Ray’s escape attempt at Brushy Mountain prison fails
James Earl Ray, serving a near century sentence for the King assassination, nearly escaped through a steam tunnel at Brushy Mountain State Prison. Warden Robert H. Moore said Ray would likely have died from the tunnel heat if he had not exited. He was captured inside the compound while seeking a wall exit and faced a disciplinary board.
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James Earl Ray
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Martin Luther King Jr
Robert H. Moore
Brushy Mountain State Prison
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Cumberland Mountains
Kent State Remembers Four Students Killed in 1970
Kent State University students marked the anniversary with candle vigils from dawn to midnight. A university memorial service was set for 11 a.m. to honor the two men and two women felled by National Guardsmen near Blanket Hill. About 2,000 of the 19,482 students joined Monday’s vigil at the shooting site.
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Rogers Heads to Cairo in Middle East Peace Mission
Secretary of State William P. Rogers began a two day stay in Egypt after a Beirut stopover. He planned talks with President Anwar Sadat and Foreign Minister Mahmoud Riad then would travel to Israel for discussions in the final leg of his five country tour aimed at jump starting stalled peace talks.
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Rogers
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Forein
Mahmoud Riad
Kent State Shooting Probe Delayed by Grand Jury Review
A year after four students were killed at Kent State University by Ohio National Guard bullets, the Justice Department says it is still evaluating whether a federal grand jury probe is warranted. The President’s Commission called the event a national tragedy. The state grand jury had exonerated the guardsmen and indicted 25 persons for rioting and arson.
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Ohio National Guard
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Justice Department
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Grand jury recessed in Capitol bombing probe
The federal grand jury examining the Capitol bombing was recessed until Thursday as Judge George Boldt weighs motions to release the chief witness or compel further testimony. The witness Leslie Bacon, 19, answered questions about plans to bomb a New York bank before invoking her right against self incrimination.
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U.S. District Court
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Wisconsin AG attacks courts for overvaluing individual rights
Atty. Gen. Robert Warren says federal courts encourage disrespect for the law in a Law Day speech. He criticizes the Supreme Court for favoring individual rights over the majority and argues government can legislate morality to uphold a minimum moral standard.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Kiwanis District leader honored at Monroe gala
Herbert Ainsworth received a Life Fellowship in the International Kiwanis Foundation during a Monroe Kiwanis Club gala marking the club’s golden anniversary. The event honored three charter members, Walter J. Bauman, Fred L. Kohli, and Laroy Dodge, plus George Shaler now with Traverse City, for long service and attendance. District Governor O L Enstad cited postwar club formation and urged better communication and listening to strengthen democracy.
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Fred L. Kohli
LaRoy Dodge
Shaler
Monroe Club
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N.Y
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Wisconsin-Upper Michigan Kiwanis
International Kiwanis Foundation
VFW Club
Kiwanis Club of
Monroe
Traverse City
Mich
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Legion International
Richard Bahr
Kiwanis
New York
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Walter
William K
William N
O. L. Enstad
Wausau
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Beloit
Clinton
Janesville
Starlight
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Madison West
Middleton
Milton
Enstad
Darlington
Freeport
Clifford Reasa
Bahr
John McElhaney
Gary Hessel
Richard Maze
Rotary Club
Larry Lancaster
Optimist Club
Charles Mathias
Lions
Charles Will
Key Club
Monroe High School
John Reese
G. L. Redman
Howard Olsen
Arthur C. Benkett
Russel Myers
Ernest Spring
Derwin Huenink
Paul Olm
Herman Stuessy
Jacob H. Gruenewald
William Park
Burton Bacon
Gerhard Steensrud
Bill Hunter
Rockford
Hunter
Europe
London
Robert Rieder
Leon Iltis
Madison
School of Music
University of Wisconsin
Richard H. Bahr
Ainsworth
U.S
Fifth Traffic Fatality in Green County Identified
Ernest S. Schneider, 36, of Dakota Illinois, is Green County's fifth traffic fatality of 1971. Found dead in a field near Harold Mohns farm Spring Grove Township, wreckage described as mangled and airborne seven times. Coroner ruled accidental and instant death with no inquest. Survived by a wife Dorothy and four children, with funeral arrangements handled by Daughenbaugh and Myers Funeral Home.
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Dakota
Harold Mohns
Spring Grove Township
Wayne Monte
Mohns
Wayne
Brodhead
Monte
Schneider
Richard A. Wagner
Ernest Samuel Schneider
Ernest E
Mary Fuchs Schneider
Monticello High School
Dorothy Mueller
Dakota Lions Club
Lake Summerset
Dorothy
Alan
Robert
Scott
Brenda
Freeport
Ernest W. Schneider
Davis, Ill
Fr. Atkinson
Donald
Madison
James
Kenneth
Michael
David Schneider
Jeanne Schneider
Davis
Steven Jungen
Thomas Jungen
Daughenbaugh and Myers Funeral Home
Dakota, IN
Bank Offers Monroe Historical Maps On Fifth Anniversary
The First National Bank of Monroe marks its 115th year with an open house on Friday May 7 and offers copies of the Monroe Landmark and Historical Highlight Map. The map details local landmarks with construction dates and a glossary, created to educate schoolchildren and broadening interest for adults and families.
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E. C. Hamilton
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Kathleen) Jelinek
Janesville
Adam
Arabut Ludlow
John A. Bingham
Asa Richardson
Ohio
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Grant
Interior
Bingham Money Exchange
Ludlow
Bingham
Bank of Monroe
Bingham, Richardson
George W. Hoffman
Henry
Willis
Frank B. Luchsinger
Henry Ludlow
Hamilton
St. Victor’s School
Judy Rewey
Bank
Savings Department
Snively
Protesters Tactics Called by Arrests
Washington AP report says antiwar protests failed to halt government as 7,000 plus were arrested and 4,000 federal troops began withdrawing from the capital. Police kept hundreds of officers on duty while bridges reopened and traffic normalized amid ongoing demonstrations. Rennie Davis of the Chicago Seven faced conspiracy charges with bond set at $25,000.
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Justice Department
Potomac River
Virginia
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R-Ariz
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Chicago Seven
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