Kennedy in critical condition after shooting in Los Angeles
Reports from Los Angeles say Senator Robert F Kennedy was shot at the California primary celebration. After hours of surgery his condition remains extremely critical with bullet fragments removed and one lodged in the neck. Doctors warn the next 12 to 36 hours are crucial as he breathes with aid and medical teams assess brain blood flow and vital signs. The gunman acted alone and is jailed. Kennedy’s wife Ethel was unharmed.
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Republicans Attack Iowa Platform At State Convention
Conservative leaders clash with the 160 point Iowa platform plan. Atty Gen Richard Turner proposed a substitute calling for a general statement of principles and stripping specifics. The debate touched proposals on school desegregation, housing bonds, legislative size, and federal role.
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Viet Cong rockets wound civilians near Saigon and Pleiku
Viet Cong rocket and mortar attacks Tuesday night wounded five Vietnamese and injured 21 more in Saigon and Pleiku. A shell half a mile from Independence Palace hit the President Hotel area, killing one and wounding another. Later, clashes in Pleiku destroyed five houses. about 250 enemy troops were reported killed in two battles with South Vietnamese and American forces nearby.
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Favorite son is New Jersey victor
Gov. Richard Hughes won a large majority of New Jersey's 80 Democratic National Convention delegates in the state's primary, with slates totaling about 60 seats. Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy took 17 delegates and three were undecided, while write-in victories also appeared for McCarthy and Richard Nixon in the nonbinding popularity primary amid a lengthy ballot.
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Probate of wills and executors named in several estates
Public notices announce probate of wills and appointment of executors for estates including Hubert L. Wilson William IT Jensen and Ira R Amlong with details appearing on page six of today’s notices section.
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Class of 1889 graduates recalled at opera house
Two Brighton men aged 97 and 96 recall the Washington High School class of 1889 which graduated March 1 at the Graham Opera House. The 23 members included Cora McMasters and Lucy Burroughs who gave the salutatory and valedictory. The men, lifelong CB&Q railroad workers, discuss rail history and their upcoming 67th wedding anniversary while sharing memories of the old time narrow gauge to wide gauge switch.
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Sade McFarland
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Blanche Melville
Will White
Mary G
Leonhardt
John McConacey
Jen. Willson
Jesselin Warren
Tima Bowers
Richland
Cb&q
Burlington
Coppock
Oskaloosa
Disturbance Quelled in Des Moines Violent Night
Police contained a multi-hour disturbance in a predominantly Negro area of Des Moines after looting and arson attempts tied to the wounding of a youth during a police pursuit. One riot charge led to a $500 bond for Stanley Williams, 20, with several others charged in related crimes. A second incident reported Kennedy wounded by a gunman Sirhan Sirhan, 24, in Los Angeles, with his condition listed as extremely critical after surgery, as Mayor Yorty announced the suspect’s identity and details.
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Ilth
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Iowa Senate candidate to speak at Crawfordsville fire station
The news in brief notes Dave Stanley a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate from Iowa will speak at Crawfordsville fire station Monday June 10 at 3 15 p m inviting public questions Coffee will be served by Mrs Howell September 6 set for a Washington County Extension Service 50th anniversary dinner planning committee members named and chair Dennis Berger announced features include a review of accomplishments and invitations to longtime Extension workers Boat dock and concession stand now open at Lake Darling State Park near Brighton concessions 35 cent beach fee new bath house buoy improvements paroled counterfeiter released from Sandstone federal prison Lee Gearhart 35 Cedar Rapids six months of a five year counterfeiting sentence Marshalltown fire and smoke damage at Franklin Grade School estimated at 50 000 by state fire marshal
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Brighton
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Sandstone, Minn
UPI
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Iowa Weather: Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers
United Press International reports Iowa will see partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday with a chance of scattered thundershowers mainly in the southwest and extreme west. Little temperature change expected. Lows tonight 65 to 70, highs Thursday in the upper 80s to lower 90s.
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