Didn't Kill King Ray Testifies
James Earl Ray testified in London that he did not kill Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He said he never met King or held a grudge against him. An FBI expert testified fingerprint evidence linked Ray to a rifle and binoculars found in a shop doorway after the April 4 assassination at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis.
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Product Boycott Planned Forces Hunger Aid Pressure
Washington AP Poor People's Campaign plans economic boycotts in about 40 cities starting downtown to pressure Congress for hunger relief funding. Jesse Jackson states the tactic targets specific products to spur appropriations, with other actions including a lawsuit seeking to repurpose 227 million for food aid.
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Columbia
Day Heading Junk Mailers Day Heading Junk Mailers
Washington AP Former Postmaster General J Ed ward Day will become president July 1 of the Association Third Class Mail Users the nation s largest group of junk mailers Day will oversee the association s lobbying in his new role succeeding Harry McGinnis who clashed with Senate Post Office Committee Chairman A S Monroney over bulk mail rate increases Monroney won a multimillion dollar postal rate rise push through the committee
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GOP Petition Opposes Two LBJ Nominees
Eight Senate Republicans have signed a petition opposing Johnson's Supreme Court picks Abe Fortas and Homer Thornberry. Signers cover about half of the 36 GOP members, with potential growth if Southern Democrats join. The move questions confirmation timing and labels the choice as a danger from a lame duck president.
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Illinois
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Associated Press reports William E. Miller, former GOP national chairman and Barry Goldwater’s 1964 running mate, urging Nelson Rockefeller as presidential nominee. Miller said Rockefeller could win 40 of 50 states if nominated and criticized a party coronation while urging an open convention. Nixon said he wants no Wallace support.
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Richard M. Nixon
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George C. Wallace
Riots, tear gas, and boycotts mark mixed U S action
Across Richmond Durham and San Jose reports describe police clearing streets arresting more than 60 after fierce clashes with snipers arsonists tear gas used to disperse crowds six firebombings reported but no injuries. In Washington the House briefly trimmed antipoverty funding then restored it to 17.2 billion for social agencies. The SST project funding faced a veto by committee with 223 million request rejected and 30 million advanced returned.
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Jaycees enlisted to aid OEO in Appalachia effort
Inside Today reports Jaycees enlisted to assist the Office of Economic Opportunity in solving Appalachian problems. The piece notes federal funds authorized for Ohio airport construction near Athens and mentions political and sports items across pages.
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Khe Sanh is abandoned as US shifts mobile warfare
Saigon reports U S forces are leveling and abandoning the Khe Sanh base in northwest South Vietnam. The move frees defenders for mobile strike forces and shifts the line 10 miles east to Landing Zone Stud while preserving overall ambassadorial and strategic aims amid intensified northern provinces fighting.
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South Vietnam
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Wallace order to seize ABC film at Wallace rally
ABC says former Alabama Governor George C Wallace ordered a bodyguard to seize and destroy film showing him shaking hands with Robert Shelton imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan at a fundraising dinner in Eutaw Alabama. Secret Service and state police watched as the guard took the exposed tape from a cameraman. Shelton declined to say if he joined Wallace's supporters, noting he paid to attend and shook hands with hundreds.
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