Ray Earl Ray seeks new trial over coerced plea
James Earl Ray seeks a new trial claiming coercion by his former and current lawyers and that his mail was photostated and sent to prosecutors before his guilty plea. At a federal hearing in Memphis, witnesses confirmed mail copying as Ray remains imprisoned for the King assassination.
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Memphis, Tenn
UPI
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Bernard Fensterwald
Robert I. Livingston
Memphis
Nashville State Penitentiary
King
U.S
Robert M. McRae Jr
Livingston
Fensterwald
Washington, D.C
6Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Texas
Percy Foreman
Missouri
Foreman
Shelby County
Billy J. Smith
William Morris
State Attorney General’s Office
Morris
Center
Federal Court
Three killing suspects sought in New York
New York state police issued an immediate bulletin for an orange Volkswagen with New York plates carrying three people matching the suspects in six deaths at a New Britain bakery. Stamford police reported the car stopped at a North Stamford diner as officers pursued possible links across the border with New York and Westchester County.
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Stamford, Conn
UPI
New York
New Britain
Stamford
North Stamford
N.Y. Taconic Parkway
Donna Lee
Dems Pull Ahead in Campaign Funds for 1974
Democratic candidates for the 1974 House and Senate raised more campaign money than Republicans, a reversal of 1972 trends. Through Sept 1, Common Cause data show Dems at 22 million and GOP at 16 million, with 19 of the 23 largest contributors backing Democrats, led by Stephen and Laurel Kovachik of Columbus Ohio giving 54585 to Senate hopeful John Glenn.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Citizens Action Group
Common Cause
Stephen
Laurel Kovachik
Columbus
Ohio
John Glenn
Alva T
Marie Bonda
Bratenahl
Glenn
Howard Metzenbaum
W. H. Monette
Smithfield
George McGovern
Stewart Mott
General Motors
Max and
Joan Palevsky
Xerox
Martin Peretz
Cambridge
Mass
W. Clement Stone
Richard Scaife
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Sen
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
Richard Schweiker
Jacob Javits
N.Y
Bob Dole
Kan
Birch Bayh
Ind
Robert Morgan
North Carolina
Thomas Eagleton
Adlai Stevenson
Ill
Metzenbaum
J.W. Fulbright
Sam Steiver
R-Ariz
James Scheuer
D-N.y
Business
Muskie counters Ford on economy in TV response
Senator Edmund S. Muskie accused President Ford of proposals that burden the average family and fail to curb inflation. He urged harsher taxes on inheritances, higher taxes on the wealthy, and wage and price controls as a last resort. He warned the nation risks a deep recession and weaker overall strength.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Muskie
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Congress
Nixon
Final tax audit on Rockefeller wraps up six-year review
The Joint Tax Committee finished auditing Nelson Rockefeller's six years of income tax returns and handed the final report to the committees probing his vice presidential nomination. Over 40 auditors studied Rockefeller's records, with findings on deductions, net worth, and gifts, including $218 million in family holdings and nearly $2 million in cash gifts. The report could influence confirmation hearings and possible further questions about Rockefeller Center and related holdings.
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Washington
UPI
Joint Tax Committee
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Peter W. Rodine
D-N.j
House Judiciary Committee
IRS
Joint Committee
Senate
Rockefeller Center
New York City
Cannon
Supreme Court rules against tax credits for parochial schools
The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, invalidated a California tax credit law, curbing public aid to parochial students. Critics including Leo Pfeffer said Ford and Nixon favored credits, but the court upheld the First Amendment prohibition on establishment of religion. Chief Justice Burger and Justices White and Rehnquist dissented.
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UPI
Supreme Court
Ford
Richard Nixon
Leo Pfeffer
New York
High Court
California
Nixon
Warren Burger
Byron White
William Rehnquist
Pfeffer
Congress
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Larry Trambillas
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