Fire bombings hit Manhattan department stores
AP reports three Manhattan department stores were fire bombed on Saturday but caused no major damage, while fires also struck Chicago stores Friday. A separate suspicious blaze was reported at another New York store. Police noted two clerks saw no immediate motive and that the blasts involved inflammable fluid and bottles. Gimbels, Macy's, Bloomingdale's, Klein's and a sixth floor storage area were mentioned in connection with the incidents, with fire crews responding promptly.
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Bloomingdale's
Gimbel’s
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Arson Probed After Major Chicago Department Store Fires
A wave of fires on State Street hit Carson, Pirie Scott, Montgomery Ward, and Wieboldt’s, with arson investigators finding turpentine in five areas and kerosene canisters in Carson’s sixth floor drapery room. Fire on a Lombard Ward roof was minor. Carson’s remained closed as staff met to plan reopening.
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John Pirie Jr
Carson, Pirie Scott & Co
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Richard Schlesinger
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Lesboldt’s
Laclede Steel to hire 24 unemployed at Alton plant
The Laclede Steel Co. said it will open jobs for 24 of the hardcore unemployed at its Alton Illinois plant. The company will cooperate with the Alton branch of the NAACP to arrange interviews and a training program.
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Alton
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Cameraman killed in Waggoner Carr helicopter crash
NBC cameraman Bruce Powell, 53, died after a helicopter filming Democrat Waggoner Carr's gubernatorial campaign crash landed on a concrete loading ramp in Orange Texas. Carr and his wife were among bystanders unharmed as several onlookers were injured by debris. cause undetermined.
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NBC
Waggoner Carr
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Bruce Powell
Arval
Memorial Hospital
Kennedy forces nominate Nickerson to Central Committee
Robert F. Kennedy backers muster 58 percent to nominate Eugene H. Nickerson for a 30 member Democratic State Central Committee. Resnick and Pike split the rest, backing Johnson’s camp. Paul O'Dwyer not nominated. Resnick vows to challenge Nickerson in the June 18 primary.
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KE. Javits
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Paul O'Dwyer
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Eugene J
Kennedy Campaign Confidence Lacks Mass Support in 1968
The New York Times reports Kennedy plans to mobilize masses via primaries and campus rallies but shows no clear momentum toward the Democratic nomination. Strategists stress citizen politics, media reach, and college appeal as pivotal to overcoming Johnson while balancing party leaders and voters.
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New York Times
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Kennedy
Tolja
New York
Kennedy visits Arizona as noncandidate campaign tour continues
Senator Robert F. Kennedy spent time in Flagstaff eating breakfast with Navajo children and chairing a Senate subcommittee hearing on Indian education. He planned to brief Arizona Democrats on the early results of his bid to challenge President Johnson, concluding with a Democratic fundraising dinner in Phoenix. He has covered 15 states and more than 30 cities, with next stops slated for Louisiana Kentucky Tennessee the East, Alaska and South Dakota.
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