Floodwaters Drown Four Missourians
The Associated Press report details four flood related drownings across Missouri over the weekend. Dale Reese Marr and Gary Lee Harrington both 20 of Mount Vernon drowned when their car was swept off a low water bridge near their hometown. Lola Lewine 65 of Conway was in a vehicle knocked into a Dallas County stream after a collision. Isaac Self 61 of Osceola died after being knocked by floodwaters near Gallinipper Creek. Charles F E Cutler 15 of Maplewood drowned at a private lake near Washington while attempting to recover a fishing rod.
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Associated Press
Missouri
Dale Reese Marr
Gary Lee Harrington
Mount Vernon
Lawrence
Highway Patrol
LaRussell River
Lola Lewine
Conway
Dallas
Isaac Self
Osceola
St. Clair County
Charles FE. Cutler
Maplewood
Washington
Franklin County
Caramanlis Urges Recall of Exiled Greek King
Former Greek premier Constantine Caramanlis in Paris urged the ruling junta to recall exiled King Constantine, saying he is the symbol of legitimacy. He called for a strong, experienced government with extraordinary powers for a limited time to restore democracy in Greece.
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Paris
Constantine Caramanlis
Constantine
Greece
Caramantis
George Papacopoulos
Ray Seeks Early Release From Solitary in King Killing Case
James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., says in a Tennessean letter he has fought for two years to be released from solitary at the Tennessee prison. Ray responds to a warden’s claim he now prefers his cell and appeals, noting the March 1969 99 year sentence and later denial of a new trial.
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Nashville, Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Tennessean
Jim Rose
Ray
King
Memphis
Gas Blast Kills 7 In Apartments
In EL PASO TEX AP seven people were killed and eight hospitalized after a natural gas explosion at an apartment complex near downtown. Residents described a loud blast at 6 30 am as gas spewed from a street leak caused by repairs. The L shaped complex sustained severe collapse with debris five feet deep.
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EL Paso
Tex
Edna Williams
Six Die in Los Angeles Easter Shooting Rampage
A 90 minute shotgun spree in a predominantly Black Los Angeles neighborhood left six dead and ten wounded on Easter Sunday. The gunman targeted several locations within a one square mile area including a service station where Raleigh Henderson, known as Butch, was killed. Officer intervention occurred at an intersection after a chase, and the gunman was wounded and captured.
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Los Angeles
Butch
James Morrow
Raleigh
Butch” Henderson
Charles Elliott
William Ray Bonner
Bonner
Man Captured After Kidnaps Rapes Murders
MERCED Calif AP A gunman was captured after a 400 mile spree including six abductions two rapes and two fatal shootings The rampage began with the kidnap rape of a 19 year old woman in South Lake Tahoe on Friday and ended Sunday near Merced when police shot and wounded John P Bunyard 27 of San Francisco The Merced County sheriff s office reported gunshot wounds to Bunyard in arms and abdomen and noted six cars were commandeered during the manhunt with officers disarmed and shots fired at multiple times
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Merced
Calif
South Lake Tahoe
John P. Bunyard
San Francisco
Bunyard
The
Merced County Sheriff's
Suspect Bunyard Held for Murder Probe in Mariposa Shootings
The office said Bunyard was booked for investigation of murder in the shooting of two elderly women found in motel rooms in Mariposa, 30 miles northeast of Sheriff Norm Garrett. He will be charged with murder, kidnapping, armed robbery and possibly other felonies. In San Francisco police linked Bunyard to a string of attacks on women in Nob Hill, including a Japanese student stabbed.
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Bunyard
Mariposa
Here
Norm Garrett
Mariposa County
San Francisco
Nob Hill
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Pizza Hut
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