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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1966
Page
1
In Los Angeles, a 150 strong juvenile crowd threw rocks at motorists in the 1700 block of East 103rd Street seven hours after a coroner's inquest into a fatal police shooting. Earlier 150 to 200 people at Will Rogers Memorial Park urged reporters to leave and urged a move to a coffee shop to plan actions.
The Desert Breeze prints senior wills at Las Vegas High School showing Brent Adams bequeathing to the junior class and clubs. The piece highlights Brent and Bruce Adams, their evolving views, and a broader praise of youths seeking knowledge over inherited bias amid a tense global balance.
The Assembly Taxation Committee moved toward a Monday showdown on a bill to raise gambling taxes by 20 percent. Sponsors Cyril Bastian and Ray Kinsley voiced preference for a do pass recommendation, but predicted a cautious floor process.
In Da Nang heavy street fighting erupts as South Vietnamese armed forces deploy tanks against rebels in a six day struggle for control. Marines are wounded in the crossfire while Skyraider bombers hover overhead as U S mediation efforts intensify.
Thousands lined the parade route for the Helldorado 66 kickoff as the Long Beach Junior Concert Band led the procession in white and scarlet. The event preceded the Boots and Beauty parade and rodeo at Cashman Field offering a $23,000 purse for four nights of competition. More than 500 horsemen and 9,000 spectators saw the march along Fremont Street and Las Vegas Boulevard North. Helldorado Village and carnival activities followed, with Young Timers parade tomorrow and Boots and Beauty Sunday at 1 p.m.
Communist guerrillas seized two South Vietnamese border outposts Gio Linh and Con Thiem as U S and South Vietnamese forces staged air strikes from Saigon. The 500 to 600 man battalion crossed the DMZ in a bold raid with light to moderate casualties and 27 enemy bodies reported, marking the first major invasion in strength in the zone.
A disrupted regular television and radio log will be resumed tomorrow with the full week's schedule, to be published in Scene Magazine on Sunday. The notice confirms the omission was an error and apologizes.
The Fair and Recreation Board seeks to resolve a dispute with the election department over a bond election bill of about 16 000 dollars. Tom Mulroy of the election department allegedly charged 12 000 dollars too much, leaving the board over its 54 000 dollar budget. No formal meetings or resolutions have been announced.
Weather summary notes a clear day with gentle winds and a predicted high of 100 and low of 65. Yesterday reached 98 and 64, with noontime humidity unspecified as a percent. Sunrise at 31 and sunset at 7 43.
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