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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1968
Page
4
President Johnson signed the first general income tax increase since the Korean War. The act adds a 10 percent surcharge on most taxpayers, with exemptions for low earners, and imposes a $180.1 billion cap on 1969 federal spending. The move aims to slow inflation and stabilize the dollar while controlling deficits.
The Stardust casino sale to Hughes Tool Co faces a 90 day hold as the Justice Department investigates a possible Las Vegas gaming monopoly. Nevada officials and Governor Laxalt back no monopoly findings while federal action may block the multi million dollar hotel sale. Stakeholders cite union and political pressures amid a divided Nevada Gaming Commission vote.
In Saigon a combined Army and Navy force killed about 105 North Vietnamese from a 500-strong crowd near the DMZ. The Boston fired eight and five inch guns as combat raged at a village east of Quang Tri. South Vietnamese troops seized Viet Cong rockets near Saigon and fired on Communist positions.
The report notes the Poor Peoples March incurred expenses totaling $244,838 for government land use and site restoration, with the SCLC covering restoration costs and a $5,000 bond posted by SYCL. A news conference quoted a figure of a quarter million dollars as a small cost for nation to learn about poverty, while officials earlier estimated expenses at $1.5 million. The Quakers joined the march alongside 50,000 on Solidarity Day after attending a Cape May conference ending with plans to send a delegation for a vigil and worship with the poor.
A DC-3 passenger recounts a man falling from an airliner while en route to a Lions convention in Illinois. Witness Lloyd Bohannon, a Missouri farmer, reported seeing the aircraft limping with the ramp door down after the incident.
A low intermediate yield nuclear detonation occurred at 5 22 a m at the bottom of a 2000 foot shaft at the Nevada Test Site. The blast force ranged from 20000 to 200000 tons of TNT and was delayed for technical reasons. Also noted were unrelated maritime and aviation incidents involving Purdue Airlines and a family drowning near Willow Beach on Lake Mohave.
In Bismarck North Dakota Humphrey leads McCarthy 599 to 326 in a straw vote on dividing the 25 member Democratic delegation. McCarthy criticizes Hoover and vows to replace him. In Des Moines Iowa both men pursue pledged Kennedy delegates ahead of the May state convention. In Lincoln Nebraska Rockefeller touts GOP competition and argues for an alternative to Nixon.
Four persons were killed and at least 20 injured when a Greyhound bus and a passenger car collided on Interstate 5 thirteen miles south of Eugene Oregon. The dead include Bonnie June Darden and her granddaughter Kim Lee Darden of Cottage Grove. The car's occupants also perished along with the bus driver Rolf Holmstrom. A teenage survivor Terry Woodall escaped through a shattered windshield. Authorities initially reported seven fatalities. the scene involved blocked lanes for hours with ambulances and fire units aiding victims.
Vatican diplomat Msgr Agostino Casaroli said Pope Paul VI secretly began months of contacts with North Vietnam to press for peace talks after a December Vatican meeting with President Johnson. The Pope made offices of the Holy See available and sent envoys to capitals to foster direct dialogue.
Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley said a tele phone strike against Illinois Bell will not derail the Democratic National Convention. He mediated a two hour talk between the IBEW and the company and called the session exploratory. Daley expects a settlement and warned no threat would halt the August 26 event.
The North Dakota Democratic Convention chose Hubert H. Humphrey over Eugene J. McCarthy 599 to 326 in a poll on the party’s 1968 presidential preference. The 25 member delegation to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago will be selected based on the poll. The committee planned to finalize nominations to the full convention the following day.
In Bow Street the extradition hearing for James Earl Ray linked to the King slaying yielded U S affidavits but offered no light on a possible conspiracy or Pay's Lisbon London travels. Witnesses described a twangy American voice a brusque caller and a hotel companion as unresolved pieces in the mystery.
The 22nd heart transplant occurred in Montreal at the Institute of Cardiology with Gaetan Paris receiving a donor heart and described as a marvelous match. In Valparaiso Chile, Maria Penaloza, 24, received the heart of a 32-year-old man, donor Gabriel Veliz Araneda, after a brain injury, with the procedure beating normally.
North Vietnam declared the Khe Sanh frontline base evacuation a major American defeat while warning the struggle remains full of tough hurdles. Spokesman Nguyen Thanh Le said 15 000 U S troops were killed or wounded and that the United States was forced to pull out despite promises to hold the fortress near the DMZ. He likened Washington to a fox grimacing over grapes and urged continued resistance against Pax Americana. The Paris talks were also cited as stalemated as the Vietnamese Army praised Communist troops and pledged victory.
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