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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1966
Page
2
A B52 Stratofortress with two thirds of a wing flap ripped loose during flight landed safely at Carswell Air Force Base after an eight hour circuit over North Central Texas and Oklahoma. There were no injuries and the crew consisted of Lt Col Robert E. Fitzhugh and nine others.
A listing of Las Vegas Sun personnel and executives, including publishers, editors, editors, and department heads, with addresses and affiliations. Notes include post office entry as Second Class Matter and memberships in press associations and research bureaus.
Rates list single copy daily ten cents and Sunday twenty cents with carrier delivery two dollars per month and sixteen fifty for six months or thirty for twelve months. Rates apply to the continental United States only. All mall subscriptions must be paid in advance.
Reward offered for return of a gold Austrian cuff link lost in the Desert Inn area or Central Park West Apartments. Contact 735 4272 or 362 451.
Clark County Health Department officials pressed for state legislation to curb air pollution in Las Vegas Reno and surrounding area warning of a smog risk as population grows toward a half million in the next decade. They cited construction dust and auto exhaust as key pollutants and urged standards to guide local ordinances.
Reno Governor Grant Sawyer accused Republican nominees Paul Laxalt and Ed Fike of abject surrender to federal interests. He urged Republicans to reject the ticket and defended state gaming controls amid alleged conflicts of interest. The feud centers on Nevada laws versus federal reach and FBI wiretap issues.
Lt. Gov. Paul Laxalt told Nevada Southern University students that the Sawyer Administration has been draining the general fund reserve at about 1 million dollars per year, dropping the reserve from nearly 15 million in 1959 to about 6 million today, signaling potential financial catastrophe. He称 fiscal brinkmanship and lack of long term planning as root causes.
An 81-year-old Rose Winster was found dead in her first floor flat with rope burns from a plastic lamp cord, in a city gripped by a wave of violent crimes. Police linked the case to the Cincinnati Strangler as four women were raped and strangled in the prior 10 months.
The Senate passed a supplemental appropriation bill with over 3 million dollars in federal support for Nevada public education and libraries. Of this, more than 2 million goes to Aid to Elementary and Secondary Education Act programs for districts with low income families, library materials, and education center services. Nevada higher education facilities receive 731,924 dollars, and state library services and construction get 291,679 dollars.
More than 2,000 leftist students rampaged through Tokyo to protest U.S. Viet Nam policy ahead of an illegal nationwide strike. Police reported 25 officers injured and 16 students arrested after clashes near Hibiya Park and attacks on Shimbashi and Marunouchi stations during peak rush hour.
The speaker argues current laws harm Nevada by driving away big money and enabling syndicates. Updated codes are needed to invite large industrial firms and hotel chains, create jobs, and address stock market risks. Public corporations, owned by everyday citizens, could face scrutiny if laws lag behind progress.
Foreign ministers from six nations and the Philippines travel to Manila for private talks ahead of the Viet Nam summit. Dean Rusk arrives to meet Philippine officials as the search for a peace formula continues, with debate over Viet Cong inclusion and Geneva accords guiding discussions.
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