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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1968
Page
1
Top college football scores show Ohio State 31 Illinois 24 in a tight Big Ten clash. Other results include Michigan 33 Minnesota 20. Kansas 46 Iowa State 25. Indiana 16. Purdue 44 Iowa 14. Oregon State 16 Washington State 8. Wake Forest 48 North Carolina 31.
A Las Vegas Sun poll shows Hubert Humphrey leading Clark County voters 37.2 to 33.6 percent with 14.8 percent undecided. Nixon 33.6, Wallace 14.2. Walter Baring leads county ballots with 63 percent while Jamé Slattery has 25.5 percent. Bible has 54 percent in Senate race. E Fike trails at 30.1 percent.
The Las Vegas SUN poll shows Humphrey leading Nixon by 4 percent in Clark County with a possible 3000 vote Democratic plurality based on 1964 turnout. Nevada's history and regional splits suggest Nixon could win big if southern counties shift or Clark County falters.
A teenage led drive titled Magnificent Majority fundraises for St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. A badge displays the slogan march with Danny Thomas and will be worn on a teen’s lapel to promote the effort.
MOSCOW AP IUPI The Soviet Union launched Col Georgy Beregovoi aged 47 aboard Soyuz 3 making him the oldest person in space in a mission that could precede a manned lunar flight. He rendezvoused with an unmanned sister craft in a mission the first manned Soviet flight since 1967 when Vladimir Komarov died during Soyuz 1.
Sunny today with gentle winds and a high near 85 degrees. Low around 53 tonight with noontime humidity at 17 percent. Yesterday reached 86 with a low of 52. Sunrise at 5 58 and sunset at 4 50.
Lynda Bird Robb, a nursing mother, sends first photos of her newborn daughter to husband in Vietnam. Robbs clash with President Johnson over the birth as Bethesda Hospital marks the family moment with wires and a personal note.
Israeli and Egyptian forces clashed near the Suez Canal in ground and naval actions. At least 14 troops were killed and 29 wounded as cross canal shelling intensified. Egypt reported refinery fires while Israel claimed major Israeli positions hit. Israel protested to the U.N. Security Council.
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