Britain Orders Ray Extradited for MLK Assassination
A British court granted extradition of James Earl Ray, sought in the United States for the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Chief Magistrate Frank Milton approved the order, Ray to appeal within 15 days with legal aid. Ray was taken to Wandsworth Prison amid Scotland Yard guards.
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James Earl Ray
United States
Martin Luther
Frank Milton
Ray
Scotland Yard
Wandsworth Prison
Roger Frisby
Memphis
Tenn
King
Britain
Spirit of America Festival Preps Underway in Delano Park
Park preparations begin as volunteers construct stages for Delano Park in Decatur for the Spirit of America Fourth of July celebration. The event starts at 10 a.m. Thursday with two stages for continuous entertainment and emcees Bert Unpingco and Bob Gleason. Unpingco will marshal the children's parade of flags, with free flags for youngsters in red, white and blue. more details appear on Page A-10.
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Hannah Process
Morgan, Lawrence, Limestone
Decatur
Gleason
Unpingco
Benny Carley
Wmsl TV
Roy Smith
Doug Faulk
Whos
American Legion
Bes
See Park
TVA poised to approve Brown's Ferry third nuclear unit
AEC hearings on TVA Brown’s Ferry Nuclear Plant move toward approval of a third generating unit. The panel heard safety features and cost, with construction set to begin if cleared and operation expected in 1972 at about 1,098,000 kilowatts and a $125 million price tag.
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Atomic Energy Commision
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Ady
iLos Alamos Scientific Labora
Tories
New Mexico
Lawrence Quarles
School of Engineering and Applied Science
University of Virginia
J. D. Bond
Gus C. Lainas
Brown’s Ferry
Lainas
Turkey Point
Gaithersburg, Md
Brown's Feris
Store Hours and Contact for Robinson Wrniture
Store lists hours from 8 to 6 with Wednesday closed. Robinson wrniture provides contact at 353 2370 and notes Ady as a contact reference.
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Robinson Wrniture
Ady
Bombers Hit North Vietnam With Heavy Saturation Raids
US Air Force B52 bombers launched saturating strikes on North Vietnam from bases in Okinawa Thailand and Guam. Nin e missions involved 75 aircraft dropping over four million pounds of bombs targeting storage caves bunkers artillery and big gun installations near the DMZ and along South Vietnam borders.
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North Vietnam
America
Okinawa
Thailand
Guam
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
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Dmz
Harold K Johnson retires as Army chief of staff
Washington AP reports General Harold K. Johnson retires from the post with praise from President Johnson. Knoxville AP notes 377 to 17 vote by NFL players to strike and refuse to report to pre season camps in a telephone poll. Helena AP quotes Governor Rockefeller open to Eugene J. McCarthy backing his presidential bid if he gains support. Montgomery AP covers federal judge extending one man one vote to Houston County's governing body with Legislature given until 1969 to act.
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Army Chief of Staff
Johnson
Knoxville, Tenn
Knoxville _ News-Sentinel
National Football League
Helena
Mont
Nelson A. Rockefeller
iSen
Eugene J. McCarthy
Montgomery
Ala
Houston County
Garbage Contract Month To Month In Decatur
McWhirter Material Handling Co will continue city garbage pickup on a month to month basis after the Sept 30 contract end. City commissioners say the arrangement avoids negotiating under a new administration and will cost about 17 500 monthly, roughly 5 000 more than current costs.
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Cora Blair
McWhirter
Stocks mixed as grains and livestock move on supply
New York markets opened higher in moderately active trading. Cotton rose while Chicago grains showed mixed to lower moves with liquidation pressure. Hog prices held steady to 25 cents higher as receipts reached about 4,000, with slaughter steers steady at a top of 28.75 and 1,000 head reported.
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Chicago
Passengers Return From Cuba Hijacking on Mercy Flight
Eighty six passengers from an American jetliner hijacked to Cuba arrived in Miami on a mercy flight. The Northwest Orient Airlines jet had carried 87 people before hijacker remained in Cuba. Cuban authorities barred the three engine jet from returning, sending passengers on an Airlift International DC7B to U S soil.
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Dennis Friel
Associated Press
Miami, Fla
Cuba
United States
Miami
Miami International Airport
Northwest Orient Airlines
Havana
Airlift International
Varadero
Florida
Chicago
Richard Simonson
1000 Families Return Home After Gas Leak
More than 1000 families evacuated near Pope Air Force Base North Carolina were allowed to return as authorities gave an all clear. At least six people suffered gas inhalation from chlorine leaking from a water filtration plant. Victims were treated at Womack General Hospital. Two injured identified as Walter McDougald 45 Dunn NC laborer at the See 1,000 on Page A-10.
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N.C
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Walter McDougald
Dunn, N.C
Three More Enter Race For Council
The council race grows to 23 candidates as late entrants join for placements 1 3 and 4. Collin s owner of Joe's Coffee Shop on Bank Street has run before and is backed by a list of opponents including Bill Levin Avery Thornhill and T W Bridges. He serves in Central Baptist Church and the American Legion and finished third in last year's commission race.
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Bill Levin
Avery Thornhill
Edwin Piery
T. W. Bridges
Collins
Joe
Soviets Agree to Release U S Troop Plane
White House says the Soviet government will release the DC-8 chartered by Seaboard World with 229 Americans aboard after apologizing for entering Soviet air space over the Kurile Islands due to a navigational error. Press secretary Christian said the matter should be resolved once the plane leaves Soviet territory.
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White House
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Llewellyn Thompson
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Seaboard World Airs
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Japan
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United
Kuriles
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