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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 10, 1968
Page
11
Sunday column notes Robert Kennedy's murder may not spark new political upheaval as hoped. It contrasts his legacy with Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon, suggesting the old guard and familiar policies persist in the presidential race.
The piece argues Kennedy's assassination reshapes the Republican contest, boosting Nixon and Rockefeller while Kennedy McCarthy aims struggle for Vietnam policy. It notes moratorium on campaigning elevates state actors and questions Democratic ticket plans, predicting Humphrey or Nixon to lead as public mood shifts.
Senator Edward Kennedy, in a solemn funeral oration for Robert Kennedy, described his brother as a loving, principled figure who fought injustice. He urged the world to remember him simply as a good man who saw suffering and sought to heal it, breaking with emotion at moments.
Sirhan Sirhan, 24, asks the American Civil Liberties Union to provide a defense lawyer as he awaits June 28 arraignment on murder and assault charges. Los Angeles authorities interview a dancer, Kathy Fulmer, and a Kennedy worker, Sandy Serrano, about a possible suspect in the gunfire. A woman charged with bringing three loaded guns into the jail housing Sirhan is also facing new charges.
The Mass in Canberra at St Christopher’s co Cathedral paid tribute to the late Senator Kennedy. About 300 attendees included F M Cronk Interim Charge d Affaires US Embassy, embassy staff and other Americans. Australian Government Minister Lynch attended with various diplomatic representatives including the British acting envoy J S Rooke and Belgian Ambassador M J De Bruyn.
A large crowd attends a Kennedy family requiem in St Patrick's Cathedral with Cardinal Cushing officiating. Archdiocese of New York Archbishop Terence Cooke delivers the eulogy while relatives and dignitaries participate in the Holy Communion and expressions of faith. Millions join nationwide prayers as the cortège departs for Washington on a 21-car train.
The two party contests forge ahead this week with delegate selection and state conventions in Texas New York and Chicago. Democratic and Republican delegates will be named and votes allocated ahead of the Miami Beach and Chicago conventions while Humphrey delays campaigning after Senator Kennedy’s funeral and McCarthy plans return to the trail next week.
Weekend violence in the United States reports a Florida shooting spree leaving four dead. Roy Lee Walden shot through three Lakeland homes killing his mother and brother, a 9 year old girl Merlyne McFarlane critically wounded, a pregnant woman Jonnie Mae Hall among others injured before his suicide. A separate incident in Illinois saw a 17 year old girl killed and a youth wounded as a shooter opened fire into a crowd at a hall.
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