Burlington Arms Blast Kills Five At Iowa Ammunition Depot
An explosion at the Iowa Army Ammunition plant near Burlington killed five men and injured none of the workers permanently stationed in the building. Investigators sought the cause as the warehouse stored conventional mines and related components. Names of four victims and the fifth unnamed victim were reported, while a long history of prior incidents at the plant was noted.
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Burlington
Iowa
George Mathes
Gary Lawrence
Lomax
Ill
Gary Young
Keokuk
Robert L. Walker
Willis Henson
Stronghurst
South Korean General Links North Koreans to Viet Cong
Lt. Gen. Chae Myung shin, commander of South Korean forces in Vietnam, said he is virtually certain North Korean troops are operating in South Vietnam with the Viet Cong. He voiced the claim in Saigon on Saturday, citing battlefield indicators and cooperation between Hanoi allied groups.
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Saigon
Chae Myung-shin
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Four Killed in Cedar Rapids Area Traffic Crashes
Four young Cedar Rapids area residents died in three separate early morning crashes on Linn and Benton county roads and a county road tank truck accident near Central City. Names include Jaymie Jones 17 Steven Wharf 22 Dean Womachil 18 and John Holub 17 with causes ranging from a high speed rollover near Mt Vernon Road SE to a head on at Prairie Creek bridge and a spray truck overturn on a county gravel road.
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Cedar Rapids Area
Linn
Benton County
Steven Wharf
Route Three
Cedar Crest Weeds
Dean LeRoy Womachil
Walford
John William Holub
Central City
Miss Jones
Wharfs
Big Creek
Mt. Vernon Road
Old Highway 30
Highway Patrol
Womochil
Norway
Prairie Creek
Wo Mochil
Wo‘mochil
St. Luke's Hospital
Holub
Raymond
John Holub
Recreation Curtailed on Cedar River in Cedar Rapids
City officials ordered all river recreation halted after a fish kill along the Cedar River starting near Seventh Avenue SW. Police fire and street workers with conservation officials collected dead carp walleye northern pike bass and catfish along the riverbank while authorities investigate the unexplained die off.
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Cedar River
Cedar Rapids
Seventh Avenue SW
Cedar Rapids i
Kennedys Train Tragedy Kills Two Waiting in New Jersey
In Elizabeth New Jersey a man and a woman waiting for the special train bearing Robert Kennedy’s body to Washington were struck and killed by an oncoming train. A second woman was injured and others may be hurt. The Kennedy train passed through the station and was delayed in Rahway before continuing nearly an hour late.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Robert Kennedy
Washington
Kennedy
Rahway
New Brunswick
Man Arrested With Unloaded Gun at St Patrick's Cathedral
New York police arrested Gary Dedell thirty with an unloaded handgun at the main entrance of St Patrick's Cathedral fifteen minutes before President Johnson arrived for Robert Kennedy's funeral. Dedell, 30, of Syracuse, held a gun permit and was taken to a nearby station after a routine search. The capture went unnoticed by onlookers.
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New York
UPI
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Johnson
Robert Kennedy
Gary Dedell
Syracuse
Kennedy eulogizes slain brother at St Patrick's cathedral
Senator Edward Kennedy eulogized his slain brother Robert Kennedy at St Patrick's Cathedral in New York. He spoke of the late senator's love for life and unselfish sacrifice while a crowd gathered in heat outside. President Johnson and four presidential hopefuls attended, and burial is planned at Arlington National Cemetery.
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New York
Edward Kennedy
Robert
Edward
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Terence Cooke
The
Fifth Avenue
America
Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Cooke
Hubert Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Richard Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Arlington National Cemetery
John F. Kennedy
Women in polka dot dress tied to Kennedy slaying
Three women surrendered to police claiming to be the girl in the polka dot dress linked to the Kennedy assassination slaying. They were released without charges as the hunt for the dark haired girl in the crowd continued and leads were pursued.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Ambassador Hotel
Kathy Fulmer
Sheriff's Department
Kennedy
Sandy Serrano
Miss Serrano
Senator Kennedy
Peter Pitchess
Jewelry store sign jokes about bunny carat value
A playful shop sign states This is the place to get your bunny a carat reflecting a lighthearted pun on jewelry and gifts. Copyright protections apply to the sign’s witty wording.
London Arrest Ends Manhunt
AP reports James Earl Ray, charged with conspiracy and murder in Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, was arrested in London. Ray used the alias Sneyd, carried two Canadian passports, and faced extradition proceedings. He was to appear at Bow Street on charges including forged passport and unlicensed gun as authorities coordinated a return request.
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Washington
James, Earl Ray
Martin Luther, King
London
Ray
Memphis
Scotland Yard
Ramsey Clark
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Department
Ramon George Sneyd
England
Brussells
Bow Street Court
Brussels
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Sneyd
Toronto
Heathrow Airport
Lisbon
Portugal
Europe
King
State Department
Britain
Tennessee
Hoover
Canada
Mexico
Bay
Missouri
Jefferson City
Ottawa
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
Atlanta
He Was in No Hurry to End 41 Year Marriage
Severino Concha sought an annulment after forty one years of marriage claiming a tricked wedding. The Sept 21 1926 ceremony led to separation and long delay before action. Judge William Ward granted the annulment.
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EL Paso
Severino Concha
Concha
William Ward
Sirhan Sirhan arraigned amid unprecedented security wall
In Los Angeles Sirhan Sirhan was arraigned on a murder charge in the Kennedy case. The hearing occurred behind a wall of security as Judge Arthur Alarcon ordered silence about the proceedings to protect Sirhan’s right to a fair trial. He set June 28 for plea and ordered psychiatric evaluation.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Sirhan
Robert Kennedy
Sirhan
Arthur
Alarcon
RCMP Track James Earl Ray Via Canadian Passports
Ottawa officials say the RCMP reviewed about 400000 passport photos and traced James Earl Ray through a fraudulent Canadian passport listing Ramon George Sneyd. They alerted the FBI and Scotland Yard as Ray headed toward Britain and possibly Europe, noting Ray also held a second passport issued in Lisbon.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
James Earl Ray
FBI
Scotland Yard
Britain
RCMP
Ray
Ramon George Sneyd
Canada
Europe
External Affairs Department
Sneyd
Lisbon
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Mathes
Burlington Atomic Energy Commission
Mason and Hangar
Silas Mason Co., Inc
Lexington, Ky
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Marion
C.R
Jaymie Lea Jones
Eleventh Street
Wermer
St. Luke’s Hospital
David Dillard
Fourteenth Street SE
Mercy Intensive Care
Marco L. McCalley
Sunrise Drive
Mercy Hospital
Miss McCalley
Cedar Reis
RFK
By Arthur Everett
John
Caroline
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Lord Harlech
Ralph Abernathy
Billy Graham
Pitchess
Tn Court
U.S
Ing House
Eric Starvo Galt
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