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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1966
Page
1
U S advisers with air and ground support say two Viet Cong battalions were mauled in a Mekong Delta swamp fight southwest of Saigon, with 247 guerrillas reported killed. In another engagement near the northeast, Marines killed 37 Viet Cong and possibly 25 more, thwarting a 150-man ambush force.
Troopers launch house to house search across the Tuscarora Mountains for 17 year old Peggy Ann Brodnick and her masked gunman abductor. Volunteers swelled the search to 600 plus as crews combed the area near her home. The rifleman is described as an expert woodsman who has fired on five people.
Elite Vietnames e troops loyal to Premier Nguyen Cao Ky sweep through Da Nang backed by tanks and machine guns to crush anti government pockets. In Saigon the United Buddhist Church warns civil war is unavoidable as Buddhist leader Thich Thien Minh calls a rally. Maj Gen Huynh Van Cao named commander of the first military corps in Da Nang replacing Gen Ton That Dinh amid reports of northern troop movement toward the city.
Clear with high cloudiness and southwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Predicted high 90 and low 60. Yesterday’s high 93 and low 63. Noontime humidity 8 percent. Sunrise 5 34 sunset 7 40.
Louis Harris reports that 69 percent of Americans disapprove of President Johnson’s handling of inflation while 53 to 47 disapprove of his Viet Nam war management. The public backs price controls but rejects wage controls and income tax increases, fearing higher costs with limited relief.
About 1,000 travelers were stranded when 3,000 Greyhound drivers walked off in 11 western states. Las Vegas station operations halted with nine daily departures and arrivals. Ground transport offered by Continental Trailways or Union Pacific Railroad to affected destinations. Federal mediators seek to resume talks, but no schedule set.
Thousands of antiwar demonstrators marched along the White House grounds pledging to back November candidates who will end the Vietnam War. The event drew 7,000 people led by Dr. Benjamin Spock and his wife with a circular procession around the executive mansion. Police removed three youths linked to the American Nazi party after a scuffle during speeches.
A brush fire scorched 100 acres in La Madre Canyon about 12 miles west of Jones Boulevard near Red Rock Canyon. More than 100 firefighters battled the blaze as Nellis AFB sent troops and equipment. no homes or the Hines Ranch were in danger. Cause under investigation.
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