Ray Undergoing Six Weeks Of Tests At Tennessee Prison
Nashville Tennessee James Earl Ray 41 begins six weeks of tests at Tennessee State Prison to assess his fitness for mingling with inmates. He serves a four year sentence for the King assassination but pleaded guilty to escape a possible death sentence. He is housed in maximum security cell block with 1979 inmates and neighbor William Garvin Allen, a fellow convict. The FBI continues to probe possible conspiracy in the King murder, while Ray disputes the lack of conspiracy without further detail.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tupl
James Earl Ray
Tennessee State Prison
Ray
Marlin Luther King Jr
Nay
William Garvin Allen
King
Allen
Justile Department
Washington
FBE
Dentist Says Daughter Innocent of Kidnapping
Dr Elfriede Schier the widowed mother of Ruth Eisemann Seheim rejects claims her daughter helped kidnap Barbara Jane Mackle. She says Ruth never harmed anyone and argues the pieces of the puzzle do not fit, noting Ruth’s strong character and pliable mind. The case concerns the December 17 abduction of the Atlanta heiress and subsequent ransom.
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Dr. Elfriede Schier
Ruth Eisemann- Sehier
Miami
UPI
Okla
Catacamas
Honduras
Gary Ster
Ven Krist
Mackle
Florida
Krist
Georgia
Barbara Jane Mackle
Emory University
Atlanta
Ruth
Arlington Attorney Wins Senate Race In Virginia
Arlington attorney Patton Echols won the 10th District Senate race in Virginia with 6,111 votes. GOP supporters gathered at headquarters as Echols celebrated a historic victory for Arlington and the Republican Party, with Rel. C. Mann scoring 9,700 and Del. Wallace G. Dockson tallying 1,916.
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Arlington
Patton Echols
Echols
House of Delegates
Virginia
Republican State Central
Republican
Assembly
C. Harrison
GOP
Mann
Wallace G. Dockson
Yugoslav Open Congress Seen as Public View
Yugoslavia aired its Ninth Party Congress openly with main sessions on television and radio in Belgrade. The move challenges Soviet secrecy, tests internal tensions among republics, and risks regional separatism while courting a new model for Communist openness.
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Yugoslav Comunist Party
Moscow
Budapest
Belgrade
Tito
Yugoslavia
Ris
Stennis Warns Civil Rights Guidelines Harmful
Washington United Press International reports that Senator John Stennis of Mississippi warned that federal civil rights guidelines could be harmful to students, teachers, colleges, and the state. He urged that education be guided by local control and criticized HEW demands as potentially ruinous to schools and the educational program.
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Washington
UPI
John Stennis
D - Miss
Univers
Mississipi
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