Ray Ray Ray Hints Others Involved In Plot To Kill Dr. King
Jury convicts Ray under rapid testimony linking the Memphis assassination to a single gunman. Judge Battle notes no proven conspiracy. Canale says Ray’s motive rooted in racism. FBI evidence pointed to pliers and tools found in Memphis. Ray accepts a 99-year sentence and waives appeal.
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Ray
Dr. King
Battle
Nashville
Canale
King
Lorraine Motel
Mulberry Street
Samuel Kyles
Memphis
Kyles
Robert G. Jensen
FBI
Rainfall continues as Las Vegas sees widespread outages
Intermittent rain lashed Las Vegas causing traffic accidents and cuts to telephone and power. About 1500 East Las Vegas and Paradise Valley subscribers lost service as wet cables blamed. Four power insulators failed at Flamingo and McLeod, prompting a temporary outage at the Clark County school district offices. Most utilities restored by noon and a harsher storm forecast through the weekend. Nevada Power cited possible fatigue or vandalism in line with the outage. Snow blanketed southern Nevada with Interstate chains required and Mount Charleston roads closed to nonresidents.
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Las Vegas
Paradise Valley
Central Telephone
Flamingo
McLeod Roads
Clark County
Nevada
Jean
Stateline
Interstate 15
Mount Charleston
Vegans Back Hughes Bid to Buy Air West Essential to Economy
Vegans support Hughes Tool Co bid to purchase Air West as essential to the area’s economy. Harry Levy, a former city commissioner, will attend as Chamber of Commerce representative urging quick approval. The CAB allowed Hughes to act as guarantor for a 4.5 million loan from Bank of America due to unusual circumstances. Nevada bodies and the state Legislature favor sale to the billionaire industrialist after Hughes’ 1968 offer of 22 dollars per share was accepted by Air West’s board on New Year’s Eve.
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Harry Levy
Chamber of Commerce
CAB
Hughes Tool Co
Air West
Bank of America
Nevada
Hughes
Bonanza West Coast
Pacific Airlines
Laxalt Denies Stay For Convicted Slayer Morford
Gov. Paul Laxalt refused a reprieve for Lester E. Morford II who is set for execution in the Nevada gas chamber on April 1 for the 1962 killing of Jack Foster in Lake Tahoe. Morford contends glue sniffing affected him and his attorney requested a stay due to a missing pardons board member and insufficient weight given to that testimony. Police also arrested Mary Wilson and Jessie James Pollins in a separate case after a bar ride turned into an assault and larceny from person.
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Raymond Tshudy
E. Victory Rd
Tshudy
Bruce Effinger
Buehler Drive
West Motel
W. Bonanza Rd
Mary Wilson
Lowery
Jessie James Pollins
Lester E. Morford II
Nevada
Oregon
Francovich
Board of Pardons
Morford
Santa Rosa
Calif
Jack Foster
Medford
Ore
Reno
Lake Tahoe
Hue Under Bombardment as Communists Attack
Communists fired seven rockets into Hue killing at least two civilians and wounding five near a medical school and other sites. The attack marks the first shelling of Hue since the February offensive and targets extend the broad assault to Saigon, Da Nang and Hue amid U.S. halt terms. A full battalion then attacked a U.S. Air Cavalry landing zone near Phu Kuong, causing five U.S. deaths and 20 wounded in two hours of fighting.
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Saigon
UPS
Hue
Catholic High School
U. S
da Nang
U. S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Phu Kuong
Juveniles Facing Marijuana Count
Deputies arrested six youths aged 13 to 17 for narcotic violations after a car weaving near the East Las Vegas city line was stopped on Boulder Highway. The vehicle contained two hand rolled marijuana scented cigarettes and a strong odor.
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Boulder Highway
East Las Vegas
Laxalt Promised Action On Nevada Programs
Opening week of the Nevada Legislature finds Gov. Paul Laxalt’s program largely stalled in committee. Assembly Speaker Howard McKissick says five bills on the Assembly floor will move by week’s end, with five more the next week. The session nears adjournment on April 5 after 75 days and hearings continue on items like civil rights and a state narcotics bureau.
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Carson City
UPI
Nevada
Paul Laxalt
Laxalt
Assembly
Howard McKissick
Reno
McKissick
Defense Counts On Medics To Save Sirhan Life
Sirhan B. Sirhan showed signs of mental illness including paranoia and schizophrenia, a psychologist testified. Dr. Martin M. Schorr said Sirhan under stress becomes confused and regresses, supporting the defense’s claim of diminished capacity in the Kennedy assassination trial.
