James Earl Ray faces retrial risk in King case
James Earl Ray, serving a 99 year term for the 1968 King assassination, says he may face a new trial in Tennessee. He claims coercion in his guilty plea and discusses a potential 6th Circuit ruling that could allow trial, insisting he did not pull the trigger and hoping for court review rather than parole. He maintains his silence with reporters while acknowledging dangers and conspirator theories surrounding King’s death.
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Cincinnati
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King family marks 8th anniversary at Kings gravesite
In Atlanta, Coretta Scott King and children joined about 10 people for a brief gravesite observance at Ebenezer Baptist Church after Sunday services. Martin Luther King III, 19, carried the wreath as Bernice, 13, laid it on his father's grave. The Rev. Joseph Roberts officiated with a moment of silent prayer. King was shot in Memphis on April 4, 1968 after winning the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize.
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New York
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Memphis, Tenn
Oil refinery seized amid fragile Lebanon truce forces clash
Pro-Syrian Saiqa guerrillas seized the Zahrani refinery at Sidon and took up positions around Beirut as fighting and sniping continued. Kamal Jumblatt alleged Syrian troops disguised as guerrillas blocked ceasefire commitments to starve rival forces of supplies. The civil war has claimed thousands of lives as Christians and Moslems clash.
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Lebanon
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Primary chase for Democratic nominees in Wisconsin and New York
Carter and Udall push for undecided Wisconsin votes while Jackson targets New York. Ford rests after state duties as Wallace returns to Alabama. Reagan backs in Wisconsin with media buys. Carter visits White House area after Gridiron Weekend. Udall defends arms stance on Meet the Press. Jackson urges peacekeeping for Lebanon. Grasso campaigns for Jackson in New York. Rockefeller declines to endorse Ford in New York amid split GOP signals.
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Morris Udall
Wisconsin
Henry Jackson
New York
George Wallace
Alabama
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Texas
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Connecticut
Jackson
Nelson Rockefeller
Cuban soldier hijacks TAP jet to Lisbon seeking asylum
A Cuban soldier stationed in Angola hijacked a TAP Boeing 707 during a Luanda to Lisbon flight with an AK47. He forced the crew to land in Portugal where he applied for asylum. Customs detained him as Cuban and Angolan authorities weigh options between asylum abroad or return.
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Economy shows gains as second quarter opens
Government data indicate rising employment to a record 86.7 million in February and a 0.1 point drop in the unemployment rate to 7.5 percent. Wholesale prices edged higher, housing starts surged a record 27 percent to 1.55 million in February, and GNP rose 4.9 percent in late 1975 with forecasts of 6 to 7 percent growth in 1976.
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Teamsters back on the highways and the strike ends
Thousands of Teamsters trucks return to the roads as the first nationwide strike ends. Over half of 400,000 workers settle for a three year contract with a 30 percent pay rise and ongoing cost of living boosts. Automakers report layoff ripple effects and Pontiac plant 5,600 workers await recall. Dubuque Packing cancels plant closings.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Pope defends pope status amid slander claim in Rome
Pope Paul VI dismissed a Tempo magazine claim calling him homosexual as a horrible and slanderous insinuation. He addressed about 80,000 in St. Peter's Square urging prayers, with Italian bishops calling for atonement prayers. The article by Roger Peyrefitte alleged past relationships of Montini before his papacy. In Iowa, 559 upholsterers ended a strike after agreeing to return to Flexsteel. Teamsters plan a drive to reject the contract despite expectations of ratification by local members. A meeting in Illinois prepared to approve negotiators’ actions. An anticipated mail ratification vote will occur over two weeks.
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Tempo Magazine
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Msgr
Montini
Milan
Iowa
Teamsters
Flexsteel Industries, Inc
Kenneth Paff
Cleveland
Teamsters Joint Council 4
Ohio
Rank and File
Rank Fitzsimmons
Arlington Heights
Ill
New England Teamsters end strike vote on contract
About 20 000 Teamsters in New England end a three day strike and prepare to vote on a tentative national contract. Local 25 Boston says the strike is over and 6 000 members will return to work tonight and tomorrow at the General Motors Framingham plant. The walkout threatened layoffs for hourly production workers as 650 monthly truck deliveries feed the plant. Local 25 is among the region s largest unions with nearly 7 000 members.
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