The Year That Was June Marred By Kennedy Assassination
A sixteenth note on 1968 recalls Robert Kennedy’s June 1968 assassination and Sirhan Sirhan’s indictment, amid King’s death’s aftermath and gun control calls. It covers the Kennedy requiem, Arlington burial, and Abernathy’s Poor People’s Campaign as 50,000 join the march. It also mentions Spock and Coffin conviction, a federal tax hike, and a $25.4 billion deficit to end the fiscal year.
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Joy Stilley
Associated Press
Kennedy
California
Robert Kennedy
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
America
Martin Luther King Jr
Johnson
Congress
Edward M. K
Washington
National Cemetery
Arlington
John
James Farway
Dr. King
London
King
Ralp David Abernathy
Washington Monument
Rane
Agriculture Department
Rey
Abernathy
260 'Oon
Resurrection City
Boshe
Benjamin Spock
William Slosur Coffin
Boston
Health Perceptions Tied to Income Education and Living Status
A University of Missouri study of 1,716 adults aged 65 and older finds health ratings align with income occupation education and living arrangements. Higher income and white collar jobs correlate with better self assessed health while welfare recipients and single or divorced men show poorer ratings. Nearly 90 percent have a personal physician. A separate note from Point Arena California reports a 1969 water system tank collapse spilling 150000 gallons in the town of 3000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Philblad
Howard A. Rosencranz
University of Missouri
Point Arena
Calif
GAO Links Bribery and Forgery to Fuel Thefts in Thailand
A GAO report prepared for Sen. Proxmire details thefts of aircraft fuel and other petroleum products in Thailand. It cites bribery, forgery, and lax oversight across the Navy and Army supply network, with losses totaling millions and potential further untracked thefts. The findings urge stronger verification and monitoring to protect U.S. military fuel supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylord Shaw
Associated Press
Washington
U.S
Thailand
Sen
William Proxmire
General Accounting Office
GAO
Proxmire
Justice Department For Study - Oes
Attac
Air Force
Army
9Th Logistics Command
Shell Company of Thailand, Ltd
Navy Fuel Office
Bangkok
Navy Office
Fragmentary Audit Says Fuel Receipt Records Missing
The report notes individuals discarded delivery receipts for fuel obtained from service stations. Another interviewee had no documents showing fuel received into military vehicles, had never seen a delivery receipt, and did not know what drivers did with copies.
New England News Briefs Highlights 1968 Fires and Prison Escape
Fires in 1968 killed about 12 100 people and caused nearly 2.2 billion in losses. The heaviest loss occurred in a Farmington Virginia coal mine fire in November. A Richmond Indiana store explosion killed 41, and a Belle Isle Louisiana salt mine fire killed 21. The largest property loss was 12 million in Bondsville Massachusetts on October 4 from a textile complex fire. Four inmates escaped Concord Massachusetts Correctional Institution were recaptured after three were found and one surrendered. Names include Dennis Harrington Ronald Knowlton Raymond Richard and Daniel Fusey.
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Boston
United States
National Fire Protection Association
Farmington
Richmond
Ind
Belle Isle
Bondsville
Mass
Concord
Massachusetts Correctional Institution At
John Higgins
Dennis Harrington
Charlestown
Ronald C. Knowlton
North Baston
Raymond Richard
Dighton
Daniel Fusey
Dover
Brownell Named Head of Department of Natural Resources
Brownell, first employed as a teenage lifeguard in 1950, has been chosen Tuesday by the Board of Natural Resources to succeed Robert L. Yasi. Yasi resigned to join Lt. Gov. Francis W. Sargent’s administration, as he is set to take over the governorship. Brownell, a University of Maine graduate, previously worked as a U.S. Forest Service researcher before returning to the department in 1959.
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Sanford
York County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Federal
School St
ASCS
Curtis C. Taylor Jr
Brownell
Board of Natural Resources
Robert L. Yasi
Fran
Cis W. Sargent
University of Maine
U.S. Forest Service
Department of Natural Resources
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Patrick’s Cathedral
New York
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Eugene J. McCarthy
Nelson A. Rockefeller
By Martin E. Legal
Lawrence L. Knutson
Navy
Pentagon
Resib
York County Savings Bank
Biddeford
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Cincinnati, Ohio
Jerry Kennedy
Cincinnati
Life Squad
New England
THE
Arthur Brownell
Canton
State Department of Natural Re
NORGE
Frost
CMP Co
Cochrane
Graham St
Pequot
THUR
Fishman’s
SSS
Thurs, Fri
SAT
Mod & Daisy
M. H. Fishman
Maine
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