Britain Probing Ray Case in King Murder Fallout
Scotland Yard widens inquiry into James Earl Ray after tracing him to two London hotels between May 28 and his arrest. FBI cooperates but foreign-legal hurdles delay questioning. Extradition possible in two months. Ray held on passport and weapon charges. Toronto and Atlanta leads report sightings and encounters as investigators seek concrete links.
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London
Scotland Yard
James Earl Ray
Britain
Martin Luther King
Ray
Lisbon
FBI
Atlantic
Canada
Portugal
King
Wandsworth
Brixton
Memphis
Tenn
State Department
Washington
Ramon George Sneyd
Supreme Court
Toronto
Fela Szpakowski
Szpakowski
Mounted Police
Samuel Marshall
Marshall
Sun Loo
The
Atlanta, Ga
Station Tour Planned at St Joseph’s Experiment Station
J J Joyce county agent for Muachita Parish announced a Thursday 9 am tour of the Northeast Louisiana Experiment Station at St Joseph. The event will showcase chemical weed control tests in cotton, soybeans, corn, grain sorghum and pastures, including pre and post emergence herbicides and comparisons of multiple treatments. An on site discussion will be available for attendees to learn about the tests.
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J. J. Joyce
Muachita Parish
Northeast Louisiana
St. Joseph
Jorce
Three Wossman Students Attend Music Meet
Three Wossman High School choral department accompanists Pat Agin Sandra Matthews and Karen Solomon attend the Governors Honor Program in Music session at Northeast Louisiana State College. The program, co sponsored by the Louisiana Council for Music and Performing Arts and the Northeast Department of Music, includes the top 10 percent of state high school musicians chosen by directors and principals. Two summer sessions offer one week of advanced training for high school musicians.
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Northeast Louisiana State College
Wossman High School
Pat Agin
Sandra Matthews
Karen Solomon
Louisiana Counci For Music and Performing Arts, Inc
Northeast Department of Music
Wossman
Paul J. Neal
Joanne Lay
Perez Charges State Will Lose Millions In Year
Perez accuses Legislature of allowing department heads to pad payrolls and waste state money. He targets the highway department’s $229 million blank check for salaries and admin costs and demands cuts to non capital construction spending. He opposes blue ribbon boards under legislative control as a cure.
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Perez
Baton Rouge
Leander Perez
State Department
Highway Department
Senior Citizens Meet Thursday in Monroe
The Senior Citizens Club of Monroe will hold its weekly meeting Thursday at 1.30 pm at the Benoit Recreation Center. Louise Pitts, spokesman for the group, invites all members and visitors over 50. The group meets each Thursday and the first Thursday each month features a luncheon at 11:30 am.
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The
Senior Citizens Club of
Monroe
Benoit Recreation Center
Louise Pitts
Nixon Wins Most Illinois Delegates
In Illinois GOP preliminaries Nixon led with 27 delegates while 13 were uncommitted. Humphrey captured 3 Democratic delegates and McCarthy saw his slate wiped out. Ogilvie won the GOP governor nomination, Dirksen secured a fourth term, and Daley’s influence loomed with uncommitted convention delegates.
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Senate
Everett M Dirksen
William Dawson
Richard B Ogilvie
Cook County
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Nixon
Hubert H Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
McCarthy
GOP
O'Hara
Democratic Party
Abner Mikva
Dirksen
Roy Johnson
Calumet City
Ogilvie
John Henry Altorfer
Peoria
Ilinois
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
Mass
Robert F. Kennedy
Samuel H. Shapiro
Otto Kerner
Circuit Court of Appeals
William G. Clark
Genera
Traffic Violations Report From Monroe Police
Monroe police early today arrested Jackie D. Wilson 40 of 1005 So 5th St for driving while intoxicated and reckless driving. Officers investigated a Shell Service Station burglary at 2200 Jackson St owned by William Hennington who reported 36 quarts valued at 15 dollars stolen. A hearing aid valued at 300 dollars was taken from Jesse Scott’s bedroom. A coin bank with 60 dollars in change and a 2 dollar bill was stolen from Ruby Kennedy’s trunk. Two tickets were issued for failure to yield in separate accidents to Robert B. Winborne 38 and Mitchell Harris 2. Hazel J. Harris 17 received a negligent driving ticket. Randie P. McKay 61 was cited for running a red light. Judy Ann Hicks Elbert Simms 41 was ticketed for following too close. Marva Rae Jackson 1700 Dilling St was cited for improper turn and EF mus R. Lawrence was cited for no driver’s license in a Highway 165 incident. Leroy Ewing 57 of 2406 North 4th St West Monroe was booked for reckless driving and causing an accident at Cypress and McGuire Streets.
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Monroe
Jackie D. Wilson
5Th St
Shell
Jackson St
William Hennington
Jesse Scott
Fort Miro
Ruby Kennedy
S. 10Th St
Robert B. Winborne
Louise Anne
South 2Nd
Texas Avenue
Mitchell Harris
Winnsboro
Louisville
North 18Th Street
Winborne
Hazel J. Harris
Hart St
North 3Rd
Randie P. McKay
K Street
Pine Street
Plum
South 9Th Street
Judy Ann Hicks
Elbert Simms
22Nd St
Renwick
DeSiard
Marva Rae Jackson
Dilling St
Efmus R. Lawrence
DeSiard Road
Leroy Ewing
North 4Th St
Cypress and
McGuire Streets
Lafayette Census Shows City Population Rise to 64 571
Lafayette Louisiana announces official city population after a special U S Census tally of newly annexed areas raised the figure to 64 571. Mayor J Rayburn Bertrand announced the result after combining new annexation data with the 1963 Lafayette census.
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Lafayette
Louisiana
J. Rayburn Bertrand
U.S. Census Bureau
Bertrand
Medical School Aims to Ease Doctor Shortage in Louisiana
LSU President Dr John A Hunter told legislators the new LSU Medical School in Shreveport will help relieve intern and resident shortages at EF A Conway Memorial Hospital in Monroe. Lawmakers pressed for student use at the Shreveport school. The first class will admit in 1969.
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Baton Rouge
John A. Hunter
Louisiana State University
LSU Medical School
Shreveport
EF. A. Conway Memorial Hospital
Monroe
Lawrence Gibbs
Hunter
James Dennis
Dennis
Conway
Medical School
Senate Approves Bill Extending Shreveport Limits
Baton Rouge The Senate voted 37 to 0 for Sen. Jackson B. Davis’ bill extending Shreveport City Court jurisdiction to areas annexed from outside Ward 4. It already passed the House and now goes to the governor for signature. Senator Johnston won unanimous approval of a constitutional amendment to let handicapped voters use precincts outside their own when convenient, with the voting precinct still in the resident ward.
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Baton Rouge
Senate
Jackson B. Davis
Shreveport
J. Bennett Johnston Jr
Johnston
Snake in cigarette machine baffles Jacksonville bar
A cigarette machine at a Jacksonville bar failed for days until service man Cecil Phillips opened it and found a three foot long ball snake coiled inside, explaining the malfunction.
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Jacksonville
Cecil Phillips
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