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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1966
Page
1
Jimmy Cannon attacks women in sports and Hubert Humphrey's Olympic rhetoric. He mocks female athletes, urges a return to traditional gender roles, and argues against female participation in competition, linking athletics to national strength and morality. He dismisses progress as misconceived and warns of societal change.
Herbert F. Snell of Quincy opened fire in the Homestead Restaurant Kingston area after returning with a rifle to confront patrons. Sam Lazzaro died, Roger Roessel was wounded, and Snell fled north before State Police boxed him in near a roadblock.
A mob of Vietnamese students furious at President Johnson’s stance on Ky’s revolt sacked and burned the U S Information Service library in Huế while police and firefighters watched. Vietnamese troops were deployed to guard the gutted library and nearby U S facilities and residences.
U.S. military spokesmen report 146 Americans killed and 820 wounded in the week ending May 21, the highest Viet Nam casualty toll since Ia Drang. Communist deaths numbered 1,235 with a 3.4 to 1 kill ratio. Ia Drang totals were 248 killed and 527 wounded.
Memorial Day visitors arrive amid humid conditions in Las Vegas with McCarran Field recording 101 degrees the first 100 degree day of the year. Forecasters expect a 100 degree high and three days of high humidity with scattered showers. In Vietnam war news U S losses rise to over 3 500 with 3 466 killed in action by May 14 and 202 missing.
Three Nova High School youths faced juvenile court after police say they formed a gang to manufacture LSD from chemicals and sell it to peers. Ten other students were under investigation as authorities planned further arrests.
Sheriff's detectives investigate theft of more than $6000 cash and jewelry from Marvin Kratter, head of National Equities, at a resort hotel suite while Kratter family relaxing by the pool. No forced entry indicated as burglars select jewelry, leaving watches behind. Kratter, NYC developer of Las Vegas International Country Club Estates, flew in for stockholders meetings aboard his private jet.
Partly cloudy conditions with scattered afternoon showers and southerly winds of 15 to 25 mph. The day’s high is forecast around 199 and a low near 70 with yesterday’s high listed as 101 and low 7. Noon humidity about 9 percent. Sunrise at 5 27 and sunset at 7 4.
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