Ray Denies King Killing In London Hearing
UPI reports James Earl Ray told Bow Street magistrates he did not kill Martin Luther King Jr. and bore him no grudge. UK officials cited fingerprint evidence tying Ray to the murder rifle while a Memphis boarding house resident placed Ray at the scene. Continued on Page 3, Col. 1.
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Martin Luther King Jr
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Martin Luther King
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Tenn
David Calcutt
United States
Calcutt
U.S
Charles Q. Stevens
Tennessee
Stevens
Mempis
Bessie Brewer
Mayor Larrison Doubtful on Opening Maple Avenue
Mayor Larrison doubts opening Maple Ave through the Tampane Co. property, awaiting a Defense Department study to assess impact on industrial park value. The Wabash Valley Economic Development Corp. and area leaders urge action, but rail traffic and right of way pose major hurdles. Hutchins supports studying Maple Ave limits while considering Fruitridge Belt Expressway plans.
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Defense Department
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Wayne Miles
Thomas Roberts
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Carl Price
George Tofaute
Penn Central
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Tofaute
Fruitridge
Development Corporation
Area Plan
Robert Mann
Ball State to offer two year pre med program
Ball State University announces a two year medical program as part of plans to join with Indiana University in expanding state medical education. The university seeks a 1969 70 and 1970 71 appropriation of 139500 and 234500 to fund the proposal.
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Sugar Cane's Rise Quietly Transforms European Markets
Until the successful and widespread culture of sugar cane in the Americas, sugar was a scarce commodity in Europe usually dispensed by apothecaries. The note highlights how the crop's spread altered availability and traditional distribution channels across Europe.
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State Budget Body Holding ISU Meeting
The State Budget Committee will meet at Indiana State University to study requests including a 250000 bond for a fifth floor at ISU School of Business and 120000 for boiler plant gear. The total project is estimated at 2500000, with advance equipment helps complete bidding and drawings.
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ISU School of Business
ISU
School of Business
J. Kenneth Moulton
Senate Committee Debates Mail Order Gun Ban Push
In Washington the Senate Judiciary Committee weighs a bill to ban mail order sale of rifles and shotguns as President Johnson calls for broader gun control. Public opinion shifts against stricter laws, especially registration, while House leaders debate timing ahead of the July 4 recess.
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Johnson
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
House
Emanuel Celler
Dn.y
House Judiciary Committee
William M. Colmer
D-Miss
House Rules Committee
Dog pound repairs eyed after 41 pets escaped
Easy Retrieval Truth or Consequences New Mexico AP reports City Manager Gene Goetz urges improvements at the dog pound after the dog catcher notes owners have retrieved 41 dogs by reaching over the fence. The City Commission was informed of the depoundment risk and the need for preventive work.
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United States abandons Khe Sanh post in mobile warfare shift
U S troops abandon and level the Khe Sanh combat base in northwest South Vietnam freeing defenders for mobile strike operations. Brig Gen Winant Sidle says the base is being leveled and bunkers closed as part of a new mobile warfare concept. South Vietnamese forces report 125 enemy killed near Quang Tri City and a large weapons cache found near Saigon. U S pilots downed a MIG21 south of the 19th parallel, first since February, as 106 MIGs are credited in aerial combat.
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Khe Sanh
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Demilitarized Zone
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Sidle
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North Vietnam
Johnson
NAACP Bars McCarthy From Atlantic City Convention
Roy Wilkins told a NAACP gathering in Atlantic City that no candidate for public office was invited to speak, prompting McCarthy aides to say he would likely challenge the threat to blast him if he attended. Reid, an NAACP lawyer, said Wilkins warned McCarthy in a hallway exchange that the city would be off limits.
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N.J
UPI
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Eugene McCarthy
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
McCarthy
New York
NAACP
Wilkins
Herbert Reid
Howard University
Civil Rights Organization
Reid
Louis Steel
Soviets Offer to Discuss Limiting Missile Systems
In Moscow the Soviet Union proposed talks with the United States on limiting antimissile systems. Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko announced the offer to the Supreme Soviet, signaling Kremlin openness to cooperation amid U S Soviet efforts to curb missile defenses costing billions. He urged mutual restraint of strategic weapons and noted U S war production rising while criticizing American imperialism. The speech followed Johnson’s peace cooperation proposals tied to the Glassboro summit anniversary, and urged halting aggression in Vietnam as talks continue.
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Andrei A. Gromyko
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N.J
Alexei N. Kosygin
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Weather Map On Page Two Forecast For Indiana Illinois
The report notes a river stage at 10.4 feet rising and a cool, clearing trend. Yesterday highs reached 76 and lows 55 with 0.03 inches rainfall. Terre Haute area: tonight cooler, tomorrow sunny and warmer with highs in the lower 70s, lows 50 to 56. Illinois: clearing, cool tonight with mid 50s lows, Friday sunny and warmer. Percent chance of precipitation 10% tonight, 5% Friday.
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Illinois
Petition Opposes LBJ's Supreme Court Picks
Eight Senate Republicans have signed a petition opposing President Johnson's Supreme Court nominees Abe Fortas and Homer Thornberry. The move signals a rough path to confirmation if a filibuster develops. Signers represent about half of the GOP's 36 members, with more possible.
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Senate
Johnson
Supreme Court
Abe Fortas
Homer Thornberry
Fortas
Earl Warren
Thornberry
Murphy
Michigan
Robert P. Griffin
California
George Murphy
Griffin
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
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