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A-2 Honolulu Star-Buiiefin Thursday, june 6, 1 968 5 Tentative schedule of rites" NEW YORK (AP) The National day of mournina I Today around the world v. I 1 8 I WASHINGTON (LTD-Presidcnt Johnson today de-i clared Sunday a national day cf mourning for Robert F. Kennedy and ordered the flag lowered to half staff 1 In memorlam to Die uJain isenator, I The J'rexidt-nt, in early morning statement, de-I clared: "This time ul tragedy and loss. Sen. Robert i Y.

Kennedy Js d-ad, I "Robert Knntdy hlimA thlf country affirmed the essential fv tA peace, their dsirs if improve conditions of life for all. "During life, hi knzw far more than his share of personal tra2ly. II "Yet he rvr his faith in America. He I never lost his cortViAfmn in the spiritual strength of ordi- nary mn awl He believed In the capacity of the I young for xc.rx:. and in the right of the old and i poor to a life of dignity.

Our public life is diminished by I his loss' I The I'mideni saM; ff "Mrs, Johnson and I extend our deepest sympathy to If Mrs. Kennedy and his family. I have issued a proclama- tion calling upon our nation to observe a day of mourn-P ing for Robert Kennedy next Sunday." The President directed that flag3 be flown at half staff from now until the Kennedy burial on all federal build-f ings, military facilities and naval vessels. Protection for candidates passes Compiled from Associated Press, United Press International, New York Times News Service and Chicago Daily News Service Montana gubernatorial race HELENA, Mont. Republican Gov.

Tim Babcock and Democrat Forrest Anderson, poles apart on taxation programs to meet Montana's burgeoning needs, will battle for the governor's chair in November. Babcock won as expected in his intraparty nomination battle with 1964 running mate Lt. Gov. Ted James in the Montana primary Tuesday. Anderson won a tight battle over State Senate Democratic leader Eugene Mahoney for the Democratic nomination.

Rockefeller proclaims mourning NEW YORK Republican Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, who will appoint a temporary successor to Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, called the Democratic presidential hopeful's death "an unspeakable tragedy and a terrible loss of the nation." Stock exchange tribute NEW YORK The New York and American stock exchanges open trading as usual at 10 a.m.

today but observe two minutes of silence at 11 a.m. in memory of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. U.N.

flag at half staff UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. At the instruction of Secretary-General Thant, the UN. flag is flying at half staff in tribute to Sen. Robert F. Kennedy.

He issued a similar order after the assassination cf Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Nixon: 'A terrible tragedy' NEW YORK Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon said in a statement: "Sen. Robert F.

Kennedy was a man of tremendous energy and vitality. He was one of the great popular leaders in American history. His death is a terrible tragedy both for a family and a nation which have known too many such tragedies in recent times. "Our deepest sympathies go out to the family of Sen. Kennedy in this hour of grief.

While the Kennedy children are stricken with sorrow today, as they grow up they will know their father and uncle was a young man of great courage who already had left his mark on history." '3 flu? I i'in a it 'i KENNEDY BURIAL SITE Visitors today pause at the grave of former President John F. Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery, where his slain brother, Robert, will be buried on Saturday. Associated Press Photo. once seek woman Reag an SACRAMENTO, Calif. A seen with suspect tentative schedule for the final rites in honor of slain Sen.

Robert F. Kennedy (times Eastern Daylight): TODAY 5:30 p.m. The senator's body arrives at La Guardia Airport from Los Angeles. FRIDAY 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

The body lies state at New York's Roman Catholic St, Patrick's Cathedral. SATURDAY 10 a.m. Requiem Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral. 12:30 p.m.

The body Is placed on a train for the journey to Washington. 4:40 p.m. Body arrives in Washington, to be taken in funeral cortege past Senate Office Building and Department of Justice to Arlington Cemetery. 5:30 p.m. Burial in Ar lington Cemetery, probably in the hilltop plot where his assassinated brother John F.

Kennedy is buried. Pope sends condolences VATICAN CITY (AP) Pope Paul VI, deeply saddened by the death of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, today asked God's blessing and protection for the people and government of the United States. The Pope sent a cable to President Johnson that said: "Deeply saddened by the untimely and violent departure of Sen.

