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Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Oct 27, 1968

Page

2

Poll suggests Nixon lead Nevada as labor shifts to American Freedom

The SUN poll indicates Nixon would win Nevada with Clark County backing his northern stronghold and Henderson leaning Humphrey. labor voters in Henderson show support for George Wallace, while Boulder City splits Humphrey and Nixon, suggesting a closer national race if turnout shifts.

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West German pilot held on suspicion of Sidewinder theft

A 33 year old Luftwaffe Starfighter pilot was arrested in Neuburg Bavaria on suspicion of stealing a Sidewinder air to air missile from the Neuburg base in October 1967. The case is viewed as part of a widening espionage network in the United States and Europe. The missile system is linked to Soviet era air defenses and has been credited with several Vietnam era kills in U S air combat records.

BOM UPS Neuburg Bavaria Luftwaffe Vietnam U.S

Johnson vetoes two bills amid land dispute and personnel case

President Johnson vetoed two Congress approved measures, his third and fourth vetoes this year. One would have granted special defenses to 19 individuals and firms over a California land title dispute, while the other sought to revive a Civil Service case for Joseph H. Bondaki who lost his State Department post in 1953. Johnson calls the bond claim preferential and notes courts have rejected similar appeals.

Washington UPI Johnson Congress United States California U.S. Cour of Claims Joseph H. Bonduki State Department Bontuki Civil Service Commission Bondaki

Sailor sails solo across Atlantic in rubber dinghy

Derek Heath, 43, carried 30 days of food and 10 gallons of water aboard a 12 foot rubber dinghy as he departed Failmouth for a three week voyage to Barbados. Police in Cairo warn miniskirt wearers face charges of indecent exposure. Perth records a strong earthquake with no injuries. Fire at Killerton destroys a small coastal tanker and wharf. Lee Hang wins Danish sausage eating contest with a year supply prize. Left wing students hurl stones at a parade and burn a rising sun flag in Kyoto. Austrian official Adamek arrested for spying for an eastern power. he worked 20 years for the Federal Press Service.

Failmouth England UPI Derek Heath Atlantic Heath Barbados Caribbean Hong Kong Lee Hang Vienna Austria Josef Adamek Adamek Federal Press Service

Astronauts Return Home From Apollo 7 Mission

Apollo 7 crew Walter Schirra Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham arrived in Houston after an 11 day Earth orbit voyage. They debriefed with families and refused to comment on a new Soviet space effort as the two programs loom ahead of potential lunar orbital flights.

Cape Kennedy UPI Walter Schirra Donn Eisele Walter Cunningham Houston Houston Space Center Moon

Paris arrests 350 in bid to halt gangland shootings

Police in Paris arrested 350 people for questioning in an effort to stop a wave of gangland style shootings that left three dead and several wounded.

Paris UPI

Powerless U S on Nov 20 1962 Kennedy crisis

US executive power faltered for eight tense minutes after Kennedy was shot as The Bagman failed to relay a nuclear strike order. Jim Bishop asserts in The Day Kennedy Was Shot that Johnson, unaware of how to use the bag, waited to take oath and act, while the nation stood exposed.

New York UPI John F. Kennedy United States Jim Bishop Bishop Kennedy Johnson Dallas Secret Service Lem Johns Johns Parkland Hospital Art Bales Bales Gearhart Ira Gearhart Cliftor United States of America Republican Party Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson Lyndon Johnson

Humphrey Sees 21-State Win In Electoral Plan

Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey says he has a better than even chance to carry 21 states totaling 273 electoral votes. He warns of California and Illinois as tough but targets Ohio and other eastern states as keys while planning a final nationwide TV push and potential McCarthy endorsement.

Washington UPI Hubert H. Humphrey Richard M. Nixon East mid-Atlantic Humphrey California Illinois Maine Connecticut Massachusetts New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Rhode Island Delaware Ohio Michigan Missouri Tennessee Nevada New Mexico Texas Maryland Hawaii West Virginia Virginia North Carolina District of Columbia Nixon Cleveland Akron Eugene J. McCarthy D-Min McCarthy

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