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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1968
Page
1
Washington reports that high chemical concentration in Mace may cause more than temporary eye effects. Surgeon General William S. Stewart urged further studies to assess possible chronic effects and local tissue irritation from the irritant, used by police nationwide.
Clark County Juvenile Home detention superintendent Don Hampton was fired by an acting juvenile judge after remarks about an advisory board. The Sun staff writer Jerry Demarest reports the dismissal followed the board discussion.
In a volatile presidential contest the 1968 race reshapes as Nelson Rockefeller opposes Nixon in Massachusetts and John Volpe loses a key delegation. The piece contrasts Rockefeller, Kennedy, Humphrey, and McCarthy while noting convention intrigues and the impact on Democratic and Republican strategies.
United States and North Vietnam agreed to meet in Paris next weekend to discuss initial conditions for full scale talks to end the Vietnam war. President Johnson warned the public not to expect quick results, calling it the first step with many hazards ahead.
The United Press report details two more heart transplants, one in Houston for Everett Clare Thomas Jr and another in London for Britain's first recipient. Drs Cooley and Barnard led the surgeries with hopeful outcomes. A second patient in California faced post op complications while awaiting developments.
Braniff officials reported the plane departed Houston at 5 11 p m EDT bound for Pallas with plans to continue to Tulsa Oklahoma and Memphis.
Senator Robert Kennedy told supporters in Indianapolis he would not impose his personal views on gambling in Nevada. He aimed to dispel fears he is anti-gambling due to his prior role in wiretap investigations as U S attorney general.
South Viet Namese consulate said Saigon will send a representative to sit at the same table with U.S. and North Vietnamese diplomats at the opening talks in Paris next week. The decision surprised since Hanoi had indicated talks would include only the United States and North Vietnam.
Variable cloudiness with southwesterly winds 10 to 20 mph. Today's high 90 and low 60. Yesterday's high 90 and low 60. Noontime humidity 23 percent. Sunrise at 5 45 and sunset at 7 30.
An inch by inch search was ordered for the two story Atomic Energy Commission building at 2753 S Highland Ave after a threat telephoned to the Clark County Sheriff's Office. About 300 employees were evacuated by 3 PM as safes were secured and a security sweep conducted by AFC and Wackenhut guards. Four police units and one fire unit assisted. this was the first bomb threat to the agency in Las Vegas.
Kathy Landry a Las Vegas dancer won over 17 contestants at Caesars Palace to represent Nevada in the Miss Universe Pageant in Miami. Landry 22 a Prazz 68 performer at the Desert Inn will compete May 19 1968 in Miami Florida.
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