Extradition Move for James Earl Ray Fueled by Legal Speed
A London magistrate ordered James Earl Ray held without bail on Britain entering and forged passport charges. A provisional U.S. extradition warrant was approved as authorities plan formal proceedings in Bow Street Court. Ray remains under guard at Wandsworth Prison with potential Missouri escape charges pending.
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UPI
James Earl Ray
Britain
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
Memphis
Tenn
King
Bow Street
U.S
U.S. Justice Department
Bow Street Court
Brixton Prison
Wandsworth Prison
Tennessee
Missouri
Jury progress in Galayda murder trial at Uniontown
Twenty jurors were examined by prosecuting and defense attorneys yesterday in Uniontown Pennsylvania as the John Galayda murder trial resumed. Only one juror was selected. The University Senate appointed a committee to explore interracial conditions on campus. Eight Turkish labor officials are in Morgantown touring local plants and conferring with area labor leaders.
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Uniontown
John Galayda
University Senate
Morgantown
Kennedy plans return to duties despite pressure from allies
Washington reports say close friends urged Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts to bow out, but he stated he would resume normal duties in a few days. In Washington, the Senate leadership urged caution on stronger gun control amid White House concerns over violence. Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller reopened his presidential bid with a commencement address at Allegheny College and a White House visit, under heavy police protection.
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Senate
Congress
White House
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Allegheny College
Meadville
Nuclear proliferation treaty wins UN initial support
United Nations members approve in principle a draft treaty sponsored by the United States and the Soviet Union to curb nuclear weapons spread after six weeks of debate. In Saigon General Westmoreland says victory in Vietnam is unlikely while policy blocks expanding the war. Paris sees Harriman return amid signs of third party moves to ease the bombing stalemate and resume talks with Hanoi.
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Saigon
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Paris
W. Averell Harriman
Johnson
Hanoi
High Court Rules Police May Stop and Frisk Suspects
The Supreme Court upheld police authority to stop suspicious persons and frisk for weapons if reasonable for safety. In a 8 to 1 decision, Justice Warren stated such searches may yield usable evidence when justified by reasonable belief of danger, with limits and without requiring probable cause.
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Supreme Court
Earl Warren
American Civil Liberties Union
Legal Defense and Educational Fund
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
High Court
New York
Warren
John W. Terry
Cleveland
William O. Douglas
Terry
Nelson Sibron
John Francis Peters
Peters
Sibron
Violence Commission Meets With LBJ at White House
President Johnson created a 10 member National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence after the Kennedy shooting. Dr Milton Eisenhower heads the panel with Lloyd Cutler as executive director. The group will study environmental factors and possible cures, aiming to report by June 10 next year and seek subpoena power. The first meeting is set for June 18.
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UPI
Washington
Johnson
White House
Robert F. Kennedy
Milton Eisenhower
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lloyd N. Cutler
Cutler
Defense
Clark Clifford
Ramsey Clark
National Commission On
Kerner
Eisenhower Commission
Eric Hoffer
San Francisco
Congress
Commission
Remorse Lacking In Reticent Sirhan
Los Angeles UPI reports Sirhan B. Sirhan the Kennedy assassination suspect has shown no remorse and has not asked for visitors beyond his attorney from the ACLU.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Kennedy
Ambassador Hotel
Viet Cong Stronghold Is Depleted In Saigon
South Vietnamese troops crushed the last major Viet Cong stronghold in Saigon’s Cholon district and captured five guerrillas as refugees were declared safe. Gen Westmoreland warned of more rocket attacks. Japan advised citizens in Vietnam to return home due to danger. Separately, Sirhan Sirhan's case moves toward an arraignment, with psychiatrists to evaluate him in jail prior to the June 28 appearance.
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UPI
William C. Westmoreland
Japan
Vietnam
U.S
Cholon
United States
Virin
Sirhan
Public Defender’s Office
Arthur Alarcon
Sheriff's Office
Hanoi and U S Have Not Met In Private
A U S negotiating team member says he visited the North Vietnamese delegation at their suburb villa three or four times to deliver documents. there were no private talks. The courier delivered a document requested by W Averell Harriman, and Hanoi sought a copy of President Johnson's speech.
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Paris
UPI
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Johnson
Hanoi
Xuan Thuy
Kennedy brothers clash over run for vice presidency
Edward Kennedy opposes a 1968 vice presidential bid for now and plans to stay in the Senate. Close associates say he would be open to serving as a running mate to Hubert Humphrey, while the Kennedy campaign team begins to dismantle after Robert Kennedy's death. Ted Kennedy visits his father in Hyannis Port amid family urging to withdraw from politics. Archbishop Hannan notes family pressure to quit.
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Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Robert
Senate
Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
Humphrey
Kennedy Associates
Joseph P. Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Mass
New Orleans
Philip M
Hannan
Times- Picayune
Edward
Ted
John F. Kennedy
Joe
Joseph P. Jr
Bobby
Students Riot Again in France
Paris clashes flared after a student demonstrator died near Meulan as extreme left youths battled police in the Latin Quarter around the Pantheon and Sorbonne. Tear gas, grenades, and reported drownings followed, with later confrontations near Pont Neuf and Place Saint Michel.
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Paris
Pantheon
Sorbonne
Meulan
Renault
Flins
Seine
Latin Quarter
Pont Neuf
Place St. Michel
National Assembly
Rockefeller weighs Lindsay for Kennedy seat in NY
Governor Nelson A Rockefeller considers John V. Lindsay among four or five figures for the vacant Senate seat after Robert F. Kennedy's assassination. John W. Gardener is also mentioned as a possible nominee while Rockefeller plans to offer the seat to Lindsay first due to his status as New York's second-ranking Republican.
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John V. Lindsay
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
John W. Gardener
Health, Education and Welfare
Urban Coalition
Rockefeller
Lindsay
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