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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1968
Page
1
Saigon battles flare as Allied infantry clash with two major enemy forces near the capital. UPI reports 250 Communists killed in heavy fighting. 36 U.S. soldiers dead and 62 wounded. Mortar fire and rockets hit central areas including the President Hotel.
Police report a suspect in custody after shots outside the Embassy Room of the Ambassador Hotel. Kennedy was rushed to Central Receiving Hospital in critical condition, with witness accounts describing pandemonium as the gunman fired and Kennedy’s aides sought medical help.
The Justice Court hearing for labor boss Thomas Hanley, 50, on libel and extortion charges was continued to tomorrow. Hanley’s attorneys will argue Nevada libel laws are unconstitutional.
Attorneys for both sides submitted briefs to Justice of the Peace Joe Pawlikowski. Hanley and Dale Hill were charged with extorting money from a downtown casino operator over eight months. Libel charges arise from one day of picket signs in front of the club. Hanley remains jailed without bond on an open murder case from 1966.
Kennedy overtook an early McCarthy advantage to take a strong lead in the California primary as polls predicted a Kennedy majority with McCarthy trailing and Humphrey supporters holding a smaller share. Reagan ran unopposed for the Republican nomination amid a large turnout in California.
A long haired gunman in jeans boots and western shirt entered The Brass Rail Bar at 1000 Nellis Blvd and drew on a pinball machine firing blanks. A bullet hole appeared in the machine casing as deputies seek the suspect for unlawful discharge of a firearm and destruction of property.
Robert F. Kennedy leads the South Dakota Democratic primary with about 49 percent of votes counted, followed by Hubert Humphrey and Eugene McCarthy as Nixon dominates the Republican ballot. Kennedy tops McCarthy by a wide margin as McCarthy trails in third.
Variable high clouds and partly sunny skies. Southwesterly winds 10 to 28 mph. Today's high 95 and low 70. Yesterday's high 97 and low 7. Noontime humidity 21 percent. Sunrise at 5:24 and sunset at 5:29.
First National Bank of New York and Associates was named low bidder for 8.9 million general obligation bonds to fund a 10 million Lake Mead water treatment plant near Saddle Island serving the Las Vegas Valley. The plant should operate by late 1970 and is part of the 61 million Southern Nevada water project funded with 1.5 million federal aid.
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