Black Versus White Issue in Kennedy Assassination Fallout
Washington and New York communities react to the Kennedy assassination as a black versus white issue. At Resurrection City and in Harlem, Detroit and elsewhere, residents cite ongoing violence against leaders who aid the poor. The Kennedys’ Hickory Hill home remains tense as family members rush to be with the wounded senator and reflect on broader conspiracies and fear.
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Washington
Resurrection City
Robert F. Kennedy
7Th
14Th
New York
Harlem
Detroit
Dexter Avenue
Annie Mac Vargas
Kennedy
Lincoln Memorial
Martin Luther King Jr
Ethel Kennedy
Ralph David Abernathy
Dr. King
Abernathy
Martin King
Robert Kennedy
King
John F. Kennedy
Baltimore
Chicago
Hth Street
B. Douglas
Cornell
Associated Press
Mclean
Tragedies Befall Kennedy Family Summary
Washington AP reports the Kennedy family has suffered multiple deaths. John F. Kennedy assassinated May 22, 1963. Rose and Rose’s son died of lung disease. Rosemary Kennedy, born 1919, died in 1948 in a plane crash. Joseph P Kennedy Sr. paralyzed since 1962. Edward, Kathleen, Eunice, Patricia, Jean, and others are noted with various wartime injuries or deaths. The article lists dramatic losses across generations.
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John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Dallas
France
Marquess of Hartington
Coldstream Guards
Ceuyas
England
Red Joseph Jr
Robert F. Kennedy
Los
Angeles
Lents
Edward M. Kennedy
Senate
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr
Hyannis
Port
Mass
Chevy Chase Beautification Contest Deadline Near
Deadline for the Chevy Chase beautification contest is June 29. Entries should be submitted to publicity committee members including Mrs. Charles Sadler Sr and others. Flowers for entrants will be available late Friday afternoon at 812 Josephine Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sadler, Sr
Andrew Bourdess
James Nance
Gloria Sadler
Angela Sadler
Joan Eckenroad
Mildred Semsick
Ben Cunningham
Josephine Ave
New Burn Treatments Shown At Penn Center
Five months after a severe burn Lucy Clark 4 returned home after treatment at University of Pennsylvania Graduate Hospital Clinical Research Center. The amber flow clean room and filtered air reduce infection risk as surgeons use frozen skin grafts from a skin bank kept viable for up to 18 months.
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Philadelphia
Lucy Clark
Lucy
University of Pennsylvania Graduate Hospital
Donald G. Clark
Carlisle
William S. Blakemare
Blakemore
William P. Graham
Educators To Discuss Race Issue At Westinghouse High
Pittsburgh board of education officials meet with pupils teachers and parents at Westinghouse High School amid racial unrest that disrupted routine since last Friday. Sit-ins vandalism echoed at Gladstone Peabody and Taylor Allderdice with mixed student responses and calls for petitions.
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Pittsburgh
Board of Education
Westinghouse High School
Gladstone
Hazelwood
Atl Westinshouse
Peabody High School
Wayne Mong
Peabody
Sid Stanley Richardson
Taylor Allderdice High School
Short Stocky Bank Bandit Strikes Mellon Bank Branch
In Pittsburgh a short stocky man who resembles a previous suspect robbed a Mellon National Bank on the South Side. It was the banker's fifth robbery in five years, marking another bank holdup in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
APJ
Mellon National Bank
Phatos
Mellon Bank
North Side
Bridgeville
Saud
Thieves Steal Braying Penguin From Baltimore Zoo
AP reports thieves swam a 25 foot moat to steal a jackass penguin from the Baltimore Zoo as part of a string of odd crime and political notes. The article links a bank holdup, public campaign spending poll, and a misread name in Princeton, New Jersey.
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Baltimore
Princeton
N.J
Arthur R.vor
Cam- Watson
Gallup
Watler
Arab Regret Over RFK Death Echoes in Middle East
Beiruti and regional media express regret over the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy by Sirhan Sirhan, a Jordanian-born Arab. Some blame U S policy in the Middle East and accuse a Zionist plot, fearing a backlash against Arabs. Sirhan is held in Los Angeles as debates about motive and politics continue.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Robert F. Kennedy
America
Middle East
Kennedy
al Kifah
Robert Kennedy
White House
John F. Kennedy
Sirhan Sirhan
Los Angeles
Radio Cairo
Humphrey Calls Nation to Recommit to Kennedy Ideals
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey spoke of profound personal loss at Robert F. Kennedy’s death. He urged Americans to reaffirm humanity and individual justice, expressing sympathy for Kennedy’s wife and children and noting the family’s endured tragedy.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
Humphrey
Sen
Jobless claims trend shifts in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg AP reports initial unemployment claims rose by 380 to 10,301 while continued claims fell by 1,203 to 62, 4n2. Total benefit payments reached $1,480,270 as the weekly figures show a mixed trend in the state Employment Security Bureau tally.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Employment Security Bureau
School Head Resigns In Pittsburgh
Dr Sid ney Marland resigns today as superintendent of Pittsburgh schools effective Sept 1 to become president of the Institute for Educational Development. Board president Maxine Aaron cites urban education strain and resources as factors in the decision.
