Former downhill champion Erika Schinegger to race as Erik Schinegger
Erika Schinegger, 19, announced at a Vienna press conference that she will resume racing next winter as Erik Schinegger after four operations transforming her gender. She plans to return to skiing and try bicycle racing, hoping the World Ski Federation honors her past titles and approves membership.
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Austria
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Erik Schinegger
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Chile
Totak
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Innsbruck
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Massive Long Beach traffic blurs views of Queen Mary and New Jersey
More than half a million sightseers crowded Long Beach Harbor on Saturday to glimpse the Queen Mary and the battleship New Jersey. Traffic backed up for miles around Pier E as officers battled a four-source jam from the arena graduation, bridge traffic, and multiple approaches. Several trucks towed stalled cars while defensive parking lots were opened to relieve the congestion.
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Department of Defense
RFK S SEAT Lindsay picks for Senate in New York
Rockefeller plans to offer Robert F Kennedy's Senate seat to New York Mayor Lindsay with aides convinced it could boost Rockefeller’s presidential bid. Lindsay weighs the appointment amid mixed signals from advisers and a public no comment.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
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Robert F. Kennedy
Lindsay
Rockefeller
Republican Governors Association
Rockefeller Wins Big in Pennsylvania Delegates
Rockefeller gathers a large share of Pennsylvania's 64 Republican national convention delegates as Gov. Shafer withdraws his favorite son stance and backs Rockefeller. Shafer predicts a broad swing to Rockefeller with about 300 delegates likely, while Nixon and Reagan hold smaller shares.
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Raymond P. Shafer
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Gun store owner recalls June 1 ammo sale linked to Sirhan
Ben Herrick, owner of Lock Stock & Barrel in San Gabriel, says Sirhan Bishara Sirhan and two men bought four boxes of .22 caliber hollow point shells on Saturday June 1. He notes the trio, possibly Jordanians, bought two boxes each and the sale totaled under four dollars. Police traced the ammunition via an invoice found in Sirhan's car near the Ambassador Hotel after the Kennedy assassination.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Ben Herrick
Lock, Stock & Barrel
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Herrick
State Demo Delegation Stays Uncommitted at Convention
California's Democratic delegation voted to remain uncommitted in memory of the late Robert F. Kennedy. A vice chairman said sentiment favors Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy over Hubert Humphrey by about seven to one among the 174 delegates.
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Eugene J. McCarthy
Kennedy
George Moscone
San Francisco
McCarthy
Hubert Humphrey
Kennedy Wit Shown In Parade
Parade Magazine in Independent Press-Telegram features examples of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy's wit from campaign trails. Readers see his trademark humor described as it appeared before his assassination in Los Angeles.
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Parade Magazine
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Action Line answers reader questions on voting and refunds
The Action Line column explains that voters registered in the primary can vote in the general election and can re register between June 5 and September 12. It also reports IRS refund progress after a misdirected payment, and documents the long Money Pit treasure saga on Oak Island with details on discoveries, flood dangers, and ownership.
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S.H
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Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue
Action Line
A. W
Jerome Hollander
Los Angeles
Hollander
Oak Island
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Lakewood
Captain Kidd
Blackbeard
Henry Morgan
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Shakespeare
Nova
M. R. Chappell
Sydney
Robert Dunfield
Dunfield
Imprisoned Father Writes Letter for Father's Day
An imprisoned father offers letters of guidance to his son for Father’s Day as readers scan Page A-2. The item appears amid other front page notes and reader messages.
Kennedy family thanks nation after Robert Kennedy’s death
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and his mother Mrs Rose Kennedy taped a nationwide TV appeal from the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port Massachusetts thanking the nation for sympathy over Robert Kennedy’s death. Former ambassador Joseph P Kennedy and other relatives attended the taping while Jacqueline Kennedy stood nearby.
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Propost Schemerl Refers to Silent Fisherly Tale
A cryptic note suggests a fish may return home and bluff about the bait he took. The fragment hints at deception in a coastal or fishing-themed aside with no clear names or dates.
Eyewitness Testifies Kennedy Fell From My Hand
Grand Jury testimony from Karl Uecker assistant maître d in the Ambassador Hotel banquet department describes guiding Sen. Robert Kennedy from the stage to the kitchen area on election night. He details losing Kennedy’s hand as shots rang out and Kennedy fell.
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Robert F. Kennedy
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