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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1968
Page
1
Ginger Hatter and other eighth graders wow judges with inventive projects at John C. Fremont Junior High All School Fair. Exhibits include a vitamin enhanced mouse, a hand made steam turbine engine, a hygrometer, a clay heart sculpture, and a fiber burn test, highlighting strong student initiative and parental guidance.
Senator Robert F. Kennedy denounces President Johnson as using unity rhetoric to suppress dissent. He warns that the nation faces greater danger from domestic policies than from enemies, urging bold debate and criticizing measures seen as repressing opposition. Kennedy also cites Alabama unrest and calls out both rioters and white demagogues.
The divorce of Cary Grant and Dyan Cannon was finalized after she testified he used LSD and allegedly beat her. Grant, 64, receives 60 days of visitation annually for their daughter Jennifer, with overnight custody limited unless a governess is present and international travel requires court approval.
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller announced he will not seek the Oregon May 28 primary while signaling support for Richard Nixon as the Republican nominee. He stated he is not campaigning for president and urged party unity to avoid the 1964 style division.
Sen. Frank E. Moss called for a thorough investigation into the deaths of about 6,000 sheep near Tooele Utah. He linked the incident to Army nerve gas tests conducted at Dugway Proving Grounds with demonstrations reported around March 135.
Viet Cong forces launched rocket and mortar attacks on three Allied bases near Saigon including Bien Hoa and the III Corps complex. Casualties reported as very light, with two civilian deaths at Binh Canh. Five new Allied operations followed the assaults amid ongoing Resolved to Win efforts.
Nevada Public Service Commission plans to hear Time-Life Inc and Central Telephone about a Clark County cable television franchise next week as a pause in other hearings. Time-Life, new to the contest, faces a protest from Community Cable TV and a decision is not expected soon.
District Attorney George Franklin orders sheriff deputies to summon Justice of the Peace Pavlikowski at any hour for arraignments, aiming to curb delays after midnight. The edict follows yesterday’s dismissal of narcotics charges against Carl E. Wilkens and Dorothy Cohagan, arrested February 28 at Wilkens home.
Variable high clouds give way to mostly sunny skies with gentle winds. Today’s high reaches 79 degrees and the low settles near 45. Yesterday's high was 69 and the low 39 with noon humidity at 15 percent. Sunrise is 5 42 and sunset at 5 54.
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