Kennedy Returns to Capitol for Kennedy Funeral Procession
The Kennedy family arranged a simple motorcade through Washington from the Capitol toward Memorial Bridge and Arlington Cemetery. The cortege passed the Senate Office Building and Justice Department, honoring Robert F Kennedy's service as attorney general and his ideal of public life.
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Washington
Kennedy Funeral Procession to Arlington Arrives at St Patrick’s
The Kennedy funeral procession moved from New York to Arlington after a service at St Patrick’s Cathedral. Ethel Kennedy and family traveled in one car section while hundreds of friends and dignitaries followed in another. A 15 minute graveside ceremony was planned with about 2,000 invited guests and national TV coverage.
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Ethel
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
New York
Arlington
Robert Kennedy
Social Security rep to visit Washington Post Office
A Social Security representative will be in Washington from 9 30 a m to 12 noon Wednesday June 12 at the Post Office to provide information on benefits.
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The
Social Security Administration
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Washington Swimming Pool
Kennedy Memoion: Mournful New York Message From WikJ
Intercepted memo references Robert Kennedy in New York with a nation mourning sentiment. The fragment notes support and solidarity, signed WikJ.
Printer Arrested At St Patrick’s Cathedral During RFK Funeral
A Syracuse printer was taken into custody at the main entrance of St Patrick’s Cathedral fifteen minutes before President John F Kennedy arrived for Senator Robert F Kennedy’s funeral. Police said a man with a gun was stopped during a routine search at the cathedral doors and was later taken to a nearby precinct for questioning. The arrest was quiet and unnoticed by bystanders until disclosed in a routine police check.
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UPI
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Cwsmen
Five die in ammo blast at Burlington Iowa
A UPI report states an Army Board of Investigation will determine the cause of a Friday explosion that shattered a warehouse at the Iowa Army Ammunition plant eight miles west of Burlington. Five employees were killed while four others unidentified, all monitoring XM27 anti personnel mines in a routine storage operation.
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UPI
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Robert L. Walker
United States
Frank Munn
Burlington Atomic Energy Commission
Mason and Hanger-Siles Mason Co
Army
Navy probes Scorpion sinking after undersea collision
Norfolk officials said mechanical failure is unlikely as a court of inquiry probes the Scorpion submarine loss. Testimony cited minor faults but no seaworthiness risk, while officials search south of the Azores where radio contact ended May 21. Evidence includes a secret mission off course and a ballast tank blow system failure.
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Wallace Greene
Azores
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Sirhan may plead insanity in Kennedy assassination case
Sirhan B. Sirhan, indicted for Kennedy's murder, may offer an insanity defense to avoid the gas chamber. In a high security chapel arraignment, he was granted a delay until June 28 to formally answer, with two psychiatrists to examine him.
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UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan B. Sirhan
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Sirhan
Superior Court
Arthur L. Alarcon
Robert Swift Seeks Sheriff Nomination in Washington County
Robert L. Swift, a 13 year deputy in Washington County, has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for sheriff. A lifetime resident, he resides on rural route two, Washington, and is a World War II Navy veteran. Swift, married with two sons aged 13 and 16, will oppose Sheriff Charles Snyder in the upcoming primary.
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Weather Update for Iowa From United Press International
Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions dominate western and northern Iowa while the southeast remains mostly fair tonight. Continuing warmth and humidity are expected with a chance of showers or thundershowers in the west and north and a slight chance in the southeast and extreme east.
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United Press International
Iowa
Rustin Replaced As March Leader By Sterling Tucker
The Poor People's Campaign drops Bayard Rustin over minor differences and appoints Sterling Tucker of the Washington Urban League to replace him for the June 19 poverty march. Ralph Abernathy and Hosea Williams criticized Rustin's goals as incomplete and not addressing all minority groups and the Vietnam War.
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UPI
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Ralph David Abernathy
Washington Urban League
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Tucker
Austin
Abernathy
A. Philip Randolph Institute
New York
Hosea Williams
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Resurrection City
Notice of Council Meeting and Bids for Construction
Public notices announce a council meeting scheduled for June 3 and a notice inviting bids for construction work. These items alert local residents and contractors to official actions, dates, and submission processes.
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