Kennedy in State at St Patrick's Cathedral
Tens of thousands filed past Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's body in state at St. Patrick's Cathedral New York. Police noted about 36,000 viewed the coffin in six hours as family and dignitaries kept vigil and crowds waited through heat and dawn.
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Robert F. Kennedy
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Kennedy
Ethel Kennedy
Holy Family Church
Robert S. McNamara
Defense
The
World Bank
Douglas Dillion
the Treasury
Burke Marshall
John Doar
Justice Department
Joseph Patrick Kennedy
John F. Kennedy Combat Center
Fort Bragg
N.C
Catafalque
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Purse Recovered After Reported Loss in Stark
A Stark woman reported at 6:30 p.m. yesterday that her purse containing $195 and personal papers was stolen. It was later found at a downtown store with contents intact, police said.
Kennedy Slaying Seen as Arab Setback and Fear
Arab observers in Beirut and across the region call Kennedy’s assassination a disaster for Arabs. They warn the Jordanian suspect Sirhan Bishara Sirhan could be used by Israel propaganda while noting Kennedy might have moderated U.S. policy toward the Arab world. Arab outlets condemn political murder and urge restraint amid speculation of a Zionist plot.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Kennedy
United States
Jerusalem Post
Syria
Baath
John F. Kennedy
U.S
el Baath
Grand Jury In Hearing On Sirhan
Los Angeles county grand jury heard 23 witnesses in a bid to indict Sirhan Bishara Sirhan on first degree murder in the Kennedy assassination. Sirhan, 24, was absent as jurors convened on the Hall of Justice fifth floor. he is jailed in a maximum security cell. Foreman L E McKee said the panel represents diverse backgrounds and expects a fair decision after evidence is heard.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Grand Jury
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Hall of Justice
L. E. McKee
Long Beach
Area Wheat Harvest Start Due the Last Week of June
Area farmers report no measurable rainfall in the past week aiding field work with most waterlogged spots drying enough for machinery. Harvest in the area is expected to begin in the last week of June, with southern counties seeing gains late next week. Grass prospects are bright and pasture land is more plentiful this year.
Traffic Fatalities Log For Topeka Police District
Kansas traffic death log records 24 hours ending 9 am Friday with 1 death for June 14 in 1968 compared to 1767 period and 254 for 1968 through June.
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Topeka
Kansas
Guard Heads to Fort Riley for Two-Week Training
The Chanute based Company C 3rd Battalion 137th Infantry of the Kansas National Guard will depart Sunday morning for Fort Riley for two weeks of active duty training. About 80 enlisted men and two officers will move by convoy and arrive by Sunday afternoon. training includes basic combat and riot control.
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137Th Infantry
Kansas National Guard
Fort Riley
Chanute
Iola
Fredonia
Yates Center
Pittsburg
Cherryvale
Neodesha
Ron Poor
N. Forest
Rainbow Girls open 30th Kansas grand assembly at Memorial auditorium
About 1 500 attend the opening night of the Rainbow Girls Kansas grand assembly in Wichita. Attendance includes 300 visitors and 1 185 official registrants from 69 local assemblies. Ongoing three day session features elections, installations, and a Miss Service reveal.
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Rainbow Girls
Kansas Grand Assembly
Memorial Auditorium
Rainbow
Oklahoma
California
Erie
Chanute
Linda Craven
Jill Swan
Rainbow District
Grand Cross of Color
Masonic Temple
Mother Advisors
Saigon Bombardment Deepens Chaos in Citadel Crisis
Saigon endured its heaviest shelling in weeks as Viet Cong rockets killed 25 civilians and wounded 4. Westmoreland, back in Vietnam, warned the assault aims to grab headlines while skirmishes raged in Cholon and Gia Dinh. Government and U.S. forces reported hundreds of enemy casualties and several American deaths in the ongoing fighting nine miles north of Saigon.
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Saigon
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Vietnam
Washington
Westmoreland
Cholon
Gia Dinh
Renault Plant at Flins Sees Riot by Striking Workers
Thousands of autoworkers and University of Paris students clashed with riot police at the Renault plant in Flins, using tear gas and stones in a 20 minute confrontation. The demonstrators were expelled, tensions rose as the strike wave ebbed, and France's stock market reopened with gains on foreign shares.
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Paris Stock Exchange
Renault
Flins
Weather outlook Kansas warm with chances of thundershowers
The area forecast calls for partly cloudy, warm and humid conditions with scattered showers and thunderstorms today through Saturday. Highs reach 87 to 92 on Saturday, lows 65 to 70, with 40 percent tonight and 30 percent Saturday precipitation chances.
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Topeka
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Hill City
Goodland
Liberal
Hutchinson
Dimes Recovered From False-Bottomed Platform
FBI agents and Suffolk County police recovered more than $304000 in newly minted dimes from a false-bottomed platform at West Avenue Sportswear Corp in Patchogue New York. Charles Curiale president of the firm was arrested on charges of possession of stolen goods linked to an interstate shipment hijack of five million dimes en route from West Point to Oklahoma City. The hijackers fled after forcing the truck to stop in Fort Lee New Jersey. the vehicle was later found abandoned in Blue Point on Long Island. If convicted Curiale faces up to 10 years in prison and a $5000 fine.
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Patchogue
N.Y
Railway Express Agency
FBI
Suffolk County
West Avenue Sportswear Corp
Long Island
New York City
Charles Curiale
Brookhaven
U.S
West Point
Oklahoma City
Fort Lee
N.J
Upstate
New York
Blue Point
Escaped convict fends off police until warden talks him down
An armed convict robs a hospital, takes 18 year old Marilyn Fain hostage with a gun to her head, and drives off with police in pursuit. Warden Ray Page swaps places with the girl and convinces Thomas J. Rogers to surrender after a multi hour chase across eastern Oklahoma ending near Checotah. Rogers, a Tulsa native, is returned to McAlester State Prison and the hostage is unharmed.
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Checotah
Okla
Oklahoma State Prison
Ray Page
Thomas J. Rogers
Rogers
Tulsa
Page
Oklahoma
Marilyn Fain
McAlester
Hartshorne
McAlester State Prison
McAlester General Hospital
Miss Fain
Methodists approve Kansas union plan to form United Methodist Church
Delegates to the Kansas Conference of the Methodist Church voted unanimously to accept the Kansas plan of union with the Evangelical United Brethren Church. The plan creates one episcopal area and one bishop and two annual conferences in Kansas. Unions followed unanimous approvals by two other Kansas conferences. Uniting sessions for the new West and East conferences are set for July 30 and July 31 in Wichita and Baker University respectively.
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Badlwin
Kan
Kansas
the Methodist Church
Evangelical United Brethren Church
New United Methodist Church
Central Kansas
Methodist Church
Wichita
Kansas West
Baker University
Dodge Citian Killed Near Coffeyville
Carlos R. Vargas Jr. 18 of Dodge City died in a Thursday night crash on U S 166 about 22 miles east of Coffeyville Kansas authorities said Vargas was killed when his car collided with another vehicle near Coffeyville and Morris counties.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Carlos R. Vargas Jr
Dodge City
U. S. 166
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha
A brief note notes a family reunion as a feature drawing hundreds of visitors to town during the season. The letter mentions a personal closing and greeting but provides limited further detail about events or dates.
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John Billingsley Jr
S. Plummer
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