Witness recalls chat with Sirhan at pistol range
Michael Saccoman testified Sirhan Sirhan spoke of a hunting trip nine hours before Kennedy’s death and said the .22 pistol could kill a dog. He described Sirhan shooting rapidly at the San Gabriel Valley Gun Club on June 4, 1968, with many bullet holes in a patched target.
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Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan Rishara
Michael
Anthony Saccaria
Los Angeles Superior Court
Saccoman
San Gabriel Valley
Gan Club
California
Sus
Iran
Ronald G. Williams
Claudia
Williams
David Montellano
Montellano
Arthur Placencia
Kennedy
Dept. Dist. Atty
David Fitts
David Lawrence
Israel
Middle East
Coconut Grove
Los Angeles
Everett C. Buckner Sr
Israel Says Halt Air Piracy Across Regions
Israel warned Arab nations and airlines to take immediate measures to prevent attacks on its air routes. Transport Minister Moshe Carmel spoke in Jerusalem before the Knesset, asserting Israel's right to defend its airways and naming Lebanon as responsible for piracy. He linked the attack on an El Al jet in Zurich to broader guerrilla activity and pledged security actions.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Moshe Carmel
Knesset
Jerusalem
Lebanon
Beirut
Carmel
Athens
Beitar
el al
Zurich
Nixon proposes phased anti poverty plan and Head Start shift
President Nixon outlined a two part approach to the war on poverty, endorsing OEO while keeping it experimental. He urged delegating Head Start and other programs to HEW or departments, with Congress approval for transfers, and vowed to improve management and effectiveness of antipoverty efforts.
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OEO
Nigen
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Labor Department
GEO
Comprehensive Health Centers
Congress
Rio Carnival Toll Reaches 108 in Four Day Celebration
Rio de Janeiro reports 108 deaths during a four day Carnival period ending at dawn. Morgue officials say the total is not unusually high for a Carnival when road accidents and drownings rise sharply.
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Rio
Janeiro
Marines Press Toward Laotian Border in Heavy Fighting
UPI reported Marines near the Laotian border in heavy jungle combat at the A Shau Valley edge. They killed 196 North Vietnamese and found graves of 185, with five Marines dead and 20 wounded. Air Cavalry clashes occurred northeast of Saigon and fighting continued around Da Nang Hue and Mekong Delta areas as weapons and rice caches were uncovered.
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Saigon
U.S
A Shau
Laos
Leathernecks
Mekong
da Nang
Hue
Seigon
Pueblo Officers Describe Captivity and Self-Harm Aims
Testimony by Harold G. Bowen Jr and Rear Adm. Allan Bergner covers the Pueblo case. Harris breaks down under questioning while recounting extreme hatred for Koreans and an attempted life-ending impulse. Harris and Schumacher admit to falsified confessions after beatings and threats in a jail room dubbed the barn.
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Harold G. Bowen Jr
Harris
Adm
Allan Bergner
Bergner
Hacks
Bowen
E. Miles Harvey
Pueblo
Harvey
Frederick Schumacher
U.S
Schumacher
Mystery of Missing L B Airliner Hidden From Public Eye
A press led report traces a Long Beach to Burbank to Long Beach airliner missing after takeoff from Hawthorne. Weather turned snowy and searches began after 6:41 am when no landing was reported. Passengers and crew names are listed with hometowns Torrance Long Beach Burbank while FAA and Hamilton Air Force Base coordinated inquiries.
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Tom
Mi Montgomery
California-Nevada
Hawthorne
Bill Smith
Circle L
Press-Telegram
Ranch
Burbank
Long Beach
Ray Hamer
Fred Hall
Mina, Ney
Tonanah
FAA
Los Angeles
At & Am
Gene
Kropf
Hamilton Air Force Base
Hamilton
Rey Hamer
Long
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Eat
Mloten
United Nations
Thant
Ramparts Street
Placencia
Placentia
Nixon
Valerie Schulte
UPI
David Lamb
Shan Valley
Gee
Clarence Parkhan
Drew Kinnery
Peter
William and
Margaret Preter
Portola Ave
Torrance
Hal McCool
Sartori St
Margaret
Jack Uplinger
North Long Beach
Doug Morrow
Zodiac
Woodruff Ave
Borman
Lisbon
Portugal
Frank Borman
Grants
Atlantic Ave
Bixby Knolls
Sor
Sun
Ehsrar
Henkarnerherd
Ghergr
Bond's
Lakewood Blvd
Lakewood Center
Ahaheim
Huntington Beach Shopping Center
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