Brother of James Earl Ray hopes he survives trial
In St Louis, John Larry Ray, 34, says he is surprised his brother was captured in London and hopes he lives to stand trial. He says if James Earl Ray killed King for money, those paying him will want him silent, and compares potential sentencing to John Patten’s 20 years for Rockwell slaying.
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James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
London
King
John Larry Ray
John Ray
Rockwell
John Patter
Lincoln Rockwell
Canada
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
James Ray
Missouri Penitentiary
Missouri
Jerry
Chicago
James
James Earl
Graham High Seniors Graduated With Honors
Graham High School honored 144 seniors at an 8 p.m. commencement in the school gym. Twenty seven graduates earned honors. Speakers included Ovid Bailey on Dreamer's Challenge and Debbie Kitts on The Impossible Dream. Ann Lindsey gave the Valedictory. Several students received scholarships and awards such as Huffard, Kiwanis Citizenship, Bluefield College, Danforth Foundation, and more. Distinguished seniors and officers were announced by Clark M. Brown. invocation by Paul Ferraraccio.
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Graham
Graham High School
Bluefield
Ovid Bailey
Foster
Debbie Kitts
Ann Lindsey
Anne Lindsey
Huffard
Kiwanis
Susan Greear
Glen Lewis
Dianne VanDevender
David Altizer
Bluefield College
Henry Rodgin
Steve Ward
Danforth Foundation
Nora Rutherford
Future Teacher of America
Deborah Kitts
Jane Tabor
Lily McDarmont
Cleo Lawson
Helen Marie Buckner
Sandra Lee Burkett
Mary Ellen Carter
Janet Lynn Castle
Bonnie Jean Chandler
Henrietta Joyce Christian
Sally Hale Cox
Martha Ann Dailey
Patricia Ann Dillman
Donna Carol Dishman
Cynthia Marlene Douthit
Sharon Elaine Durham
Connie Louise Earls
Elizabeth Ann Evans
Cora Frances Faulkner
Cheryl Darlene Francis
Deborah Anne Frye
Linda Louise Graham
Audrey Arlene Gray
Susan Kaye Greear
Martha Louise Hawkins
Darlene Faye Harman
Linda Sue Harmon
Betty Olivia Harris
Janey Melbourne Hess
Sarah Jane Holbrook
Aneoria Darlene Johnson
Susan Dawn Johnson
Elizabeth Jane Johnston
Elizabeth Louise Jones
Janie Sue Kahle
Polio cases surge in Turkey amid vaccination drive
Health authorities report more than 500 polio cases in Turkey this year with 24 deaths. Vedat Ali Ozkan said Istanbul accounts for 312 cases, mainly in slum areas. About 45,000 children were vaccinated this week and 200,000 more are slated this month as Turkey had 814 polio cases in all of 1967.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Vedat Ali Ozkan
Pocahontas Honor Graduates Named First and Third
Karen Eileen Collins of Abbs Valley was named first honor graduate at Pocahontas High School. Frank Michael Soos Jr. of Pocahontas was named honor graduate and Mary Elizabeth Sawyers of Boissevain was third honor graduate. Other award recipients include David Billips, Margaret Stallard, Rebecca Hylton, and more students.
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Karen Eileen Collins
W. E. Collins
Abbs Valley
Pocahontas High School
Gaza Kovack
Frank Michael Soos Jr
Frank Soos
Pocahontas
Mary Elizabeth Sawyers
James Sawyers
Boissevain
David Walter Billips
Margaret Katherine Stallard
William Lawrence Davis
Stephen Rebkovich
Louann Cox
Darrel William Reid
Rebecca Ann Hylton
Linda Sharon Murphy
Loretta Dunn
Court To Probe Coaldale Ballot Dispute In Mercer County
About 40 Coaldale residents petition to allow expressing their ballot choice in the May 14 school board race. Incumbent Jack Nestor trailed by 25 votes. recounts show Nestor 6029, rival Walthall 6054, with Harold Tomchin winning the other seat. Court commissioners meet Monday to consider the petition.
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Mercer
Coaldale
Jack Nestor
Nestor
Clifton Davidson
School Board
Canvass Board
Circuit Court
State Supreme Court
Princetonian
Walthall
Harold Tomchin
Princeton
FiveYearOld Boy In Critical Condition After Accident
Dallas Ivan Clendenin aged five of Brook Street Bluefield remained in critical condition at Bluefield Sanitarium Saturday night eleven days after a car struck him. He and his brother had gone to check the mailbox when they apparently stepped into a southbound automobile on May 28.
