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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1968
Page
1
Police note Sirhan Sirhan described as quiet and conservative. Arabic and English words appear, with efforts to interpret. Neighbors recall visitors and a family home at 696 Warm Air Howard. pastors describe limited church attendance.
Sirhan Sirhan will appear Monday for a preliminary hearing in Division 40 of the Los Angeles Municipal Court before Judge Joan Klein to determine if he should be bound over to superior court. Police say they traced the .22 pistol used in the Kennedy shooting to him and that he carried a schedule of Kennedy’s June engagements, 8100 bills, and clippings.
The piece traces the Democratic race amid Kennedy, Humphrey, and McCarthy jockeying for delegates after California and South Dakota votes. It notes Kennedy's delegate lead, the shock from Johnson's sudden entry into events, and the impact of Kennedy's wounding on the contest, with Humphrey as the remaining strong challenger.
The obituary notes the death of a former Rotary Club member with survivors including widow Laura Delmaler Benedict, son Cleveland Keith Benedict of Lewisburg, daughter Elizbeth Benedict Glenn of New York City, wards Eleanor Wallis and Keith Wallis, brother Samuel Benedict of Cincinnati, and sister Julia McCullogh of Lexington. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at St James Episcopal Church Lewisburg, with a Monday service at Christ Church Glendale, Ohio, burial in Spring Grove Cemetery Cincinnati. The body is at Shanklin Funeral Home White Sulphur Springs and will be moved to the residence Friday morning.
President Johnson voiced shock and dismay over the Kennedy shooting, decrying lawlessness and violence. He urged the nation to uphold the law, reject violence, and pray for Robert Kennedy’s recovery while noting the attack’s unclear motives. He warned against any sanction of violence and invoked past tragedies.
Reactions flood in from U S and abroad with lawmakers and civil rights figures offering prayers and statements. European observers question American gun culture while Soviet and Eastern bloc outlets cite violence as evidence of a political jungle. Pope Paul VI pleads for Senator Kenney, and U N debate ponders possible conspiracies and patterns of violence in the United States.
The scene unfolded as Kennedy moved from the ballroom to a kitchen area when a gunman fired a blazing pistol. Officers and aides wrestled the assailant to the floor as Kennedy collapsed, with five others wounded and screaming in the aftermath.
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