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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1998
Page
4
Jerry Ray, 62, brother of James Earl Ray, seeks a three week funeral open to all including King family. He wants Rev James Lawson to officiate and favors a Nashville service after discussing a Memphis church plan.
Jerry Ray hopes King's relatives attend a public funeral for three people who died Thursday from liver disease. Dexter Scott King, son of the slain civil rights leader, said the family is unsure if they can attend due to a busy schedule. Lawson invited King to speak to striking sanitation workers in Memphis in 1968, and King was shot on a motel balcony during that trip. Lawson believes Ray may be innocent or aided by others.
In Edinboro Pennsylvania a town gathers for a vigil honoring John Gillette the teacher killed at a Friday night school dinner dance while Andrew Wurst an eighth grade suspect receives prayers from 350 attendees. Three others were wounded but not hospitalized during the incident.
Los Angeles AP The Big Hit leads the weekend box office with an estimated 11 million, topping City of Angels which earned 9 million. Titanic surpasses 1 billion in international gross, on track for another 260 million abroad, while remaining No 1 in 59 markets.
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