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Newspaper

Las Vegas Sun

Location

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1968

Page

2

Officials See No Basis for Soviet Romania Invasion Fears

A State Department official said the United States is leaning for now to accepting Dobrynin’s assurance that rumors of a Soviet invasion of Romania are baseless. The official stressed the statement is not iron clad and did not rule out future NATO discussions or high level meetings as the Eastern Europe situation evolves.

Washington UPI State Department United States Soviet Union Russia Rumania Dean Rusk Anatoly F. Dobrynin Dobrynin Rusk Robert J. McCloskey Department Johnson Czechoslovakia McCloskey NATO Europe Western Alliance

Apollo 7 to Run Simulated Launch at Cape Kennedy

The Apollo 7 spacecraft will undergo a simulated launch test at Cape Kennedy with astronauts Walter Schirra Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard. Unlike Apollo 1 the hatch will be open and cabin air will be used. Apollo 1 tragedy killed Virgil Grissom Edward White and Roger Chaffee when the hatch was closed and pure oxygen caused a fatal fire.

Cape Kennedy APS Walter Schirra Donn Eisele Walter Cunningham Virgil Grissom Edward White Roger Chaffee

Young man needed for delivery trainee position

Listings show a trainee delivery role with advancement prospects and a contact number 384-9074. Also includes misc ads for acreage at Curtis Park Manor Smoke Ranch Road with 2 acres and phone 735-1554. Other items list a used Singer Touch-O-Matic sewing machine for sale at eight payments of 5.60 and a Cadillac DeVille for sale with 18,000 miles at 736-3609.

Curtis Park Manor Smoke Ranch Road Call

Humphrey Plans Strategy Amid Anniversary Festivities

Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey met with key strategists at his lakeside home in WAVERLY Minnesota to map a Democratic presidential bid opening next week. The group discussed campaign organization, staffing, and merging with the national committee and United Citizens for Humphrey as a kickoff in Philadelphia.

Humphrey Muriel Larry O’brien Democratic National Committee William Connell Dumphrey Ted van Dyk Robert Short National Committee Joe Napolitan Washington Ira Kapenstein O’brien Post Office Department Norman Sherman United Citizens For Humphrey Sherman Philadelphia Philadelphia Cid

Volpe Leads GOP Push to Woo Minority Voters

Massachusetts Gov. Volpe heads a Nationalities Committee for Nixon Agnew to recruit European and other national groups disillusioned with Democrats. Nixon plans a multi-city campaign swing ending in Texas and Oklahoma with stops at Catholic leaders and NASA sites.

Volpe Nationalities Committee United Citizens For Nixon- Agnew Franklin D. Roosevelt United States Free World Nixon Herb Klein

Body recovered from Tahoe boat wreck

Divers recovered a man's body from the wreckage of two boats after a collision on Lake Tahoe. Seven Labor Day revelers aboard the second boat survived, clinging to the hull until rescued. The victim, operator of one boat, was found at 42 feet beneath the lake floor. identity withheld pending relatives.

Tahoe City Qalif Lake Tahoe Secon Jordan Carlton Piedmort Coast Guard

Nevada Supreme Court Opens Fall Term Amid High Case Load

The Nevada Supreme Court begins its fall term facing a record caseload with mostly criminal appeals after U.S. Supreme Court rulings. The court will trial a new hearing format with five arguments daily during full weeks, then three weeks’ recess to draft opinions. Major cases include limits on Las Vegas taxi licenses and upcoming murder convictions from Reno. Chief Justice Gordon Thompson will retire mid-term, with Justice Jon Collins succeeding as chief. Justice Camero Batter and Justice John Mowbray serve on the bench. Batther faces election challenger John Mendoza.

