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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1966
Page
8
The U.S. Navy deploys CURV remote controlled recovery device near Palomares Spain to locate and recover a missing hydrogen bomb at 7 500 feet depth in the Mediterranean. Officials express confidence of success as the operation continues.
The FBI warned that harboring Ku Klux Klan leader Sam Rowers could bring a $1000 fine and up to a year in prison. Rowers, 41, was the only Klan suspect still at large as federal agents rounded up others connected to the Dahmer case in Hattiesburg Mississippi. The report also covers Navy salvage efforts CURVY and Alvin devices in a separate incident, plus President Johnson's Viet Nam talks with Indira Gandhi emphasizing peace efforts and India's role in regional stability.
Hanley accuses Monroe of weak leadership amid Democratic tensions in Elka County. He urges scrutiny of unsavory casino ties on the Las Vegas Strip and hints at campaign links with union officials. The labor coalition claims broader Democratic reach than Morroek and calls for government action.
Michigan congressman calls for a congressional investigation into UFO sightings amid reports from Toledo and Kalb witnesses. House Armed Services and Space committees debate jurisdiction as observers describe orange red green blue lights and various shapes.
Brezhnev, speaking at a Moscow gathering, urged China to mend ties and hinted at a potential summit with Peking. He touted Sino-Soviet unity in principle but noted relations remain strained. He called for disarmament talks with the West, defended the Warsaw Pact, and pledged readiness to repair ties with the United States amid the Vietnam era.
Defense Department said Viet Nam demands have reduced US Army combat divisions here from full readiness. Two armored and two infantry divisions are training draftees and recruits and not in their normal combat-ready status. The four divisions in question are the 1st and 2nd Armored Divisions at Fort Hood and Fort Carson and the 3rd and 11th Mech Infantry at Fort Leavenworth and Fort Hood.
San Antonio suffers six inches of water due to torrential rains. The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce offices were inundated and papers floated away including a sheet music item titled The Lora Key Thing and the Creek Don t Rise.
In a heated election debate the union says no side is favored as Democrats and candidates clash over gaming industry rules. Monroe counters Hanley’s support as opportunistic, arguing the industry’s fate rests with state regulation rather than the underworld.
A three foot metal cylinder believed to be from the U S submarine Thresher and possibly radioactive was found on Kilkee Beach Ireland. Navy experts from Holy Loch Scotland flew in to examine it and determine its nature and origin. The object marked Navy Radioactive Ranger was later deemed harmless after readings.
Matt Meyer will be president of the merged World Journal Tribune Inc formed by the World Telegram and New York Journal American and New York Herald Tribune merger. William Randolph Hearst Jr Jack R Howard and John Hay Whitney announced the new top executive and board directors.
The Defense Department ordered 34,400 inductions for May, all for the Army, rising from April’s 21,700 quota. Officials cited losses, enlistments, and training limits, with memory of prior peaks and ongoing Viet Nam War buildup. The Army Secretary reported 1,144,000 soldiers, needing 0 for full staffing. College student exemptions were hoped to limit inductions, but May action dampened that optimism.
Virginia Hill former Capone hostess and longtime associate of America’s gangsters was buried in Salzburg after taking poison to end her life. Investigators said two men posing as state police searched her apartment and left with papers and photos two days after her body was found near a nightclub. The strength of the inquiry and her past ties to mob figures and Kefauver hearings drew wide attention.
London reports say Prime Minister Harold Wilson urged Labor supporters to vote tomorrow to avoid complacency after polls suggested a landslide. He called forecasts of a 200 seat majority sensational and warned of disastrous consequences if voters abstain.
In Johannesburg South Africa a record one million whites vote to decide how much power to grant premier Hendrik Verwoerd as his Nationalist party aims for a strong parliamentary majority. Opposition analysts warn the contest remains tight with the outcome uncertain.
In Washington a July 9 wedding is planned for Robert Humphrey son of Vice President Hubert H Humphrey and Donna Frickson of Hampton Minnesota The ceremony will be at St Olaf Catholic Church in Minneapolis Betty Sourth Humphreys press secretary said.
Paris sources report President Charles de Gaulle demanded NATO allies remove bases from France by year end. A secret timetable also advised moving SHAPE and ACPENT commands out of Paris and reshaping allied structures to France’s non entangling policy. The move follows de Gaulle’s March 7 statement steering France away from entangling alliances.
Police traced a Monday flare of unidentified light reports to a psychology experiment by Caltech students launching balloons over two weeks. Officials noted the activity produced false UFO sightings, with observers like John Baxley citing blinking red lights near the campus.
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