Final rites for slain senator draw 140000 mourners
A widow kneels as bronze cathedral doors close and the crowd files past the coffin. Final services mark the funeral of the slain senator with large public attendance and solemn ceremonies.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1968
Page
12
Prayer Service At St Patrick's And Arlington Burial
A requiem high mass was held at St Patrick's today with a burial scheduled at Arlington National Cemetery this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick's
Arlington National Cemetery
Regis Seniors Graduate With V for Victory Signs
Regis high school held commencement for 161 seniors in the auditorium. Left to right are Stephen Van Eschen Betty Jane Goheen and Mark Watson posing with V for Victory signs as they celebrate graduation Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regis High School
Stephen van Eschen
Grande Avenue
Betty Jane Goheen
E Avenue
Mark Watson
Forest Drive
Regis
Coe College seniors to graduate with baccalaureate and commencement
At Coe College the record class of 197 seniors will close their careers Sunday with a 10 a.m. baccalaureate service and a 2 p.m. commencement. Gene Henderson, Monona, former Coe student council president, and Mrs. Larry Rickey, Coe dean of women, greeted Mr and Mrs Robert Stonebraker at the president's reception Friday night. Earlier, Coe President and Mrs Joseph McCabe hosted seniors at dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Henderson
Monona
Coe
Larry Rickey
Henderson
Robert Stonebraker
Nineteenth Street
Joseph McCabe
Robert B. Creswell
Country Club Parkway SE
Dora Jane Hamblin
Gage Memorial Union
Hamblin
Creswell
Manned Moon Shot Seen In 1969 by Miss Hamblin
Dora Jane Hamblin of Life magazine spoke at a Coe College luncheon detailing Saturn V stages and the planned manned Apollo flight aiming for late 1969. She praised space exploration, cite benefits like Te flon Telstar and Comsat, and argued the program offers peaceful progress beyond war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamblin
Dora Jane Hamblin
Life Magazine
Congress
Coe College
Coe
Gage Memorial Union
Moon
Mars
Venus
Miss Hamblin
Earth
Iowa Officials to Study State Gun Laws
Des Moines AP report says Governor Hughes staff to conduct an immediate and comprehensive review of Iowa gun controls after President Johnson urges action. The Iowa crime commission proposals call for tighter weapon sales rules, safeguards against criminals and the mentally ill, and harsher penalties for misuse amid national tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Johnson
Harold Hughes
Robert F. Kennedy
Iowa Crime Commission
Soviet ships shadow US Japanese antisubmarine drill
Soviet bombers and warships shadowed American and Japanese vessels involved in an anti-submarine exercise in the Sea of Japan, the US Navy said Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Sea of Japan
Navy
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Ethel Kennedy
St. Patrick's Cathedral
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Gazette
Duane Crock
UPI Photo
Iowa Army Ammunition Plant
Burlington
AAP
U.S. Weather Bureau
ESSA
Coatins Lecel
Elinor Ahern
God
Teflon
Telstar
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