Memphis Judge Frees King Slaying Witness in Custody
Circuit Court Judge William A. O’Hearn freed witness Stephens in protective custody after rulings that the court cannot deprive him of rights. Stephens, 57, had been jailed on $10,900 bond and released from Shelby County Jail to await further police directions. James Earl Ray, accused of King’s murder, was brought back from London four days earlier after capture.
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Hirohito Daughter Stabbed in Tokyo Society Scene
In Tokyo, Mrs Takatsukasa allegedly stabbed a rival at her home, as police report a 23 year old man, Ratsumasa Vano, was arrested amid a murder trial of Ray. The incident follows tensions surrounding Princess Takatsukasa and a proposed marriage affecting status. The injured woman received stitches to a left hand and is expected to recover in about seven days.
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Sirhan Trial Delay Urged During Vote
Los Angeles County Supervisor Kenneth Hahn urges delaying the Sirhan Bishara Sirhan murder trial from November until after the presidential election. The trial is set for November 1, with Judge Richard Schauer unavailable. a decision on postponement was requested as a judge’s assignment is to be announced by October 4.
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China Bares Criticism of Gomulka
In Tokyo the AP reports Red China releasing a statement from a Peking oriented group calling for armed overthrow of the Gomulka regime. It brands Gomulka as a dictatorship of traitorous bureaucracy and bourgeois rule, overdue for revolutionary struggle. The New China News Agency says the underground party exposes the Gomulka clique as betraying Marxism Leninism and restoring capitalism in Poland. The denunciation follows the Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia with no prior comment from China on that move.
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Soviet Czech Conference at Holy Cross Sees Polite Tension
In Worcester Massachusetts the second annual International Conference on Thermal Analysis opens with a mood of polite tension between Soviet and Czech delegates. A Czech participant says the Soviet invasion of his country caught the Russian delegation by surprise, though he declines to be quoted directly. The Russians were unavailable for comment.
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Worcester
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Holy Cross College
24 Inch Tarantula Stolen From Ontario Garage
Ontario California police report a 24 inch tarantula called Cuddles stolen from James McGuire's garage. McGuire, 18, said the spider appeared during lessons to teach jumping and officers issued an all points bulletin warning the creature is dangerous.
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