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Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1968

Page

2

Kennedy says U S must acknowledge Viet Cong in settlement

Senator Robert F. Kennedy urged that the United States recognize Viet Cong participation in South Vietnam’s political life once peace is reached. He warned a settlement is impossible if the U S demands Viet Cong surrender and pressed gradual U S withdrawal with Viet Cong inclusion.

Bobby Kennedy U.S Portland Ore UPI Robert F. Kennedy United States South Vietnam Kennedy North Vietnam

Soviet Press Warns Israel on Jordan Attack Response

The Soviet government says Israel must be punished for its attack on Jordan as Premier Kosygin meets the Jordanian ambassador in Moscow and Grechko visits the Syrian border. In Jerusalem Premier Eshkol criticizes the U.N. rebuke and Arabs are urged to back guerrilla actions in Jordan. Jordanian leaders pressure King Hussein to support the guerrillas.

United Press International Israel Jordan River Jordan Iovestia Alexei Kosygin Moscow Andrei Grechko Jerusalem Levi Eshkol U.N. Security Council King Hussein Preas

Burglar Draws Prison Sentence In Nevada District Court

Freddie Lee Watkins twenty was sentenced in District Court to one year in the Nevada State Prison. A jury found him guilty of second degree burglary after a one day trial. He faced an auto theft attempt of a stereo unit in a Strip hotel lot. The judge ruled the year could run concurrent with a four year sentence already imposed for a similar auto tape unit theft.

Freddie Lee Watkins Walker Sr Nevada Watkins Clarence Sundean

Army Debates Cause of Skull Valley Sheep Deaths

In Skull Valley Utah Army investigators led by Brig Gen William Stone pursue a link between nearby Dugway Proving Grounds nerve gas tests and the mass death of about 6000 sheep. Ranchers bury carcasses while BLM coordinates burial sites and guards water supplies from contamination.

Tooele Utah UPI Skull Valley Dugway Proving Grounds William Stone Army Mortimer A. Rothenberg Dugway R. D. Nielson Bureau of Land Management BLM Ito Nielson

Valley Bids For Hospital in Moapa Valley

A resolution seeking support to acquire a building site for a Moapa Valley hospital was sent to the Clark County Board of Commissioners chair and the Overton Town Board. Sponsored by VFW Post 8336 and signed by Commander George G Davis and post members, it notes a Beta Sigma Phi survey of over 400 Valley families supporting the hospital. The resolution has church and service club support and town boards of Logandale and Overton. an ambulance and driver were requested.

Moapa Valley Clark County Board of Commissioners Overton Town Beta Sigma Phi

Vote Against Extending ECF Deadline

The Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees voted 3-2 to ask the Clark County Board of Commissioners to deny the Medical Facilities Corporation’s request to extend the completion date for the new extensive care facility from August 15 to December 1. If denied, the contract may be void and the project re-evaluated. debate centers on cost, need, and allocation of funds for ECF versus private hospital beds. Assemblyman Eileen Stockman cites Rose de Lima Hospital figures showing over $2 million cost for ECF.

Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees Clark County Board of Commissioners Medical Facilities Corporation McDonald Board of Trustees ECF Eileen Stockman Rose de Lima Hospital

Health Chief Outlines Packaged Disaster Hospitals Plan

Ed ward Bartylak of the Nevada Division of Health described Packaged Disaster Hospitals as ready to store long term hospital supplies and be deployed to expand an established hospital or form a 200 bed facility in a designated building. The task force urged a 30 day supply of critical items in all community hospitals and assigning PDHs to fringe high risk areas. Rose De Lima Hospital in Henderson also participates.

Nevada Division of Health Edward Bartylak Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees Bartylak PDH Public Health Service U.S SNMH Rose de Lima Hospital Henderson

House expands veteran home loan guarantees and removes rate cap

The House approved a measure to raise the federal guarantee for veteran home loans and lift the 6 percent interest ceiling to attract more private funding for mortgages. In other items, UN debates on Rhodesia, a deadly hotel fire in Omaha kills five residents, and North Korea releases nine more Pueblo crew letters to U.S. leaders.

Washington UPI House Tokyo North Korea U.S Pueblo Johnson

May Appeal Lawyer Undecided On Mark Twain Life Case

Attorney Robert Campbell said he was undecided about appealing the receivership actions tied to Mark Twain Life Insurance Co which recently merged with Madison National Life of Wisconsin. Judge Roscoe Wilkes in Ely closed the receivership after two years under insurance regulators Louis Mastos.

Robert Campbell Mark Twain Life Insurance Co Madison National Life Wisconsin Ely Dist Roscoe Wilkes Louis Mastos

The Last Move and Lent Message

A painting titled The Last Move shows a devil grinning at a youth who gambled for worldly joys. A famed chess champion replays the position and makes the decisive move, implying salvation through Christ. The call invites worship and belief during Lent and on every Lord’s Day.

Christ the Savior

Gold tops $40 an ounce on Paris market amid U.S. deficit fears

Gold rose to $40.38 an ounce in Paris as buyers dominated trading amid reports the U.S. balance of payments deficit could hit a record high this year. Swiss market closed at $40.50, with $14.1 million traded in Paris. France seeks SDR terms in Stockholm talks on gold backed reform. Debre to attend from Brussels before meeting De Gaulle. The Stockholm conference may influence gold and currency policy.

Paris UPI U.S Switzerland Zurich Mideast United States Europe U. S France Stockholm Michel Debre Charles de Gaulle de Gaulle Debre Brussels Britain Canada Sweden Japan Italy Belgium Netherlands

Convict Billings Found Guilty in Wife Killing

Fallon Nevada UPI report says Billings, 37, was found guilty of second degree murder for the fatal 1966 shooting of his wife Thelma, 32. An eight-man four-woman jury deliberated five hours after receiving the case Monday night.

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