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Los Angeles Mayor Yorty repts notebook found in home of S B Sirhan, alleged assassin of Sen R F Kennedy, and an immigrant from Jordan, had a ref to 'necessity' to kill Kennedy before June 5, 1968, 1st anniv of 6-day war; Dr M T Mehdi, sec-gen of Action Com on Amer-Arab Relations, condemns act but says Sirhan's behavior reflects frustration of many Arabs over US politicians support of Israel
WASHINGTON, Thursday, June 6 -- The murder of Robert F. Kennedy shattered the 1968 Presidential campaign and lowered a pall of uncertainty over American politics now and in the years to come. For the immediate future, it may well have assured the nominations by the Democrats and Republicans of the present front-running candidates -- Vice President Humphrey and Richard Nixon.
MTA presents $1.27-billion plan for subway and commuter rr additions and improvements to Estimate Bd and Mayor Lindsay; asks speedy city approval of new routes and engineering designs; plan consists of 8 new subway routes, including 2d Av subway and several Queens lines, and LIRR links to E Side of Manhattan and to Kennedy Internatl Airport; Ronan stresses need for relief from overcrowding and slow service; proposed subway routes listed
Sirhan's Israeli-occupied int in Et Taiyiba, Israeli-Occupied Jordan; says news sickened him and if son is guilty, 'let them hang him'; Sirhan Sirhan and family background in Palestine described
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 5, 1968, covering June 6, 1968.
Simon & Garfunkel
Soundtrack
The Monkees
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Simon & Garfunkel
1968Robert F. Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th United States Attorney General (born 1925)[†]
Robert Francis Kennedy, also known as RFK, was an American politician and lawyer. He served as the 64th United States attorney general from January 1961 to September 1964, and as a U.S. senator from New York from January 1965 until his assassination in June 1968, when he was running for the Democratic presidential nomination. Like his brothers John F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy, he was a prominent member of the Democratic Party and is considered an icon of modern American liberalism.
In 1968, the world population was approximately 3,545,187,251 people[†]