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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1968
Page
1
After heavy fighting in Saigon’s Cholon district a once busy street lies with burned-out and bullet-riddled vehicles used by Viet Cong as cover. Four blocks damaged by helicopter strikes and tank fire as U S and South Vietnamese forces try to advance.
U S Attorney General Ramsey Clark and assistants move quickly to return James Earl Ray to the United States for trial. Vinson meets British authorities as Ray faces extradition possibly speeding through two to three weeks unless legal challenges extend the process.
Nearly 60,000 mourners filed past the fresh grave of Senator Robert F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery amid summer rains. Ethel Kennedy and Joseph Kennedy Jr attended, along with visits by Mrs. John F. Kennedy and President Johnson. The private White House service was led by Billy Graham.
Sterling Tucker, director of the Washington Urban League, will lead the June 19 Poor People’s Campaign solidarity march in Washington. He succeeds Bayard Rustin, who resigned amid disputes with Reverend Ralph David Abernathy over the campaign’s goals. Tucker vows no civil disobedience and urges broad participation nationwide.
Viet Cong rockets struck central Saigon on Monday killing ten civilians and wounding 33 as downtown districts faced heavy bombardment. Four rockets hit near Vien Hoa Dao Buddhist Institute with no casualties reported there. The U.S. said two Air Force fighters were downed near the DMZ but all crew were rescued.
Butte-area churches held multiple Kennedy memorial services as officials say gatherings will continue for at least a week. Masses at St. Joseph and St. Patrick drew hundreds, with 200 at the 11 am Solemn Mass and a capcity crowd at another memorial. The Anaconda Ministerial Association led a Saturday prayer service with about 250 in attendance.
Variable cloudiness and warmer temperatures today and Tuesday with scattered showers. Probability of showers today and tonight is 40 percent. High today around 62 and a low tonight near 40. One year ago temperatures were 58 and 45. Weather table Page 2.
Two teens suspected of shooting Phillip Trier after being ordered off an air ride at the carnival grounds near the Civic Center. Trier, 21, of Baldwin Park, Calif., suffered a bullet wound to the abdomen and was treated at St James Community Hospital. Two suspects in custody. weapon described as a foreign 6.35 caliber automatic.
The agricultural committee of the Chamber of Commerce announces the annual Farm and Ranch Day picnic will be July 11 at Columbia Gardens with about 1200 farmers and families expected. Dinner at 5 in the pavilion, meat prepared by Earl Britton and Harold Schumacher, free rides for children, and music. Western Airlines stewardess class graduation also to be introduced at the event.
Captured enemy directives show Hanoi pressing South Vietnam forces to win military victories to support negotiations in Paris. Officials say orders emphasize continuing offensives from the DMZ to Saigon to back diplomatic efforts, portraying North Vietnamese and Vietcong strength as undiminished after Tet.
Ray, staying in a 15 by 12 foot room at 102 Ossington Ave in Toronto for two weeks, had a television a Home Sweet Home design and a picture of Christ. His landlady recalled him as a gentleman and initially doubted a newspaper sketch of the man wanted in King’s murder. She later found the sketch folded in Ray’s room after cleaning, but dismissed suspicions. He used the name Paul Bridgman and arrived April 8, four days after King’s assassination.
A House Education and Labor Committee inquiry finds about 10 million Americans lack regular meals and 4 million hungry schoolchildren attend classes daily. Hearings feature officials, doctors, social workers, and the poor, with debates over hunger definitions and costs of feeding the hungry.
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