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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1968
Page
12
Weather readings show clear to partly cloudy, warm conditions across the region. Northeast Louisiana and nearby areas report high temperatures 66 to 92, lows 70 to 74, with scattered afternoon thundershowers possible. Rain expected in Mississippi and Arkansas later with isolated storms.
BERLIN AP reports radical student leader Rudi Dutschke shot on Holy Thursday discharged from hospital. He flew with his American wife and baby Hosea-Che to Stuttgart en route to an outside Germany destination. Doctor Arno Schulze said he is in very good condition after injuries to face chest and brain.
Elizabeth New Jersey was the scene as two mourners were struck and killed while watching Robert Kennedy’s funeral train. Five others were injured. Investigations are led by the Interstate Commerce Commission and New Jersey utilities officials with Penn Central also probing. Victims are Antoinette Sevirini and John Peruin, both 56, residents of an Elizabeth apartment complex. Debra Ann Kwiatek, 2, Linden, is the hospitalized survivor listed as fair.
A Sunday afternoon celebration at Sythe Park in Monroe marked the first birthday of Carl Brent Dore, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Dore of 710 Mississippi Street. Guests included Randall Tracy, 6, and Jackie Denise, 5, siblings of the birthday boy.
In New Orleans Archbishop Philip M Hannan says close Kennedy family friends urge Sen Edward M Kennedy to quit national politics. He notes Teddy Kennedy shows a changed character after the Robert Kennedy funeral and warns the nation to seek peace and charity.
Catahoula Parish teachers and school workers will receive a first August check from the new 5 percent sales tax, covering four months of collection. Superintendent A L Brooks said aides earning $10,900 or less will get about $133, while bus drivers and janitors will get amounts based on one third of the tax’s impact. The raise will be included in next year’s regular salary. Several resignations and one retirement were approved, with vacancies filled by new hires.
In 1845 Jefferson Davis, then Confederate president, was captured while fleeing Irwinville Georgia and sentenced to two years in prison. The text mentions teaching vacancies at Block High School and other schools with several named educators and administrators.
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