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Canadian Pattern. Four days after King's murder, Ray had hightailed across the Canadian border, and was renting a $10-a-week room from Mrs. Fela Szpakowsky on Toronto's polyglot Ossington Avenue. Just why Ray chose Canada is not entirely clear, but, almost surely, one reason was the knowledge-widely circulated among convicts in the U.S.-that it is ridiculously easy to get a Canadian passport. All that is needed is the gall to ask for one and a birth certificate-and the certificate is not strictly necessary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: RAY'S ODD ODYSSEY | 6/21/1968 | See Source »

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