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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1968
Page
8
Thousands of mourners of diverse backgrounds waited in heat to view the casket at St Patrick's Cathedral in New York. The crowd spoke in hushed tones as officers directed single file lines and mourners prayed, sobbed, or called for a last moment with Kennedy.
Grant Boyden of Nampa says his son Ralph Bouden, a communications technician chief aboard the USS Pueblo seized by North Korea, sent a letter suggesting captives may be freed if the United States apologizes. The letter, postmarked France, was reviewed in Boise and returned.
Joseph P. Kennedy the 79 year old father of Robert F. Kennedy received Holy Communion at the family seaside compound on Cape Cod. He remains an invalid and will not attend his son's funeral in New York. A public mass for the late senator will be held at St Francis Xavier Church.
Mexico has about 758000 square miles of area and a population around 45 million. More than half of the people live in 10 central states that cover only 14 percent of the area and center on México City.
A helicopter crashed five miles south of Bonners Ferry Idaho killing pilot Lloyd A McNeil 23 of Provo Utah the sole occupant. The craft struck a Bonneville Power Administration transmission line cutting power to northern Idaho and parts of western Montana. BPA spokesman said restoration would take time while Libby telephone service was interrupted and Bonners Ferry used a small auxiliary power unit for essential facilities. Sawmills and major power users were shut down.
Washington reports the White House relayed President Johnson's urgent request for a strong gun control law to governors. Price Daniel sent messages to each governor stating the president’s message to Congress and urging an immediate review of state gun laws to provide added safeguards against deadly weapons.
In Tokyo and 56 cities, more than 15,006 leftist students from Zengakuren rioted after a U.S. jet crash on a university campus. They demanded withdrawal of American bases, clashed with police, stormed a Tokyo hotel, and surged near Itazuke Air Base amid arrests and injuries reaching 266.
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