Foreman says Ray left deliberate fingerprints on King's rifle
NASHVILLE AP Percy Foreman told Tennessee officials that James Earl Ray said he purposely left fingerprints on the rifle used to kill Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Foreman quoted Ray in a deposition while detailing why Ray seeks a new trial. Ray, serving a 99 year term, contends Foreman misrepresented him. Also noted is a birth in Laddonia, Missouri, to Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Sharkey.
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FBI
Foreman
Ray
Houston
Tex
King
U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Asst
W. Henry Haile
U.S. Supreme Court
Tennessean
Haile
Bernard Fensterwald
James Lesar
Washington
Robert Livingston
Memphis
Tennessee
Executive pay up 7.1 percent during year
Washington AP reports executives at 579 firms averaged total pay rises of 7.1 percent last year, with salary up about 6 percent and total compensation including bonuses and benefits rising 7.1 percent, according to Cost of Living Council Director John T. Dunlop.
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Washington
Cost of Living Council
John T. Dunlop
Dunlop
Fusileers Sweep State Drill Honors at Missouri Meet
Missouri Military Academy’s Fusileers drill platoon led by Cadet Ted Baer of Washington Illinois swept first in standard and exhibition drills and won best overall in the state meet at the University of Missouri Columbia. MMA cadets topped most individual events and will receive trophies from Col. Charles Stribling III as Major Kenneth Mortenson outlines remarks.
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Missouri Military Academy
Fusileers
University of Missouri
Columbia
Ted Baer
Washington, Ill
Military Schools
MMA
Charles Stribling III
Academy
Baer
Kenneth Mortenson
IDR
U.S. Army
University of Ilinois
Champaign
Pittsburg State College
Pittsburg
Kan
O Connor To Show Views From India
Jim O Connor a Hannibal preacher now in Mexico will present slides of his India ministry at 7 p m Tuesday at the church of Christ in Mexico Olive and Whitley streets. He baptized over 260 people in India during his time there and is son of Mr and Mrs Everett Morris of Mexico.
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Jim O'Connor
Hannibal
Mexico
India
Church of Christ
Olive
Whitley
O'Connor
Everett Morris
Streaker Hits Courthouse Dare for Quick Cash
Kirksville report says a young man streaked around the Lancaster courthouse in socks and a sack for a $170 pot. The run took 32 seconds, and he collected the money, but next day several checks to redeem the winnings were stopped by mischief makers.
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Kirksville
Lancaster
Kirksville Express
Rat Studies Offer Lead On Hypertension Cure
Atlantic City reports two researchers studying four rat types suggest essential hypertension may stem from a specific cause, offering a possible path to prevention and cure. The work aims to unravel the dominant form affecting about 19 million Americans, a major health problem linked to heart disease and strokes.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Metabolic defect in blood vessel walls linked to hypertension
At the 58th annual meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, M Sarmir Amer and Gordon R McKinney reported Mead Johnson labs Evansville Ind findings on a smooth muscle metabolic defect in blood vessels. They said this could yield new treatments targeting the defect rather than just lowering blood pressure. Dr Arthur Hayes Jr of Penn State Medical College Hershey noted current essential hypertension therapy focuses on the nervous system and glands, often needing multiple drugs with side effects.
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M. Sarmir Amer
Gordon R. McKinney
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
Mead-Johnson Laboratories
Evansville
Ind
Arthur Hayes Jr
Pennsylvania State Medical College
Hershey
Youth Electrocuted By Tv Antenna In Bellefontaine Ne
Two youths were injured while removing a television antenna from a neighbor’s tree in Bellefontaine Neihborhood Mo. Robert Oaks 15 was electrocuted and neighbor Lindel Gray saw him burst into flames. A second teen John Casborne 15 suffered critical burns. Kevin Johnson escaped unharmed holding a ladder.
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Bellefontaine Neighbors
Robert Oaks
St. Louis County Medical Examiner's Office
Oaks
Lindel Gray
John Casborne
Little League Bars Girls From Playing With Boys
The Little League executive board voted unanimously to appeal a New Jersey court order requiring coed teams. The action seeks to overturn a ruling that forced Little League teams in New Jersey to admit girls this season.
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Williamsport
Little League
New Jersey Supreme Court
New Jersey
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