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Pittsburgh
Sidney Marland
Maxine Aaron
Marland
Institute For Educational Development
Blairsville Soldier Aids Vietnam Patrols
Marine Private First Class William J. Muir, son of Mr. Ellsworth Muir of Blairsville R.D. 1, serves in Vietnam aiding patrols and combat operations against the enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairsville
Marine
William J. Muir
Ellsworth Muir
R.D. 1
Vietnam
Four Prisoners Escape From Philadelphia City Hall Elevator
Four inmates broke from a sheriff escorted group in Philadelphia center city. They seized a guard’s revolver during a courtroom dash on the seventh floor and fled in a cab with one recaptured and three believed to be at large. Police, aided by rifles and bulletproof vests, pursued the escapees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
City Hall
Center City
John Carbine
Thomas Celona
Celona
Steel Pact Talks Set In Pittsburgh
Negotiations for a new steel industry labor contract move from New York to Pittsburgh as United Steelworkers and 11 leading steel firms work toward an Aug. 1 deadline. Union leaders seek a large wage increase for about 450,000 workers, citing damage from foreign imports.
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Pittsburgh
Steel Industry
United Steelworkers Union
New York
R. Conrad Cooper
Steelworkers
Joseph P. Molony
I. W. Abel
Cooper
Bradford Seeks Utility Tax Amid Home Rule Push
Bradford city officials seek to tax public utilities for municipal services defying state law limiting real estate taxes on utility property. City Manager Milton Lopus says courts likely, with potential wider impact on other Pennsylvania cities under charter forms. Utilities dispute legality while Bell Telephone cites state taxes and redistribution.
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Bradford
Milton U8
Milton Shapp
Lopus
Bell Teles, Phone Co
Bell
Commonwealth
Bell Telephone
Columbia
United Natural Gas Cos
Pennsylvania Electric Co
Pennsylvania
Bradford Council
Philadelphia
Sharon
York
New Castle
Erie
Lancaster
Bethlehem
Meadville
Titusville
Wilkes-Barre
Farmers Awaiting Dry Fields
Pennsylvania farmers need warm, dry weather to begin field work after six weeks of above normal precipitation. Many tasks were limited to equipment care and livestock, with some corn planted on drained soils. Wet conditions delayed pasturing and tobacco transplanting, while fruit crops and potatoes show slow progress in southern and central counties.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Erie County
Lancaster County
Infant Boyer Died Six Hours After Birth In Kittanning
Infant Michael Allen Boyer died Tuesday June 4 1968 at Armstrong County Memorial Hospital Kittanning where he was born six hours earlier He was the son of Bernard D and Linda Lee Sheesley Boyer of Kittanning R D 1 Surviving are his parents two sisters Brenda and Donna paternal grandparents Harry O Boyer Elderton maternal grandparents Albert Sheesley Kittanning R D 3 and great grandfather William C Cravenor Graveside services were held Wednesday at Elderton Cemetery with Reverend E D Crippen officiating.
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Michael Allen Boyer
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital
Kittanning
Bernard D
Linda Lee Sheesley Boyer
Kittanning R.D
Brenda
Donna
Harry 0. Boyer
Elderton
Albert Sheesley
William C. Cravenor
Elderton Cemetery
E. D. Crispen
Frances Marie Kopas
Rossiter
Adrian Hospital
Punxsutawney
John and
Gloria Garvey Kopas
Pifer Funeral Home
Robert E. Valor
Rossiter Catholic Cemetery
Stagnant Air Mass Triggers Pittsburgh Pollution Watch
Pittsburgh health officials issued an air pollution watch as a large stagnant air mass settled over the metropolitan area. Edward L. Stockton of the Allegheny County air pollution control bureau said the watch could last through today and perhaps longer. He noted carbon dioxide levels at 25 parts per million, well below the 180 ppm threshold for an alert, and described actions to curb burning and curb driving or industrial activity if conditions worsen.
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Pittsburgh
Edward L. Stockton
Allegheny County Air Pollution Control Bureau
Weather Bureau
Stockton
Oil Firm Official Calls For End To Promotional Games
COLUMBUS Ohio AP an oil company executive urged abolishing promotional games to improve public image and dealer service at a Ohio Petroleum Marketers Association convention. Marathon Oil vice president F C Moriarty said games are unnecessary and prefer selling quality products while supporting dealers to compete with market leaders. He praised larger more attractive service stations and backed eliminating eyesore outlets.
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Columbus, Ohio
F. C. Moriarty
U.S
Marathon Oil Co
Findlay
Ohio Petroleum Marketers Association
Moriarty
Marathon
Union Official To Be Buried
Puneral services for James B. Norton of Youngstown Ohio, representative of the Brotherhood of Painters Decorators and Paperhangers Union, will be at 1 30 p m Saturday at Forest Lawn Cemetery Chapel. Norton 58, former president of the Mahoning County Building and Construction Trades Council, also served on the Youngstown Metropolitan Housing Authority and the Mahoning County Planning Commission. He died Wednesday.
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Youngstown, Ohio
James B. Norton
Youngstown
Ohio
Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers Union
Forest Lawn Cemetery Chapel
Norton
Mahoning County Building and Construction Trades Council
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Bobby
Andrews Air Force Base
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Courtney
Kerry
Michael
Christopher
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Secret Service
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Robert F. Kennynedy
Joseph P
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
Kenpomeleens
Kathleen Kennedy Cavendish
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