Ray's lawyer seeks to block King murder extradition as political crime
London court hears defense claim that the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. was a political act and could bar extradition under the U.S. British treaty. Evidence shows Ray's fingerprints on the rifle. Ray initially claimed Canadian identity before admitting American citizenship.
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Ray
King
London
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
U.S
Bow @reet court
Scotland Yard
Tom Butler
London Airport Detention Centre
Butler
Roger Frisby
Montreal harbor ships resume activity amid Seaway strike
Montreal harbor reopened as nearly 100 ocean going ships waited for unloading while the St. Lawrence Seaway labor dispute stretched into a seventh day. Inland port authorities warned the strike could dampen the waterway’s future and affect the Great Lakes economy across North America.
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Montreal
St. Lawrence Seaway
Great Lakes
RC priest accuses police brutality during Lafontaine riot
Montreal Roman Catholic priest Rev. Jacques Couture testified that police used savage force against 292 prisoners arrested after the St. Jean Baptiste Day riot in Lafontaine Park. He alleged nightsticks kicks and spit, with a high ranking officer taunting detainees and striking a hand on a cell bar drawing blood.
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Montreal
St. Jean Baptiste Day
Lafontaine Park
Jacques Couture
Trudeau
St. Jean Baptiste
Russia open to talks on limiting strategic weapons
Moscow reports Soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko told the Supreme Soviet that the Soviet Union is ready to discuss mutual limits on strategic weapons including anti-ballistic missiles. He cited openness to exchanges on nonproliferation and noted hope for better U.S.-Soviet relations if Washington respects security and sovereignty.
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Moscow
Reuters
Soviet Union
Foregn
Andrei Gromyko
Supreme Soviet
U.S
China
Gromyko
Glassboro
N.J
Russia
Johnson
United States
John
Dr. Gershaw Dies in Calgary After Lengthy Illness
Former Senator from Medicine Hat Dr. Fred W. Gershaw died in Calgary at age 84 after a lengthy illness. Survived by wife Harriet and four daughters, with 16 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. A physician and politician, he served as Liberal MP for Medicine Hat, then senator from 1945 until illness prompted resignation. Funeral planned for Medicine Hat on Saturday.
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Fred W. Gershaw
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Gershaw
Harriet G. Gershaw
Hedrick M
Margaret) Roche
R. Eugene
Edith) Sullivan
Lancaster
N.B
Lastis P
Norma) Vincent Jr
R. Cameron
Lorraine) Harrison
Vancouver
Dr. Gershaw
Social Credit
Senate
Mackenzie King
Emerson
Manitoba
Alberta
Noreen Flanagan
Medicine Hat Hospital
J. Harper Prowse
Edmonton
Dayan Warns Of Possible New War Between Israelis And Arabs
In Jerusalem Premier Eshkol and Defence Minister Dayan urged Israelis to prepare for another war with the Arabs. Dayan called for building weapons and airfields, strengthening the army, and funding defenses while noting peace depends on Arab willingness and Egypt’s role.
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Dayan
Jerusalem
Levi Eshkol
Moshe Dayan
Labor Party Central Committee
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
Hussein
Nasser
Eshkol
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Car hides $22 million heroin haul on transatlantic run
U S and French authorities report a 1962 Citroen convertible carried 112 kilograms of heroin hidden in the body and gas tank during seven round trips between France and New York. The seizure on April 26 broke up a smuggling ring with five arrested, including Arthur Benvenuto, 63. The cache valued at $22.4 million could supply about 60,000 addicts for six months. The car arrived in New York on April 24 and was dismantled by NYPD mechanics before the find.
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New York
Atlantic
France
U.S
Ramsey Clark
New York City
Paris
United States
French Line
Arthur Benvenuto
Bureau of Narcotics
Nixon rejects Wallace support amid racial concerns
Former vice president Richard Nixon says he wants no backing from third party candidate George Wallace. Nixon criticizes Wallace as appealing to racist elements and notes both major parties disown him. Rockefeller accuses Nixon of courting Wallace to gain southern votes. Humphrey urges universal education from age four, while McCarthy seeks to meet North Vietnam diplomats in Paris to hear their views, not to join talks.
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Associated Press
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
George C. Wallace
Nixon
New York
Wallace
Rockefeller
Alabama
Hubert H. Humphrey
Denver
Colo
Eugene J. McCarthy
North Vietnam
Paris
U S relieves Khe Sanh by moving base eastward
Saigon AP report says U S command abandons Khe Sanh combat base to improve troop mobility against rising North Vietnamese forces in South Vietnam. The western anchor of the defense line shifts 10 miles east to Landing Zone Stud as Marines blow bunkers and remove gear from Khe Sanh after a siege last winter.
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Saigon
U S
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Combined Forces
U.S
Wallace orders film destruction at fundraiser
ABC reports presidential candidate George C. Wallace ordered a personal bodyguard to seize and destroy film showing him shaking hands with a man identified as Ku Klux Klan imperial wizard Robert Shelton. The incident occurred at a fundraising dinner in Eutaw Alabama. The bodyguard removed the exposed film after the camera crew refused to surrender it.
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New York
American Broadcasting Co
George C. Wallace
U.S
Abc-Tv News
Wallace
Robert Shelton
Alabama
Eutaw
Ala
ABC
Charlie Jones
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Fort Walsh
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Harry Weiner
Dave Broadfoot
F. W. Gershaw
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