Accused Assassin Jailed In Memphis
James Earl Ray was rushed to Shelby County jail in Memphis for arraignment on the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He arrived by air from London, was placed in a present cell, and security at the jail and courthouse was tightened with police and deputies manning entrances and banning interviews.
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Memphus
James Earl Ray
Shelby County
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Memphis Naval Air Station
U.S. Air Force
London
Navy
CDO
Criminal Court
W. Preston Batile
Battle
Guards Deployed At Ohio Penitentiary Over Rumored Unrest
About 40 Ohio National Guardsmen were dispatched to the Ohio Penitentiary after a tip from inside the prison suggested potential inmate trouble. Gov. James A. Rhodes aide John McElroy said the extra manpower was to deter unrest and reassure inmates.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
John McElroy
James A. Rhodes
Sylvester del Corso
George Wallace Schedules Saturday appearances in Ohio
George Wallace plans a set of Saturday appearances in Lancaster Findlay and Columbus with events listed on Page 3 of Inside Today.
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George Wallace
Lancaster
Findlay
Columbus
Cambodian navy seizes U.S. patrol boat in Mekong Delta
Cambodian authorities report seizing an American patrol boat in the Mekong Delta with 10 Americans aboard and one South Vietnamese. U.S. sources confirm a missing landing craft with 10 Americans, while no South Vietnamese passenger is listed. Australia represents U.S. interests in Phnom Penh after Sihanouk broke relations in 1985.
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Saigon
Mekong Delta
U.S
Delta
Phnom Penh
Dong Tam
My Tho
Binh Thuy
United States
Cambodia
Australia
Nourodomn Sihanouk
Washington
South Vietnam
Prince Sihanouk
Czechoslovakia Girds for Soviet Pressure Over Reforms
Prague reports talks with European Communist leaders to defend liberalization as Dubcek leadership seeks support. Pravda accuses counterrevolutionaries and claims US weapons found near the West German border amid tensions in the reform era.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
CTK
Dubcek
Pravda
Communist Party
Antonin
Alexander Dubcek
Moscow
U.S
Nixon Wins Ike Endorsement Boosts Nixon Campaign
President Eisenhower, recovering at Reed Army Hospital, endorses Richard Nixon, boosting his GOP nomination bid. Nixon calls the backing a great lift for delegates and the general election. Humphrey and McCarthy spar over war policy as Rockefeller campaigns in Ohio drawing thousands in Columbus.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Nixon
New York Times
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Humphrey
Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
McCarthy
Atlanta
Vietnam
Raleigh
Charlotte
N.C
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Ohio
Capitol
Columbus
World Church Council condemns U S Vietnam policy
At the World Council of Churches Fourth Assembly in Uppsala delegates approve a resolution condemning U S intervention in Vietnam and calling for a cease fire. The vote runs about 300 to 20 with 30 abstentions as church leaders pledge to press Paris talks and send an envoy to urge negotiated settlement.
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Uppsala
Sweden
World Council of Churches
U.S
Vietnam
Robert McAfee Brown
Stanford Universty
Council
Brown
Eugene Carson Blake
Paris
National Guard patrols Akron streets amid curfew unrest
Akron deploys 450 National Guardsmen and police to enforce a citywide curfew after looting overnight. Tear gas and arrests, mostly of Black youths, followed clashes at a storefront club on Wooster Avenue. The crisis prompted a state of emergency, school and service disruptions, and calls for restraint from local leaders.
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Akron
Ohio
Polic
National Guardsmen
Vernon Odum
Akron Urban League
League
Harry Widdon
John F. Ballard
Ask
National Guard
University of Akron
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Gues
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Fay
Memphis, Tenn
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Johnson
Senate
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Westinghouse Broadcasting
William Hines
U.S. Navy
Atlantic
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Weeae
Abby
Athens
Middleport
Nelsonville
Point Pleasant
Logan
Pomeroy Wereeres
Phenom Penh
Can Tho
Mekong
Bassac
Novotny
West Germany
Ike
TBE
World Church Council
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