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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1968
Page
9
HOLLYWOOD AP Dan Duryea aged 61 famous for playing a heel with sex appeal died after a long illness. His Broadway start led to over 25 years in Hollywood with about 60 films and more than 75 television shows. Duryea collapsed in a bathroom. a fire department official noted.
A garbled weather note from Iowa references continued unsettled conditions and a chase for patterns in the forecast. Strong entities and specific data are unreadable in the OCR fragment.
In Checotah Oklahoma escapee Thomas Rogers held a gun to 18 year old Marilyn Fain’s head as a police chase spanned over 40 miles. Warden Ray Page exchanged places with the girl and safely persuaded Rogers to surrender after three hours of talks. No hostages were harmed.
FBI agents and Suffolk County police recovered more than 304000 newly minted dimes hidden in a false-bottom platform at West Avenue Sportswear Corp in Patchogue Long Island. The truck carrying five million dimes from the U S Silver Depository at West Point to Oklahoma City was hijacked at gunpoint in Fort Lee New Jersey. The driver was released unharmed and the hijackers remain at large.
Thousands from all walks of life filed past Robert F. Kennedy’s casket at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York as the nation mourned the 42 year old senator. about 3,000 people waited in dawn light, many teenagers, with some kissing the coffin and touching its surface. Candles burned at the bier while relatives and friends kept vigil in half hour shifts. Senator Edward Kennedy had earlier watched over his brother’s body, shot by an assassin’s bullet, echoing the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The cathedral, a Manhattan landmark, closed to the public at 7 p.m. as scaffolding crews prepared the interior.
Paris reports that riot police used tear gas and stone showers to break up a demonstration by thousands of striking autoworkers and sympathetic students at the Renault plant in Flins. One group fled into a woods, another into fields. the disturbance lasted about 20 minutes before factions were separated and driven away.
A ecumenical memorial service for Senator Robert F. Kennedy is set for Sunday at 3 p.m. at St Mathias church. Clergy city officials and lay leaders will participate with an invocation by Rev Fr Thomas Doyle and a four part eulogy on Kennedy devotion to God country all people and family.
Los Angeles AP Grand jury meets to consider a first degree murder indictment for Sirhan Bishara Sirhan over the Kennedy assassination. The jury also weighs indictments for assault with intent to murder. Sirhan remains jailed. chair Evelle Younger leads the presentation.
Water level readings show minimal movement across towns with most stations holding steady. Davenport records a rise of 3.70 while Dubuque and Muscatine report declines and Keokuk notes a small rise or fall as listed. Continuous monitoring continues through the day.
Saigon faced its heaviest bombardment in five weeks as Viet Cong rockets struck, killing 25 civilians and wounding 43 military officers. Westmoreland returned to Saigon amid fires destroying 27 houses. Since May 5 street fighting has left 2,778 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese dead, 313 captured, while government losses total 245 killed, 933 wounded, and 26 missing. The Air Force reported a major three day rescue over North Vietnam with 189 sorties and 848 American aircraft downed in total.
Crowds formed early outside St Patrick's Cathedral in New York to pay respects to the late Senator Robert F Kennedy. Photofax captions describe mourners lining up to enter the church for the memorial observance.
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