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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1968
Page
2
A local writer condemns injuries from unsafe street crossings and urges modern safety measures. He cites London's sheltering pedestrian infrastructure and calls for under road walks near hotels and an overpass to improve the Strip. He blames archaic laws and poor highway planning, urging swift progress and clearer signage.
A 20 year old man Earl Eddinger Jr. of Calcus Springs Nev and a 17 year old juvenile companion were arrested after a routine highway stop on the Tonopah Highway. Police found a purse containing a 38 year old woman s identification and discovered the victim beaten nude in an open apartment with a ransacked scene and a broken vase ash tray. Bail was set at 3909 on burglary and 4000 on assault.
Doyle Cochran of 217 Craig Circle warned police his bathing suit would be stolen if left overnight at a city pool. He left the trunks as a morality test for children as part of psychiatric research, and the $5 suit was reported stolen yesterday with no stated lesson learned.
The Senate voted to create an independent eight member commission to study federal agencies for consolidation cuts or elimination within a year. Four members would be named by the President and four by Congress. The panel would have subpoena power to identify essential and nonessential programs and report findings to both chambers.
Algerian officials balked at freeing eight Israeli women and children among 24 taken after a Feb hijack. APS quoted a source saying the women and children aboard the Boeing 707 would be freed without delay, while no word on the male passengers or the four million dollar jet at White House airport.
Senator McGovern, leader of Kennedy supporters, says he will back Humphrey over any Republican rival including Rockefeller. He insists the Democratic nominee must have a clear antiwar platform and urges nomination of a strong standard bearer to hasten Vietnam's end.
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