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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1968
Page
4
Paris reports near chaos as strikes disrupt travel, air service, and postal lines across France. Government taps IMF funds to shore up the franc while demonstrations surge led by Josephine Baker backing De Gaulle.
Clashes between Allied forces and Communist troops near Saigon continue as U S infantry landings are repelled by Viet Cong fire. Maj Zeb Bradford describes a wounded soldier left at a bunker under heavy fire while advisers and Vietnamese infantry defend a northwest outpost before Allied artillery drives back the attackers.
The report notes Richard M Niven polled GOP delegate votes while running unopposed in a South Dakota primary. Kennedy carried South Dakota by building support in rural and ranch counties, with farm policy shaping results and momentum in western pockets. Early returns showed Democratic strength in Sioux Falls and Aberdeen as campaign dynamics emphasized farm issues and regional contrasts.
DC transit workers return to work after two week halt following robberies and a driver slaying. Drivers will carry 16 dollars in change and sell no tokens after 8 PM. Change will be issued as store redeemable scrip with tokens to follow later this month.
Kennedy wins decisively in South Dakota securing 221 pledged delegates as McCarthy trails with 238 and Humphrey leads with 561. California count delayed by a Fresno County tabulation breakdown while Kennedy and McCarthy trade optimistic remarks about the race.
A Kennedy aide reports the senator was shot in the chest during a crowded Embassy Room scene after a vote victory. Witnesses describe pandemonium as Kennedy and two women fell. Stephen Smith, Kennedy’s brother in law, was also reported shot. Police said two suspects were in custody. Kennedy was transported to Central Receiving Hospital at 12 33 am with injuries.
Officials of the steel industry and the United Steel Workers traded light banter yesterday and voiced confidence a new contract could be reached before the March 1 deadline affecting about 350 000 workers.
Gov Dan Evans of Washington was named to keynote the Republican National Convention in August in Portland Oregon. Senator Everett Dirksen was confirmed as chairman of the Platform Committee and Rep Gerald Ford was named permanent convention chairman with Sen Edward Brooke as temporary chairman. Dirksen will oversee platform writing.
In Trenton New Jersey the Hughes slate won the Democratic party eight national convention delegates with five at large seats and about sixty percent of the state seats. Douglas Ireland McCarthy state coordinator said they secured about two fifths of the delegates. Neither Humphrey nor Kennedy appeared on the New Jersey ballot. The Hughes led slate was believed to favor Humphrey.
Former Lt. Gov. James Allen defeated U S Rep. Armistead Selden in a close Alabama Senate primary race with 190,891 votes to 138,372 as absentee ballots were included. Wallace backed the winner while committing to neither candidate. Balloting was light statewide with high temperatures.
A cement mixer valued at $600 vanished from 3878 Palos Verde Drive belonging to H and H Enterprises. In Nevada Southern University parking lot an unattended car led to a $364 theft of clothing and a stereo tape player from Gene Knight. Deputies report no forced entry and another $383 loss by a California man.
President Johnson spoke at Glassboro State College renewing a world peace plea and offering to discuss disarmament with the United States and the Soviet Union. He urged steps toward de escalation and criticized Hanoi’s stance while urging relief from the Vietnam and Middle East conflicts. He noted U S readiness to move toward disarmament and pledged continued pressure for peace while defending American bombing limits and troop levels.
Ronald Wiedenhoeft a 30 year old New York art teacher and Columbia University staffer told reporters East German police questioned him for nine months during 714 hours a day of interrogation and offered freedom if he confessed to spying he refused saying he had nothing to confess and was released Monday by East German authorities.
United Press International reports the world's 18th heart transplant patient died in Buenos Aires from neurological complications after a kidney issue. The Dallas donor situation failed when the potential donor's father refused consent. The tally shows multiple missed Texas opportunities amid a widening donor shortage.
United Nations Association of the United States named Arthur J. Goldberg as chairman of its board. Goldberg, who resigned as ambassador, said he would remain in a private law practice and plans to announce future steps within two weeks. He expected to finish the General Assembly session around June 14 before stepping back into private life.
Three Negro men were shot in separate incidents on Mobile's west side within 30 minutes by two white men in a blue late model car. James Robinson, 20, was shot in the foot. Matthew Mosley, 48, a city employee, was shot in the chest and seriously wounded. A third victim, unnamed, was shot in Mobile Terrace.
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