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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1966
Page
4
Senator Ted Kennedy criticizes the new Medicare reform proposals, warning they could raise gaps in care and strain nursing homes. He urges extending federal funding and linking reforms to Social Security to fund aging services and hospital standards nationwide.
In London, disarmament minister Lord Chalfont warned that Communist China could amass enough nuclear capability within 15 years to shift the global balance. He urged urgent disarmament and urges Britain to defend itself while seeking to bring China into the world community.
Sources report informal talks among NATO members, with France at odds over the alliance. Officials say consultations continue between capitals on the crisis and security strategy, while Benelux and allied states push for unity and a solid Western front.
Senator Dirksen indicated he may filibuster against three House wage bills while noting administration concessions on a proposed $2 minimum wage. He said decision depends on stripping rough provisions from the legislation as the GOP policy committee meets to decide on tactics. The bills seek raising from $1.25 to $1.60 hourly by February 1968.
Sen. J. William Fulbright, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, defended Viet Nam investigations as strengthening the U.S. position. Speaking to the National Conference of Higher Education, he urged scholars to foster open airing of differences and maintain academic responsibility despite controversy.
Federal space officials delayed Gemini 8 preparations as weather and station status needed clarification. Armstrong and Scott passed final medicals and routine tests while awaiting a planned 11 41 a.m. EST liftoff for a two rendezvous with the Agena satellite.
Attorney Al Becker, 6, filed yesterday for justice of the peace in a move tied to his former role with the International Association of Fire Fighters. He has chaired the County Child Welfare Board, practiced in Nevada and New York, and has seven years’ residency in the area. Hollywood report notes UCLA football star Mel Prot debuts as an Olympic track star in Walk, Don’t Rip with Cary Grant.
Montreal reports the death of Ro AL Emerson, president of Canadian Pacific Railway, at his home Sunday. He was 54. Emerson led the world’s most extensive transportation system in Canada for years, after joining the company in Manitoba.
Paris report from a government survey of 174 Paris area couples finds: men claim dishwashing is for women and rarely help in the kitchen. Three quarters say they never interfere in morning duties. many spend only brief time in bed while wives fix breakfast. working wives log long hours at office and home. husbands average about ten and a half hours of work.
Buddhist backed students march in Hue Da Nang and Ha An as they demand overthrow of current military government and call for elections. Demonstrators disrupt daily life across three major southern cities amid broader Buddhist protest movement.
Los Angeles and Hue residents faced closures as dock workers walked off and officials moved to ban topless and bottomless costumes for waitresses. Siddled by South Vietnam turmoil, thousands gathered at Dieu De Pagoda demanding Thi’s return, while City Atty Arnebergh and Dist Atty Younger urged ordinances and possible state-law actions to curb such attire.
President Johnson calls for deeper aid beyond money and tech help and urges investment in human fields across Latin America. He cites step to enlarge lives during a five year review of the Alliance for Progress.
Plainview educators suspend walkout after talks with school board leading to return to classes. No further details available in the readable text.
Normal schedules resumed as the school board and striking teachers reached a bargaining agreement. About 390 federation members walked out for four days, impacting lessons and forcing some to miss classes. The first formal session focused on a salary increase and additional demands.
Chi Chi the panda arrives in Moscow on first date with An An as Soviet authorities impose a quarantine. Oliver Graham Jones of London Logistics helps direct the move at a new facility while officials hope the pair settle in and potential mating begins within days to weeks.
Fifty one new cars begin a seven day trek to Boston in the Mobil economy run the longest and fastest in 30 years. C K Enoch of Torrance Calif drives a Chevy II first off the line among 13 women and 38 men competitors. Vehicles start at one minute intervals with Stan Seeds of West Covina in a Cadillac finishing the lineup.
Treasury Secretary Henry H. Fowler warned that spending approved by Congress the Vietnam War and economic developments could require a tax increase to curb inflation. He spoke to the Detroit Economic Club amid debate over Johnson budget limits and predicted the 1987 budget would pass if appropriations do not grow.
Speaker John W. McCormack announces Rev. Edward Gardiner Latch as chaplain of the Home succeeding the late Rev. Bernard Braskamp Latch served 44 years in ministry and inspired controversy last November when he barred a Negro soprano from singing with his church choir officials said the action was not driven by race
Army teams detonated to remove the damaged Nelson monument but left a 3 foot base standing and shattered hundreds of shop windows on O Connell Street. The blast also ruptured a six inch gas main delaying debris clearing ahead of the St Patrick's Day march.
In Ottawa a heated Commons debate centers on Lucien Cardin charges linking Diefenbaker era ministers to romance with Gerda Munsinger. Lester Pearson demands resignation or dismissal while Tory backbenchers accuse the justice minister of blackmail as Parliament adjourns for a formal inquiry led by Justice Wishart.
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