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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1968
Page
1
Five people died when a civilian Mooney plane collided with a Nellis jet near Indian Springs Auxiliary Field seven miles away. Authorities say four victims likely belong to a Reno family, with Kenneth Harper named as pilot. Wreckage scattered across desert. Nellis jets returned safely.
McCloskey fans a Las Vegas reader as a column is reprinted from the Mineral County Independent. The piece laments government waste from poverty programs and surveys of minority employment, arguing against forced identifications and new departments while criticizing rhetoric from minority groups and political leaders.
Police used tear gas and long clubs as demonstrators from the Poor People's campaign threw rocks and bottles at officers outside Resurrection City near the Lincoln Memorial. Dozens were arrested after earlier peaceful actions at the Agriculture Department.
Caesars Palace showroom reopened last night for both performances of Broadway's Fiddler on the Roof after a nationwide Actors Equity strike ended in New York. The Las Vegas marathon run continues through next Wednesday with a three day gap in ticketing and performances resolved.
The House voted 268 to 150 to raise income taxes after President Johnson pressed for needed funding. The tax bill includes a 10 percent rate increase, a $5 billion spending cut, and continuation of the 10 percent telephone and 7 percent auto excise taxes. Retroactive timing affects individuals and corporations for 1968.
Allied sources struggle to verify a growing helicopter mystery as U.S. jets reportedly sank a gunboat and damaged vessels while pursuing North Vietnamese helicopters. Reports say 83 Communists were killed with 17 Americans dead in clashes as helicopter fears disrupt DMZ outposts and Paris talks tensions rise.
Las Vegas district judge John Sexton was in satisfactory condition at Sunrise Hospital with a bullet wound to his right toe. He reportedly fired the pistol accidentally while sitting in a car in the driveway of his ex wife home at 1726 Commanche Circle, shortly before 5 p.m. The bullet did not strike bone and he will be hospitalized one or two days.
Sunny today with gentle winds in the afternoon from 10 to 20 mph. Temperature highs reach 110 and a low of 75 with yesterday’s high 109 and low 77. Noontime humidity at 9 percent. Sunrise at 5 24 and sunset at 8 01.
Four to five armed Dominicans hijack a DC9 jetliner with 81 aboard over the Caribbean, force it to fly to Cuba, then return to Caracas hours later. The plane had departed Santiago Cuba and was en route to Caracas when seized. American passengers were among those aboard the milk run between Miami and Caracas.
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