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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1968
Page
2
A Clark County reader praises the local school system and endorses a bond issue to fund school buildings and operations. He honors teachers and students, notes Vietnam casualty plaques at the Education District, and urges voters to support more funding to end war’s impact on youth.
About 50 demonstrators, mostly Black, took control of an experimental public school in Brooklyn vowing to run it until they gain full parent community control. The action follows years of racial tension in New York City's school system with Ford Foundation backing and opposition from the United Federation of Teachers and Black Power groups. Asst. Supt. Fay spent the day negotiating, but officials reported a stalemate as teachers were barred from the school for two days.
Two men left a Las Vegas Strip restaurant through a backdoor and were charged with burglary. John Lane and Robert L Williams, both 2645 Van Patten, faced counts including burglary and weapons charges after deputies observed them arrive, enter the rear door, and depart with a sack containing gloves a pillow case mask and stockings. Lane had a pistol on search.
A district court jury found Charles McDonnell and two co defendants not guilty after several hours of deliberation. The trio were accused of beating and robbing Ace Cab Co driver Worthen Earl Gregers on the night of October 26 1967.
Los Angeles police capture Verniel L. Thomas, 30, the seventh suspect in the slaying of Officer Oscar Joel Bryant, 26, a Marine veteran. Bryant, patrolling alone, confronted a dress shop robbery at Lilly Mae Dress Shop in South Central, dying after exchanging gunfire with the assailants.
The Poor People's March began moving into a self built plywood city at the Lincoln Memorial foot with A frames and lean-tos. Leaders expect up to 200 shelters by nightfall housing eight people each as caravans from the South Midwest and East join.
Two out of state visitors reported missing money after overnight stays in Las Vegas Strip hotels. Alfred Driscoll of Poughkeepsie New York said $800 vanished from his pants while in a Strip hotel. Michael Alton of Livermore California reported $245 missing from his pants in a Strip motel. No forced entry signs were found.
In Panama City officials postponed official tallying of Sunday’s election while riots cooled. Protagonists Samudio and Arias claim victory from unofficial tallies as the National Guard reports calm and authorities probe the post election rioting that left two dead and several injured.
Graveside service for 78 year old Beckie Levy is set for 10 a.m. at Woodlawn Cemetery with Rabbi Aaron Gold officiating. She is mother of Las Vegas beauty and wig salon owner Sidney Levy and resided at 5300 Gypsy with his wife Bebe. Levy died of a heart attack Monday night after living in Las Vegas nine years. she was born in Russia in 1889 and lived previously in Brooklyn. Survived by son Sidney and daughter-in-law, daughter Rose Wingate of Wilcox Arizona, sons Jack Levy of Chicago and Al Levy of New York, brother Jack Green of New Jersey, and five sisters in New York.
Rear Adm. Husband F. Kimmel, Pacific Fleet commander at Pearl Harbor, died of an apparent heart attack at 86 in Groton. He faced dereliction accusations after Pearl Harbor and claimed Roosevelt withheld information about negotiations with Japan. He is survived by wife Dorothy and two sons.
About 9,000 veterans remain, many aged around 14 when they joined the Navy in 1898, reflecting a long span since service.
A Trans World Airliner carrying 17 passengers landed safely at McCarran airport after a landing gear light failed to indicate gear status. Fire crews were on the flight line. TWA said the gear likely malfunctioned due to the faulty light while the plane was en route from Los Angeles.
Two Barstow residents identified as William Andre Christian sen and John Edward Tomascoic were indicted by a federal grand jury in Las Vegas for allegedly moving seven stolen handguns and rifles from Barstow to Las Vegas in February. U.S. Dist. Judge Roger D. Foley Jr. issued bench warrants after the indictments.
In Charleston, Arch Moore Jr. held a steady lead over Cecil Underwood for the Republican gubernatorial nomination as James Sprouse and C Donald Robertson battled for the Democratic nod. John D. Rockefeller IV won the Democratic secretary of state nomination by a wide margin. With 714 of 2,500 precincts. Robertson 27,704. Sprouse 27,613. Moore 21,117. Underwood 20,465. Rockefeller 48,352. Treasurer Orel J. Skeen 9,839. Richard Baylor 5,885.
Security National Bank of Nevada will buy 2.4 million dollars in bonds from Sparks to fund a long range construction program. The city agrees to pay 5.26 percent interest over 24 years for a new city hall, jail, fire station and municipal service center.
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