Ray's Extradition Faces Long British Process
James Earl Ray faces a second Bow Street appearance as U K authorities pursue two extradition warrants for murder in Memphis and for escape from Missouri. The case hinges on prima facie evidence of King’s murder and Britain’s politics defense limits, with complex legal hurdles ahead.
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Homer Bigart
New York Times News Service
London
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Bow Street
Frank Milton
Ray
Memphis
Tenn
Dr. King
Missouri State Penitentiary
Britain
U.S
King
Fred M. Vinson Jr
Vinson
Washington
Economist
Dateline Questions on land scam and Athens hospital plan
A reader asks if a Bessemer Million Dollar Lake lot offer is real. DATELINE says the company is legitimate but sales pressure can follow. Another inquiry notes Red Hat Poultry in Athens faces sewer problems with no imminent closure, and a Lester hospital project awaiting loan approval to begin construction.
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Resort Development, Inc
Bessemer
J. C. Hughes
Decatur
Dateline
Birmingham Better Business Bureau
Red Hat Poultry
Athens
Decatur Daily
Red Hat
Lester
D. E. Jackson
Jimmy Alexander
Lester Development Committee
Challenge For Engineers in New York
AP reports college engineering students compete to design a better brassiere for a major manufacturer. Columbia University students weigh in with mixed views, some supportive of applying science to bra design and others wary of gendered connotations.
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New York
Columbia University
School of Engineering
Mary Frances McGuire
Ground Action Lull Is Broken In Far North
Viet Cong resumed rocket salvos on Saigon with four 107mm rounds. In the north a day-long battle near Khe Sanh saw Marines repelling a dawn attack and then engaging the retreating force through dusk, with 186 North Vietnamese killed and seven captured against 16 Marines killed and 61 wounded.
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Far North
Saigon
Khe Sanh
U.S
Hartselle Set For Its Races
Hartselle faces an August 13 mayoral election alongside five city council seats. The current term began amid a string of abrupt changes starting with 1964s close mayoral defeat and resignations.
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Hartselle
John D. Long
John D. Burleson
Frigidaire Sales and Service For 19 Years
Robinson Furniture on Second Ave advertises Frigidaire sales and service for 19 years with contact number 353-2370.
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Frigidaire Sales and Service
Robinson Furn
Second Ave
Federal push on poverty and discrimination in Alabama faced by farm cooperative
The federal government broadened actions against extreme poverty and racial discrimination in Alabama this week while a farm cooperative tied to federal programs won an $852,000 approval, amid ongoing battles with Alabama detractors.
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Associated Press
Alabama
Rockefeller Endorsed by Gov Shafer at Tulsa Meeting
Gov Nelson Rockefeller received a high profile endorsement from Pennsylvanias Gov Raymond Shafer at the Republican Governors Conference in Tulsa Oklahoma. The move marks his first major back of the campaign after six weeks in the race.
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Duluth
Minn
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Tulsa
Okla
Family Weekly Mentions Late Senator Kennedy Reference
A note notes that Family Weekly on page 14 in a June issue contains a reference to the late Senator Robert Kennedy in Joey Adams’ How I Roast the Politicians. The reference could not be updated post assassination and appears again in the June 23 issue.
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Joey Adams
Family Weekly
Sen
Robert Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
Wallace Urges Bold Move In Presidential Appeal
Presidential candidate George Wallace appealed to voters to do something bold and imaginative and elect him over the major party candidates. He spoke Saturday night at a Lee Wallace on Page A-8.
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Charlotte
N.C
George Wallace
Wallace
Vietnam Hero Gerald Young to Speak at Spirit of America Festival
Air Force Captain Gerald C. Young, Medal of Honor recipient for Vietnam heroics, will be guest of honor at the Spirit of America Festival July 4 at Delano Park. He will speak before a fireworks display during the day-long event featuring contests, games, and entertainment.
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Air Force
Gerald C. Young
Vietnam
Spirit of America
Young
Air Force Medal of Honor
Delano Park
George Washington
Freedoms Foundation
Capt Young
da Nang
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