Woman Seen With Kennedy Slay Suspect Sought in Bell-Story
Police issued an all points bulletin for a 23 to 27 year old woman seen with Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, the accused Kennedy assassin, as she wore a white dress with black polka dots near the Ambassador Hotel. The bulletin notes she fled the scene around the shooting and an unnamed Kennedy campaign worker said she told observers, We shot him. Mayor Yorty linked communist influence to Sirhan and identified a meeting of the Du Bois Society as a potential trigger. Sirhan, a Jordanian, reportedly wrote in a notebook about assassinating Kennedy before June 5, 1968.
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Los Angeles
Robert Kennedy
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Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Kennedy
Ambassador Hotel
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Sirhan
W.E.B. DuBois Society
Justice Department
Sen. Kennedy
Sunday Proclaimed As Day of Mourning
President Johnson proclaimed a national day of mourning after Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated. Flags on federal buildings will fly at half staff until Kennedy's burial, as leaders across parties expressed grief and urged an end to violence.
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Nixon
Sen. Kennedy
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Martin Luther King, Jr
McCarthy
Prompt Pay Off Time Limits A Chuckle
A humorous quip notes that delaying an appointment makes others think a man values his time less. It playfully critiques promptness and worth in modern life.
Special Services In Cedar Rapids For Sen Kennedy
Cedar Rapids clergy organize memorial prayers for Robert F. Kennedy after his assassination. Masses are set for Immaculate Conception and St. Patrick's at 5 15 p m with a Requiem at Grace Episcopal at 8 30 a m and a concelebrated high mass at St Wenceslaus Friday at 5 15 p m. Sunday is national day of mourning per President Johnson.
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Cedar Rapids
J. Robert McDonald
Cedar Rapids Catholic
Sen. Kennedy
Immaculate Conception
St. Patrick’s
Grace Episcopal Church
Kennedy
St. Wenceslaus Church
Johnson
James R. Gundrum
Cedar Rapids- Marion Area
Uneven Kennedy Death Shifts 1968 Nomination Race
The death of Senator Robert Kennedy alters the Democratic race as Hubert Humphrey widens a delegate lead while Eugene McCarthy and Kennedy’s momentum collide in primaries. Campaigns pause for reflection with plans to meet and reassess, amid mutual respect and shifting strategies.
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Washington
Robert Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
New York
Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Kennedy
McCarthy
Dashhould
Unity Marks G.O.P. After Prank Fights
Des Moines Iowa delegates at the Republican state biennial convention debated the 1968 platform, stretching the session well past dinner as conservatives and moderates clashed over proposed changes. A late rule suspension led to a roll call vote, with 2,364 in favor and 1,068 opposed, before delegates adjourned.
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Des Moines
G.O.P
Linn County
Weeks Batch of US Casualties Tops War Toll
The U S command reports 438 Americans killed in the past week and 3 870 wounded the highest weekly total of the war. Fighting continued around Saigon as forces cleared Cholon Gia Dinh and nearby areas while Viet Cong and North Vietnamese slipped west of Cholon before rangers encircled the building and pressed the final assault.
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Gia Dinh
Horst Faas
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Slain Senator Kennedy Dies After Assassination
Los Angeles AP reports Senator Robert F. Kennedy died at 1 44 a.m. PDT after a gunshot wound at the hotel. His body will be flown to New York for lying in state at St Patrick's Cathedral and burial at Arlington on Saturday. The assassin Sirhan Sirhan is jailed awaiting arraignment as Kennedy's delegates remain pledged to him at the Democratic convention.
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Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
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Arlington National Cemetery
John F. Kennedy
White House
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Arlington
Potomac River
Washington
John Kennedy
Mankiewicz
William McCormack
Air Force
Edward
Martin Luther King
Pierre Salinger
Robert
California
Marion Soldier Dies in Vietnam Combat Wounds
Cpl. Thomas D. Wilcox 19 of rural Marion was fatally wounded near Duc Pho in South Vietnam from enemy booby trap fragments during a combat operation. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Wilcox, he served since January 14 after graduating Washington high school in 1967. He was born November 5, 1948, in Cedar Rapids and attended Faith Baptist church in Robins. Surviving family includes multiple siblings and relatives. services pending at Turner chapel east.
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George Wilcox
Wilcox
Washington High School
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Cedar Rapids
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Cathy
Tracy
Karen
Jeffrey
Douglas
Paul
Gary
Roger
Bruce
Korea
Tim
Iowa City
Goldie Wilcox
Bernice Sacora
Building Cavern Takes 3 Lives
Three workers died and 27 were hospitalized after two floors of an Arlington Virginia office building under construction collapsed Thursday. Rescue crews worked through the wreckage to reach buried laborers.
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