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Kingsport Times

Location

Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1968

Page

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Alabama Trooper Held Hostage In Stolen Car

Two Florida men held Alabama State Trooper Donald Livingston hostage during a four minute high speed chase. They fled in a stolen car reported from Albany Georgia, breaking roadblocks near Ardmore before the vehicle overheated and exploded. Livingston was not injured. The suspects Garry Wilder and Daniel Boatwright, both 20, were captured after their car broke down just inside Ardmore near the Tennessee line.

Decatur Ala UPI Florida Alabama Tennessee Georgia Donald Livingston Garry Lee Wilder Daniel Douglas Boatwright Tatpa Fla Ardmore Tennessee Line Livingston Hartselle Albany Highway Patrol

Explosion Damages Jackson Home Killing Civil Rights Leader’s Widow

A pre-dawn explosion leveled the Florence Mississippi home of Lillie Byrd widow of NAACP leader Joseph Byrd injuring her brother Nelson McIntosh. Investigators call the blast the heaviest charge spent in the Jackson area and probe state and federal authorities.

Florence, Miss Jackon Byrd Joseph Byrd NAACP Florence Mcintosh

Protection For Candidates After Kennedy Assassination

Washington moves to shield presidential hopefuls after Kennedy’s death. President Johnson signs a law authorizing Secret Service protection for major candidates with $460,000 for initial funding while federal agents are deployed to guard Eugene McCarthy Richard Nixon Nelson Rockefeller Harold Stassen and George A. Jol as.

Washington UPI Robert F Kennedy Congress Johnson House Sertile Los Angles Eugene J. McCarthy Richard M. Nixon New York Nelson A. Rockefeller Harold Stassen George A. Jales Humphrey John Son Mae Ie Ee Eaert Xtra Secret Service

Arabs Split Over Kennedy Killer Sirhan Sirhan

Rome dispatch notes Arab leaders struggle to condemn or praise Sirhan Bishara Sirhan as the Kennedy assassin and symbol for nationalism. Nasser downgrades condolences while some rulers fear the act could fuel unity or revolt, with Palestinian factions wary of Arab Christian minorities.

Rome CDN Robert F. Kennedy Sirhan Bishara Sirhan Arab League Hassan II Morocco Hussein Jordan United States Sirhan United Arab Republic Gamal Abdel Nasser Israel Nasser Kennedy Palestine Liberation Army Robert Kennedy el Fatha Palestine Iis Syria Iraq Algeria Sudan Bishara Sirhan Jerusalem

Will Television Shape Political Courage and Fear in Office?

A fragmented note questions if televised violence and gun imagery deter politicians from taking firm stances. It cites Kennedy and King as examples, notes television as a cool medium, and ponders effects on courage, rhetoric, and policy amid modern TV culture.

Eve Tan John Kennedy Martin Luther King Robert Kennedy Nbc-Tv Sen. Kennedy the Virginian

Lawyer Melvin Belli confident Sirhan will get fair LA trial

In Memphis Melvin Belli the San Francisco lawyer said Sirhan Sirhan will receive a fair trial in Los Angeles. He noted his practice spans LA and San Francisco and predicted no death penalty if Sirhan is convicted citing a Supreme Court ruling on capital punishment. He urged Americans to confront the nation's violence and seek moral solutions.

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