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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1968
Page
2
The writer urges funds to restore the Jarbidge Community Hall built in 1910, praising Nevada’s beauty and planning a return visit. They recall friendly locals, Basque fandangos learned on Elko Mountain, and a wish to see the hall repaired and standing again for future trips.
The IRS reported the National Rifle Association is tax exempt and may lobby in Congress as a social welfare organization. Critics including Sen. Joseph Tydings demand reclassification and higher scrutiny of NRA's 5.7 million dollar annual budget.
Lawyers for James Earl Ray and the United States planned a meeting to set a date for an extradition hearing to return Ray to Tennessee to face charges in the King assassination. Ray was jailed at Heathrow after arrest on a loaded pistol and two false Canadian passports.
Carl H Blohm files suit in Clark County District Court seeking to void a May 1 stockholders meeting and recover stock in General Scientific Laboratories He alleges he exchanged 131000 GSL shares for 11 million shares of Training Weapons Inc and was to receive 38000 over seven months The case concerns a re coilless machine gun patent and stockholding disputes in Las Vegas Nevada.
A tornado ripped through Tracy Minnesota Thursday night killing nine and injuring seventy two. Authorities searched for two missing persons as 110 homes were destroyed and 76 damaged. The disaster area was declared and federal aid urged by lawmakers.
Egyptian and Israeli forces clashed across the Suez Canal breaking a three week calm. Israel said Egyptian troops fired first at Port Tewfic 10:30 a.m. and fighting ended at 12:30 p.m. Separate reports near the Dead Sea noted two Arab guerrillas killed and two Israelis wounded in unrelated incidents near Jordan lines.
North Vietnam indicated it would refuse a firm U.S. warning that Paris talks could be imperiled if rocket attacks on Saigon civilian areas continued. Xuan Thuy planned to signal Hanoi's stance next Wednesday during the ninth negotiating session.
Clark County Department of Aviation reports May receipts from McCarran Airport pay toilets reached 825 dollars.
The International Atomic Energy Agency reports success in eradicating the fruit fly on Capri Italy. Sterilized larvae released into orchards disrupted the breeding cycle and eliminated a generation of wild flies.
In Boulder Colorado hundreds of hippies camp near town awaiting the end of the world. They predict asteroid Icarus will strike today though scientists say it will pass 3 950 000 miles away. Don a long haired foresees California plunging into the sea while Dr George Dulk of the University of Colorado astrogeo physics disputes the danger.
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