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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 16, 1968

Page

6

Eyes of World To Be on 3 American Courtrooms

Inez Robb predicts 1969 will feature three landmark trials in U S history. The cases center on conspiracies and assassinations involving John F. Kennedy Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. The proceedings will attract global attention with foreign press desks in New York courts.

Eyes of World New York U. S John F. Kennedy Sen Robert Kennedy Martin Luther King Sirhan California King Kennedy Pasadena College Shaw Oswald New Orleans

Kennedy and King killings trials loom as 1969 unfolds

The piece notes the upcoming trials of Sirhan Bishara Sirhan for Robert Kennedy's assassination in Los Angeles on January 7 1968 and James Earl Ray for Martin Luther King Jr's murder with brisk expectations of a year of courtroom drama in Dallas Memphis and New Orleans. It highlights Shaw's New Orleans prominence and the public mood as 1969 nears.

Tast Week Supreme Court New Orleans Jim Garrison Clay Shaw Shaw Lee Harvey Oswald Kennedy Sirhan Bishara Sirhan Robert Kennedy Los Angeles James Alcock Memphis James Earl Ray Dr. King U.S Dallas Ray Missouri King London Sirhan

FBI reports 42 percent rise in purse snatchings first nine months

The FBI Uniform Crime Report shows a 19 percent overall rise in crime for the first nine months of the year with purse snatching up 42 percent. Robbery up 32 percent, forcible rape 17 percent, murder 15 percent, and aggravated assault 13 percent. Property crimes also rise led by thefts of $50 or more, auto thefts, and burglary. Regional increases vary from 13 to 21 percent depending on area.

Washington FBI

A Guide to the Sexes How To Tell the Hims from the Hers

Hal Bovie offers humorous rules to tell men from women in confusing times. The piece uses playful tests such as ring habits, dishwashing, dancing, and parenting to distinguish gender traits and ends noting teenagers look alike and adults cannot tell alone.

Pueblo Crew Release Report Denied by US Official

A spokesman denied a published report that the United States planned to secure the release of the USS Pueblo crew by December 5. He said no such move or facts exist. Dong-A Ilbo cited a meeting between Wade Lathram and Vice Foreign Minister Chin Pil Shik as the source.

Sfoll Ups Mega Ministry Sauce Korea Dong-Albo U.S Wade Lathram Chin Pil-Shik

Danish Army Ordered to Call Soldiers by Name

The Danish defense ministry directed the army to stop using number identifiers for soldiers and require use of their actual names in official communications and daily operations.

Copenhagen UPI Danish Defense Ministry

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