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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1968
Page
1
See Fike will meet incumbent Senator Alan Bible, who ran unopposed in the Democratic primary, for the November general election.
Former Las Vegas Justice of the Peace James Brennan won the Democratic nomination for Clark County commissioner, narrowly beating SUN columnist Paul Price. Brennan advances to face Republican Sam Keith in the November general election.
With 197 Las Vegas precincts reporting and 15,965 votes cast out of 44,000, Brennan leads Price 7,948 to 5,866. Brennan thanks supporters and reaffirms honesty and value for tax dollars while Price concedes after a hard fought campaign. The piece blends national politics with Clark County results and notes voters outside the township faced polling access issues.
Incumbent Justice of the Peace Joe Pavlikowski swept Nevada GOP primary voting with 11 550. Lee Walker finished second with 7 070 and Roy Wooster had 6 430. Mike Wendell and Al Becker also posted solid tallies as others trailed, amid a courthouse controversy over marriage traffic and conduct of justice courts.
Rescue teams faced mass burials as Iran and Turkey endured two quakes within six hours. In Turkey’s Bartin 11 people died and 200 were injured, while Amasra reported four deaths. Iran’s Khorasan Province saw up to 20 000 deaths feared with 50 000 injured and 100 000 displaced as officials buried 12 000 already dead in 1300 square miles.
Boulder City councilman and first Henderson mayor Dr James B French won the Democratic primary for county commissioner from cities outside Las Vegas by 36 votes over G L Franklin. He will face Republican Robert Broadbent in November to represent North Las Vegas Henderson and Boulder City. French had 1547 votes 22 73 percent to Franklin 1511 22 17 percent with 6817 votes cast in 80 precincts. Other candidates included John F Myers 1360 Carl Curly Price 1281 and Ray H Davies 1118.
Sunny day with gentle winds and comfortable temperatures. Today's high is 9 and low 65, following yesterday's heat peak of 98 and low 68. Noontime humidity is 15 percent with sunrise at 6 14 and sunset at 7 04.
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