Kennedy, we offer you our sincere condolences on the loss of an outstanding public servant. Asking God to console, guard and bless you, your family, the government and the people of the United States." In a message to Kennedy's widow, the pontiff said: "Assuring you of our profound sympathy with your tragic bereavement, we offer heartfelt prayers for the repose of the soul of your beloved husband and impart to you and your children and all members of the family as a pledge of divine strength and consolation our paternal apostolic blessing." MAHALO! We Our Thousands Of WASHINGTON (AP) Congress passed today and sent to the White House legislation authorizing Secret Service protection for major presidential candidates. The swift action came within 12 hours of the death of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, felled by an assassin's bulled while campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Both Houses passed the emergency measure without opposition after objection was raised in the House to including the authority in the bill appropriating funds to run the Treasury and Post Office Departments in the year starting July 1. The special resolution authorizes spending of $400,000 for the month of June. First, the Senate voted 75 to 0 to provide the necessary financing through the November 5 election. Then the House passed a temporary bill to finance the protection for the remaining weeks of June. It did this by unanimous consent after an objection by Rep.

Durward. Hall, blocked action on the Senate measure. The Senate was expected 1 its mod c. their loneine for I i i to quickly approve the temporary financing in the House proposal. Financing beyond June 30 will be provided, probably-next week, in the annual appropriation bill financing the Secret Service for the year starting July 1.

President Johnson has already ordered the protection, without waiting for, the legal authority. Sen. A. S. Mike Monroney, told the Senate that the measure might not have! prevented from being gunned down early yesterday "but there would, have been a great chance that his security would hav been greatly increased." At the very least, Monro ney said, "there would have been surveillance of that par ticular point," a Los Angeles; hotel kitchen, where the campaigning Kennedy was.

shot. "It is just heartbreaking that we should not have thought of it sooner," Sen Jacob a i said, agreeing with Monro ney that the area in which" Kennedy was shot would cer" tainly have been checked by agents. Earning A Big PER ANNUM, PAID QUARTERLY ON ALL PASSBOOK ACCOUNTS. Deposits made on or before June 10, draw interest from June 1. LOS ANGELES (AP) Police disclosed today they have issued an all points bulletin for a young woman seen with the accused assassin of Robert F.

Kennedy before the senator was -shot to death. At the same time, both state and local legal authorities expressed concern that Los Angeles Mayor Samuel W. Yorty's release of portions of Sirhan Bishara Sir-han's notebook might prejudice a fair trial. Yorty said yesterday that Sirhan, accused of the shooting, had written in a notebook about "the necessity to assassinate Sen. Kennedy before June 5, 1968." Thomas C.

Lynch expressed concern to him "over giving public information that might prejudice a fair trial." But Yorty said "I exercised my judgment in the matter" and didn't believe it would affect the trial because so much more information about the slaying had been seen by the public on television. At the same time, Yorty blamed Communists for inflaming the accused man against Kennedy. The police bulletin described the woman as 23 to 27 years of age and said she was wearing a white dress with black polka dots. Police said her identity wasn't known. Sirhan is a 24 year old Jordanian.

His friends, and former employers say he hated Jews and the State of Israel because of the Arab Israeli conflict. He was held under maximum security, guarded by a deputy in his jail cell, while authorities moved to press murder charges against him. Yorty told a news confer ence sirhan not only was an gered by the war, but "it ap pears also that he was in flamed also by contacts with the Communist Party and the contacts with Communist dominated or infiltrated organizations." Yorty said that Sirhan's car "or one that we know he drove" had been seen outside a building in which the W.E.B. DuBois Society was meeting. Yorty said the society had been identified by the U.S.

Justice Department as a Communist front. He said "that evil organiza tion has played its part in in flaming the assassin of Sen. Kennedy." Yorty said that Sirhan wTote in a 9-by-12 inch notebook about "the necessity to assassinate Sen. Kennedy before June 5, 1968." Murder gun had four owners for your VOTE OF COUFIDEIICE! now have over Today, Los Angeles County Dist. Atty.

Evelle J. Younger told reporters the assassination was a "great tragedy," and added "what a greater tragedy it would be if suc-c I prosecution of the person responsible for the terrible crime were jeopardized by statements prior to the trial commenting on evidentiary matters." He said he was critical of giving out information which might used as evidence against Sirhan, saying he meant "the notebooks referred to a by Mayor Yorty." Yorty, himself, said at a separate news conference that California Atty. Gen. in Watts. He gave it to his daughter, Mrs.

Robert F. Westlake, 35, who then lived in Pasadena, for her protection. "I i 't want the gun lying around the house with two small children here," she said yesterday, so she gave it to her next door neighbor, George Charles Erhard, 18. She later moved to Wood-acre, a Marin county community north of San Francisco, and it was there she was called by authorities yesterday morning to inquire about the ownership of the weapon. Mrs.

