“We didn't know until later that the Van Nuys cops had received a call from some terrified citizen saying that his brother was going to shoot Kennedy”

On June 5, 1968, Voice writer Pete Hamill was only a few feet away when RFK was shot. Hamill wrote about the experience for the following issue.

Many people, including several Voice writers, were skeptical when Robert F. Kennedy came to New York to run for Senate. But soon everyone warmed up to the future presidential candidate.