Percy Foreman Enters Ray King Murder Case in Memphis
In Memphis Percy Foreman, the prominent Texas defense attorney, agrees to defend James Earl Ray. Foreman will seek a continuance of Ray's trial for the April 4 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. until after New Year’s Day.
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Houston
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Texas
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Shelby County
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Arthur J. Hanes
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Arthur Jr
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Birmingham
Ala
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Force Foreman
Memphis Press Scimitar
Martin Luther King, Jr
Tney
Forman
Press
Scimitar
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Arthur Hanes
Bonham and Area Notes From Local Teens to Scout Camporee
Ice coated roads hinder Saturday morning starts with Gene Wilshe and Patrolman Davyl Maples scraping windshields. Bonham bandmates thanked football fans after a bus breakdown. they perform Tuesday in Mesquite for the UIL marching contest in AAA division at 7 PM after 6 PM inspection. Bois d Arc scouts host Lake Fannin fall camporee this weekend with Friday check in and Sunday morning end. Explorer Post 567 sponsors the camporee and Bonham Quarterback Club meets 7:30 PM at J Y Evans cafeteria to hear Jack McElhannon on the McKinney game and Warriors final game vs Grapevine Navy.
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Lake Fannin
Explorer Post 567
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J.Y. Evans
Jack McElhannon Willl
McKinney
Warriors
Grapevine Navy
Velma Forgy Starts Weekend With Frosty Paper Run
Velma Rue Forgy rose before dawn Saturday to fetch the newspaper as temperatures remained frosty, beginning a quiet morning routine.
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Velma Rue Forgy
East Texas State Peniversity Hosts Children’s Day
East Texas State Peniversity students welcome children from five benevolence homes for a full day of campus tours games and a football matchup between BPSU and Southwest Tenn State.
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East Texas State Peniversity
BPSU
Southwest Tenn Stete
Front Tumbles Texas Mercury
Freezing temperatures dropped the mercury into the 20s and a cold clear air dominated Texas weather today. A hard freeze hit the panhandle and extended across northwest Texas and the South Plains. Readings fell to 30 in Wichita Falls and 39 in Fort Worth with Abilene at 35 and Dallas at 48. Small craft warnings remained off the coast from Brownsville to Florida. Colder temperatures expected tonight.
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Gulf Coast
Panhandle
Northwest
Jeans
South Plains
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
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Dallas
Brownsville
Florida
Three Men Charged in Plot to Murder Nixon
Prosecutors charge three men with criminal conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree for allegedly plotting to assassinate President-elect Richard M. Nixon.
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Richard M. Nixon
Armistice Day 50 Years Later Observances Mark Veterans Day
Veterans Day honors fallen servicemen as Americans reflect on Armistice Day symbolism. Federal holidays pause operations and schools close while nationwide observances turn solemn with a national wreathing at Arlington and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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Arlington National Cemetery
Unknown World War I Soldier Interred Amid Wreath Laying
Unidentified WWI remains from Chatillon Marne France were buried beside later unknowns from World War II and Korea. Gen John P McConnell led the wreath laying for President Johnson as a military flyover highlighted the ceremony with international representatives from Belgium Britain France Israel Italy and Mexico attending.
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John P. McConnell
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Pesident Johnson
Belgium
Britain
Israel
Italy
Mexico
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ePts
Nixon Johnson meet to discuss Vietnam peace path
In Key Biscayne Nixon and Johnson planned talks on Vietnam peace amid ongoing Paris negotiations. Nixon signaled willingness to help but ruled out early moves without Johnson's recommendation. The meeting precedes Nixon’s January inauguration and shifts to New York planning at the Pierre Hotel.
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Plot against Nixon linked to Kennedy murder case or suspect trio
An Arab Yemenite immigrant and two Brooklyn shipping clerks were jailed on charges of criminal conspiracy to murder President elect Nixon and criminal solicitation. Investigators probe possible abroad planning and links to the Kennedy killing, with arrests following arraignment in Brooklyn.
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Fla
Brooklyn Criminal Court
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Legal Aid Society
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U.S
Abdo Ahmad
Namer
Four Marines Die in Attack Near DMZ
Four U.S. Marines were killed and 41 wounded as Communist forces shelled Marine outposts near Con Thien and two nearby camps inside the DMZ. Allied pilots knocked out a rocket site and bunkers after spotters reported gun emplacements into the buffer zone. The incident followed a halt in bombing north of Vietnam and came as U.S. forces prepared to move the 1st Cavalry Division toward Saigon.
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Demilitarized Zone
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Hanoi
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da Nang
UPI
Raymond Wilkinson
Creighton W Abrams
1St Cavalry
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Snowstorms Hit Much of Nation
Three major snowstorms sweep across the nation burying New England under up to 19 inches of snow and dumping two feet in places. Motorists stranded and skiers marooned as high winds push seas and tides higher than normal. Roads treacherous with ice and snow across large regions.
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United Press International
New England
North Vietnam Rejects South Boycott of Talks
Paris dispatch reports North Vietnam denounces South Vietnam's refusal to take part in expanded war talks. Washington seeks to bring Saigon to the conference table with four-sided participation including the Viet Cong's NLF, while Saigon and the United States push for unequal status.
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UPI
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United States
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Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
NLF
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Pham Dang Lam
Denison Hunters Pay Fines Here
Four Denison men were arrested over the weekend in Peace Justice Clark Benton court for shooting across public rounds and hunting without a license. Game Warden Carl Adams identified the men as Gary Lee Curtis, Cecil Adams, Bryan F. Smith, and William W. Speener. They were fined 68 and costs in a north of Lannius Buildfed Creek area incident.
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Court of Peace
Clark Benton
Carl Adams
Gary Lee Curtis
Cecil Adams
Bryan Ff. Smith
William Ww. Speener
Lannius
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