder charges after being located in Ann Arbor.
The Navy rejected reports that it or others found the Atlantic area where the nuclear submarine Scorpion sank. No wreckage, no precise site, and no information narrowing the search were provided. The piece notes rival claims from World Book Science Service correspondent William Hines and Westinghouse Broadcasting, plus broader Russian submarine intelligence updates.
Police said anti Castro Cuban terrorists set off plastic bombs damaging foreign travel service offices in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills. Five sites were marked with United Cuban Power stickers. No injuries. windows shattered. Bombs targeted Air France, Japan Airlines, Mexican Tourism, and Shell Oil offices. Fragments and paper found. fingerprints sought. Other incidents linked to anti Castro groups reported in New York and Florida.
The Nevada State Highway Department will award a contract Monday for removing 50 trees in Squires Park Las Vegas to clear the Downtown Expressway route. Work lasts 15 days beginning Tuesday with cleanup included.
President Thieu and an American official prepared for private talks in Washington on Viet Nam strategy. A White House spokesman said no Johnson press conference is planned while discussions focus on North Vietnam and the NLF. They may also consider steps toward de escalation and possible bombings pauses pending talks.
Yale chaplain Wil liam Sloane Coffin Jr. says Arthur J. Goldberg has agreed to be his appeals attorney after Coffin and Dr Benjamin Spock were convicted in Boston. Goldberg, a former labor lawyer and ex secretary of labor, will start filing an appeal in December to the First Circuit.
Allied troops freed 34 chained detainees after a skirmish with Viet Cong. The group included government regional force members, a militiaman, a reconstruction worker, a hamlet chief and aides. Earlier, a U. S. landing boat with 10 men went three days overdue on the 100 mile delta run, amid fears of sinking or Cambodian capture.
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