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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1968
Page
4
A clash between anti Wallace protesters and police left several injured. A girl shouted murder as officers moved in to separate the demonstrators and disperse the crowd. One protester’s sign appeared smeared amid the chaotic scene.
The four day mining congress in Las Vegas showcases more techniques and equipment than ever before with 12 000 delegates expected. Nevada speakers include Sen. Alan Bible and Rep. Walter Baring. The event features 250 exhibitors and panels on land use air and water reclamation and undersea mining.
World Bank president Robert McNamara outlines a five year program to double lending and expand aid to Asia Africa and Latin America. He warns U S discontent with foreign aid risks global instability while stressing birth control private capital market involvement and increased technical assistance.
A blue ribbon commission led by Archibald Cox concluded Columbia University protesters had legitimate grievances and need a greater student voice in policy. It criticized a hard core SDS faction, the aloof faculty, and police for excessive force, while noting internal campus tensions and Vietnam era unrest as root causes.
James Bilbray questions regents over NSU class access after a local story quoted NSU VP Donald Baepler about students being turned away. Dr. Ed Miller says all students were assigned to a class though some sections ran 27 for 25. Baepler forecasts 50 new teachers yearly for two years if budget approved.
A Bullhead City resident reported a theft at 1701 N J St as a man arrived with two women. Moments later the victim found his wallet and $160 were gone while the women claimed no knowledge.
A two-year-old girl from Maryland received a liver from a one-day-old donor in a rapid second transplant at Children's Hospital Medical Center in Boston. Surgeon Dr. Robert Filler reported the child, Kim Weddle, in satisfactory condition though seriously ill with biliary atresia. The operation followed another recent transplant at the same hospital, part of a sequence of early pediatric liver transplants in Boston.
Senate subcommittee reports U S tactical airpower lags Soviet air superiority with MIG 21s and newer Soviet jets surpassing U S fighters. It urges immediate development of a new air superiority system to be ready by the mid-1970s and emphasizes dogfight capability over gadgetry.
Six teenage inmates escaped from Clark County Juvenile Home near Bonanza and Pecos by breaking a window with a rubber doorstop and climbing a 14 foot cyclone fence. Three were captured by nightfall as police and deputies conducted a large search. overcrowding and lax security cited by James Carmany, director, as factors.
A six year old boy named Eddie Fried ran into a moving car at Bruce and Poplar Streets. He sustained a broken leg and was taken to Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital where he was listed in good condition. The driver Diane Meighan is not cited according to Las Vegas traffic officer Ron Goodman.
Mrs. Mavis Newman 35 of 1704 Ardmore died or was hospitalized with back and rib injuries after a high speed crash on Interstate 15. She was cited for felony drunken driving as a sheriff’s cruiser pursued. The crash left wreckage at a culvert near a traffic sign seven feet high. Poelstra’s head was pinned and rescuers used acetylene torches to release her. Other victims, Frances Loftus 60, Mattie Williams 52, and Raymond Williams, suffered serious injuries in a second crash near Charleston Boulevard involving a dump truck. all are Los Angeles residents.
The New York Times endorsed Hubert H. Humphrey for president in a lead editorial praising his foreign and domestic judgment and leadership. The paper cited his 23 years in public life as evidence of character and urged support for the Democratic ticket with Muskie as running mate, contrasting Agnew and Nixon.
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