Turn-In-Your-Guns Movement Spreads After Kennedy Killing
In the wake of Senator Kennedy's assassination a national turn in guns movement emerges with officials groups and individuals calling for tougher gun laws at federal state and local levels. Citizens in Lancaster Pa and Columbus Ohio turn in firearms and toy guns as others plan destruction campaigns and political leaders push stricter controls.
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Woman Found Beaten to Death on Wellesley Island
A young woman en route to Canada from a college was found beaten to death on Wellsley Island near Alexandria Bay. State Police identified the victim as Miss Irene J Izak, 25, from Rochester or Binghamton. Death due to massive head injuries. Her skull fractured, believed struck by a rock. Body found on a wooded bank off Interstate 81 near the Canadian border. Car found nearby. She was not sexually molested.
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Rochester
Binghamton
David J. Hennigan
Watertown
Syracuse Executive Faces Trial for Carrying Gun at Cathedral
Gary DeDell, 30, a Syracuse printing firm vice president, was ordered to stand trial June 9 in New York for carrying a gun to St. Patrick's Cathedral during Sen Rob Kennedy’s funeral. He said he forgot the revolver was in his briefcase and held a Syracuse gun permit not valid in NYC. He described himself as a conservative Republican now supporting Kennedy and noted youth and civic activities in Syracuse.
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Extradition fight looms for James Earl Ray in London
Ray appeared briefly at Bow Street Court and indicated he would contest the U.S. extradition request over the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination. He was held without bail, with a next hearing scheduled for June 18. A lawyer was appointed for him amid heavy security as authorities pursue transmission to the United States.
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Crowds Honor RFK at Arlington grave in steady heat
Nearly 60 000 mourners visit Robert F Kennedy's gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery as crowds flock to the new grave near John F Kennedy's memorial. Ethel Kennedy and Mrs John F Kennedy join with family, friends, and tourists in a solemn Sunday procession amid heat and rain. The site is temporary, near the Kennedy graves, with a simple memorial planned later and cross markers for the New York senator who was assassinated after California primary victory.
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Americans Express Sorrow on RFK Death Day
Nation mourns Senator Robert F. Kennedy with church services across the country. Clergy blame rising violence and call for renewed efforts toward peace as leaders from Kennedy family to Pope Paul VI address the tragedy. Memorials in Philadelphia Boston and Washington reflect on national sorrow and the need to counter hatred and division.
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Boston
Richard Cardinal
Personal Driver For Late RFK Beaten and Robbed
E Morrow personal driver to the late Sen Robert F Kennedy was beaten and robbed by seven youths in Northeast Washington after a 24 hour duty. Police said the 45 year old man was struck in the face with a stick and had his wallet taken containing 50 cents and three gasoline credit cards in Kennedy’s name. He was not seriously hurt and the youths fled.
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Tucker Will Organize Poor People's March
Washington leader Sterling Tucker, director of the Washington Urban League, will organize a June 19 march backing the Poor People’s Campaign. He promises a peaceful event aimed at creating a climate of confidence rather than fear.
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Nab Ex-Football Star Jimmy Brown Charged With Assault on Girl
Hollywood AP former NFL star Jimmy Brown 32 a Cleveland Browns rushing champion and actor was arrested after a woman Eva Marie Bohnchin 22 lay on the pavement beneath his West Hollywood apartment. She was treated at USC Medical Center for a minor head injury and dislocated shoulder. Brown was booked on suspicion of assault with intent to commit murder and released on 12500 bond. Deputies said Brown attacked them during custody as neighbors reported a fight. Police found hair and bloodstains in Brown’s apartment and the victim had a German passport. Brown, once NFL MVP in 1965, had retired in 1966 and acted in Rio Conchos and The Dirty Dozen. Continued on Page Four.
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Cambodian gesture frees two GIs in Kennedy homage
Prince Sihanouk released American soldiers Jerry A. Tester and Ronald J. Lehrmann of the 560th Military Police Company as a tribute to the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. The pair was aboard a Philippine tug that entered Cambodian waters in the Mekong Delta on May 20.
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Supreme Court Upholds Time and a Half Law for State Workers
The Supreme Court approved a 1966 federal law setting a minimum wage and time and a half overtime for about 1.7 million state workers. Twenty eight states had challenged the law, arguing Congress overstepped constitutional powers.
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Supreme Court Blocks Parochial Aid Barrier
The Supreme Court struck down a 45 year old barrier that barred taxpayer suits against federal aid to parochial schools. The 1923 rule held individual taxpayers lacked standing because their tax payments were too small to show personal involvement.
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Washington
Supreme Court
France’s 13 day election campaign opens nationwide
Paris AP reports more than 2000 candidates entered the field for 487 National Assembly seats to be filled on June 23 and June 30. Nominations closed at midnight as President Charles de Gaulle calls the vote France’s most vital in its history.
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Supreme Court backs New York textbook law for private schools
The Supreme Court upholds a New York requirement that public schools send textbooks to students in parochial and other private schools. It reasons that parochial schools perform secular and religious education, supporting the law's reach.
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Supreme Court
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Kodak building fire at Gates construction site
Fire swept through an administration building under construction at Eastman Kodak Co. in Gates Rochester area. Five volunteer fire companies and four ambulances responded with no immediate reports of injuries.
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Five Die as Truck Hits Disabled Car in Pa. Crash
Five Pennsylvania men were killed when a tractor-trailer struck a car pushing a disabled vehicle on Interstate 81 near Gibson, Susquehanna County. Victims include Russell Belcher Jr of Nicholson, Thomas H. Labarre of Stroudsburg, Bernard W. Gorski Jr of Philadelphia, Dennis Spevak of Bethlehem, and James Mc Kusker of Philadelphia, with three servicemen among the dead.
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Pennsylvania
Susquehanna County
Russell Belcher Jr
Nicholson
Thomas H. Labarre
Stroudsburg
Bernard W. Gorski Jr
South 61St St
Philadelphia
Dennis Spevak
Bethlehem
James McKusker
18Th St
Reds Renew Saigon Shelling Toll Past 500
Saigon civilian deaths rose past 500 as Viet Cong rockets hit central districts. Westmoreland warned the indiscriminate firing cannot be stopped. He leaves for Washington to become Army chief of staff amid a broad campaign to undermine Thieu and disrupt the capital.
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Capitou
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Vietnam
Westmoreland
Washington
Prosecutors Ready Case Against Sirhan B Sirhan
In Los Angeles prosecutors prepared to close holes in Superior Court Case A233421 charging Sirhan Bishara Sirhan with the Kennedy assassination. He will enter a plea June 28 as police searches for possible conspirators and the fabled polka dot dress girl, while Sirhan’s family faces 24 hour guard at home in Pasadena. A separate Chicago shooting linked to Kennedy’s death wounded a Jordanian grocer Abder Rayyan, father of nine.
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Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Los Angeles County
Robert F. Kennedy
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Sandy Serrano
Kennedy
Ambassador Hotel
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Roth
Kathy Fulmer
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Chicago
Abder Rayyan
Two Girls Fall From Niagara Gorge Wall
NIAGARA FALLS New York AP reports Valerie Weston aged 12 and Linda Mitchell aged 13 fell about 100 feet while seeking a narrow path along the gorge wall. Police and volunteers spent nearly two hours hauling the girls to the surface from the sewage plant attached to the gorge using an elevator. Both girls were in fair condition at Memorial Hospital. They had planned to meet two boys at the riverbank about 200 feet below.
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