Unending surveillance of James Earl Ray in Memphis
Report details the locked down suite and constant CCTV monitoring of James Earl Ray in Shelby County Jail. Guards, a control center, and bullet proof glass guard his meals and movements amid calls for change of venue by defense attorney Percy Foreman.
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Memphis, Tenn
UPI
James Earl Ray
Percy Foreman
Ray
Texas
Memphis
Martin Luther King Jr
William N. Morris Jr
Foreman
Criminal Court
W. Preston Battle
Arthur J. Hanes Sr
Shelby County Criminal Courts
Shelby County
Morris
London
Little Rock housing authority agrees to desegregate eight projects
The Little Rock housing authority agreed to desegregate its eight public housing projects ending a Justice Department lawsuit. A consent order filed in Little Rock District Court requires compliance with HUD rules and a community wide first come first served system. The agreement covers employment practices and use of federal funds totaling over six million dollars since 1940.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Justice Department
Department
Man planned bank robbery to spend Christmas in jail
A man who sought arrest by staging a bank robbery was caught but released after police heard his tale. A charity group offered him a room in a reformatory for Christmas if he chose.
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Copenhagen
UPI
News Media Hire Of Negroes Reveals Limited Representation
A survey of 388 U S newspapers magazines and radio and TV broadcasters shows 1743 Black employees making 4.2 percent of staff with most outlets seeking more diversity. The Washington Post leads with 388 Black workers 20.9 percent, while The New York Times and other outlets discuss coverage gaps and race relations. The study notes some replies lacked employee figures and cites comments from editors on coverage. The final line mentions the discovery of uranium radioactivity by Becquerel in 1896.
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New York
United States
Anti- Defamation League of B'nai B'rith
Columbia Journalism Review
Woody Klein
Lindsay
Klein
U. S
Washington Post
Ben W. Gilbert
New York Times
Arthur Gelb
Rockefeller Advising On Appointments for Nixon Cabinet
Governor Rockefeller says he advised President elect Nixon on potential Cabinet and sub Cabinet officers but would not name candidates. He prefers remaining as New York governor and notes Nixon discussed welfare standards proposals with governors though no commitments were made.
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New York Times
Palm Springs
Calif
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Nixon
Rockefeller
Republican Governors Association
Governors Association
New York City
United States
United Nations
Thurmond to wed 22 year old former Miss South Carolina
UPI reports Sen. Strom Thurmond 66 to marry Nancy Moore 22 a former Miss South Carolina of 1965. They met in 1966 and she worked in his Washington office. wedding date and place to be announced later, possibly before year end.
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Aiken
S.C
UPI
Strom Thurmond
South
Richard Nixon
Nancy Moore
South Carolina
Washington
Moore
Thurmond
Balding Thurmond
Jean Crouch
Miss Crouch
Consumer Frauds Add to Urban Turmoil in Ghettos
Morgenthau reports that consumer fraud fuels city crises and sparks violence by harming the poor while suburban housewives also suffer. Civil rights laws aided prosecutions of fraud in the Southern District of New York as process servers falsely certified service. 1967 accident costs totaled 21.3 million dollars.
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New York
Robert M. Morgenthau
United States
Morgenthau
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Paris
New York Times News Service
The
National Safety Council
Morgantown Business College
Morgantown
Business College
Chestnut - Willey Sts
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