Ray plea shocks defender in King slaying case
Former public defender Hugh Stanton Jr. testified he was amazed when he learned Ray would plead guilty to the 1968 murder of Martin Luther King Jr. Stanton noted he doubted a favorable defense and called the 99-year plea a reasonable recommendation amid a possible death penalty. Ray, in jail and guarded, said he was not alone.
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Memphis, Tenn
UPI
James Earl Ray
Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Hugh Stanton Jr
Texas
Percy Foreman
Stanton
Foreman
U.S
FBI hunts power extortionist threatening Portland power
FBI agents chase multiple leads in Portland as an extortionist demands a 1 million dollar ransom to spare the city’s power. Forest Service guards Bull Run reservoir while BPA officials withhold details of a second, ambiguous message from the suspect. Eleven BPA high voltage towers have been damaged by dynamite blasts in about three weeks.
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Portland
Ore
UPI
FBI
Bonneville Power Administration
J. Hawker
BPA
Flournoy Sees Momentum In Bid For California Governorship
Houston S. Flournoy Republican candidate for California governor tells supporters in Whittier that his campaign is gaining momentum though polls show him behind Edmund G Brown Jr. He recalls a 1966 race where he trailed Cranston but won, insisting Election Day polls decide.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Houston S. Flournoy
Flournoy
Whittier
Nixon
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Allan Cranston
Brown
Brown backs public employees strikes in California
Edmund G. Brown Jr. said he favors allowing public employees to strike and urged a comprehensive collective bargaining law. City officials at the League of California Cities meeting showed little enthusiasm, while rival Houston Flournoy opposed strikes and backed compulsory binding arbitration.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
League of California Cities
Houston Flournoy
Flournoy
Ruth named special Watergate prosecutor to replace Jaworski
Henry S. Ruth, 43, the No. 2 official in the Watergate probe, is named special prosecutor with independence assurances similar to Archibald Cox and Leon Jaworski. The appointment, announced by Attorney General Saxbe after consultations with lawmakers, aims to carry the investigation forward with Ruth leading the team.
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Washington
UPI
Henry S. Ruth
Ruth
Archibald Cox
Cox
Leon Jaworski
William B. Saxbe
Jaworski
Saxbe
White House
Philip Buchen
Justice Department
Concorde on Display at Los Angeles Airport
The Concorde supersonic jetliner arrived in Los Angeles after a 2,341 mile journey from Anchorage in 2 hours 35 minutes and went on public display amid protests from environmental groups. The SST developed by France and Britain aims to cut fleets while flying near subsonic over U.S. territory. it will visit Lima and Acapulco on a nine city North American tour.
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Los Angeles
UPI
International Airport
Anchorage
Alaska
France
England
U.S. West Coast
San Francisco
London
Mexico City
Richard Procunier
The
Environmental Protection Agency
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EPA
U.S
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South America
British Airways
Air France
Lima
Peru
Acapulco
Mexico
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