James Earl Ray's Army Years Revealed by Brother John Ray
John Ray, James Earl Ray's brother, recalls the early life and Army years shaping the man linked to the 1968 King assassination case. Born March 10, 1923, in Allen Missouri, Ray grew up near Alton and Ewing before enlisting in 194? in the quartermaster corps later serving in military police overseas.
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John Jay
Chicapo Daily News
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James Ray
International Shoe Co
Alton
Janes Earl Ray
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St. Louis
Jerry Tay
Lucille
Ewing
Mississippi
Quincy
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Quartermaster Corps
International Shoe
Deunkeness
Florida convention to inject sixty million into Miami Beach economy
Florida officials expect about 60 million from the Republican convention in Miami Beach next month. Hotel and Restaurant commissioner Brantigan warned hotels and bidders face up to 599 dollars fines and possible license loss for overcharging delegates and visitors. He said inspectors will be on duty to enforce fair pricing and good service to encourage repeat visitors.
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Klansman Scheduled For Trial In Bombing Death
HATTIESBURG Miss. A five year old alleged Ku Klux Klan member, honored last year by a service club, faced trial for murder in the 1966 firebomb death of voter registration worker Vernon Dahmer. A biracial circuit court jury previously convicted William Smailly of Laurel on related charges as the 13 men indicted linger toward another trial.
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UPI
Time Club
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Charles Culford
Laurel
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Forrest Canty
Wilson
Fant Manufacts Firm
Laurel Junior Chamber of Commerce
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Smith
Wilen Tor Sessams
Henry Eeeward DeBoxtel
Vani
Sant Hotlaway Thaers Arseiet Indiestment
Lady Bird's Road Beauty Plan Faces Roadblock
Washington United Press International reports Lady Bird Johnson's highway billboard ban faces extinction due to Vietnam war costs and bureaucratic inertia. Conferees from House and Senate split over anti billboard provisions in the federal highway aid bill, delaying decisions. Senate plans would fund three years at 3 million annually, while the House favors abolishing the program and funding a study of highway advertising.
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Clark Says Drug Users Abuse Laws
Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark warned that laws against marijuana and other drugs are hard to enforce without public support and cooperation. He spoke at a national drug abuse education council meeting stressing research based information, while Surgeon General Stewart noted growing but selective youth interest in marijuana. The meeting was convened by a new Justice Department bureau coordinating narcotics activities, with George B. Griffenhagen named council chairman.
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Steelworkers Vote On Potential Strike Action
United Steelworkers members across the United States and Canada vote on authorizing a strike if no new contract by the deadline. Officials predict a strong pro-strike result, with results due after reballoting. The move follows ongoing but cautious negotiations and the union’s history of strikes, including a 1985 stoppage that cost workers’ savings.
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J. W. Abel
This Years Ideal Presidential Candidate Is George Washington
At the 1988 International Graphoanalysis Society Congress in Chicago experts J Wilfrid Cyr and Robert H Burnup declare George Washington the ideal candidate based on handwriting traits. They cite fluid thought, frank signature with no deceit, and openness to other views. Approximately 400 analysts attend, including Maria Bergmann from Reykjavik who notes Icelanders’ more closed A and Q shapes.
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Chicago
Humphrey
McCarthy
George Washington
J. Wilfrid Cyr
Robert. H. Burnup
Burnup
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International Graphoanalysis Society
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Washington
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Trois-Nivieres
Quebec
Willpayer
Burnip
Missouri
Maria Bergmann
Treykjavik
Iceland
Pope plans document reaffirming Catholic stance on birth control
Vatican sources say Pope Paul VI will issue a 40-page document reasserting the churchs traditional opposition to artificial birth control. The text, revised but not changed in core teaching, reflects pressure from liberals and conservatives within the 1963 special commission, with conservatives urging a firmer stance.
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Police Brutality Case Unfinished Says Governor
LEWISBURG Tennessee. Gov says a week-long FBI probe and state investigations into an arrest of John Biggers by patrolman John H Glassmeyer failed to complete findings. A Grand Jury has been requested to hear reports and consider possible charges.
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Marshall County
Fred Hunt
FBI
Tennessee Commission On Human Development
Youth Bitten 55 Times By Two Dogs
MEMPHIS Urly-A four Starokt boy bitten 55 times by two German Shepherd dogs in Kossuth Mississippi. He was hospitalized at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital and shown to be in satisfactory condition, alert and responsive. Father left him with the dogs briefly. injuries included lacerations from chin to thighs, with damage to liver kidney spleen and pancreas.
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Jimmy Wall
Kossuth
Miss
Trent Yard
James Hall
Fall Prass
Elizabeth Taylor Resting Amid Cancer Surgery News
London dispatch reports Elizabeth Taylor, 36, is resting in hospital after surgery to remove a gibroid tumor. Press notes say she is in pain but brave, with Richard Burton at her side and no children from marriages to Wilding, Todd, Fisher.
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Elizabeth Taylor
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Richard Hanley
Elizabeth
Michael Wilding
Mike Todd
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