Ray Blanton Calls for Federal Custody of MLK Killer
In a 1977 opinion piece Ray Blanton, then governor of Tennessee, urges President Carter to take over responsibility for James Earl Ray from state authorities. The column notes Ray’s third Brushy Mountain escape bid, praises the escape planning but credits helicopter surveillance and tracking for recapture, and argues Ray should remain in state prison under lax conditions that require proper balancing of freedom and confinement.
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Ray Blanton
Tennessee
President Carter
James Earl Ray
Ray
Martin Luther King, Jr
Willie Sutton
Brushy Mountain Prison
Brushy Mountain
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
TV Violence Debate and Industry Power Over Content
Pro-violence advocate Robert Blake defends violence on TV and rejects strict limits, arguing many shows rely on it as a selling tool. Columnist Breslin notes a few powerful decision makers drive network choices and copycat violence follows popular hits, while psychologists debate links to real crime.
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Robert Blake
Blake
Jimmy Breslin
Powers That Be
Hollywood Movie
South Korea payoffs scandal roils U S capital in 1970s probe
The piece describes a growing scandal over alleged South Korean gifts and favors to U S lawmakers and officials. It outlines roles for Kissinger Helms Eagleburger Hyland and Pike committee tensions with executive privilege. It notes ethics inquiries and political maneuvering across parties in Washington.
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Washington
South Korea
Bobby Baker
New York Times
Washington Post
Times
Justice Department
Richard Kleindienst
William Timmons
Melvin R. Laird
William Saxbe
Bam
House Ethics Committee
Ford Administration
Lawrence S. Eagleburger
Henry Kissinger
State Department
Yugoslavia
Brent Scowcroft
National Security Council
NSC
Robert G. Hyland
Kissinger
CIA
Richard Helms
Committee
Helms
House
Pike
Carl Albert
Otis Pike
Congress
Ford
Eagleburger
Hyland
White House
National Security
Village Voice
Helmes
Griffin Bell
Thomas
O’ O'Neill
Ethics Committee
Energy plan critique questions Carter approach
The GAO study argues Carter’s energy package would not meet goals even if adopted fully. It notes the plan relies on coal to curb foreign oil dependence and suggests harsher conservation measures may be needed. Critics say sacrifices may be delayed and phased in.
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General Accounting Office
Carter
GAO
Congress
Kenya and Africa policy under Carter risk in Africa
The article argues Carter Administration aims to curb Soviet influence by empowering black groups in Southern Africa, potentially leading to majority rule in Rhodesia and Southwest Africa and semi autonomous regions in South Africa. It contrasts Kenya as a model with Kenya's harsh realities under Kenyatta, including land transfers, emigration of whites, expulsion of foreigners, and harsh penalties for dissent.
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Carter
Africa
Rhodesia
Southwest Africa
South Africa
Jomo Kenyatta
Kenya
New York Times
Richard W. Thompson
Kenyatta
Nicholas Mzee
Kakamenga
Margaret Kenyatta
China
Call For Legal Aid to Plead Bankruptcy Act Chapter XI
A petitioner appeals to Uncle Sam for legal aid to seek Chapter XI relief, detailing personal debts across utilities, rent, maintenance contracts, and taxes. The letter criticizes the national debt figures cited by the National Taxpayers Union and laments the inability to pay totals, urging court relief to reorganize finances.
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Uncle Sam
IBM
New York Telephone Co
U.S. Treasury Department
National Taxpayers Union
Washington, D.C
Sam
NTU
California
Glance at Yesterday June 16 Through the Years
A time line notes events from 1927 to 1957 on June 16. It recalls Voroshilov addressing Moscow about Russia Britain war risk in 1927 a North Carolina farmer chairing a 1937 tax inquiry a 1947 ship stoppage in U S ports with no contract no work and a 1957 film scene in The Garment Jungle with Vincent Sherman Gia Scala Kerwin Matthews roles in New York location filming and a mock ticket scene.
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Moscow
K. E. Voroshilov
Russia
Great Britain
Washington
North Carolina Mountains
Vincent Sherman
Gia Scala
Kerwin Matthews
New York
Matthews
Sherman
Gia
Kerwin
Monroe News-Star Staff and Ownership Details
The Monroe News-Star lists its publishing company News-Star World Publishing Corporation with offices on North 4th and Olive Streets Monroe Louisiana. It names board chairman Robert Ewing Brown and other officers including Mildred Hunt Ewing Edmund Graves Brown Jr and Robert Ewing Jr plus directors such as Kenneth C Barranger Toulmin Hunter Brown John O D Ewing Jr John A Hendrick T Haber Jackson Jr David J Garrett Jr and Dez Ray Hill. The paper notes second class postage paid at Monroe Louisiana and identifies Jack S Campbell as president and general manager with Edmund G Brown as assistant manager and Jack C Gates and Charles Bever in editorial roles. It declares itself independent and impartial and aligned with the Associated Press news service.
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News-Star World Publishing Corporation
North 4Th and
Olive Streets
Monroe
Robert Ewing Brown
Mildred Hunt Ewing
Edmund Graves Brown Jr
Robert Ewing Jr
Patricia Ewing Hendrick
Esther Ewing Jensen
Kenneth C. Barranger
Toulmin Hunter Brown
John OD. Ewing Jr
John A. Hen
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Jeffrey Hart
By Alice Widener
U.S
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N.M.U
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The
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Jack S Campbell
Edmund G. Brown
Jack C Gates
Charles Bever
Oland Silk
Associated Press
Branham Company National Advertising
New Orleans
Chicago
Atlanta
Detroit
St. Louis
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Dallas
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Charlotte
Boston
Miami
John D. Ewing
Wilson Ewing
William H. Bronson
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