Westlake telephoned Erhard, who told her he had sold the gun. Police Chief Tom Reddin said Erhard told police he sold the gun "to a bushy-haired guy named Joe," whom officers later identified as the suspect's brother, Munir Sirhan. fornia was declared by Gov. Ronald Reagan after the assassination of Sen. Robert F.

Kennedy. "I have directed that the period extend through the senator's funeral and that all flags in California be flown at half mast," he said. "The tragic, senseless death of Sen. Kennedy affects all Californians and all Americans," the governor said. Humphrey expresses sorrow WASHINGTON Vice President Hubert H.

Humphrey, expressing "profound personal loss" at Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's death, called on Americans to recommit themselves to the principles of humanity and individual justice. "We have all lost a great American a man of deep concern, compassion, and personal commitment," Humphrey said. U.N.

Israel-Jordan debate postponed UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. The U.N. Security Council postponed debate on the latest Israeli-Jordanian border battle after learning that the man accused of murdering Sen. Robert F.

Kennedy was an Arab immigrant from Jordan. The adjournment was requested by Ambassador Tew-fik Bouattoura "of Algeria, the only Arab member of the council. House action on tax boost delayed WASHINGTON House action on President Johnson's 10 per cent income tax surcharge and an accompanying $6 billion spending cut was postponed today from June 12 to June 19. Rep. Wilbur D.

Mills, told the House that he wanted the postponement to give congressmen time to study the report on the legislation which has not yet been filed. Mills said the report would be filed next week. It calls for a 10 per cent surcharge and a reduction in government spending for fiscal 1969 from $186.1 billion to $180.1 billion. Jury hearing on assassination LOS ANGELES A county grand jury hearing into Sen. Robert F.

Kennedy's assassination was scheduled today for tomorrow morning. A spokesman for Dist. Atty. J. Evelle Younger said an indictment will be sought against Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, already jailed on a formal charge of assault with intent to commit murder.

The spokesman, Jerry Littman, did not specify what charge would be sought. He said plans are to conduct a trial soon if an indictment is returned. Abby whirls up Florida coast DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Poorly-organized tropical storm Abby whirled up the northeast Florida coast today, pounding beaches with heavy seas and dumping torrents of rain on resort communities. Hurricane flags were ordered up from Melbourne, north to Charleston, S.C., but the weather bureau said that intensification of Abby's 65 mile per hour winds was unlikely since most of the storm was over land.

Kansas student wins Spelling Bee" WASHINGTON Robert L. Walters, eight-grader from Russell, won today the 41st National Spelling Bee championship. He was locked in a tight race down to the finish with Ann Johnson, also an from Richfield, Minn. The final stumper for Ann was "myosin," a substance extracted from muscles which she spelled incorrectly "myacin." Robert, according to Spelling Bee rules, correctly spelled the word missed by the other finalist and then spelled correctly "abalone." TV station points out shame NEW YORK Television station WPIX broadcast a one word editorial on the shooting of Sen. Robert F.

Kennedy. For 2Vz hour's, the station showed the word in large, block-letters: "Shame." Index and weather statement state of mourning for Cali C-6 Obituaries Pulse C-13 Sports C-10-13 Temperatures Theater TV logs Depositors Are Now CirstCfinancial Usoctation LOS ANGELES (UPI) The snub-nosed revolver used to shoot Sen. Robert F. Kennedy passed through the hands of at least four persons and was first purchased about the time of the Watts riots in 1965. Despite its roundabout journey into the possession of the suspected assailant, the .22 caliber Iver Johnson "Cadet" pistol was identified in a matter of seconds from the 2.5 million registered weapons in California.

State Atty. Gen. Thomas C. Lynch said a new computer at the Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification in Sacramento plucked it out of the records "just seconds" after police supplied the serial number. The official records on the revolver begin in 1965 when it was bought by Albert L.

Hertz, 72, A 1 a for home protection during the August, 1965, racial violence Daly quits Voice of America WASHINGTON (A P) John Charles Daly resigned as head of the Voice of America today with a blast at his boss, U.S. Information Agency chief Leonard Marks, for "executive undercutting." In a letter to Marks made public by USIA, Daly, a former radio-TV newsman and longtime moderator of the "What's My line" show, said he is not quitting because of any USIA effort to control what is in the Voice cf America's global broadcasts. But. he is leaving the VOA post effective tomorrow, Daly -said, because of "maladministration" affecting senior personnel at the Voice of America carried out by Marks' office during Daly's recent trip aborad. Qwaii For Example: $100 annually earns- 613 earns 6137 $500 annually earns 3068 $5,000 annually earns 3063 REMEMBER.

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