We Question The Questionnaires In Nevada
An editorial criticizes two district attorneys for sending legislative questionnaires on crime trials medicine and juvenile offender policy. It argues lay candidates lack necessary legal knowledge and warns of constitutional pitfalls of 10-2 verdicts and potential upheaval if such amendments are struck down. It urges candidates to seek both sides and voters to demand balanced deliberation.
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Nevada
William Raggio
Washoe County
George Franklin
Clark County
On This Day in History October 6, 1968
Notable events are listed for this date including Antioch College opening in 1853 Yellow Springs Ohio as a nonsectarian school to equalize opportunities for men and women. Grantland Rice broadcasting the World Series in 1921. A 1954 pact among Italy Yugoslavia the United States and Britain over Trieste. House Speaker Sam Rayburn cancer reveal in 1961. A thought from George Meredith about prayer.
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Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Grantland Rice
Italy
Yugoslavia
United States
Britain
Trieste
Sam Rayburn
George Meredith
Nevada Delegation Votes Against 10 Percent Tax Surcharge
The Nevada delegation voting record shows Senators Howard Cannon and Alan Bible and Representative Walter S. Baring opposed the 10 percent income tax increase. The piece notes quorum struggles in Congress and previews Nevada election dynamics including Wallace and Griffin on the ballot, and Bible leading in the Senate race. It also mentions Nixon Humphrey prospects and local Democratic events in Las Vegas.
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Nevada
Congress
Howard Cannon
Congressional Quarterly
Cannon
Alan Bible
Walter S. Baring
Nixon
Humphrey
Fike
Christian Science Monitor
U.S. Faces Growing Global Refugee Challenge
The piece notes 15.5 million refugees worldwide, with the U.S. aiding via FEW, AID, UN agencies, and private groups. It highlights Cuban refugees, South Vietnam operations, and calls for a centralized Refugees Bureau as senators discuss hearings though none scheduled for 1968.
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United States
Havana
Miami
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Dade County
Florida
U.S
Europe
China
Hong Kong
Macao
Far East
Agency For International Development
AID
South Vietnam
United Nations
UN High Commissioner For Refugees
Africa
UN Relief and Works Agency
Palestine Refugees
International Red Cross
Intergovernmental Committee For European Migration
Edward M. Kennedy
D.-Mass
Senate
Bureau of Refugees
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Foreign Relations Committee
Kennedy
Congress
Administration
Las Vegas Community Chest Goals and Bond Approval
The Las Vegas Community Chest set a goal of $85 612. Five years ago Clark County voters approved a bond issue to fund a health center and a juvenile home.
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Sahara Convention Center
Clark County
Nuc
Las Vegas
Washington questions New Jersey as Styx threat grows
The USS New Jersey patrols off Vietnam amid misgivings in Congress over the Soviet Styx missile. Leaders worry a Styx attack could threaten the battleship, though Navy leaders say its armor could withstand several hits and one hit would not sink it.
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New Jersey
Vietnam
Capitol
Styx
Eilath
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
Nnions
Cuba
Pentagon
John S. Foster Jr
Tonkin Gulf
Navy
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Military Appropriations Subcommittee
Russell
Adm
Thomas H. Moorer
Naval Operations
Hell
Stuart Symington
New Jersey joins Vietnam patrols with long range 16 inch guns
U S warships off Vietnam deploy electronic counter-measures while the New Jersey nears the DMZ. Pentagon planners face restrictions on air bombing zones but target priority remains on southern DMZ fringes and fortified coastal emplacements.
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Vietnam
Russell
Pentagon
Styx
Navy
New Jersey
Dmz
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