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Sirhan
Los Angeles
UPI
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Martin M. Schorr
San Diego
Calif
Schorr
Sen. Kennedy
Ambassador Hotel
Suspect Sought in Slaying of Miss Scott at Indiana Farm
Police pursue Samuel Laiken owner of Biological Research Products after the February murder of Miss Scott at a Chesterton area farm. His son Joel Laiken is named as co conspirator. warrants issued for both. Miss Scott previously worked as Laiken's secretary, and the body was found boxed in a drum at the plant and shipped to the farm.
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Chesterton
Ind
Samuel Laiken
Biological Research Products Company
Pickles Pig
Saiken
Chicago
Indiana
Miss Scott
Joel
Illinois
Matthew Moran
Laiken
Joel Saiken
Moran
Las Vegas
Joel Laiken
309 DAs In LY For Convention
Wilson says automation would not replace human skill in ballistic work citing 10 000 test weapons with 65 bullets matched and hours of labor. Wolfer notes bullet analysis requires a microscope and current tech lacks computer aid. Clark County DA George Franklin and ADA Raymond Jeffers host the over 300 delegates. convention ends Thursday.
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Wilson
Wolfer
The
SUN
Clark County
George Franklin
Raymond Jeffers
AEC uses B52 in explosives test over Tonopah range
A large blast was dropped from a B52 bomber at 2:30 p.m. above Tonopah test range to simulate nuclear explosion aspects. The cloud layer at 25,000 feet blocked ground observation. No radioactive material was used and the amount of explosive remained undisclosed as part of the AEC readiness program.
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Tonopah
B52 Air Force
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Maintenance man Gordon Wilson killed in hotel boiler room fall
Gordon Wilson a 53 year old maintenance man at the Riviera Hotel died after falling in the boiler room and hitting his head on a metal floor projection. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Sunrise Hospital emergency room.
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Gordon Wilson
Riviera Hotel
Sunrise Hospital
Swaahs Seeks Secret Talks With Hanoi To Break Deadlock
Paris UPI reports the United States seeks new secret negotiations with North Vietnam to break the four party peace talks deadlock. The U S delegation aims for a breakthrough by any legitimate procedure including secret talks. Hanoi has not indicated its response. The NLF has offered direct talks with the United States, but Washington treats it as North Vietnamese leverage. Lawrence Walsh met with Pham Dang Lam to align on stance for Thursday sessions after Thieu warned of consequences for sustained Communist attacks.
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UPI
United States
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Hanoi
U. S
America
U.S
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
NLF
Lawrence Walsh
Pham Dang Lam
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
South Vietnam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nixon
President Nixon Expected to Decide on ABM Today
President Nixon, fresh from a Florida weekend, was anticipated to announce his decision on deploying the costly ABM system. He met with Henry Kissinger during travel and at the Key Biscayne retreat, with Friday’s communications to GOP leaders signaling a near-term public stance.
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Washington
UPS
Nixon
Florida
Andrews Air
Kissinger
Biscayne
White House
Biscayne Bay
Julie
Gerald L. Warren
Ronald Ziegler
Nevadan move to abolish death penalty faces political clash
State Pardons Board members weigh a bill by Hilbrecht and Bryan to delay the end of capital punishment until July 1. It would retain execution for crimes committed before then and replace penalties with life without parole afterward. Harry Reid backs a competing bill opposing parole in such sentences. The Nevada District Attorneys Association opposes abolition, though Clark County DA George Franklin would not object if life without parole eliminates parole.
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Harry Reid
Las Vegas
Hilbrecht and
Bryan
Nevada District Attorneys Association
Clark County
George Franklin
Council Rejects Lawson's Offer Over Home Plans
Branch said he will return to Carson City to explore rent control legislation and rejected Lawson's offer related to housing. The remarks followed discussions about the homes and potential regulatory action.
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Branch
Carson City
One killed in State Route 41 crash near Lamb Boulevard
Fred Ashe, 60, of Sloan died when his eastbound car on State Route 41 blew a rear tire at about 120 mph, rolled at least five times, and trapped him beneath the vehicle. Passenger Lee Ford, 47, of Henderson, suffered a broken collarbone and was treated and released. Ashe was the 32nd highway death in Nevada this year.
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Lamb Boulevard
Fred Ashe
Sloan
Lee Ford
Henderson
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Highway Patrol
Ashe
Cairo honors Gen. Riad as war fever grips Egypt
United Press International reports a half million Egyptians line the funeral route for Gen. Abdel Moneim Riad, killed by an Israeli shell. Despite bloodshed and fires at oil refineries, Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban says no imminent wider war, calling the fighting a cease-fire incident. Egypt seeks UN truce supervisor Odd Bull’s involvement as Cairo warns of possible consequences.
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United Press International
Egypt
Abdel Moneim Riad
Cairo
Abba Eban
Middle East
Riad
Suez Canal
Mahmoud Riad
United Nations Truce Supervisory
Odd Bull
Norway
Israel
Bull
United Nations
Eban
London
Washington
Nixon
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