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Dallas
Ivan Clendenin
Brook Street
Bluefield
Clendenin
Edward Kennedy eulogizes Robert Kennedy in St Patrick's Cathedral
In a hushed New York ceremony Edward Kennedy paid emotional tribute to his brother Robert Kennedy, urging the world to remember him as a good and decent man who fought wrong, healed suffering, and sought peace. He quoted Robert Kennedy and their father, Joseph Sr., and urged that the dream endure beyond death.
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Edward Moore Kennedy
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Robert Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Edward
Robert
Joseph P. Kennedy Sr
Edward Kennedy
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Clark M. Brown
Terry Lynn Kerley
Nicolette Bethune King
Deborah Jeanne Kitts
Reba Paulette Lawson
Anne Haskell Lindsey
Sarah Hampton Lindsey
Eva Louise Lockhart
Sarah Kay Maupin
Rita Dianne Mayberry
Lily Mae McDarmont
Jacqueline Anne Metcalfe
Mary Carol Neel
Ina Ruth Owensby
Nancy Gaye Patton
Betty Joyce Peery
Sandra Alma Peery
Virginia Lillie Remines
Beatrice Mae Roten
Pamela Jeanette Ruble
Nora Lorraine Rutherford
Shirley Ann Rutherford
Linda Sue Sink
Linda Carol Sisk
Brenda Sue Smith
Altha Gayle Spence
Barbara Jean Stowers
Marelene Lynette Sykes
Elizabeth Jane Tabor
Virginia Mae Thompson
Gayla Diane Tibbs
Lana Sue Turley
Ruth Dianne van Devender
Freda Mae Woody
Jane Hughes Woolwine
David Grant Altizer
William Elliot Austin
Ovid Lucian Bailey
Jerry Wayne Beavers
Phillip Ray Bishop
Joseph Aaron Blackwell
Paul Joseph Bowles
Thomas Eugene Brinegar II
Richard Dean Campbell
Darrell Franklin Cannaday
Johnny Wayne Carter
Norman Gerald Caudill
Douglas Wayne Chambers
Clifford Ross Coleman
Arthur Lee Coleman
Curtis Edward Earls
Larry Joseph Ellis
Ponziano
Paul Ferraraccio
Michael Harding Graham
James Elwood Harris
Leonard Wayne Hess
Bruce Atwood Hicks
Martin Albie Hults
Gary Arnold Hurt
Harry Ellis Jones
George Tucker Kidd
Robert Malachi Kirk
Larry Wayne Lambert
Robert Lewis Lambert
Harold Eugene Leedy Jr
Jesse William Lester Jr
Glenn Barton Lewis
Joseph Franklin Long
Larry David Lusk
Rovie
Steven Mayberry II
Ronald Eugene McCall
James William McFarland Jr
Earl Wayne Michaels
John Paul Murphy
Jackson Asbury Neal
Jackie Martin Necessary
Jay Alan Neff
Lapaze
Athanious Palmer Jr
Robert Gordon Parks
Reginald Dale Robertson
Harry Wilson Rogers
Antonio Joseph Romeo
Danny Ray Roten
Glen Myles Rutherford Jr
Richard Malcolm Saunders
Danny James Smith
Conrad Edmund Spangler
Thomas Allan Steele
David Paul Stephenson
George Arnold Stowers
Robert Alan Stower
John Michael Sutherland
David Carter Tabor
David Duane Taylor
Earl Wesley Thompson
Larry Dale Tiller
Harold Lee Turpin
Larry Dale Wagner
Lynn Douglas Wagner
Larry Stephen Ward
Robert Powers Wolford
Kyle Wayne Workman
Samuel Jeeter Workman
Richlands
Judy Ann Hall
Kenneth Robert Howell
Thomas Carl Jennings
Patricia Gail Smith
William Wade Johnson
Michael Norman Henry
Karen Collins
Mary Sawyers
Peee
Syena
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Goquuite Beac
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By Jim Calfee
Barney Sez
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Charleston Civic Center
TNL Bailey
John Ringling
Civic Center Galperins
SEARS
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Turners
Kanawha
Charleston
W. VA
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Bluefield, West Virginia
F.D.I.C
Consumer Loan Department
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