Extradition Granted for James Earl Ray in King Killing Case
British Chief Magistrate Frank Milton ordered James Earl Ray extradition to the United States for the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ray, who is to appeal, was remanded to Wandsworth Prison. The ruling held the murder not a political offense and noted a prima facie case. Ray disputed statements and sought High Court review.
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Medicare Fees Too High Warns Doctors
Welfare Secretary Wilbur Cohen warned that rising doctor fees in Medicare could trigger government control pressure unless medical groups restrain themselves. He spoke at a White House briefing marking two years of Medicare with about 20 million beneficiaries, noting the supplementary plan enrollment and a new 12 member council to study disabled workers' health insurance needs.
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Wilbur J. Cohen
White House
Cohen
Johnson
Congress
Births in Whitehall and surrounding areas reported
June births listed from Lutheran Hospital St Francis Hospital and Tri County Memorial Hospital include daughters for Hammel Makinen Olson Witt Hutson Kinstler Graff Polich Stangl and daughters at La Crescent and Onalaska addresses. Sons reported for Olson Witt Graff Steig and James Marsolek with names and homes across Sparta La Crescent Onalaska Blair Independence.
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Richard Hammel
Sparta
Dora Johnson
Peter Makinen
St. Joseph Ridge
Marcia Woodard
Christopher John
Charles Olson
29Th St
Jerene Preidel
Shawn Gary
Gary Witt
R. 2
la Crescent
Minn
Nancy
Gary Arentz
Island St
Carol Gierck
Thomas Phillips
S. 9Th
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Chester C. Bente
Genoa
Mary J. Monti
Thomas Polich
Marie Bucher
Mark Stangl
Avon St
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Whitehall
Wis
Tri County Memorial Hospital
Ardell Johnson
Ettrick
William Steig
Blair
James Marsolek
Independence
Missing Man Reported Seen In Area
George Danielson 58 of La Crescent, owner of Midwest Motors in La Crosse, was reported seen since his Friday disappearance. His car found on Upper Beach Road near Brownsville with lunch bucket, $30, and glasses. No foul play suspected. deputies pursue leads.
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Caledonia
Minn
George Danielson
la Crescent
Midwest Motors
la Crosse
Houston County Sheriff's Office
Danielson
Upper Beach Road
Brownsville
Sheriff’s Office
Dirksen backs Johnson Supreme Court nominations
Senate GOP Leader Everett Dirksen pledges support for Abe Fortas as Chief Justice and Homer Thornberry as associate justice, saying the nominees are qualified and fit. He believes the Senate can muster two thirds to end a filibuster despite Republican signals to oppose. The Judiciary Committee plans hearings July 11 and to question Ramsey Clark about a vacancy.
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The
United States
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American Bar Association
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Reich
Strom Thurmond
R.S.C
Urmond
Fortas
Earl Warren
Warren
Senate Judiciary Committee
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Racial Moderates Relieved By Young Turk Walkout
The Young Turk militants who pressured the NAACP annual convention walk out of the organization. Austin Scott reports from Washington that the militants whose aggressive demands nearly split the convention left the NAACP.
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NAACP
Austin Scott Washington
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP Faces Breakup as Militants Seek Ties With Allies
NAACP leaders confront a split after militant delegates, led by Chester Lewis and Dr. Eugene Reed, threaten to resign over the convention’s handling of protests. Lewis accuses leaders of buying votes while Reed denounces a Nazi-like atmosphere as the group weighs new links with CORE SCLC and SNCC.
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Naacp Board of Directors
Direc
Tors
Roy Wilkins
Chester Lewis
Wichita
Kan
Reed
Lewis
NAACP
Court Rules Disorderly Conduct Possible While Sleeping
Michigan Court of Appeals holds a man could commit disorderly conduct while asleep after being found in his car by the roadside smelling of liquor. The court said sleep did not absolve the crime and cited the ordinance as not subject to judicial review.
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Lansing, Mich
Michigan Court of Appeals
Lansing
Records County Court La Crosse Names and Outcomes
Joseph E. Anderson 53 habitual drunkard continued to July 8 to see lawyer released without bond. Earl B. Blackbourn 29 513 Cass St indecent exposure June 1 charge dismissed on condition he continue guidance clinic consultation. Edwin J. Smith 54 St Paul vagrancy continued to July 3.
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la Crosse
Joseph E. Anderson
YMCA
Earl B. Blackbourn
Cass St
Edwin J. Smith
St. Paul
Caledonia Girl on Honor List at St. Catherine College
Caledonia honors Nancy Wagner as one of the top ten percent in the College of St. Catherine for the second semester of 1967-68. Wagner, a Caledonia freshman majoring in pre medicine, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Bert Wagner.
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Caledonia, Minn
College of St. Catherine
Nancy Wagner
Bert Wagner
Caledonia
Wagner
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