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Newspaper
Middlesboro Daily News
Location
Middlesboro, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1968
Page
1
A chaotic live feed from Los Angeles shows Senator Robert Kennedy shot during a campaign stop. Reporters describe panicked crowds, screams, and delays as medical staff rush to aid him. The program revisits assassinations including Kennedy, King, and JFK, while viewers confront shocking footage and confusion.
Padget Kearns former Middlesboro resident killed in a helicopter crash in Colombia. Body flown to Middlesboro. funeral arrangements at Dellinger Funeral Home after 4 p.m. Monday. Also noted is Mrs Asia West 86 of Middlesboro who died June 4 at Appalachian Regional Hospital. She was born March 1882 in Tennessee, a lifelong resident, and a member of East Cumberland Avenue Baptist Church.
The obituary notes survivors including sons Clif ford and Rey as fiddleshare and Elbert of Morristown Tennessee, daughters Mre Stella Parker Theda West and Minnie Adams of San Anna California, plus 28 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. A funeral service was held at Caypnorl Chapel with Rev Cecil Pulte officiating and burial planned at Rains Cemetery. The family will be in friends. The notice mentions a storm sewer construction item from page 1.
Mrs Floravtce Nelson Crawford of Woodstock dies and funeral services are set for Thursday at 10 am at Woodstock Presbyterian Church. The Rev Charles Carton will officiate, with burial in Woodstock Memorial Cemetery. Born August 2 1825 in Middlesboro Kentucky, she was daughter of Trae Kincgeh and Plarenes Hess Nelson. She was active in the church, a Sunday School teacher, and past president of Women of the Church. Surviving with husband and son Hugh and Bruce, three brothers and other relatives.
William J Turnblazer of Middlesboro joins more than a hundred Kentuckians invited by Governor Louie B Nunn Attorney General John B Breckinridge and Chief Justice Squire N Williams Jr to the Citizens Conference on Kentucky State Courts in Louisville Kentucky The conference will address judges salaries court organization efficiency and selection and tenure of state court judges The meeting is set for June 1 at 6 pm with remarks by the Governor Attorney General and Chief Justice and remarks by Judge Henry Mings The conference is co sponsored by the Kentucky State Bar Association the American Judicial Society and the Louis Ne Bar Association
United Press International reports a global wave of shock and sorrow after Senator Robert F Kennedy is shot. Vatican aides say Pope Paul VI is shocked and deeply saddened. Leaders from Washington to Dublin condemn the crime as wicked and despicable, while international broadcasters interrupt programming to report the tragedy.
Appalachian Regional Hospital notes visiting hours and patient discharges with a list of patients from multiple cities across Kentucky Virginia and Tennessee. Birth announced for a girl born to Mrs Kanna Wilson. Additional admissions include Sancta Ballenger Mattia Heck Walter Hoskins and Sharon Young among others across the region.
Negotiator Mrs Kathryn Wirdenp presents a comparison of right of way costs to property evaluations based on tax payments. Mayor Walle says payments are negotiated among himself, City Attorney Joe Nagle, and the owner. Nagle notes the right of way cost is not adjusted to property value by tax. The council asks for entrance and exit sign checks, and seeks a representative to discuss new sewerage equipment. Delayed action on a $25 monthly car allowance for Merlin Gayle is noted, while construction start dates and financial reports from city bodies are approved or reviewed.
UPI photographer Ron Bennett recounts moments after Senator Robert Kennedy was shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. He describes Kennedy saluting, then collapsing, the crowd's panic, the wounded man, and the mobbing suspect as police and medics arrived. Kennedy was carried out as witnesses tended the scene.
Viet Cong forces killed five Vietnamese civilians and wounded 21 others in rocket and mortar strikes on Saigon Tuesday night, with a round landing near Independence Palace. In Pleiku, 30 rounds of 122 mm rockets damaged five houses but caused no casualties. Earlier, South Vietnamese and American troops killed about 250 Communist troops in two engagements around the capital.
The Daily News delivers United Press International and local news with exclusive publication rights. It serves Middlesboro and surrounding Kentucky areas with postal and carrier delivery options and annual or monthly rates listed for in-area and out-of-area subscribers.
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