Judge Won't Change Starting Date For James Ray Trial
In Memphis Judge W Preston Battle keeps March 3 as the tentative start for James Earl Ray’s trial on King’s 1968 slaying. Defense attorney Percy Foreman claims an FBI squad was assigned to protect King in the two years before the assassination and seeks delays. Foreman asks for more time. prosecutors object.
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Memphis, Tenn
UPI
Percy Foreman
James Earl Ray
FBI
Martin Luther King Jr
Foreman
W. Preston Battle
Shelby County Crimins Court
Ray
King
Memphis
Battle
Robert K. Dwyer
Shelby County
Martin Luther King
Indians On Warpath Protest Bridge Blockade in Cornwall
A Mohawk band blocked the Massena New York Cornwall Ontario bridge to protest end of duty free status under the Jay Treaty. Police clashed with demonstrators arresting seven, including Mohawk Chief Mike Mitchell, as cars were towed and tires let air to hinder removal. The St Regis Mohawks argue treaty exemptions, while Canada cracks down after weeks of lax enforcement.
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Cornwall, Ont
UPI
Mike Mitchell
Cornwall
Allen Clark
Kahntineta Horn
Clark
Saint Regis
England
United States
Ottawa
Medal of Honor to Sgt Matthew Leonard posthumously
The Medal of Honor is awarded posthumously to Sgt Matthew Leonard for single handedly destroying an enemy machine gun nest in Vietnam on Feb 27 1967. Leonard 38 of Birmingham Alabama died after refusing medical aid and saving a comrade as his unit faced heavy fire. He is survived by five children Carl Lavon Brenda Wanda and Paula. The ceremony in Washington will be led by Army Secretary Stanley R Resor at 3 p.m.
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Washington
UPI
Matthew Leonard
Birmingham
Ala
Vietnam
Pentagon
Army
Stanley R. Resor
Lois Leonard
Carl
Lavon
Brenda
Wanda
Paula
Leonard
Weather highs and frigid lows span U.S. towns
The U S Weather Bureau recorded a low of 12 degrees below zero at Glens Falls New York, excluding Alaska and Hawaii. A high of 82 degrees was noted in Cotulla Texas.
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Houston
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United Press International
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Paso Robles U. S
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Santa Barbara
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Therma Fresno
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J. Edgar Hoover
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Arthur J. Hanes Sr
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Smirnoff
Canada
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Baron Mouton
France
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Ewan
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NAVAL
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Yte
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