Train Deaths Probed in Kennedy Funeral Crowds
Elizabeth New Jersey AP report notes Mayor Dunn urged a grand jury probe into the train related deaths of two watchers at the Washington bound Kennedy funeral train incident. Prosecutor Kaplowitz says witnesses are being gathered and tapes sought to aid the investigation.
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Thomas G. Dunn
Robert F. Kennedy
Union
Leo Kaplowitz
Baby London
Hackney Hospital
Nicholas Ratire
Nicholas
Julia Rattre
High Court Upheld Lone Tree School District Ruling
In Des Moines Iowa the state Supreme Court affirmed Judge Clair Hamilton’s dismissal of a petition by Lone Tree Community School District directors seeking to halt and overturn a joint county boards reorganization plan. The ruling noted the court cannot affirm a plan previously rejected, and cited earlier decisions deeming the independent survey unreliable. The case involved Nichols residents and multiple districts in Davenport area.
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Iowa Supreme Court
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Maurice Rawlings
Supreme Court
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State Department
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Saigon rockets cut city during hurrying morning
Viet Cong mortared Saigon with about 30 large 122mm rockets during the morning rush, killing at least 19 civilians and wounding 106. The attack, the heaviest daytime barrage yet, struck near government buildings including the communications HQ as General Westmoreland left command. Counterfire followed and U.S. troops of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment swept the area.
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William C. Westmoreland
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Vietnam
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Honodu
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U.S. 11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
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Tornado relief gifts totaling 21258 sent to Charles City and Elma
Mason City Globe Gazette turned over disaster relief funds totaling 21258 to Charles City and Elma officials after the May 15 killer twisters. Elma received 1000 of the total while Charles City, hardest hit, took the remainder.
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Weather Bureau
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Albia
Ackworth
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Cedar Rapids
Dub
Mason City
Kennedy grief and global tributes after Kennedy funeral
Ethel Kennedy and four of her children visited the grave of Robert F. Kennedy at Arlington after his funeral. Generals and notable friends accompanied them as 20,000 mourners earlier filled the site with flowers. The Kennedy family also sent condolences and aid to others injured in related incidents. A Moscow memorial plaque with Kennedy’s photo remained at Moscow University. Two U.S. soldiers captured in the Mekong Delta were released by Cambodia in a gesture to Kennedy’s memory.
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Robert F.kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
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John Glenn
Rafer John
Flower-Strawn
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U.S
New Jersey
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Kenne
Deho- Wi
Ann. Kwiatek
Linden
Iwas
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Antoinette” Sevirini
Moscow University
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Cambodia
Prince Nordom — Sihanouk
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Jerry A. Tester
Boone, N. C
Ronald J. Lehrmann
Mangum
Oklo
South Vietnam
Tug
Sihanouk
Boy Ill After Seeing Things Upside Down in 3 Week Trial
Denver AP reports John Thomas Zimmerman a 19 year old University of Colorado freshman wore prism glasses for three weeks that inverted vision. After removing the glasses he felt dizzy and disoriented but called the study fruitful as researchers seek mind body adaptation tests.
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Colo
John Thomas Zimmerman
Zimmerman
University of Colorado
the. Rind
Vision Obscured Crowd Scene in Zimmerman Photo
The caption describes how Zimmerman perceives a street crowd through his glasses, illustrating the scene as viewed in the AP Photofax image. The vivid depiction emphasizes the visual defect overcoming the scene and adds context to the photograph.
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AP Photofax
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