Manhunt Ends as Ray Is Arrested at Heathrow Airport
The RCMP and Scotland Yard detain James Earl Ray at Heathrow after tracing a fraudulent passport to Sneyd. The arrest follows a months long international search linked to the King assassination. Ray faces charges of concealed weapon possession and passport fraud.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
London
Scotland Yard
James Farr Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
UPI
John G. Warner
Montreal
Lisbon
Washington
Memphis
Atlanta
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King
Heathrow
Cannon Row
Supt
Thomas Butler
Atty
Clark
Ramon George Sneyd
Toronto
Sneyd
Passport Department
FBI
Bessie Brewer
Bow Street
Kiesinger faces threats at West German cup final in Ludwigshafen
Police guarded Chancellor Kurt Kiesinger as threats circulated that he would be killed, though he appeared in public without incident. The report mentions broader speculation about King's assassination, FBI warrants, links to a prison inmate named Ray, and rumors of a "million-dollar contract" for the murder.
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King
Canada
Ray
Galt
Paul
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Montreal
Toronto
King Bridgeman
Paul Bridgeman
Constable Sneyd
Eric S. Galt
Ludwigshafen
Germany
UPI
Kurt George Kiesinger
Kiesinger
FBI
James Earl
Missouri
Europe
Portugal
Memphis
Ohio riot control laws take effect Thursday
Ohio lawmakers enacted a comprehensive riot control package in 1968 to curb violent conduct. The new measures define first and second degree rioting, set penalties up to 1 000 dollars fine and prison terms, and authorize state patrols to pursue violators statewide.
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Ohio
Columbus
UPI
Oho
Gover
Robert Levitt
Canton
House
Judiciary Committee
Drownings Rise As Heat Drives Teens To Unsafe Waters
Ohio records show 15 drownings in three scorching days as youths seek relief in unauthorized spots. Names include Harold Welter 20 of Fostoria and Michael Butsler 13 of Veedoc ia with others from Van Wert Lima Columbus Cleveland and Willowick. Authorities warn against farm ponds rivers and quarries as deadly locations.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Harold Welter
Fostoria
Sandusky
Tiffin
Welter
USW and 11 steel firms begin talks in eight cities
The United Steelworkers Union opens contract talks with 11 major producers in eight cities led by Pittsburgh sessions with U S Steel Jones Laughlin Pittsburgh Steel and Allegheny Ludlum Armco Bethlehem Colorado Fuel and Iron Inland National Republic and Youngstown Sheet and Tube non economic issues include working conditions language and grievance procedures while wages pensions and other costs face scrutiny in Pittsburgh June 24. R Conrad Cooper of US Steel and Lt Abel USW president described the New York pre talks as serious yet friendly.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
United Steelworkers Union
USW
U.S. Steel
Jones & Laughlin
Pittsburgh Steel
Allegheny Sadium
Armco
Union
St. Louis
Bethlehem
New York
Colorado Fuel & Tron
Denver
Inland
Chicago
National
Detroit
Republic
Cleveland
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Youngstown
Ohio
R. Conrad
Cooper
US Steel
Lt. Abel
Ammo dump blast rattles Tel Aviv buildings
A brush fire spreading to a stockpile of ammunition captured by Israel caused explosions that rocked Tel Aviv. An army spokesman said there was no sign of sabotage and no casualties were reported as firefighters faced precautions to avoid further blasts.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Free lance fighting by GIs flares in Saigon streets
American GIs join South Vietnamese forces in Saigon street battles on days off. Some wear no insignia while two Green Berets assist Marines and rangers. Other U.S. personnel, civilians or in official cars, join or photograph the combat as patrols struggle to intervene.
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Saigon
U.S
Phu Lam
Cholon
Tito promises reforms to Yugoslav students
Belgrade AP report says Tito met with leaders of Yugoslav student groups and promised educational political and economic reforms to end a week long strike. He urged students to return to classes while guarantees are set, and pledged punishment for police abuses.
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Tito
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Belgrade University
Communist Party
Student Action Committee
Kennedy driver beaten and robbed near RFK home
Lee E. Morrow, 45, personal driver for the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy, was beaten and robbed by seven youths minutes from his Northeast Washington residence after a 24 hour shift with the grieving family. Police said he was lighted in the face with a stick and robbed of a wallet containing 50 cents and three gasoline credit cards in Kennedy's name. He was not seriously hurt and the youths fled.
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Washington
Lee E. Morrow
Robert F. Kennedy
Morrow
Kennedy
Indian troops clash with Nagas near Burma border
Indian forces say they killed more than 100 Nagas in fighting around a rebel hideout near the Burma border in Nagaland. Officials report heavy casualties on the Indian side. 24 rebels captured with large quantities of Chinese weapons found on bodies. The Press Trust of India cites photos suggesting Chinese aid to Nagas.
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Calcutta
India
Indian Army
Rakhoma
Nagaland
Press Trust of India
Tibet
Burma
Pentagon finds no link between Scorpion and Azores buoy
The Pentagon says there is no connection between the missing nuclear submarine Scorpion and a sound detecting buoy found 40 miles north of San Jorge Island in the Azores. Officials note the buoy, dropped from airplanes years ago, was to be recovered by tug and located in the Scorpion's last message area dated May 21.
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Washington
Pentagon
San Jorge Island
Azores
Britain’s first heart transplant patient worsens
Frederick West, 45, at National Heart Hospital in London shows deterioration in general condition due to a chest infection. He received the heart on May 3 from a 28-year-old Irish laborer who died in a construction site fall. Hospital says infection details withheld.
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London
UPI
Britain
Frederick West
National Heart Hospital
West
Donald Ross
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Birmiingham
Ala
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Angola
Brussels
Arcade Photo Studio
Martin Luther King
Michael Butsler
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the Chronicle Telegram
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Elida
Lima
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Hudal Coleman
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Dean Creek
Roger D. Carroll
Fairborn
Anthony Williams
Akron
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Jerry Freed
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