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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1966
Page
1
A memo notes the Sun cooking school at one o clock today in the Mint Hotel Convention hall promising a fine day of culinary learning and prizes. It also jokes about traffic delays on Sahara Avenue Las Vegas Boulevard and praises two policemen for saving a family from a smoke-filled home.
Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan return to Cape Kennedy after a 72 hour 20 minute Gemini 9 mission triumph. They are greeted by cheering rocket workers and officials as President Johnson praises their three rendezvous and the longest spacewalk. The capsule splashed down in the Western Atlantic observed by millions.
Ten civilians joined the 10 man junta but Buddhist leaders demanded Ky resign and warned he would be killed in a coup. The generals backed their regime as they seek civilian rule, while Buddhists push for Ky and Thieu’s ouster to end the civil conflict.
In Hernando Mississippi James Meredith was shot and wounded by a forest sniper while marching through the state. Authorities said James Norvell of Memphis admitted bushwhacking Meredith and was charged with assault with intent to murder. Meredith survived the ambush as he urged African Americans to vote.
Larry Jeffrey, a six year old from Henderson, remains missing after leaving his brothers in Mt. Charleston Lee Canyon area on May 28. Sheriff officials say the search will end this week as a large volunteer effort and supplies are exhausted and no clues have emerged.
The column extols Las Vegas as a shooting location and praises the Desert Inn production “Hello America” as a credit to the town. It notes that some sideshows at weekly fights outside the ring draw more attention than official bouts. It also asks readers about D-day memories from 22 years ago.
The son of a Las Vegas woman, Marine Cpl. Robert Garey, 22, was killed in action last Thursday after Viet Nam language training in Da Nang. He was the fifth Las Vegan to die in Viet Nam, following James Moore Jr., Darrell Johnson, Jerry Lawson Gerry, and David J. Broadhead. Mrs. Leona Manville says she received two letters from Bobby on the day of his death and that he sensed danger, sending home most of his belongings.
Viet Cong guerrillas attacked the An Khe base in the Central Highlands, hitting the world’s largest helicopter facility and the airstrip of the U S 1st Air Cavalry. The assault caused light casualties with no aircraft damaged as military tighten security around the camp 260 miles north of Saigon.
Variable cloudiness with southwest winds 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. High near 92 and a low around 70. Noontime humidity around 7 percent. Sunrise at 5 23, sunset at 7 56.
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