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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1968
Page
2
A columnist argues the rising cost of criminal prosecutions harms victims. He notes travel, defense, psychiatric exams, and jury fees burden taxpayers while victims bear hospital, legal, and trauma costs. He laments a double standard and urges a return to simple guilt or innocence.
West Berliners faced hours of delays on the Berlin to West Germany route as East German visa rules halted traffic. Chancellor Kiesinger considered flying to Washington to press President Johnson over the crisis and to urge action against the Communist push to isolate West Berlin.
Sixteen year old Amy Laura Bargiel of 545 Barbara Way won the local Jantzen Smile Girl contest at the Tropicana Hotel. The Valley High School student will advance to national finals in Kauai Hawaii with prizes including a $500 college scholarship and a feature in a Jantzen ad.
Western diplomatic sources say Hanoi aims to stall the Paris negotiations to avoid concessions, as U S North Vietnam talks enter week five amid intensified fighting and rocket attacks on Saigon. Observers note repeated propaganda exchanges while real combat escalates.
Governor Raymond P. Shafer of Pennsylvania endorsed Nelson Rockefeller for the Republican presidential nomination on Meet the Press. Shafer said a large majority of Pennsylvania's 64 delegates would back Rockefeller, altering the GOP delegate balance as Nixon, Reagan, and Rockefeller vie for Miami Beach.
In Saigon the National Assembly approved a general mobilization law aimed at putting 200,000 more South Vietnamese in uniform by year end. The move may influence the size of the U.S. military commitment and ends months of debate over President Nguyen Van Thieu’s plan from last November.
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