Kennedy Interment Follows Long Train Ride to Arlington
Kennedy lies under an eternal flame as a lengthy procession reaches Arlington Cemetery after a nine hour journey from New York to Washington. Ted Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy accompany the casket while President Johnson and Hubert Humphrey observe a solemn graveside service.
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Justice Department
Police Nab James Ray In London
James Ray alias Sneyd, alleged assassin of Senator Robert F Kennedy, was arrested at London Heathrow at 11 15 a m, held under guard, and charged in Bow Street Court with possession of a deadly weapon without a permit and forged Canadian passports. The arrest ended a high profile manhunt with FBI RCMP and Scotland Yard cooperation.
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Belgium
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Toronto
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London
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Missouri
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Memphis
Lakeland Tombstone Maker Kills Three Then Commits Suicide
Roy Lee Walden a 53 year old tombstone maker roamed three Lakeland homes firing a public safety item injuring seven including a 9 year old girl who was hospitalized in critical condition and a pregnant woman who lost her baby. Walden killed his mother and brother at the first home before attacking others then killed himself. Police said he had prior minor offenses but was not viewed as dangerous.
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Toronto
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Merlyne McFarlane
Lakeland General Hospital
Jonnie Mae Hall
Walden
Davis Monument Co
Viola Dixon
John Tolson
Waldon
Poice
Patricia Ann McFarlane
Merlyne
Mary McFarlane
Pheiry
Johnnie Mae
Los Angeles
Alarcon
Sirhan
Kennedy
Teen-Age Gunman Faces Murder In Girl's Death
An 18 year old is charged with murder after a gunman opened fire at a dance hall in East St. Louis injuring a 18 year old and fatally wounding 17 year old Brenda Foster of Madison Illinois. The suspect, Barney F Crisp, sat for 244 hours before drawing a .25 caliber pistol and was captured by a night watchman with a shotgun.
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St. Mary’s Hospital
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East St. Louis
Barney F. Crisp
Crisp
St. Louis
Wi East St. Louis Tavern
Heart transplant at Parkland ends in patient’s death
At Parkland Memorial Hospital Dallas doctors performed the world’s 21st heart transplant and the first for a woman and a Black recipient. Ester Matthews 41 died 4 hours 45 minutes after the operation begun at 5 45 EDT. The donor was a 26 year old auto accident victim.
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Ester Matthews
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Train Mishap Delays Kennedy Funeral Train
A northbound Penn Central passenger train collided with crowd members at Elizabeth, delaying the Kennedy funeral train en route from Newark to New Brunswick. The accident occurred as mourners gathered along the route and the cortege’s 21 cars moved slowly in tribute. The event drew thousands in New Jersey as brass bands played solemn hymns amid heightened security and ceremonial returns.
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New York City
Elizabeth
New Brunswick
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Newark
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Suspected Assassin Held Under Tightest Security
Los Angeles dispatch reports Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, the 24 year old Jordanian immigrant accused in the Robert F. Kennedy assassination, kept under heavy guard with no family visits as Kennedy was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. Sirhan remained on a bullet proof second floor security unit under constant surveillance.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan B. Sirhan
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Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Sen
Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
South Vietnam Civil Unrest Intensifies National Police Clash
South Vietnam troops clash with the National Police as eight nights of Viet Cong rocket and mortar barrages kill 51 and wound 151. A dawn attack killed two civilians and damaged Saigon River naval HQ area. a shell hit near the UPI bureau as curfew kept streets deserted.
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Saigon
UPI Bureau
Lora Peace Talks Struggle Reflecting Hanoi U.S. Pressure
Hanoi negotiators avoid confirming North Vietnamese troops south of the seventeenth parallel while U S hopes for slower war in South Vietnam. Le Duc Tho attends sessions as Paris talks proceed amid cautious statements and global concern.
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Paris
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