Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 79, No. 96, Ed. 1 Monday, June 10, 1968 Page: 2 of 42
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^Monday, June 10, 1968 OKLAHOMA CITY TIMES
Ray Hints He’ll Fight
Extradition to U. S.
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key link between the ac-
cused. the barrister and
5 the court.
' American legal officials
in London said the "proc-
»ess toward extradition is
already in motion and we
r hope to get him back to
•the United States very
■■hoon.”
Ray came into the court
through a side door,
-flanked by two policemen.
-He-looked calm and spoke
sin a firm voice,
r- The atmosphere in the
; courtroom was tense.
Two benches were oecu-
; pied by about 35 reporters.
Another 20 were outside
the courtroom, and about
50 persons jammed the en-
closure set aside for the
public.
^ Plainclothesmen and
uniformed police lined the
courtroom, and five of
them stood at the back of
the door, facing the press
and public.
Ray had been in Canada,
Portugal and Britain be-
fore the two-month hunt
ended with his arrest at
London airport. Informed
sources gave credence to
reports that he had been
hiding out in Ixindon since
mid-May.
"He's been like a caged
man sensing the trap was
closing in on him and look-
ing desperately for an es-
cape." one informant said.
One report was that
when picked up he was
bound for Brussels, hoping
to contact recruiters for
mercenary forces in Afri-
ca.
Ray is wanted on a
Tennessee charge of mur-
der, a federal charge of
conspiring to deny King
his civil rights, and a Mis-
souri charge that he es-
caped from prison there on
April 23, 1967.
U. S. Assistant Attorney
General Fred M. Vinson jr.
flew to London and saw Ray
In his cell Sunday, but in
Washington Attorney Gener-
al Ramsey Clark said Ray
had made no statement to
Vinson.
Clark said he could not
estimate how soon Ray
might be returned to the
United States. It is possi-
ble. he said, that Ray
might be deported.
If extradition is neces-
sary. legal sources in Lon-
don said, Ihe Bow St-eet
Court would require mate-
rial evidence showing a
case against Ray. The
procedure normally would
take two or three weeks,
but if Ray fought the case,
it could take much longer.
Route of King Death
Suspect Is Traced
* At
HOME again after six
years in exile Is former
French Premier Georges
Ridault. He urged French-
men to vote against both
the Communists and Presi-
dent Charles de Gaulle’s
supporters in the upcom-
ing national elections. (AP
Wirephoto)
Court
U. S. Envoy
Has Praise
For Westy
5 (Continued From Page 1)
ktions on Oklahoma highways. City ordinances govern
Violations within a city's limits.
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My son was wounded In Vietnam about four months
ago and I received no notification from the army. The
first word I had regarding his wound was in a letter
from him. Doesn’t the army notify parents or next of kin
when something like this happens? B. P.
Tim Turnbull, service officer for American Legion
Post No. 35, said servicemen not wounded seriously have
a choice. In such cases, the wounded soldier can notify
Jiis family or he can ask the military to do it for him. If
his wounds are serious, the military of course handles
■notification.
•
■* I understand it is costing Oklahoma City nearly
130,000 for a survey to find out if city employes are .un-
derpaid, as compared to employes in other cities of com-
parable population. Why does the taxpayer have to foot
this bill when city officials could correspond with other
municipalities and obtain this information much more
economically? W. G.
City Manager Robert Oldland said every other ma-
jor city has had such a survey made, or is in the process
of m)ch * program. Thetr plaps may or may not be as
current dr aa out-moded as ours, he said, and what may-
be appropriate in another city, such as Los Angeles,
Oakland or Baltimore, may not be appropriate in Okla-
homa City. 5
•
My husband works at Tinker Air Force Base. Can a
wife draw her husband’s retirement benefits if he dies
the conple is childless? Mrs. D. T.
W. N. Bobbitt, executive officer with the Interagency
Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners, said the ques-
tion you raise is rather difficult to answer because of the
many factors involved In your case. Usually, he said, the
rule of thumb is that a wife will receive the annuity if no
beneficiary is designated, or if she is designated. Where
there sure no children, she must be 50 years old to re-
ceive the annuity, Bobbitt said.
The Internal Revenue Service audited our 1965 in-
come tax return and found we owed $83. However, we
were due a $45 return on our 1966 return but the IRS kept
the $15 and applied it to our 1965 taxes. Shouldn’t we get
a little money back? Mrs. F. M.
Clvde Bickerstaff. district director for IRS. said you
have been notified that your return is still being pro
cessed at the Austin. Texas, service center. He said the
service center director will get in touch with you soon.
