Radio clue linked to James Earl Ray in King assassination
In Memphis the key clue to James Earl Ray appeared on a transistor pocket radio etched with 00416, his Missouri penitentiary number. FBI traced the item after Ray’s escape. officials note the radio’s origin and purchase details, while other items were identified through laundry marks and pliers, but the radio remained unsolved.
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Memphis, Tenn
Martin Luther King Jr
James Earl Ray
Ray
London
Missouri State Penitentiary
Jefferson City
King
James Beasley
Shelby County
FBI
FBI Crime Laboratory
Washington
Beasley
Missouri Penitentiary
Harold Swenson
Memphis
Loopholes Closed Consumer Protection Laws Enacted
Harrisburg reports two new consumer protection laws closing loopholes. They ban misrepresentation and referral selling, authorize court injunctions and fines, and include a remorse clause allowing written two day cancellation of door to door sales over 25 dollars. The attorney general can seek injunctions to stop violations.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Consumer Protection Reports
Virginia H. Knauer
Knauer
Language Deciphered By Computer
Lingual researchers report rapid progress after three weeks of major lines. They claim new inscriptions reveal origins of the Hindu caste system, with Dr. Asko Parpola presenting the key findings and its implications.
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Asko Parpola
The Spoken Word Is Like the Air The Printed Word Is Always There
The line suggests the enduring power of written records compared to spoken speech. It emphasizes permanence, accessibility, and the lasting nature of printed material in preserving culture and history.
Surgeon Calls For Closer Check On Tissue Match In Transplants
A Houston transplant team warns poor tissue matching in heart transplants leads to inevitable rejection and calls for donor recipient tissue typing pools and regional centers. They say current use is investigative with limited clinical value but urge continuation and improved donor supply. Deborah Jean Deerman, 15, is named 1969 New Mexico State Fair Queen.
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Houston, Tex
James J. Nora
Cooley
American College of Cariitacees
Albuquerque
N.M
Deborah Jean Deerman
New Mexico State University
King Murder Link Mentioned by Warden Swenson
Warden Swenson notes public association between a King murder and the prison case. He says the FBI visited the prison about a month after Ray’s capture to analyze an electric stylus used on the numbers. The remark ties the King murder to ongoing investigations.
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Swenson
FBI
Ray
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