Wednesday, November 13, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Witness charges solicitation in Nixon plot
NEW YORK (UPI)-A mystery witness told a Brooklyn grand jury yesterday that a Yemeni immigrant and his two sons tried to get him to join in a plot to kill President-elect Richard M. Nixon and offered him money to participate. He testified an hour and 20 minutes.
The witness, who has never been identified, tipped police to the alleged conspiracy Friday, resulting in the arrests of Ahmed Namer, 43, and his sons, Hussein, 20, and Abdo, 18, Saturday. They have been held in
sin, Sirhan B. Sirhan, also is an Arab.
$100,000 bail each on charges of conspiracy to commit murder, criminal solicitation and possession of weapons.
The suspects appeared briefly in court Tuesday morning before Judge John S. Fury who postponed the hearing until Friday at the request of attorneys for both sides because of the grand iury investigation.
documents.
FBI and Secret Service agents continued their investigation into a possible link between the alleged plot against Nixon and the assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in Los Angeles last June. Kennedy's accused assas-
At a distance
dictments.
cept that he knew the Namers well and mad his first contact with police by phone from a Brooklyn bar near their home.
Acting Brooklyn Dist. Atty.
Elliott Golden saw to it newsmen and photographers were kept at a distance from the Brooklyn Criminal Court room where the jury was sitting so the witness could not be identified.
Little is known about him ex-
The jury is expected to take no longer than a day or two to decide whether to hand up in-
Golden said one of the mysteries was where the Namers, who worked as shipping clerks in a clothing factory, got the amount of money they reportedly offered the mystery informant.
More candidates are nominated for Wilson Fellows
An additional 31 KU seniors have been nominated for Woodrow Wilson Designates and Fellowships, Aldon Bell, assistant dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said yesterday.
These nominees, along with the 81 candidates previously listed in the University Daily Kansan, will compete for the fellowship honors which provide up to $2,000 for one academic year of study.
The additional nominees are: David Allen, Kansas City; Hanan Bell, Kansas City; John Berthrong, Norman, Okla.; Sandra Bonacker, Lincoln, Neb.: William Byers, Bartlesville, Okla.; Carolyn Collins, Kansas City; John Coyle, Coffeyville; Frances Craig, Garnett; Linda Davis, Topeka; Steven Davis, Lyons; Marilyn Dennis, Olathe.
Gaylord Dold, Wichita; Charles Eberline, Bartlesville, Okla.; Virginia Flakus, Ellinwood; Daniel Foucheaux, Dickinson, Tex.; David Hill, Nevada, Mo.; Linda Keeler, Salina; Michael Kirk, Kansas City, Mo.; Albert Knox, Kansas City; Robert Lesh, Lawrence; Marged Lessenden, Topeka.
Colette Levan, Ness City; Gary McClelland, Topeka; Michael McDonald, Kansas City; Susan Morton, Kansas City; Martin Nickels, Kansas City; Richard Paegelow, Emporia; Jeffrey Rockwell, Wichita; Patricia Roper, Hiawatha; Rodger Taylor, Plainville, and Georgia Willard, Webster Groves, Mo.
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