These are the top stories for June 4, 1968
"Major contests tightened up sharply today as some 5.5 million California voters went to the polls for a primary election - Democrats to choose a favorite for the presidential nomination. Republicans to select a nominee for the U.S. Senate... Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, still rated as leading Sen. Eugene McCarthy in the fight for the state's 172 national convention votes, faced the first rift in what has appeared to be virtually unanimous support by minority group voters. It left him complaining and on the verge of physical collapse as the campaign ended." (Oakland Tribune -- Oakland, California)
Warhol Shot by Actress
"In his far out world of soup can posters and interminable underground films, Andy Warhol's acquaintances included characters as bizarre as his art. Among them actress Valerie Solanis, who detests men in general and had some specific grievances against Warhold... Police held Miss Solanis, 28, star of Warhol's newest film, "I, A Man," on charges of felonious assault and possession of a dangerous weapon with intent to kill. Doctors said today Warhold had a "50-50" chance of surviving." (United Press International)
(photo from the Oakland Tribune)
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