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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1968
Page
4
Gov. Paul Laxalt and Lt. Gov. Ed Fike reject an income tax in Nevada at a Reno meeting with local officials. They prefer alternatives including a state lottery and potential horseracing funding for education, warning taxes could hinder growth.
Henry Martin 41 was sentenced to 20 years in Nevada State Prison after being convicted of murdering Carl Riley 51 during a Sept 28 alcohol fueled argument over Martin’s Mormon faith. Witnesses described the scene at Hall’s home and at a nearby bar where police were telephoned after shots were fired.
The debate in the Senate focused on possible additions of 100 000 to 200 000 troops to Vietnam. Fulbright urged consult Congress before reinforcing the 507 000 already in place while Kennedy decried escalation as immoral and intolerable. Other senators pressed for clarity on objectives and criticized past forecasts of victory.
A silica truck struck a car near Overton injuring eight people, five from one family, as they headed to a state basketball tournament. The Behmer family including Robert and Rose and children Marilyn Darla Floyd were hospitalized with serious or fair injuries.
A body was recovered Thursday in the Potomac River during the search for eight Marines and one sailor who capsized a mile offshore while training as physical fitness instructors at Quantico Marine Base. The 25 foot canoe, paddles, and life preservers were recovered. another body was found near noon.
U S and allied forces report heavy action around Khe Sanh Hill 518 and DMZ south to isolated pockets in South Vietnam. Communique notes 144 enemy killed while American air power aided Marine defenses as navy jets bombed tunnels and trenches. Lt Cmdr Richard Grant described precise bombing from Enterprise.
The proposed budget shows police salaries rising by 6.2 percent to 3 million, fire salaries up 2 0 percent to 2 2 million, and overall gains driven by gaming taxes near 1 million, cigarette and gasoline taxes, plus 1.5 million from fines. Election costs total about 61 thousand while manager office faces a 5 thousand salary cut.
A bus attempting to pass a vehicle collided head on with a westbound Chevrolet. The bus overturned on a rain slicked road, struck the center divider fence, and burst into flames according to authorities.
Michigan Governor George Romney said he was surprised by Nelson Rockefeller’s claim he would accept the Republican nomination if drafted. Romney avoided bitterness and said the statement influenced his decision to drop out. The exchange came during Rockefeller’s Detroit fundraising visit.
New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller said he would support former Vice President Richard Nixon if Nixon won the Republican nomination and left the door open to a May 28 Oregon primary. He talked about a potential draft movement for his own candidacy and noted the March NH primary’s diminished significance after Romney’s withdrawal. Rockefeller, Udall, Shafer, and Hughes spoke at the Delaware River Basin Commission meeting.
The Senate weakened open housing provisions by a 48-45 vote allowing up to three houses to be sold or rented without brokered transactions. The move, a setback for the bipartisan coalition, followed pressure to accept anti riot amendments, with Byrd and Holland citing potential discrimination scenarios. The bill bans renting or selling 68 percent of housing, protects civil rights workers, and imposes federal penalties for slum riots.
Sofia Bulgaria UPI reports a two day Warsaw Pact conference closed with no clues on how internal conflicts were resolved. Officials said a communique would be issued at 3 p m. The meeting saw Soviet led factions avoid a showdown with Romania and left leaders en route home.
Air Force Capt. Dale Noyd testified at his court martial that a overpowering religious conviction against the Vietnam war kept him from helping train a Vietnam bound pilot last December 5. The defense argues his refusal was compulsive, not intentional, tied to scruples.
A British murder warrant was issued for a male patient at a Hartford psychiatric retreat in connection with the 1967 death of Claudie Danielle Delbarre, an 18 year old London model found beaten and suffocated in her Chelsea flat. Robert Lipman, 37, of New York, is held for extradition but unavailable due to a recent operation.
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