Kennedy Funeral Draws Vast Capitol Mourning Crowd
About 60,000 people gathered at Arlington National Cemetery to honor Senator Robert F. Kennedy after his assassination in Los Angeles. The crowd included Ethel Kennedy, John F. Kennedy's wife and children, and notable figures as President Johnson led national mourning. The procession followed the funeral train from New York to Washington, dispersing amid rain and a near full moon.
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Danville Man Drowns While Swimming in Vermilion River
Charles Bryant aged 33 of Danville drowned Sunday while swimming alone in the Big Vermilion River near Danville, authorities said.
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Charles Bryant
Danville
Big Vermilion River
Here
Arrest Ex-Pro Football Star In Assault
Hollywood AP report says ex NFL star Jim Brown was arrested after deputies found a woman injured beneath his West Hollywood apartment. The victim Eva Marie Bohnchin, 22, was treated for minor head injuries and a dislocated shoulder at USC Medical Center. Brown, 32, was booked on suspicion of assault with intent to commit murder and later released on 12500 dollars bond. his attorney said no statement yet.
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Los Angeles County
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Brown
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Myron Cole
John Texeira
Texeira
Cole
Miss Bohnehhin
Bohnchin
Cleveland
Syracuse University
NFL
CCC to Sell Storage Bins to Farmers
Edwin Burnham, chairman of the ASCS county committee, notes CCC bins for small grain storage are moving May 10 from Midwest states to 15 eastern and southeastern states. Bins hold 3,250 bushels, sold by public auction for cash or storage loan, with up to 85 percent cost covered for approved structures.
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ASCS
Edwin Burnham
Commodity Credit Corporation
Burnham
CCC
Miss Brenda Ayres Sues in Assault Case Against Brown
Miss Ayres, 18, accused Brown of slapping her and forcing sexual relations after meeting in his motel room at 3 a.m. Brown denied the charges. a seven-woman, five-man jury acquitted him after 80 minutes of deliberation in municipal court.
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Brenda Ayres
Brown
Miss Ayres
Expediency threatens Alice in Wonderland grave in Lyndhurst
Lyndhurst parish church plans to remove all gravestones from the church yard to ease maintenance. The grave of Alice Liddell, who inspired Lewis Carroll's writings, remains among those set for removal. she died in 1932 at age 82.
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Lyndhurst
England
Alice In Wonderland
Alice Liddell
Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Two Grundy Students Graduate From Culver-Stockton College
Two Grundy County students joined 145 graduates at Culver-Stockton College Canton Missouri June 3. Karen Bonta daughter of Carrel Bruder of Wauponsee Township earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Education. John Pierce son of Carroll Pierce of Kinsman earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Economics. Karen is from Morris Community High School and John from Mazon Township High School.
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Culver-Stockton College
Canton, Mo
Karen Bonta
Carrel Bruder
Wauponsee Township
John Pierce
Carroll Pierce
Kinsman
Appointment of Rev Donald C Keck at Millbrook Church Yorkville
The Rev Donald C Keck was appointed to the Mill Brook Church in Yorkville by Bishop Thomas M Pryor during the Rock River Conference annual session at Northern Illinois University DeKalb.
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Millbrook
Yorkville
Thomas M. Pryor
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb
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