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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1968
Page
4
Los Angeles County Sheriff Pitchess described Sirhan Sirhan undergoing psychiatric examination while being treated for injuries. The suspect may take a brain-wave test, requests orange juice and tuna, and is allowed exercise with deputies. He reads newspapers and asked for two books, while security remains tight to ensure his safety.
The publisher of a Las Vegas entertainment weekly was arrested in his motel room on marijuana possession charges. David Summit, editor of Bachelors Beat, and Brenda Jane Henderson, 27, were taken into custody after detectives executed a search warrant and found marijuana cigarettes and loose marijuana. Detectives Jack Phillips Joe Blasco and Herman Moody led the raid at 10 p.m.
Cable sympathy poured to Mrs Kennedy and President Johnson as Pravda denounced political assassination while Russians privately mourned. East Germany and Poland linked Kennedy’s death to U.S. violence and plots, while Czechoslovakia and Cuba offered cautious or critical statements. Pope Paul VI prayed for Johnson and Kennedy’s family, signing cables personally.
U S intelligence reports reveal thousands of Viet Cong still infiltrating Saigon as U S casualties for the week ending last Saturday reach 4 308, a new weekly record. Total American losses since 1961 rise to 24 386 killed and 150 243 wounded, with comparisons to French colonial forces in Indochina.
Nevada Southern University news bureau director says the nation faces a shocking wave of violent deaths including Kennedy and King. Residents discuss fear and possible gun laws while clerks wait for customers as stores close for mourning.
Nevada officials and citizens reacted to Robert F Kennedy's assassination with condolences and calls for gun control. Senators Alan Bible and Howard Cannon lauded his public service and urged action to curb violence. Nevada leaders urged gun sales restrictions and better law enforcement support while Las Vegas and Reno prepared memorial Masses.
President Johnson urges Congress to pass a sweeping crime control bill with gun sale limits and wiretap provisions. The House adopted a resolution condemning RFK's slaying and adjourned as debate over federal roles and Supreme Court rulings continues. The plan would ban mail order hand guns in 180 days and fund a $400 million two year aid program for local police.
Crowds along Fifth Avenue and at Kennedy Airport witness somber tribute as Mrs Ethel Kennedy prepares for funeral Mass and burial. Police guard routes while leaders including Rockefeller Lindsay Javits Goldberg greet the Kennedy family. Eunice Shriver Sargent Shriver and Joan Kennedy arrive with Edward Kennedy and Robert McNamara amid extensive security and media coverage.
A Navy inquiry heard a former Scorpion crewman recall talk of hairline cracks in the hull. Witnesses described the submarine as well built with a high morale crew. Repairs noted were not deemed a safety hazard as the Scorpion headed to drydock before loss in the Atlantic.
Heavy rain and winds lashed the Jacksonville area with gusts up to 63 mph at the airport as Tropical Storm Abby battered the northwest Florida coast. Jacksonville recorded 4.43 inches of rain, while Brunswick Georgia and Gainesville Florida measured 1.78 inches each. Temperatures ranged from 95 in Cariban New Mexico to 42 at Stampede Pass Washington with a chilly rain in the Central and Northern Rockies and heavy rainfall forecast for southern Montana.
Jordan claims Israelis fired mortars howitzers and machine guns in a mid morning exchange about three miles south of the Sea of Galilee. A second 25 minute clash followed with no Jordanian casualties and one Israeli seen carried from the second scene.
The Rev Ralph David Abernathy told President Johnson to have the new commission study oppression fear greed racism poverty and warfare as the root causes of violence He called Kennedy s assassination one of the most infamous acts of violence and urged broader reflection. Hosea Williams said the Poor People campaign would shift to prayer vigils while clergy read scriptures The dispute over leadership of the June 19 March on Washington intensified with Bayard Rustin demanding authority and opposing Abernathy and Rustin s feud over an economic bill of rights.
Semi official canvass tallies total 2.1 million GOP Senate ballots with Reagan winning 1.4 million while Kennedy leads Dem presidential race with 1,445,880 votes to McCarthy's 1,305,728. Rafferty upsets Kuchel in Republican Senate race with 1,084,063 to 1,017,428.
Two ex-convicts were arrested in Las Vegas yesterday. Earl Fairman Sr. was found with what police believe to be heroin. Donald Gene Mahan was arrested for carrying a concealed hunting knife. Detective Jack Phillips worked the case.
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