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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1968
Page
3
Police trace Sirhan Sirhan to Pasadena home and a diary found in his hotel room. investigators link him to hospital and political motives tied to Israel and Arab causes. The weapon's journey shows a chain from a Watts era pistol to Sirhan via several custodians before ending in his hands.
In Saigon American officials react with shock as news of Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s shooting spreads. Witnesses recall Sirhan Sirhan’s pro Jordan anti Israel stance, with sparse connections to Kennedy Motors and a Pasad ena store, while police pursue leads on a car key and past track employment. Sirhan, a Jordanian immigrant, had held small sums of cash and once worked as a groom before aiming to ride horses.
French author Romain Gary quoted Senator Robert F Kennedy as saying he expected an attempt on his life sooner or later. The remark was made in Los Angeles at John Frankenheimer's home with aides and celebrities present.
The article mentions a biography of Wessel in Hitler's Twelve Apostles by Oswald Dutch. It also references a photo pair of Wessel and his assassin in the German book Terror, priced at $25 from Hollywood Military Hobbies on 672914 Hollywood Blvd.
Riverside Public Works engineer Jim Gorman says a section north of Arlington Avenue has long been proposed for a River Road Parkway. Some property for the right of way is owned and more is being acquired gradually. No funds are allocated, no construction date exists, and if you own land inside the right of way it will eventually be bought by the city.
A Wilmington reader praises young Ernest Salus for reliably delivering the paper to the porch, avoiding treasure hunts and roof climbs. The letter notes prior messes with other boys and thanks Salus for consistent service, adding a salute to his dependable work.
Witness Paul Grieco, a Woodbury College senior, helped Sen. Robert F Kennedy after he was shot at the Ambassador Hotel. Kennedy asked if everyone was okay and about Paul Schrade, then lapsed into unconsciousness, while Grieco held his bleeding head and assisted ambulance crews.
Fairfax County police and U S marshals sealed off Senator Robert F Kennedy s six acre Hickory Hill estate in McLean Virginia after news of his shooting Fox reports say the household was shaken by the event with two Kennedy children Robert Jr and Douglas Harriman in the care of a governess and maids and the plane bringing the California bound Kennedy children home under guard John H Glenn Jr and his wife accompanied eight other adults to the home among the first to arrive was a Georgetown priest to comfort the children the Kennedy family including Ethel Kennedy was taking a day off campaigning at Disneyland before the California primary climax.
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