Carson UPI Nevada Supreme Court David Burning Zenott U.S. Supreme Court Zenoff Las Vegas Thomas Serrano Joseph Miles Walker Reno Gordon Thompson Jon Collins Supreme Court Edgar Eather Thompson Collins Thehigh Court Cameron Batter John Mowbra

LBJ Heads For Capitol Early Today

President Johnson prepared to return to Washington for a NATO style briefing on Soviet military moves in Europe and to test his post convention political strength in Congress. He will meet the National Security Council at 5 p.m. and the cabinet at 11 a.m. tomorrow EDT to discuss Soviet aggression against Soviet bloc nations.

Austin Tex UPI Johnson Washington Russia Europe LBJ National Security Council

November Draft Call Falls to Multi-Year Low

The Defense Department ordered the Selective Service to provide 10,000 Army draftees for November, the smallest monthly draft since March 1965. Previous months had quotas of 12,200 in September and 13,800 in October, with earlier calls reaching 48,000 in April and 45,900 in May.

Washington UPI Defense Department Selective Service System Army

UNESCO seeks boost for books in Asia’s developing nations

The 18 Asian developing nations in UNESCO account for about 2.6 percent of the world’s 5 billion annual book total, though they contain 28 percent of the global population. UNESCO aims to raise production in these countries.

Tokyo Asia Unesco

Soviet Press Attacks Czech Foreign Minister Hajek

Izvestia accused Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Jiri Hajek of Nazi collaboration and dangerous independence that could isolate Czechoslovakia from the socialist bloc. The piece alleged his ties to West Germany and attempts to restore regional pacts. Hajek, abroad during the Soviet invasion, faced removal from Prague’s postwar leadership.

Moscow UPI Izvestia Jiri Hajek Hajek Czechoslovakia

Communists Attack Saigon and Delta Road in Saigon Clash

Communist guerrillas crippled a key Mekong Delta highway link and launched a grenade at a U S building in Saigon. They also shelled Nha Trang with mortars wounding civilians as a lull in ground fighting continues.

Saigon CPI Mekong Delta U.S Nha Trang

Brandt Calls Worldwide Ban on All Aggression Forms

Foreign Minister Willy Brandt of West Germany urged a global ban on aggression using nuclear biological chemical or conventional weapons at a 90 nation non nuclear conference in Geneva. He urged security for non-nuclear nations beyond pledges by nuclear powers not to attack.

Geneva UPI Willy Brandt West Germany Brandt

Nevada Declines Federal Riot Funds Under Anti Crime Plan

Carson City Nevada did not apply for any federal grant to fund riot prevention detection and control programs. Gov. Laxalt spokesman William Sinnott said Nevada was among 10 states not receiving shares of 3.9 million dollars because no request was made the allocation would reduce the state's eligible amount under the omnibus anti crime bill.

Carson City UPI Nevada Justice Department Paul Laxalt William Sinnott

Whered Steanel Whered Steanel Continued Opinion

Fragmentary editorial voice debates political support and leadership choices. The passage mentions repudiating figures, municipal leadership, and shifting public opinion with hints of four-year timelines and evolving political stance.

Soviet Aid Ties Up Czechs For 9 Years

Prague sources report the Czechoslovak cabinet debated Kremlin aid terms that would bind Czechoslovakia to Moscow for nine years. The talks consider a possible $400 million hard currency loan, a trade pact through 1978, and reparations for invasion damages, amid protests over wartime occupation. Deputy Premier Ota Sik and Foreign Minister Jiri Hajek were absent as inquiries into loyalty and concessions unfold.

Prague UPI Soviet Union Moscow Ota Sik Jiri Hajek Yugoslavia Kremlin Radio Prague Vercene Praha

British Unions Plan Nationwide Strike for Equal Pay

The Trades Union Congress in Blackpool demands equal pay for women and threatens nationwide strikes to back the push. It faces Prime Minister Wilson over austerity measures including wage and price freezes. The union, nearly nine million strong, backs a two year timeline for equal pay and vows coordinated strikes.

Blackpool England Upi Britain Trades Union Congress TUC Harold Wilson Wilson Labor Party Labor

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