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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1968
Page
1
In Washington thousands of supporters join the Poor People campaign as Rev. Ralph David Abernathy pledges that the climate march will prove the poor are not alone. He cites an expected turnout between 25,000 and 35,000.
The House backs a 55 million dollar allocation for the national march on Washington. Sterling Tucker says 22 big city mayors back the event and reads endorsements from New York's John Lind y and Cleveland's Carl B. Stokes. Thousands of teachers and union members prepare to participate.
Residents blame the Emergency Ordinance No 1309 passed Dec 20 1967 for a 4 percent city tax on utility revenues. City Hall and utilities argue it funds police fire and right of way projects while critics contend consumers pay the bill and legality is uncertain. A neighborhood protest over Peewee League lights and curfew messages highlights broader tensions as the city commission weighs construction vs quiet in a likely heated meeting.
Caesars Palace will remain shuttered during the Actors Equity strike or the Tony Bennett opening. Manager Dave Victorson says the venue will ride out the dispute as Fiddler On the Roof nears a scheduled close. Bennett and the Buddy Rich Orchestra were set to open June 27, with the road company still attached to Fiddler.
McCarthy backed candidates surged in New York State primary with Paul O Dwyer taking the lead in the Democratic Senate race over Eu gene Nickerson and Joseph Resnick trailing. With 10,504 of 13,408 districts reporting O Dwyer 221,738 Nickerson 211,354 Resnick 178,364.
A Senate subcommittee approved nine to zero President Johnson's bill to ban mail order sales of all guns. Sen. Roman L. Hruska switched from opposing broad controls to support, joined by Sen. Hart and Sen. Bayh. Johnson urged swift action on the Judiciary Committee and Senate floor.
New test flights of the F-111A strategic fighter bomber resumed at Nellis Air Force Base after a grounding since May 8. The grounded jets, newest in the U.S. air arsenal, cost about six million dollars each and had been paused following a desert crash north of Las Vegas.
Brian Price 25 English born aide of labor boss Tom Hanley is arraigned with bail set at 7500 by Justice of the Peace Joe Pawlikowski. Price held at Las Vegas jail pending July 1 preliminary hearing as officers say move aimed to prevent talks with Hanley. Marathon, another Hanley bodyguard, alleged Price struck him with a lead pipe during a back seat ride in mid April. Marathon is in hiding and may testify.
Attorney John Foley wins tentative approval to designate the Las Vegas Convention Center as Kennedy Plaza or to add a Kennedy memorial and fountain. A special committee will study proposals with Phil Mirabelli Sam Boyd and John Goodwill aboard. other members favor listing county war dead back to World War I.
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