These are the top stories for June 10, 1968.
Parochial Aid Law Upheld: But Court Opens Way for Suits
"The Supreme Court today upheld a 1965 New York law requiring the loan of public school textbooks to pupils in parochial schools." (United Press International)
'Frisking' By Police Ruled Valid
"The Supreme Court today upheld the power of policemen to detain a person briefly for questioning and to 'frisk' him for dangerous weapons if reasonably necessary." (United Press International)
Gun Turn-in Campaign Paying Off
"A turn-in-your-guns movement has started in the nation in the wake of the assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy." (Associated Press)
Berkeley Draft HQ Bombed
"A bomb exploded inside the Selective Service Headquarters at Addison and Grove Streets early today, blasting out most windows and demolishing office furnishings." (Oakland Tribune -- Oakland, California)
Ray May Fight Extradition
"James Earl Ray made a two-minute appearance in Bow Street Court today and indicated he would fight the U.S. government's attempt to seek his extradition in connection with the charge that he killed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr." (Associated Press)
Reds Pour Rockets Into Saigon Tenth Day in Row
"Viet Cong rained rockets on Saigon for the 10th straight day today... As the war continued, Gen. William C. Westmoreland, departing U.S. commander, said a military victory in Vietnam was impossible 'in a classic sense.'" (United Press International)
Spock Calls Viet War 'Outrageous'
"Dr. Benjamin Spock charged today that the war in Vietnam 'has no shred of legality and will blacken the reputation of my country for decades and centuries to come." (Associated Press)
Rock Speaks on Guarded Campus
"Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York eulogized Sen. Robert F. Kennedy today under strict new security regulations prompted by the senator's assassination... A half-dozen Secret Service men flanked Rockefeller as he walked, garbed in a mortar board and gown, to the podium." (Associated Press)
U.S. Agents Guarding Ted Kennedy
"Sen. Edward M. (Ted) Kennedy D-Mass, who now takes on the burden and promise of his family's leadership, has been quietly assigned the protection of the Secret Service. It was learned that President Johnson, in an unusual move secretly extending an earlier directive, has ordered protection for the surviving Kennedy brother." (Newsday, Inc.)
Vast Pilgrimage to RFK's Grave
"In life, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy went where the crowds were. Now his last campaign is done and they come to him, to stand for a moment before a newly sodded grace on a grassy slope of Arlington National Cemetery. Nearly 60,000 people made that pilgrimage yesterday, amid steamy heat and afternoon rain." (Associated Press)
These are the top stories for June 11, 1968
James Ray Moved to Safer Prison
"James Earl Ray, the escaped convict accused of slaying Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was transferred under police guard today to Wandsworth Prison, where security has been tightened since one of the Britain's Great Train Robbers went over the walls four years ago." (Associated Press)
Grief, Despair in Wake of Shelling by Peter Arnett and Robert D. Ohman
"The blonde American woman wept uncontrollably over the body of her old amah, blasted into death on Saigon's main street today as she arrived for work with the daily fresh bread." (Associated Press)
Rockets Kill 19 in Saigon
"The Viet Cong switched to daytime bombardment of Saigon today, slamming some 30 big rockets into the heart of the city during the morning rush hour." (Associated Press)
"Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield today said all presidential candidates should be restricted to campaigning by television and radio for their own safety." (United Press International)
LBJ on Hospital Rounds
"President Johnson visited former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas in Walter Reed Army Hospital today and said that both of them 'seem to be getting along all right.'" (Associated Press)
New Crisis Threatens in France
"Thousands of students shouting 'hand de Gaulle' marched through downtown Paris today in an angry new demonstration following a night of fierce rioting by students in the Latin quarter." (United Press International)
Kennedy Driver to Face Traffic Court
"The driver of the lead car in Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's motorcade in Los Angeles on May 28 revealed yesterday he had been ordered to appear June 17 to answer a charge he ran red lights during the procession." (United Press International)
Rockefeller Calls for 'New Leadership in New America'
"Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller stressed a theme of 'new leadership for a new America' today as he launched an intensive campaign to overtake Richard M. Nixon, the apparent front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination." (Associated Press)
Unruh Won't Yield RFK Delegation
"The chairman of California's delegation to the Democratic national convention announced today he would remain committed to the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, winner of the state's June 4 primary." (United Press International)
Prospects for Ted on Ticket Are Dim by George J. Marder
"The prospect of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy winding up on the Democratic ticket in November is at this point viewed with outright skepticism by some top associates who also were close to his slain brother." (United Press International)
These are the top stories for June 12, 1968.
DeGaulle Cracks Down on All Demonstrations: 7 Left Wing Groups Must Disband by Raymond Lawrence
"De Gaulle's embattled government today banned all demonstrations in France as riot police smashed new waves of revolutionary violence."
Travel Bars Pose a New Berlin Crisis
"The Soviet government newspaper Izvestia today threw its support to East Germany's new travel restrictions between West Germany and West Berlin. Western observers said the new restrictions could bring a new Berlin crisis. (United Press International)
Superior Court Judge Orders Cleaver Freed
"Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver has been ordered released from state prison after being cleared of a charge of parole violation." (Oakland Tribune -- Oakland, California)
Red Attack on Saigon Protested by John M. Hightower
"The United States protested to North Vietnam in the Paris peace talks today against 'particularly vicious rocket attacks' on the heavily populated center of Saigon." (Associated Press)
McCarthy Has Doubts About Backing Hubert
"Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy said today it would be 'very difficult' for him to support Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey as the Democratic presidential nominee if Humphrey holds to his present views." (Associated Press)
Dr. Spock Trial in Final Stage
"Testimony has ended in the trial of Dr. Benjamin Spock and four other men charged with conspiring to aid, abet and counsel young men to avoid the draft." (Associated Press)
Rocky's Open China Door: Pledges Allied Summit Parley if He's Elected
"Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller directed an all-out appeal to American voters today in the hope of creating enough popular pressure to overcome the delegate advantage of Richard M. Nixon at the Republican nominating convention." (Associated Press)
Campaigns in L.A. Under Heavy Guard
"Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, campaigning under heavy guard in the first appearance of a candidate here since the assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, called today for an end to the U.S. policy of attempting to isolate Communist China." (United Press International)
Young Urged Rich to March for Poor
"Dr. Whitney Young, director of the National Urban League, said yesterday it is the rich who should be marching on behalf of the poor in America." (United Press International)
Primaries Give Nixon Delegates
"Republican presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon has gained a sizeable block of Illinois (sic) delegates in Illinois and South Carolina primaries that nominated a host of incumbent congressmen for reelection." (Associated Press)
