Ray Transfer Battle Sways Between State and Federal Courts
James Earl Ray’s attorney says he will file suits in state chancery and federal court to block transferring Ray to federal prison, calling the move like Liberia. Gov. Blanton has pressed for federal custody after Ray’s brush with escape from Brushy Mountain State Prison. The timeline includes the July 1977 escape and recapture, with ongoing manhunt details and legal actions.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
James Earl Ray
Ray
Liberia
Ray Blanton
Brushy Mountain
Petros
Martin Luther King Ray
Brushy
Jack Kershaw
Chancery Court
U. S. District Court
NAACP Plans Covert Bias Fight At 68th Convention
NAACP to tackle covert discrimination during its 68th annual convention in St. Louis with about 4 000 delegates. Roy Wilkins retires as executive director after 22 years, succeeded by Benjamin L Hooks while Cyrus Vance addresses attendees.
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ST. Louis
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Cyrus R. Vance
Roy Wilkins Wilkins
Association
Benjamin L. Hooks
Wilkins
Hooks
Memphis
Margaret Bush Wilson
NAACP
Mother Wants Baby Back From Stranger in Rockford Case
Jean Riley of Rockford still seeks the return of her baby Joshua after handing him to a stranger identified as Shelley Pickett last week. The infant was recovered unharmed in Baraboo, Wis., after alert citizens notified police. Authorities, including Rockford police and Illinois DCFS, investigate possible charges and custody status.
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Rockford
Ill
UPI
Jean Riley
Baraboo
Harold Peterson
Joshua
Mrs. Riley
Ms. Pickett
William Nielsen
Shelley Pickett
Neilson
Nielsen
Peterson
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Midwest Storms Subside Amid Flooding and Deaths
Thunderstorms swept across the Plains and Midwest causing heavy rains and floods from Texas to Ohio Valley. Water reached four feet in Owensboro Kentucky while Arkansas and surrounding states reported scattered damage. Authorities pursue Gene Leroy Hart as a killer of three Girl Scouts with ongoing manhunt by local and federal agencies in Skunk Mountain area.
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Locust Grove
Okla
UPI
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Highway Patrol
FBI
Gene Leroy Hart
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