Cardinal Cooke Leads Mass At Kennedy Gravesite
More than 5,000 people gathered at Arlington National Cemetery for a memorial Mass led by Cardinal Terrence Cooke. Edward Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy attended with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis nearby as candles lit the Kennedy grave site and the Battle Hymn of the Republic filled the hillside. Candles were placed at Robert Kennedy’s white cross as the service concluded.
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Lawrence L. Knutson
Washington
Arlington
Robert Francis Kennedy
New York
Edward M. Kennedy
Ethel
Kennedy
Terrence Cardinal Cooke
Robert F. Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
Thunderstorm Eases Tensions After Hartford Disturbances
Hartford operates under an 8 PM to 5 AM curfew as a thunderstorm dampens unrest following a week of looting and vandalism in the North End. Mayor Ann Uccello and City Manager Elisha Freedman planned further curfew actions while state police standby was authorized if needed. Police reported no injuries during the curfew period though incitements included store looting and a police shooting of two bystanders.
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Hartford
Elisha Freedman
Freedman
Uccello
Albany Avenue
Deadline Set For Speech Workshop At La Crosse State
La Crosse State University announces a June 11 enrollment deadline for a high school speech students workshop. The program runs June 23 to July 18 with full day sessions featuring public speaking and debate instruction by Dr. Thomas Wirkus Robert Frederick and Vicki Gifford. Cost is 40 dollars, room and board 90 dollars. open to freshmen to juniors from Wisconsin Minnesota or Iowa.
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la Crosse State University
Thomas Wirkus
Wirkus
Robert Frederick
LCU
Vicki Gifford
Speech Department
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Regional Workshop on Litter Prevention Announced
The Department of Natural Resources reports 250 delegates from eight midwestern states will attend a regional workshop on litter prevention in Milwaukee. The event on June 13 is sponsored by Keep America Beautiful Inc and the Wisconsin Natural Beauty Council.
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Madison
Department of Natural Resources
Milwaukee
Keep America Beautiful Inc
Wisconsin Natural Beauty Council
White Cross to Mark Site for Kennedy Grave
The Army announced plans for a $677,000 permanent Kennedy grave at Arlington National Cemetery, with a white wooden cross and a granite wall inscribed with speeches, beside a 38 foot reflecting pool. Congress must approve $257,800 to start. the Kennedy family covers the rest. The site sits near the $2.4 million temporary grave of John F. Kennedy within the 3.2 acre Kennedy burial area.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Army
Congress
Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
Cashton Area Boy Burned In Farm Fire
Keith Wang 16 was burned Thursday afternoon when spilled gasoline ignited as he and grandfather Roy Wang were starting a tractor at the Wang farm northeast of Cashton Wisconsin. Keith suffered second and third degree burns to his chest and right arm and was moved from Vernon Memorial Hospital to Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse.
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Cashton
Wrs
Keith Wang
Wallace Wang
Wang
Roy Wang
Wang Farm
Here
Keith
Vernon Memorial Hospital
Viroqua
Lutheran Hospital
la Crosse
Indiantapolis Gangs Wound Officer In Night of Riot
In Indianapolis a police special agent was wounded by a sniper and a lieutenant was beaten as gangs roamed a widening area. More than 100 people were arrested after looting, arson, and rock throwing across up to 20 blocks. Police searched the Black Panther party headquarters area as helicopters and searchlights scanned the scene.
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Indianapolis
Black Panther Party
Michael P. Sheehan
al Watkins
Watkins
Winston Churchill
Tomah Churches Are vandalized in second case this week
Police investigate continued vandalism in Tomah Wisconsin with St Marys Episcopal Church targeted after a prior break in at First Congregational Church. Altar linens damaged communion bread eaten office records vandalized and money stolen.
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Tomah
Wis
St.Mary’s Episcopal Church
First Congregational Church
State man missing in Alaska reconnaissance plane
The Pentagon said Friday night that Air Force S. Sgt. Charles Dreher of Kewaskum Wisconsin was aboard the reconnaissance plane missing off the Alaska coast.
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Washington
Air Force
Charles Dreher
Kewaskum
Wis
Alaska
Pentagon
Nixon to create youth advisory boards for draft
President Nixon announced that Selective Service directors in all 50 states will establish youth advisory boards after members of his draft youth committee urged a more equitable system. The group, nine men and one woman, cited support for a draft lottery and a professional army and discussed draft board personnel changes.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Selective Service
John Lloyd
Ottumwa
Iowa
Larry McKibben
Ames
Jesse Green
New York City
Green
Midway Island
Nguyen van Thieu
Bernard B. Blackwell Jr
Jackson
Miss
Marvel Lang
Bay Springs
Jon Bogle
Lansing
Mich
King Hung Lam
Lawton
Okla
John Patrick Livingston
Norman
Senate Fires Rise Over Two Nixon Nominees
Senate Democrats press to block Charles Meacham as fish and wildlife chief and Carl Gilbert as foreign trade adviser. Long holds up Gilbert, citing referral disputes, while Meacham faces an Alaska backed opposition led by Senator Gravel. Meacham’s Alaska ties and a looming minority report delay confirmation amid doubts on import restrictions.
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Washington
U.S
Fish and Wildlife
Senate
Senate Democrats
Walter J. Hickel
Gilbert
Gillette Safety Razor Company
Long
Meacham
Interior Post
Commerce Committee
International Fisheries For
Alaska
Hickel
Mike Gravel
Guard Shot Rites To Be In Viroqua
VIROQUA Wis Lewis Welch 41 of Hyattsville Md husband of Janice Everson of Viroqua died Thursday of accidental gunshot wounds in Washington DC and is being returned to Viroqua for burial. He served with the 163rd Military Police Company of the Washington DC National Guard. He is survived by his widow the daughter of Mrs Orbin Everson of Viroqua a daughter Luanne and two sons Mark and Jeffery two sisters and a brother. Services will be in Good Shepherd Lutheran Church at 2 pm Tuesday Rev James Bjorge to officiate. The Washington DC National Guard will conduct military rites in Viroqua Cemetery. Friends may call Beier Funeral Home Monday evening and at the church from 1 pm Tuesday.
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Viroqua
Wis
Lewis Welch
Hyattsville
Janice Everson
Washington, D.C
Welch
National Guard
163Rd Military Police Company
Janice
Orbin Everson
Luanne
Mark
Jeffery
Good Shepard Lutheran Church
James Bjorge
Washington D. C
State Ban On SDS To Be Considered
A bill to ban Students for a Democratic Society from state university campuses will be reviewed by the Assembly Education Committee. The hearing is set for Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in Room 213 Northwest of the Capitol.
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Madison
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Assembly Education Committee
Capitol
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Frances Christopher
Philadelphia
Marie Roehl
West High School
Appleton
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Gravel
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Indiana
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Debra Anderson
Miss Anderson
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