Ray regrets plea as DOJ joins in doubts over trial
AP News in Brief notes James Earl Ray wishes he had stood trial for the King assassination. A Justice Department source calls the mood frustrated as a full trial might reveal a conspiracy beyond Ray. Nashville papers report Ray’s second thoughts after a 99 year Memphis sentence and possible new attorney.
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Associated Press
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King
U.S. Justice Department
Department
Ray
Nashville
Nashville Tennessean
Memphis
Tennessee
Coronado
Calif
Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
Navy
Pueblo
North Korea
Bucher
Washington
Vietnam
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Laird
South Vietnam
Pentagon
United States
Trees and Shrubs Free From Green County League
bs L Beckman announces free trees and shrubs for rural planting through the Green County Conservation League. Members can obtain up to 100 trees and unlimited shrubs, with shrubs supplied by the Department of Natural Resources. Applications at Beckman's Garage in Monroe, trees arriving in April.
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Bs L. Beckman
Green County Conservation League
League
Department of Natural Resources
Beckman
Monroe
Apollo 9 lands safely after 10 day space flight
Apollo 9 astronauts James A. McDivitt David R. Scott and Russell Schweickart returned to an Atlantic splashdown 3 miles from the recovery ship Guadalcanal. The pinpoint landing occurred at 12 0 p m EST as television images brought the triumph to millions and Mission Control cheered.
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Uss
Guadalcanal
Moon
Earth
Atlantic Ocean
Air Force
James A. McDivitt
David R. Scott
Russell le Schweickart
Puerto Rico
United States
Mission Control Center
Houston
Navy
Recovery 3
Cmdr
George M. Rankin Jr
Bethesda
Doc DeHaven Jazz Program Planned for March 15
Jazz program by Doc DeHaven and Erle Smith to be staged in Monroe Junior High Auditorium with two performances at 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. The ensemble features teachers and professionals from the Wisconsin area. Tickets 50 cents adults 35 cents children. Cultural Arts Committee of Monroe PTA Council sponsors. The group has recorded five LPs and aims for a new release this year. MARKET IS MIXED New York stock market shows a mixed day with early gains fading and trading slowing.
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Monroe
Erle Smith
Doc
Monona Grove
Bud Sharp
University of Wisconsin
Bob Russell
Phillip Teehan
PTA Council
Doc” DeHaven
Doc DeHaven
State Street
Erle
Madison
DeHaven
Niagara Falls To Be Turned Off For Eight Months
A U S and Canadian project will block the Niagara River segment feeding the American Falls for about eight months. Engineers will divert 8 000 to 10 000 cubic feet of water per second to preserve the falls, with an estimated cost of 1.5 million dollars.
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Niagara Falls
Niagara River
American Falls
Niagara
U.S
Payne Will Speak To Farmsters Here
AFS student Kerrie Payne from Australia will be the guest speaker for the Farmsters meeting at 8 15 p m. The group toured Miller's Brewery in Milwaukee and will meet next April 16 in the Agricultural Building, Monroe.
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Miller's Brewery
Milwaukee
Farmsters
Monroe
Kerrie Payne
AFS
Australia
Pam
Shelter House Reservations Grow Popular In Monroe Parks
Parks and Recreation says 3115 people will use shelter houses this summer with 46 reservations made already. Moore Hilltoppers plan a June 15 outing in Twining Park for about 150 people. four other groups expect around 100. Reservations began January 2 and cost one dollar per unit.
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Parks and Recreation Department
Monroe Parks
Moore Hilltoppers
Twining Park
Park and Recreation Department
Ron Barribeau
Parks and Recreation
Lincoln Park
Coupon Days Set in Monroe Opens March 14 15
Monroe hosts Coupon Days on Friday and Saturday March 14 15 sponsored by the Monroe Chamber of Commerce. Retail chairman Boyd Elliot says stores offer bargains and variety across the community with vouchers published in The Monroe Evening Times and Trade Journal. Shoppers are urged to save by shopping in Monroe. Expect a large turnout as discounts range from doughnuts to housepaint.
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Monroe
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Boyd Elliot
Chamber of Commerce
Monroe Evening Times and Trade Journal
Plaque Honors Mrs. Becker Guardian of Ludlow Memorial Tree
John A. Monroe long tended the Lida Ludlow Memorial Tree beside Ludlow Library since 1890s. The plaque in open-book form honors Lida Ludlow, first Woman's Club of Monroe president, with planting dates and history of tree replacements and gifts from donors.
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Lida Ludlow
Ludlow
Women’s Club
Woman’s Club of
Monroe
John A. Becker
Woman's Club
Becker
Times
Dina Speich
John Becker
Tree
John A
Lucille) Monroe
Ludlow Memorial Library
Library
Lida
Henry) Ludlow
Woman's Club of
Around the Block with Helen revisits Tucson trip and airline delays
After a prolonged strike grounded travel, Helen returns from Tucson to Madison aboard multiple legs including Apache Line and TWA with a stop in Kansas City. She chats with Clarence Wainwright and notes weather, while Rome Koelsch of the Wisconsin Club of Tucson nears retirement. The February Club meeting features the Pledge, singing, and a pot luck before a banjo song test and social activities at Randolph Park.
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Tucson
Ariz
O'Hare
Apache Line
Phoenix
TWA
Kansas City
North Central
Rock County
Madison
Romey
Koelsch
Middleton
Wisconsin Club of Tucson
J. J. Gack Burkhard
Monroe
Napa
Calif
Aand Clement
San Francisco
Rome
Randolph Park
Firemen Make Albany Short Cut To the Barber Shop
Albany firemen rushed to the N. Roy Bowman barber shop after a fire was discovered to the north of the fire station. A rear frame section was charred and the cause was not determined. The alarm rang at 11 30 a m and witnesses saw boys exit the rear area shortly before, suggesting possible smoking.
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Albany
N. Roy Bowman
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14Th and
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Herbert Ainsworth
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Concord Pike
Quality Courts
Clevland-Massilon Rd
West Richfield
Carol Gibbons
Mary Etter
New York
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Payne
Key West
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Clarence Wainwright
Sun City
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