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commencement, Cathedral Ch of St John the Divine; about 300 students and 15 faculty members walk out of ceremony; illus; a student and a faculty member arrested on disorderly conduct charge; commencement speaker Prof R Hofstadter scores tactics of student protest; 12 persons get hon degrees; parents are not admitted to cathedral; hear proceedings over pub address system at univ campus and neighborhood near cathedral; Students for Restructured Univ hold 'counter-commencement' on univ campus; Strike Coordinating Com holds rally, Morningside Pk

300 AT COLUMBIA LEAVE CEREMONY; Walk Out Quietly in Protest as Commencement Is Held at St. John Cathedral 300 at Columbia Quietly Leave The Commencement Ceremony

Kennedy had just completed claiming Calif victory when he was shot

Kennedy Claims Victory, And Then Shots Ring Out

Israeli and Jordanian forces in day-long battle with arty and aircraft on eve of 1st anniv of '67 war outbreak; Israel repts jets bombed Jordanian arty emplacement near Irbid; map; 3 Israeli farmers reptd killed, 6 civilians and 1 paramil border policeman reptd wounded; Israel links Al Fatah to start of shooting

Israel and Jordan Clash; Artillery and Planes Used; Israelis and Jordanians Clash; Artillery and Jet Fighters Used

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Sen Kennedy, Dem, shot, Los Angeles, during campaign to win US Pros nomination

KENNEDY SHOT AND GRAVELY WOUNDED AFTER WINNING CALIFORNIA PRIMARY; SUSPECT SEIZED IN LOS ANGELES HOTEL; CONDITION 'STABLE' Aide Reports Senator Is 'Breathing Well' --Last Rites Given KENNEDY IS SHOT BY YOUTH ON COAST

Enemy fires mortars into Saigon as entrenched Vietcong units fight S Vietnamese troops in scattered parts of city; 5 civilians killed, 21 wounded; US mission sees direct link between fighting in Saigon and Paris talks; details on fighting in city; US officials see rise in number of refugees as key enemy aim; fighting reptd in Mekong Delta; map

5 Killed in Saigon By New Shelling; Tie to Talks Seen; FIGHTING GOES ON IN SAIGON AREAS

Pres Johnson defends his position on Vietnam, s, Glassboro, NJ; urges USSR join in peacemaking effort

PRESIDENT INVITES SOVIET TO JOIN U.S. IN PEACE EFFORTS; Defends Policy in Address at Glassboro Commencement, Year After Kosygin Talks President Asks Global Peace Efforts

Marcus testifies that Repub county law chmn Ruggiero offered him kickback to award contract to Oakhill Contracting Co and that Repub county chmn Albano urged him to grant work to Grand because owner H Fried is 'big contributor' to party; says Itkin warned that award to Oakhill would anger Motto and Corallo and that he changed decision in favor of Grand after that conversation; Albano says he introduced Marcus to Fried but urged award only on 'merits,' int; Marcus testifies on own involvement in case, from meeting Itkin in '65, incurring heavy stock losses and $20,000 debt to Motto in '66, to meeting with Corallo, J Pizzo and 'others' on Sept 27 '66, day he was sworn in as Comr, to discuss kickback; says his share dropped from 7 1/2% proposed initially to 2%; says Itkin, Corallo and Motto were to get 1% each; Fried atty H Zoloto says Fried did not want to pay, got contract 'on the merits'; US contention that interstate telephone calls, to Motto home in Conn, provide Fed jurisdiction noted

Marcus Testifies G.O.P. Official Urged Him to Accept a Kickback on Contract; Marcus Testifies to a Kickback Bid

Finance Min announces reserves of gold and foreign currency dropped by $307-million during May to $5.7-billion; Pompidou puts direct cost of each wk of strike at 2% of GNP; other Govt officials and business analysts estimate damage to econ

FRENCH GET FUND TO GUARD FRANC; Borrow $745-Million From I.M.F. -- Strikes Persist France Draws on the I.M.F. to Protect the Franc

COAST TALLY SLOW; New Yorker Captures Lead Over McCarthy in Late Tabulation KENNEDY WINNER IN COAST PRIMARY

inst changes structure in effort to deflect student protests against its links with 12 major univs; membership, which previously consisted of univs, will be composed only of individuals from acad and pub life; univ officials who had represented their schools and who will remain as individual members listed

Research Unit Cuts Link to Universities; Research Unit Cuts Direct Link To Universities to Bar Protests

regular Repub orgn defeats insurgents in primary

HUGHES FORCES VICTOR IN JERSEY; McCarthy Insurgents Win 20 of 80 Delegate Seats In Light Balloting Jersey Governor Is Given Wide Lead

Sen McGovern, renominated unopposed, faces Gubbrud in Nov; Repr Berry, Dem, wins renomination; Repr Reifel, Repub, renominated, unopposed; opponents noted

Kennedy Triumphs In Dakota Primary; Kennedy Wins in South Dakota; Nixon Gains 14 Delegate Votes

Afghan King at Kremlin

growing student and workers violence seen giving Socialists 2d thoughts about leaving Govt; Fanfani named head of Sen, S Pertini pres of Chamber

Workers Riot and Students Clash Again in Italy

Commerce Dept repts 81,248 local US govts, Jan '67, down almost 10,000 in 5 yrs; links reorgn, consol of school dists

Fewer Local Governments

Sorbonne com of inquiry says 11 persons are missing and may be dead as result of student-police clashes

Inquiry Says 11 Are Missing In Wake of Sorbonne Riots

radio-TV network silent as most newsmen defy Guena

FRENCH STRIKERS IGNORING APPEALS; Returns to Work Scattered -- Pay Talks Continue

Africans Invoke Money Curb

Velasco sees room for 'all ideologies' in his Govt, news conf; will not control Sen or Deputies

VELASCO WILL ALLOW DIVERSITY IN CABINET

Cambodia bars diplomats from traveling to 4 border provs because of danger from war activity

CAMBODIA CURTAILS DIPLOMATS' TRAVEL

Swiss Businessman Killed

Govt bans pub demonstrations, meetings and parades in Belgrade; moves, combined with efforts of Communist student leaders, appear to have blunted undergrad uprising; in addition to demands related to student life, students are seeking democratization in party and nation; students seek dismissal of Fed and Serbian interior mins and Belgrade police chief; students hold teach-in at Belgrade U; change univ name to Red Univ of K Marx; hang banner reading, 'We have had enough of the Red bourgeoisie'

Teach-In at University

Senegal to Shuffle Cabinet In Wake of Demonstrations

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June 5, 1968

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300 AT COLUMBIA LEAVE CEREMONY; Walk Out Quietly in Protest as Commencement Is Held at St. John Cathedral 300 at Columbia Quietly Leave The Commencement Ceremony

Kennedy Claims Victory, And Then Shots Ring Out

Israel and Jordan Clash; Artillery and Planes Used; Israelis and Jordanians Clash; Artillery and Jet Fighters Used

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