•
I would like to know how to get child support owed
me for some time. My ex-husband lives In Oklahoma
City, but I haven’t seen or heard from him in six years. I
have four children by him and need his help badly to
support them. How can I locate him? Mrs. F. C.
Don Cunningham, assistant district attorney, recom-
mends you contact the Legal Aid attorney in the Mercan-
tile Building for assistance. He said that office can pro-
vide the sen-ices of an investigator to locate the errant
father.
•
I did some baby sitting in March and April this year
and the mother still owes me $7.80. She promised to send
the money to me, hut hasn’t. I would appreciate any help
you can give me. Mrs. W. D.
Your letter was referred to the Oklahoma Depart-
ment of Labor and that office has sent you a wage claim
form to be filled out in detail. When it is returned, you
will receive advice or assistance from them.
Action Line will study every Inquiry or request, but
It iaa’t possible to answer each one personally. Don’t en-
close self-addressed, stamped envelopes, as answers to
geueral interest questions can be given only in this cnl-
Remember. Action Line wants to protect every citi-
sea’s rights to be treated fairly by government agencies
_ local, state, national — or any other community nr-
gaaixation. If you are confronted by a problem of this
type, call or write Actioa Liae. And plemse give a phone
aanher at which yea can be reached in case additional
information is needed
(Continued From Page I)
erl schools violates the Uon-!
jstitution will havp a chance
I in iry to block Ihe program
in courts.
Similarly, the ruling may
I clear Ihe way for suits
against other government
programs.
The textbook decision rest-
ed heavily on the view that
parochial schools serve a
secular educational function
as well as a religious educa-
tional function.
not agree . . . that all teach-
ing in a sectarian school is
religious or that the pro-
cesses of secular and reli-
gious training are so inter-
twined that secular text-
books furnished lo students
by the public are in fact in-
strumental in the teaching of
religion.”
The majority relied heav-
ils, too. on a 1947 Supreme
Court decision that upheld
reimbursement of parents
for bus transportation in
sending their children to
parochial and other private
schools.
Claims
from $12,333,658.92 to the
sum of $6,799,635.78 and a
triple damage claim of
$20,398,907.34.
The trial gels under way
next Monday before Judge
Eubanks and a federal court
j jury.
More than 150 witnesses
.SAIGON (AP) — U. S
Ambassador Ellsworth
Bunker said Monday
Vietnamese war was "per-
haps ihe most difficult war
in which our own nr any na-
tion has ever been en-
gaged,” requiring ingenuity,
imagination, flexibility, pa-
tience and restraint.
Bunker spoke at a dinner
honoring General William C.
Westmoreland, the com-
mander of U. S. troops in
Vietnam, who leaves Tues-
day for Washington where
he will become army chief of
And. said White, “we can- staff.
"You. General Westmore-
land, for four long years
have borne the responsibility
of leadership in this incredi-
bly difficult taks," Bunker
said. “You have exhibited
imagination and vision in
planning: flexibility and in-
genuity in execution; com-
passion toward thp civilian
population.
"And you have had an in-
tellectual grasp of the prob-
lem with which we are faced
hpre _ that military success
is not enough, that there
must be forward movement
too in the process of govern-
ment progress in political,
economic, and social devel-
opment. in nation building, if
peace is to be durable and
(Continued From Page 1) viable.
Texas GOP Meets
CORPUS CHRISTI. Texas
(AP) — Texan Republicans
gathered Monday on the eve
of their state convention,
which is expected to endorse
Sen. John Tower (R-Texas.)
as a favorite son candidate
for president
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cate application could be
obtained from birth no-
tices and telephone direc-
tories.
Ray used the name
Bridgman when he had
passport photos made at
Mabel Agnew'i photo-
graphic studio April 11.
The real Bridgman, a
consultant teacher with
the Toronto board of edu-
cation, said Sunday he was
"shook up" when he found
out about the alias. He
said he had no idea why
his name was used.
Bridgman said police
questioned him Friday but
he had no idea what it was
about until he heard the
name mentioned Saturday
in news accounts of Ray s
arrest.
Mrs. Sun Loo said she
saw a "fat man” pass a
small envelope to Ray
about four days before he
flew to London May 6. She
said she could not give a
dpt ailed description of ihp
man and did not know
what was in Ihe envelope,
’hr*! Ray got the envelope on
Ihe day his rent was due
and the day he paid $345
for an excursion flight
ticket to London.
It was under the name
Sneyd that Ray flew to
London May 6 and then to
Lisbon.
