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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1968
Page
1
Million Hoosiers Vote as RFK McCarthy Clash in Indiana
Indiana voters head to the polls as Senator Robert F Kennedy and Senator Eugene McCarthy face off in a high stakes Democratic primary contest. Governor Braniginalso seeks support while Vice President Humphrey sits out. Nixon runs unopposed in the Republican primary. Kennedy campaigns in the north industrial belt while McCarthy winds down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Roger D. Branigin
Richard M. Nixon
Governor dies in sleep after cancer battle
Governor Lurleen Wallace dies at 12 34 a m in her Montgomery home after a long bout with cancer. An acting press secretary said she lost her gallant fight for life and died quietly in her sleep at the governor's mansion following surgery on February 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Lurleen Wallace
Wallace
Secre
Tary
Allied Forces Crush Reds Surrounding Viet Capital
Allied forces attacked Communist positions around Saigon with heavy bombing and ground fire. Viet Cong mortars and rockets targeted Tan Son Nhut airbase while US Marines held Dong Ha against repeated assaults as the offensive entered its third day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viet Capital
Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
U. S
Dong Ha
Deilitarized Zone
U.S
Second Viet Nam tour cost Marine dies in action
Marine Corporal David R. Rogers of Las Vegas died April 30 near Quang Tri from gunshot wounds during a recent offensive. A 20 year old Amtrack driver in the 3rd Marine Division he volunteered for a second tour after a January return from furlough. He was born in Long Beach and attended Las Vegas public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David R. Rogers
Fred J. Cowlishaw
Longridge Ave
Las Vegas Area
Defense Department
3Rd Marine Division
Amtrack
Quang Tri
Young Rogers
The
Marines
Western High School
Long Beach
Calif
Las Vegas
Suspect Captured After Attempted Kidnap Robbery
A man identified as Galen R. Jared age 26 of Lawton Oklahoma and alias Roger Myer was arrested on suspicion of robbery and kidnapping after targeting Betty Jean Miller of the Joe Walcott Insurance Agency. He was captured when the victim screamed for help attracting her employer's attention. The incident occurred as a well dressed man approached Miller in a parking lot and threatened her with a gun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galen R. Jared
Lawton, Oklo
Betty Jean Miller
Joe Walcott Insurance Agency
EK. Charleston Blvd
Sun Sponsored Free Lamb Cook ing School at Flamingo
The Sun sponsored free lamb cooking school begins at 1 p m today at the Flamingo Hotel. Strip executive chef Helmut Riedner will prepare a lamb dish with tips on cutting and cooking assisted by Jean Dart and Eric Dunlop. Prizes include lamb cookbooks uncooked legs of lamb and a portable gas grill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flamingo Hotel
Helmut Riedner
Riedner
Jean Dart
Southern Nevada Univeristy Extension Service Dietician
Eric Dunlop
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McCarthy
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Hank
SUN
Juvenile Welfare Advisory Board
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Ind
Indiana
District of Columbia
Alabama
Ohio
Florida
Hubert H. Humphrey
Johnson
Kennedy
Branigin
Robert Kennedy
Eugene McCarthy
Bulletin
Aps
Viet
George B. Wallace
Albert Brewer
Tennessee
Capitol
Jefferson Davis
Confederacy
Nnb
Ficers
Jared
Roger Myer
Flamingo
Dunlop
Extension Service
Womens
National Lamb Council
Wool Growers
Delbert Chipman
American Fork
Utah
Ane Landers
Isiccabaerenecaaes
Eee
Essen Entrseee
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Joe Delaney
Visine Aone Savicadaabess
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Eraeene Society
Sundial
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