World Reacts With Shock Over Kennedy Death in 1968
News of Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s death drew global shock and horror. Arab leaders linked the assassination to American Middle East policy while religious leaders in Rome and Canterbury expressed grief. McNamara called Kennedy a wise, compassionate leader as Russians reported the event with muted reactions.
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Fighting Erupts In Saigon After Cholon clashes
Saigon reports renewed fighting as rangers press mop up near Gia Dinh after claiming Cholon clearance. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops slip west of a four block area, seizing a building near a church as tanks blast rooms. U S casualty figures show 438 killed and 3,870 wounded in the past week.
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Kennedy Dies After Calif Primary Shooting
Senator Robert F. Kennedy died at 1:44 a.m. PDT in Los Angeles after being shot at the Ambassador Hotel. His funeral plans include a viewings in New York and burial at Arlington National Cemetery beside John F. Kennedy. Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, jailed on $250000 bail, is charged with the shooting as Johnson proclaimed a national day of mourning.
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Nation Mourns Kennedy Assassination Leaders Call for Honor
President Johnson led the nation in mourning after Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. He proclaimed a national day of mourning and ordered flags on federal buildings to fly at half staff until Kennedy's burial. Governors Reagan and Rockefeller voiced sorrow and called for national unity.
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Widow of Violence in New Type of American Tragedy
The article traces a new national type the Widow of Violence as five major assassinations from 1963 to 1968 shaped public life. It notes Myrlie Evers and Coretta King remaining in the spotlight while Mrs Kennedy stayed prominent. Medgar Evers died in Jackson, Jacqueline Kennedy at Kennedy’s side, and Myrlie Evers later pursued education and authorship.
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Permanent Ohio Crime Commission urged for permanent agency
Ohio officials pressed for a permanent state crime commission with authority to assist local law enforcement crossing county lines. Attorney General Saxbe said Ohio lacks a state role beyond traffic enforcement and stressed aid for cross-border crimes.
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Wilberforce University campus sealed off after student takeover
Wilberforce University in Ohio remained sealed off for a second day as about 200 students briefly seized parts of the campus. Officials described the scene as quiet and peaceful with entrances blocked and faculty kept from grounds. Greene County deputies reported no officers on site.
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Parking garage bids top Athens officials’ estimate
Projects from Ohio University students outline downtown renovation plans presented to the committee. The Cutler Program for exceptional students was announced by Ohio University. A federal grant of $1 million was received for the Tuppers Plains Chester Water District.
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Randolph Churchill, son of Winston Churchill, dies at 57
London AP reports Randolph Churchill, the only son of Sir Winston Churchill, died Wednesday night aged 57. He had been ill for some time while pursuing a planned multi volume biography of his father.
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Funeral Schedule for slain Senator Robert F Kennedy
The tentative rites unfold with the body arriving today at LaGuardia from Los Angeles. It lies in state Friday at St Patrick's Cathedral, with Saturday Requiem Mass, then trains to Washington for a funeral cortege to Arlington Cemetery and burial near John F Kennedy's grave.
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