Public Sacrifice and Leadership in the Face of Violence
An essay laments rising threats against public leaders amid Kennedy family tragedy. It argues open political discourse is vital while noting presidents and candidates face danger, asks how many sacrifices the nation will endure, and warns of mediocrity if fear curtails leadership.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
United States
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Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Robert Francis Kennedy
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Ray Arrested in London in King Murder Probe
James Earl Ray was seized at London Heathrow Airport after a 65 day manhunt. He carried a loaded pistol and two Canadian passports and faces charges for possessing a forged passport and a firearm without a certificate. Extradition to the United States was expected.
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UPI
Scotland Yard
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
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FBI
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Cannon Row
Clark
United States
Memphis
Tenn
King
New Wrinkle to War In Saigon Police Precinct
Viet Cong guerrillas fired mortars and rockets at a Saigon police precinct hours after a seaside gun battle between South Vietnamese Army troops and National Police in Vung Tau. The government then ousted the National Police chief and the Saigon mayor, both alignments of Vice President Ky.
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Saigon
UPI
Vung Tau
Nguyen Cao Ky
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John Gorton
Thieu
Shooting Victim Recovering At Memorial Hospital
Ernest Masters from Cincinnati remained in fair condition after being shot twice in a Strip hotel room. Raymond White, also of Cincinnati, was arrested and charged with assault with intent to commit murder. Doctors at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital performed emergency surgery removing two bullets. The incident follows a quarrel over money on the capital’s southwest edge amid a day of mortar and rocket attacks.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Masters
Raymond White
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Sheriff's
Glen Simmons
Sub buoy report denied linking to Scorpion
Washington UPI says Defense Department rejected claims that a sonar buoy found off the Azores originated from the lost atomic submarine Scorpion. A spokesman said the buoy is aircraft use and from 1950, with no connection to Scorpion. ANI had carried the initial report.
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Lajes Air Force Base
Terceira Island
Weather Update For Local Area
Partly cloudy with rain in the afternoon. Gentle winds. High 73, low 53. Yesterday's high 76, low 56. Noon humidity 65 percent. Sunrise 5 25, sunset 7 57.
Kennedy laid to rest near brother at Arlington
Slain Robert F Kennedy was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in a mournful ceremony under rain filled skies. The day started with a Requiem Mass at St Patrick's Cathedral New York and included a lengthy funeral train cortege through crowds to the national capital. The grave lies about 60 feet from John F Kennedy's grave.
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Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
St. Patrick's Cathedral
New York
Sen. Kennedy
Arlington
UPI
Washington
UPS
Arlington National Cemetery
National Capital
Peace Talks Stay Deadlocked as U S and Hanoi Hold Hope
In Paris the United States and North Vietnamese negotiators express cautious optimism despite a stalemate over a bombing halt. The eighth session begins at 10:30 a m local time with Harriman and Vance planning to confer with Johnson in Washington before returning to Paris. Hanoi delegates expected to demand an unconditional bombing stop, rejecting Harriman’s terms.
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U.S
Vietnam
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Cyrus Vance
Johnson
Paris
Harriman
New York
Robert F. Kennedy
United States
Anew
Tragedy at RFK Transit Stop in Elizabeth New Jersey
A two car funeral train carrying Senator Robert Kennedy halted in Elizabeth New Jersey when two sightseers waiting to see him were struck and killed by a northbound train. The incident paused the ceremony en route to Washington and casualties were reported.
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Elizabeth
Robert F. Kennedy
Elizabeth NJ
Cardinal Cushing Ill Aboard Kennedy Funeral Train
Cardinal Richard Cushing archbishop of Boston, aged 72, became ill on the Kennedy funeral train arriving at Union Station in Washington. Two doctors met him. he walked off the train assisted to a waiting car. An Army PR officer did not know his destination or condition. He was scheduled to attend the gravesite ceremony.
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Washington
UPI
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
Kennedy
Union Station
Army
Train funeral crowd surge injures several near rail line
Police said several other persons may have been struck by the train as the crowd surged toward the track. The funeral train bearing the late senator's casket in its final black-draped car had hardly left Pennsylvania Station in New York City, passing through Newark station jammed with fare.
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New York City
Newark
N.J
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