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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1968
Page
4
Witness accounts recall the pantry approach, Kennedy’s entry after victory, and Sirhan’s alleged proximity to a bystander girl. DiPietro, a 19-year-old Santa Monica College freshman, described the shooting moment and a remembered smile on the suspect as police note bullets found on Sirhan.
Patrolman Kreipl pursued gunman Harrison after a noon robbery of a catering truck driver Patrick Stolvers on 92nd Street and Vermont Avenue. Kelley joined at 96th Street, firing through a cruiser window as Harrison made a U turning. he died on arrival at Morningside Hospital.
A three day old girl in Kings County Hospital Brooklyn is in critical condition after doctors say she swallowed a .22 caliber bullet while still in the womb. The mother Mrs Carlos Ortiz was shot June 10. the infant later expelled the bullet into the stomach and faced breathing issues from hyaline membrane disease.
The push for a tightened gun bill gains backers in the Senate with 27 cosponsors led by Sen. Thomas J. Dodd. Key figures including Hugh Scott and Gaylord Nelson show sympathy, while others reconsider stances on rifles and shotguns. Senate leadership foresees enough votes to pass, with Ford and Dirksen signaling openness to action if the case is made. Assembly Speaker Unruh backs universal firearm registration amid Sacramento gun-control debate.
California Governor Ronald Reagan told a Republican fund raising audience in Indianapolis that the nation faces poverty and crime due to permissiveness from cradle to crime. He urged the country to get angry and criticized calls for new gun control laws after the assassination, insisting a gun law already existed against the assassin.
A House subcommittee will investigate gasoline games sponsored by major oil companies to see if winners are hand picked and prizes fully awarded. Chairman John Dingell said hearings begin June 19 to determine potential antitrust or fair trade violations and whether motorists or operators are harmed.
The Poor People's campaign resumes a second day of continuous protest outside the Agriculture Department in Washington as Rev. Ralph David Abernathy urges immediate action to feed hungry people. Demonstrators march, picket, and press for faster federal relief while Mexican American activists confront the State Department.
Dist Atty Evelle Younger named three prosecutors for the Sirhan case Lynn D Compton John E Howard and David N Fitts all veterans in homicide work The LAPD announced a 22 member special task force to probe all facets of the assassination of Senator Robert F Kennedy Kennedy was shot June 5 at the Ambassador Hotel
An advertisement touts Jim Beam Bourbon as rooted in a 173 year secret started by Jacob Beam in 1795. It credits Kentucky water, climate, and six generations of Beams from Jacob to Booker Noe, claiming a long held, hush hush formula and pride in every glass.
In Clermont Kentucky Jacob Beam started Beam Bourbon about 1799 and it remains made by the Beams today. The piece notes water from limestone springs and Kentucky’s landscape as vital to bourbon making while odd claims from Russians cite Ivan Chekhakoff in Vladivostok as discovering Bourbon earlier.
Our Kentucky man after three weeks of silence reports on Bourbon. T Jeremiah Beam demonstrates a simple test: pour Jim Beam in the palm, rub briskly, and sniff for an apple-like scent.
Kremlin sources claim Bourbon is a Russian spirit not American. The report states Bourbon, long hailed as America’s spirit, was first distilled in 1795 by a man named J, challenging the beverage industry’s origin story.
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