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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1968
Page
1
The report lists NFL results with St. Louis 41 over Washington 14, New York 20 over Houston 14, Boston 23 over Buffalo 6, Miami 24 over Cincinnati 22, and Dallas 20 over Minnesota 7. Additional coverage appears in SPORTS pages 19 to 22.
Mrs. John F. Kennedy married Greek shipping multimillionaire Aristotle Onassis in a Greek Orthodox ceremony in Skorpios. The couple withdrew to Onassis’s yacht Christina for a private reception with about 20 guests. A yacht honeymoon was reportedly planned but delayed for a day or two.
UPI reports the next few days could decide President Johnson's Viet Nam peace bid before he leaves office. The stalled talks with North Vietnam enter their 24th week, with Ambassador Harriman leading U S negotiators awaiting Hanoi's word on a proposed package to halt bombing and open peace. A North Vietnamese delegate says the plan was received and is under study in Hanoi.
Chi Chi Rodriguez captured the Sahara Invitational after Dale Douglass failed to sink a two-foot par on the first playoff hole. Rodriguez surged from six behind to force sudden death, carding a seven-under 64 to finish 10 under for the event at Paradise Valley Country Club. Douglass shot 70 in the final round.
Veteran Las Vegas educator Pat Diskin died last night at South Lake Tahoe California from an apparent heart attack He was 58 and retired in 1966 after a 34 year career in Southern Nevada education Diskin joined Las Vegas High School in 1933 and began coaching the basketball program the following year.
Two teenage snipers terrorized a downtown area tying up half the police force for over an hour. Four blocks around the county parking garage at Second and Carson Streets were sealed off as dozens of officers armed with shotguns cordoned the area. An officer narrowly avoided being shot before the suspects were taken into custody.
Today's forecast shows a sunny day with gentle winds and a high near 80. Expect a low around 50 with noontime humidity at 13 percent. Sunrise at 6:53 and sunset at 5:57. Yesterday reached 82 with a 46 low.
Lt. Gen. Yitzhak Rabin spoke at the Riviera Hotel to about 450 guests on Israel’s progress and peace hopes as sponsors launched Israel bonds. The event honored Jerome D. Mack, Riviera Hotel Corp. president, while Rabin outlined his path from Haganah to defense chief and ambassador.
Lou Harris finds Edmund Muskie as voters’ preferred vice presidential pick at 41 percent, ahead of Spiro Agnew at 24 percent while Curtis LeMay stands at 14 percent on the Wallace ticket. The shift from September and the soft public enthusiasm for presidential nominees are noted as pivotal in the 1968 campaign.
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