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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1968
Page
1
300 Culinary Workers, represented by Hotel and Restaurant Employees Local 226, threaten a morning strike at the AEC Nevada Test Site if no contract is reached after a year of negotiations led by Reynolds Electrical and Engineering.
Ruthe Deskin assistant to Publisher Hank Greenspun takes vacation and the Memo to Hank column will not appear today. The absence pauses the usual column feature and creates a temporary gap in the newspaper lineup.
Dr. Denton A. Cooley and St. Luke's Hospital surgeons performed their ninth heart transplant last night, the first woman to woman transplant. Recipient Mrs. Allen H. Beth Brunk, 49, of Houston, wife of a crop duster, received a heart from donor Mrs. Alvie Betty O'Neal, 40, of Corsicana. O'Neal died about 5 p.m. autopsy planned. cause not disclosed.
UPI reports a U S Navy pilot downed a Communist MIG 17 over North Vietnam as B 52 bombers pounded infiltration routes to Saigon. Lt Cmdr Guy Cane 38 of New York flew the F8 Crusader in one of more than 100 strikes yesterday, with ground forces reporting 15 enemy deaths. Pope Paul VI mantains ban on artificial birth control in Humanae Vitae, urging governments to outlaw contraception.
Nixon strategists in Miami Beach say no signs of a split delegate vote. They expect Nixon to win the Republican presidential nomination on the first ballot as Dirksen opens hearings on the party platform and addresses urban policy and Vietnam criticisms.
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and gusty winds. Today's high 192 and low 78 contrast yesterday's 95 and 79. Humidity at noon 36 percent. Sunrise is 5 46 and sunset 7 48.
Brad Azbill, 12, testified in a Clark County court that his father Sylvester Azbill struck his stepmother with a crutch and poured lighter fluid on her bed before flames consumed the room. Prosecutors allege Azbill murdered Rose Mapel Azbill, 61, who died in the December blaze at their Rancho Circle home.
A heavy storm caused localized flooding on several Las Vegas streets including Maryland Parkway Desert Inn Road and Highland Avenue with water covering roadways and police handling calls. Mt Charleston saw a morning to afternoon downpour with a flash flood knocking out Mary Jane Falls road while other routes remained passable. No flood damage reports were logged by police or highway patrol.
Gov. Paul Laxalt imposed new restrictions on 250 noo acres of forest land on the eastern Sierra slopes to curb another fire near Carson City. The proclamation lets the State Forestry Department close roads and limit vehicle use while a seeding program costing about 200 dollars per acre aims to prevent erosion.
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