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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1966
Page
6
CAPE KENNEDY UPI The Gemini 9 target satellite failed to jettison its shroud due to improper lanyard installation and a procedure error, preventing Stafford and Cernan from a successful hook-up.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and civil rights leaders join James Meredith’s Mississippi march near the site of the shooting. State troopers push them off the pavement as Gov. Paul Johnson vows state protection and Meredith plans to join the march to Jackson once released from hospital.
The Hue crisis deepens with Chau pledging readiness to die for the anti-government cause as Buddhist leaders deny internal dissension. U.S. tensions rise as two paratroop and one Marine battalion deploy to Don Ha base near Hue while Brig. Gen. Phan Xuan Nhuan brands Tri Quang a Communist and vows arrest.
A caravan of Prima musicians traveling to Las Vegas collided with two other cars on a highway near Lathrop Wells. Prima and Rolly Dee were among those in the touring party. Ken Hawkins and his wife also rode in the band truck. Memorial Hospital treated the injured as the group prepared to resume travel.
Natacha Rambova, 69, second wife of Rudolph Valentino and adopted daughter of Richard Hudnut, died Sunday in a Pasadena hospital after six months of dietary complication treatment. Cremation followed at Lamb Funeral Home with no services. Survivors include cousin Katherine J. Peterson of Pasadena and half sister Mary Boyd of San Francisco. Born Winifred Shaunessy January 19, 1897, in Salt Lake City, she was a multilingual danseuse, stage designer for Nazimova, and translator-editor of Egyptian works.
City building permits slowed in May with total value at 966 500 down from 2 6 million a year earlier. Since Jan 1 permits reached 7.2 million versus 22.3 million last year, led by 370 900 for 10 homes.
Joseph Falcone 29 dropped on a robbery and kidnaping charge on a technicality then rearrested for the same alleged crimes. He allegedly robbed a sporting goods store seized a teen’s car and pursued police for hours with a shotgun on Fremont Street in November 1965. SUN Publisher Hank Greenspun urged surrender during the downtown drama as Falcone waited in court for a second arraignment with his attorney present.
Mrs Bonita Meehan 25 was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter by a District Court jury on June 4. Judge John Sexton granted a one month delay for pre-sentencing investigation while Meehan remains free on bail. She killed her husband Robert 24 during a April 19 Las Vegas altercation at their home with a 25 caliber pistol.
Detroit teachers struck in Wayne Community School District closing schools as the largest suburban spread yet. North Dearborn Heights’ 115 teachers, after a three day walkout, returned to work ending their dispute while two other suburban districts remained closed.
The Meredith attack renews calls to make a federal crime the killing or intimidation of civil rights workers. President Johnson allies push for the 1966 civil rights bill while Senator Ervin proposes a constitutional amendment to empower Congress, though he doubts current authority. Katzenbach argues the 14th Amendment already grants authority.
America’s Surveyor began a two day vacation on the moon to rest its exhausted earthbound operators. Scientists at Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory reported the initiative as a planned pause in the moon mission activity.
Sen Robert Kennedy and wife Ethel were mobbed by about 1500 students at Durban airport as he spoke of fighting discrimination. He had traveled from Stellenbosch after expressing shock over the Meredith shooting in Mississippi. Kennedy urged education use to aid fellow citizens facing racial injustice as whites, Africans and Indians cheered.
In Santo Domingo delegates from rival parties met amid talk of a government of national unity after the June 1 presidential vote. Joaquin Balaguer of the Reformist party won, with Juan Bosch of the PRD as runner up and still challenging the result.
The National Union of Seamen urged global backing for its strike against the British merchant fleet through embargos. A confrontation with Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s government was seen as likely after his meeting with Queen Elizabeth II on the prior night.
UPI reports NASA released dramatic footage from Gemini 9 showing Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan filming their satellite and Cernan’s spacewalk. Officials fear some of the two hour walk film may be unrecovered in orbit. A federal appeals court set June 15 for arguments in the Hoffa pension fund conspiracy case.
Police fired on rioting crowds in several districts of East Pakistan as protests against food shortages escalated. At least six people were killed and 20 wounded by bullets, with police reporting several hundred arrests.
Interior Secretary Udall established a special advisory group to advise on lower Colorado River management. The first meeting is set for July 11 to 15 in Boulder City Nevada with Udall and the governors of California and Arizona in agreement on the need. The group will help balance water delivery to Mexico, conservation, recreation, wildlife, and land resources while avoiding waste.
Yumzhagyi Tsedenbal at the 15th Mongolian Communist Party Congress in Ulan Bator called for a summit of all Communist parties to heal the split caused by Beijing. Attended by Soviet officials, the proposal notes China bears sole blame for the rift and praises Moscow for restraint.
In San Francisco UPI reports striking Greyhound drivers have not half pay pensions at 60. Al Baker of ATU Division 1225 says tentative Washington agreement would allow 60 year olds with 30 years service to retire with 5000 to 5500 dollars yearly. The deal awaits ratification as joint talks continue in San Francisco to end the four week strike.
Evangelist Billy Graham drew 17 760 worshipers at Earls Court as he preached The Last Day. He cited Bel Shazzar and Nebuchadnezzar, noting 458 people came forward for Christ, bringing week one total to 3 915 decisions. He jogged in Kensington Gardens with Curtis Mitchell and urged exercise for leaders.
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