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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1968
Page
1
A column riffs on national politics and public mistakes after a Vietnam special and foreign aid hearings. It name checks Helen Nugent of Zuni Construction and recalls Bob Scott the superintendent. It laments parental neglect of children near active sites and rising vandalism around construction zones.
In Waterville Valley Nixon leads GOP with eight votes while Rockefeller has four and McCarthy one. Johnson receives zero Republican votes. In Democratic ballots McCarthy leads with eight, Kennedy has two. Johnson again has no votes as NH voters head to the presidential primary.
Nine suspects were arrested by the Sheriff's Intelligence division in a scheme to cheat the New Frontier Hotel using a swapped deck. The case names Douglas Anderson Beverly Hansen Padilla Alan Samuels Wesley Sherman Kenneth Hense and Robert Johns as defendants with charges including obtaining money under false pretenses grand larceny embezzlement and conspiracy. Two additional women were described but not named.
North Las Vegas councilmen were shown a tentative 1968 69 budget totaling about 29 million dollars. The plan, to be discussed before an April 16 public hearing, doubles the 1967 68 final figure of 9.528 million and mainly funds federally funded projects through two appropriation funds totaling 2.548 million and a tax levy.
The Las Vegas SUN plans a July celebration for its Highland Avenue addition, recalling four years since a November fire on Main Street. Primus White’s brief presidency of Hodcarriers Local No. 872 ended amid internal power shifts as old guard factions clashed.
The Vietnam conflict has claimed 21 year old Douglas Farnow son of Mr and Mrs Douglas Farnow 2205 Gabriel Drive Las Vegas killed in action He was the 42nd Las Vegas area serviceman to die in the war Farnow born in Oakland California grew up and educated in Las Vegas and played on the Las Vegas High School football team Prior to enlistment he...
The California bidder Don Reynolds faces a continued Nevada Public Service Commission hearing on Nevada Utilities cable franchise. Reynolds, publisher and broadcaster of Nevada Cablevision, presented last week as opponents may offer rebuttal witnesses on Thursday.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk confronted Senate critics led by J William Fulbright demanding Senate input before any troop increases. Fulbright threatened to block Johnson foreign aid approval until Rusk testifies again. Rusk vowed further testimony and defense of plans amid Tet and bombing negotiations.
Forecast notes clear to partly cloudy skies with gentle winds. Daytime high near 65 and low around 49 with yesterday’s readings 63 and 43. Noon humidity 15 percent as sunrise occurs at 5 56 and sunset at 9 45.
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