Ray arrived in Portugal
May 8 where he stayed in
Carrie Green
Funeral Set
the Hotel Portugal until
May 17 paying just over $2
a day for his room on the
first floor. Staff at the ho-
tel recall that he was gen-
erally out of his room 15 or
16 hours a day.
From Lisbon, Ray’s trail
becomes less clear. A
member of the Canadian
embassy staff in Lisbon
said a man by the name of
Ramon George Sneyd had
approached the embassy
for a passport. He refused
to elaborate.
Passport Issued
Reports from Ottawa
said the embassy issued
him another passport un-
der the name Sneyd May
16.
First reports said Ray
had stopped over at Lon-
don Saturday on a British
European Airways jet
from Lisbon to change
planes for Brussels.
But police and airline*
at Ihe Lisbon airport: said
no man with a Canadian
passport issued in the
name of Sneyd passed
through the airport Satur-
day.
In London Hotel
The Dailv Express said
Scotland Yard detectives
believe Ray flew back to
London between May 16
and May 20 and that he
was known to have been at
a West End London hotel
May 22.
The newspaper said
Yard detectives traced
four London addresses
where Ray is believed to
have lived since mid-May.
including one where he
staved with another uni
dentified man.
Ray was reported lo
have lived under the name
of Sneyd in two small ho-
tels in West London, the
New Earl’s Court and then
the Pax Hotel in Pimlieo.
Woman Tells Story
The New Earl's Court
would not comment, but
Mrs. Anna Thomas, a
Swedish woman who own*
the Pax, told the Daily
Telegraph this story:
Ray’s room was full of
newspapers. He spent
most of the day in bed,
complaining of a headache
and hardly ever went out.
“Mr. Sneyd tore up a lot
of papers. He paid in Eng-
lish money but bargained
when he came in.
"I told him that it would
have to be 30 shillings
($3.60) a night. He only
had a small flight bag with
him, but lots of newspa-
pers.
"He washed his own
clothes.”
After he left a syringe
was found stuffed down a
drainpipe in one of the two
rooms in which he stayed.
She said the man made
.an unsuccessful attempt to
leavp Britain last Thurs-
day or Friday and re-
ceived a telephone rail
from British European
Airways to say the flight
on which he had hoped to
lpave for Germany was
full.
Mrs. Thomas said Sneyd
looked "more thinner in
the face” than in one of
the pictures of Ray pub-
lished in a British newspa-
ner.
Bartlett j
(Continued From Page 1)
The governor said since ™
August, 1967, there has
been a 15 percent increase
in the hiring of Negroes In
Oklahoma City and Tulsa,
and an 11 percent jump in
the employment of In-
dians.
The governor said *
good example of the
change in employment
practices is at an Oklaho-
ma City firm, where, in
August,’ 1967, there were
four Negroes employed.
Today, he said, the firm
has 100 Negroes on Us pay- A
roll. ^
"It’s very difficult, how-
ever. to provide work for
the disadvantaged unless
there is an increase In
jobs. This area we have to
concentrate on, too."
At this point Gov. Bart-
lett said an announcement
was forthcoming soon
about a new industry that
will begin operation in
Oklahoma City.
The governor was ac-
companied on his Monday
walk by Abram Ross, a ra-
dio newscaster, who set up
the press conference. '
Bartlett said several
more visits with employ-
ers are planned this sum-
mer.
Shah lo Visit
ROME (AP) — The shah
nf Iran, Mohammed Reza
Pahlevi, left by plane for
New York Monday for a
week's private visit to the
United Stales.
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Mrs. Carrie Green, Spencer,
died Wednesday in an Oklahoma
City nursing home. Services will |
he at 11 a nt. Tuesday in Rolfri
Funeral Home, with burial in
Mount Moriah Cemetery.
She was a member of the
Church of God. She moved to
Spencer from Arkansas 32 years
ago.
Survivor* include three daugh-
ters, Mr*. Agnes Lawson, of Ihe
home; Mrs. Bessie Brown snd
Mrs. Luretha Petty, both in Cali-
fornia. and a *on. Whitfield, Rich-
mond. Calif.
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Texas Delegates
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DALLAS (AP) — Twenty-
eight contesting delegations
sought Monday to argue
their way into Tuesday s
state Democratic conven-
tion.
A credentials subcommit-
tee scheduled hearings for
rival delegations from 14
senatorial districts or coun-
ties arising out of local party
conventions held May 4 and
11. Most of them concern
support of Gov. John Connal-
ly as a favorite son presiden-
tial candidate._
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