Dr King Honored by 5000 marchers in Memphis today
On the ninth anniversary of his assassination, about 5,000 people gather in Memphis to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. A Nobel Peace Prize winner, King's dream of racial equality is remembered as a nonviolent pursuit. He was shot in downtown Memphis on April 4, 1968.
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Pope Begins Easter Week Schedule Amid War Warnings
Pope Paul VI starts a heavy Easter Week program including Palm Sunday mass and Holy Thursday foot washing. He urges global peace as he recovers from influenza and arthrosis, blessing crowds at St Peter’s and St John Lateran.
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V-8 Engine May Cost Bundle
The piece assesses rising gas prices, a proposed tax on gas guzzling big cars, and how buyers favor V-8 engines. It notes GM's Thomas Murphy criticizing the plan, cites 1977 model trends with 56 percent midsize and larger cars V-8 equipped, and discusses fuel economy impacts and potential consumer shifts.
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11-Year-Old Driver Nabbed After High Speed Chase
An 11-year-old driver led a 30 mile high speed pursuit across Southern California freeways from Eagle Rock to Bell. The youth, stopped at a police roadblock, was arrested with a 16-year-old girlfriend on suspicion of car theft after a minor collision on the Long Beach Freeway onramp.
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