March 7, 1969

453 Amers killed in 1st wk of enemy's current offensive in S Vietnam; 2,593 Amers wounded; 6,752 enemy killed, 521 S Vietnamese killed; 32,376 Amers have died in war thus far; other figures; graph shows war dead since Jan '68

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Sirhan describes his movements at Ambassador Hotel night Kennedy was shot; says he had drinks at bars set up for pol candidates; says he became aware that he was 'quite high' and decided to go home; says he became afraid to drive because of his condition; says gun was in his auto; says he decided to go back to hotel to have coffee but does not remember picking up gun; says it was not until after he was arraigned 4 hrs after shooting that he learned he shot Kennedy and wounded 5 others; insists he cannot remember writing death threats in his notebooks or remember having continuing hatred of Kennedy

HOUSTON, March 6 -- Russell L. Schweickart, who had recovered from his nausea and would not be denied some kind of excursion in open space, climbed out on the "front porch" of Apollo 9's orbiting lunar module today for a view of earth from 147 miles off.