Tragedy strikes Kennedy family again in violence
The Kennedy clan faces renewed misfortune as Robert Kennedy lies gravely wounded at age 42 after a shooting on the campaign trail. The piece recalls a history of losses from John and Joseph to Kathleen and Rosemary, with context on family members and earlier tragedies.
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Ethel
Edward
Patricia Kennedy
Peter Lawford
Eunice
Sargent Shriver
Peace Corps
Office of Economic Opportunity
France
U.S
Jean
Kennedy family plagued by tragedy and misdirection
A Minnesota newspaper notes Stephen E. Smith who oversees Kennedy interests lied to about campaign travels. It recalls misfortune for Mrs. Robert Kennedy’s family Mrs. Joan Skakel died in May 1967 from a meat particle lodged in her throat and her husband perished in a 1966 plane crash.
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Stephen E. Smith
Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Joan Patricia Skakel
Girl Tops Boston College Law Class in Graduation
Elizabeth C. O'Neill of New Bedford graduates magna cum laude as the first woman to lead the Boston College Law School graduating class since its 1929 founding, in Newton Massachusetts.
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Newton
Mass
Boston College Law School
Elizabeth C. O'Neill
New Bedford
Saigon fights cool as Viet Cong plan ten day pause
In Saigon fighting eased in areas as intelligence warned a ten day VC rest before new attacks on June 15. VC bands left Cholon and Gia Dinh while Marines killed 13 retreating enemies and North Vietnamese forces moved near Highway One. Skyraider bombing hit a large civilian area.
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Saigon
Cholon
Presidential Palace
Gia Dinh
Dong Nai Regiment
Highway One
Hanoi Comments on RFK Shooting
Radio Hanoi reported the shooting of Robert F Kennedy to North Vietnamese and branded it as showing the dirty face and tactics of US politicians who will spill blood to even the score.
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Singapore
Radio
Hanoi
Robert F. Kennedy
Dorothy Gish Dies in Italy at Seventy
RAPALLO Italy AP Dorothy Gish one of America's famous Gish sisters died Tuesday night in the Italian Riviera resort. She was 70. Her sister Lillian was at her bedside. Lillian was filming in Rome. Dorothy had been in a clinic here for nearly two years.
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Italy
Dorothy Gish
Gish
Italian Riviera Resort
Lillian
Rome
Dorothy
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