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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1966
Page
2
The editorial blasts Judge Richards and the Municipal Court, praising a blue ribbon committee and urging a six month study to produce a model city court. It calls for a $10,000 independent probe, arguing proper procedures will pay for themselves and urging Judge Mowbray to stay temperate until reform is secured.
Lynda Bird Johnson dodged photographers while not attending the ground breaking at the new American school in Madrid. She stayed in the capital to shop and lunch, then reportedly left for Avila as reporters chased her whereabouts. She planned a night train to Santander, amid mixed schedules with U S officials and Fulbright guests.
Marathon, an aide to dealer union leader Tom Hanley, was attacked by unknown assailants at a Charleston Boulevard coffee shop. He was hospitalized with a concussion and facial injuries, while Ralph Alsup Jr. may have been involved or present. Police report no witnesses and consider possible links to a recent strongarm robbery at the Rendezvous Race Book.
The Nevada Highway Patrol reports 94 highway deaths, surpassing 1965 figures. Harry J. Cowley, 55, of Bishop California, died May 23 en route to a Los Angeles hospital after injuries from a May 14 Esmeralda County crash. The 93rd death occurred Friday night near Verdi on Interstate 80. The victim is unnamed.
The CAB found poor pilot judgment caused the fatal Wells Nevada crash on Oct 15. Pilot David Whisler and passenger Harold Taylor, both aboard a Salt Lake City to Reno flight, were killed when the aircraft struck a mountain. The pilot lacked instrument ratings and pressed on despite heavy snow and bad weather.
Washington reports manpower and helicopter production strain as all available choppers and crews go to Viet Nam. The Army emphasizes the 1st Cavalry (airmobile) model with built in aerial fire support, while noting it may take a year or longer to equip and man a second air cavalry division due to demand for helicopters across frontline units.
Gov Grant Sawyer told the Nevada Department of Veterans of Foreign Wars annual meeting that U S troop strength in Vietnam has surged from 60 000 to 285 000 and that Americans are winning the war through a massive mobilization He emphasized civilian support for soldiers while noting efforts to rebuild South Vietnam's economy and combat disease and he praised letters from Nevadans serving overseas.
Hair dresser David Carroll reportedly tried to leap to his death from a Sahara Hotel balcony while singer Martha Raye clung to him to stop the fall. He broke free and plunged, landing on an overhang and surviving with serious injuries. Carroll was despondent over personal problems and was treated at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital.
A fire in a storeroom at the Continental Apartments on Desert Inn Road caused smoke damage to four dwelling units. Firefighters reported the blaze was contained to the storeroom and did not spread.
The Atomic Energy Commission conducted an underground test of less than 20 kilotons as part of the Plowshare program. The AEC spokesman said the blast aimed to develop peaceful uses for nuclear explosives such as mass excavation and producing transplutonium isotopes, with no radiation leakage reported from the cavern.
Senator Dirksen predicts Senate and House passage of a voluntary school prayer amendment this year. He claims near 50 sponsors and says the measure clarifies Supreme Court rulings, allowing officials to permit voluntary student prayer without prescribing its form. He cites broad support and aims for rapid committee action.
Jack Looney, 29, plunged from a scaffold 30 feet above the floor at the Overland Warehouse located at Bermuda and Sunset Roads. He fractured both legs and ankles, suffered multiple injuries, and was taken by AA Ambulance to Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital in serious condition. The cause of the fall remains under investigation.
Nurses at Derbyshire Royal Infirmary received blue dye guns to deter peeping Toms. A man with a blue face was arrested on hospital grounds.
Deputy Highway Engineer John Bawden said he agrees with Deputy District Attorney Clinton Wooster that the county's rules for acquiring rights of way are cumbersome and should be simplified. They urged modifications to speed up the process and allow the county to operate more efficiently.
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