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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1968
Page
2
A SUN reader laments parking for employees but not the public at Stanel Where Stanel buildings. The letter questions spending millions on a Convention Center while parents fail to quiet children during a program and notes adults may not value child audiences. It ends with a jab about debt and social pressures.
Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy urged liberalizing Social Security as a top priority of a new administration during a Wisconsin swing. He proposed raising the minimum benefit to 70 dollars, allowing seniors to earn more without losing benefits, and cited the foster grandparents program as a model for aiding the elderly. The remarks came as he campaigned in Fond du Lac and Milwaukee ahead of the presidential primary.
A district court announces clerk Ruth Dowd and clerk Loretta Bowman with seal and dates. Publication dates listed March 26 April 2 9 16 23 1968.
The Las Vegas Sun daily masthead lists editors and staff including H M Greenspun and Vince Anselmo. It also displays mail rates and subscription prices with monthly, quarterly, and annual options for the continental United States.
Weekend crime report details thefts totaling over six thousand dollars. Incidents include a service station heist on Boulder Highway with a cash pull and gas fill, an air conditioner theft from a Sizzler duct crawl, and a grand larceny charge tied to an Ice Palace musician theft. Also reported are a Strip hotel room burglary with cash and valuables and a musician’s year-long theft allegation.
A slide show of diving in Tahitian waters and a documentary on Octapi will be shown tomorrow evening at 7 30 at the District School Administration office Maryland Parkway and Flamingo. Bill Barada will be the commentator and Harry Wham hosts. The public is invited.
Nevada Gaming Commission reports gamblers paid more than 4 million dollars in direct taxes to federal state county and city governments for the fiscal year ending June 30 1967. State taxes topped 23.9 million while federal totaled 9 million and local authorities 7 million combined.
Detroit publisher Leo Hills told a state Senate committee that whipsaw strike tactics by unions led to the Detroit Free Press suspending publication on November 17 after the Detroit News was shut down. He warned such tactics could force one paper to bow to union demands or face closure, destabilizing the city’s press.
In Warsaw the purge widens as Stefan Zolkiewski, a Warsaw University professor, is dismissed from the Polish Academy of Sciences post. The party blames Zionists for student riots linked to Mickiewicz and Dziady while Israel condemns Poland's antisemitic tactics. Police detain students as 1,500 at Polytechnic face class suspensions after an 8,000-student sit-in.
Sunrise Toastmaster Club holds a Serious Speech Con test at 7 30 tonight at Charlestown Bowl. Speakers include John Foley Bill Latour Hal Soldstein Bill Dubovik and Charles Fleming per president Dave Vlaming.
Herman Wexler reported to police that he was robbed at gunpoint in a Strip motel parking area. He said the thieves took $161 and allowed him to keep his watch to "wait a minute" before seeking help.
In San Francisco UPI James Gavin a Vietnam dove said he expected President Johnson to win reelection but favored Nelson Rockefeller as the best candidate Gavin questioned Robert Kennedy and praised Hatfield and Rockefeller as moderates He urged Nixon to spell out a Vietnam exit plan and called for a phased U.S. withdrawal to focus on domestic issues and negotiate with Red China.
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