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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1968
Page
1
Babcock described the demonstrations as a well conceived act of civil disobedience and lawlessness, stating the leaders had planned them since November 16, 1967. He cited Jerry Rubin as a leader, noting the reference to Daley on Page 4.
STOCKHOLM Premier Tage Erdander's Social Democrats strengthened their hold on government in parliamentary elections. Projections show the Socialists gaining 19 seats to a majority of 123 in the 233 seat Riksdag, while the Communist Party loses six of its eight seats due to opposition to the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Two mini-monorail trains collided at the world’s fair yesterday afternoon. Passengers and drivers were thrown about as trains toppled fifteen feet onto concrete paving and into a shallow lagoon.
Hubert Humphrey challenged Richard Nixon to a nationwide televised debate on key issues. He demanded Nixon speak out on Abe Fortas’s nomination to chief justice, gun control, and the anti nuclear treaty, while Nixon remained in Santa Barbara. The incident followed a California monorail accident at HemisFair in San Antonio with at least one death and multiple injuries.
Frederick Ellis Davison, 51, becomes the third African American in U S armed forces to reach general rank. General Creighton Abrams pins on Davison in a ceremony near Saigon as 105 mm howitzers salute. Davison commands the 199th Light Infantry Brigade and has served in Vietnam nearly two years.
A former Phoenix police officer, Robert John Erler Jr., 24, turned himself in after a 45 minute meeting with deputy Dave Koelsch in his Phoenix apartment. He faces a second degree murder warrant in Hollywood Florida for the Aug. 12 slayings of 12 year old Merilyn and her mother.
Curtis D. Carpenter reported two young men picked him up as fares and ordered him into the desert near Decatur Boulevard and Tonopah Highway. They robbed him of $80, released him unharmed, and fled in his taxi. a yellow sports car seen in the area may belong to suspects as detectives issued an all-points bulletin.
Harris survey finds 58 percent of voters reject stereotypes about Black Americans while 42 percent show prejudice. Nixon leads 43 to 26 among stereotype adherents. Humphrey leads 41 to 38 among nonstereotypes. Wallace draws 28 percent of prejudiced group but 9 percent of the others.
A sunny day with gentle winds and a high of 95 degrees and a low of 65. Yesterday reached 93 with the same 65 night low. Noontime humidity is 16 percent, with sunrise at 6 24 and sunset at 6 47.
A 32 year old stock car driver attacked nine patrons with a sharp instrument at Lee's Bar Irwin Pennsylvania early yesterday. He seized a 25 year old woman as hostage then surrendered to a state trooper after more than seven hours in custody.
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