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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1968
Page
2
A reflective column recounts recent political shifts and public debates in a joking aside about wartime memory. It notes a Japanese American presiding over a national convention and laments leaders driving conflict while citizens remain prone to prejudice.
A donor's organs saved four men in a groundbreaking operation in Houston and Pittsburgh. Recipients William Carroll William Kaiser Thomas Stevenson and William Whaley progressed to mouth nourishment, while Ben Anolik Eli Zaor Robert McKee Leonard Drake also showed signs of recovery. The donor Nelva Lou Hernandez died from gunshot injuries and her corneas were placed in an eye bank.
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Nixon campaign leaders rejected Hubert Humphrey's proposal for a bipartisanship pledge to avoid jeopardizing the Paris Vietnam talks. Robert Ellsworth accused Humphrey of partisan hijinks and urged him to clarify his position, noting Nixon’s past statements urging a moratorium on public discussion of peace terms. Nixon spent Labor Day at his Fifth Avenue apartment with family.
Congo's army-controlled government stripped President Alphonse Massemba Debat of powers and detained him in a clash with MNR youths allied with Cuban advisers. Over 100 arrested including former information minister Andre Hombessa and Debat’s brother Simon as the military consolidates control and disarms the private militia.
In Moscow the Soviet press shifted to praise for Dubcek and Svoboda, calling Dubcek a fighting soldier and Svoboda a brave officer. Marshal Koniev compared Czech youths to wartime allies and recalled Soviet tank deployments in Prague to defend Czechoslovakia.
David Eisenhower and his fiance Julie Nixon acted as grand marshals in the Labor Day parade in Greenbelt Maryland. Nixon 19 and Eisenhower 20 led a procession of fire engines antique cars and bands through the town center.
In Cairo the Tunisian delegation led by Eltayeb El Sahabani walked out of a 13 nation Arab foreign ministers meeting over policies toward Egypt and Israel. Tunisian sources said Cairo was dictating regional policy and blocking free debate. Tunisian walkout followed demands to remove parts of a speech about the 1967 war.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower showed further recovery from a seventh heart attack as doctors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center reported a good night and favorable progress. The 77 year old general, who had his attack on August 16, spent time upright reading Western novels and visiting with his wife Mamie.
An Chicago publisher advertises a rapid reading method promising faster, clearer reading across text types. It offers a free self training booklet mailed to readers who send name, address, and ZIP to Reading Dept. 835 Diversey, Chicago. Postcard acceptable.
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