Officials deny destroying files on King's murder
Memphis officials led by Mayor Wyeth Chandler and police chief W C Crumby rejected a claim that documents on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's 1968 assassination were destroyed. District Attorney Hugh Stanton and FBI investigators supported that the Ray murder file remains intact and not among burned domestic intelligence records.
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Martin Luther King Jr
House
Richard Sprague
Washington
King
Sprague
James Earl Ray
John Carlisle
Carlisle
Ray Case
Police Department
W.C. Crumby
Crumby
FBI
District Attorney's Office
Hugh Stanton
Ray
Memphis Police Dept
Wyeth Chandler
District Attorney’s Office
FBI Files Reveal Laundry Mark Clue In King Assassination Case
Newly released FBI files show agents pursued a laundry mark found on a pair of men’s shorts as they searched for the King assassin in 1968. The documents also detail checks on seven men named John Willard and extensive review of tips, including conspiracy inquiries and right wing group links.
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Associated Press
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FBI
Martin Luther King Jr
John Willard
King
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Tenn
John Willards
New York
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American Express Co
Minutemen
Ku Klux Klan
Martin Luther King
Man Fights to Keep Pet Bear Yo-Yo in Backyard Cage
Albert Cannady defies North Carolina law by battling to keep his bear Yo-Yo in an 8 by 12 foot enclosure. He has spent over $1,000 on court fights and plans a US Supreme Court appeal within 60 days. If found guilty he faces 90 days in jail and a $500 fine.
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N.C
Albert Cannady
Yo-Yo
Cannady
Canady
U.S. Supreme Court
Craven County Superior Court
State Court of Appeals
North Carolina Supreme
Teachers Back Music Legislation in North Carolina
North Carolina music educators push a law requiring one music teacher per 500 public school students. G W Spencer, NC Music Educators Assn president, says a legislative committee will lobby, with estimated cost near 13 million dollars. He notes current law only asks for music in curriculum.
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N.C
North Carolina
G. W. Spencer
The
North Carolina Music Educators Assn
Spencer
Association
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