Word: rays
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...immersed in planning a Poor People's Campaign with the same goal. Then came the sniper's shot that killed him in Memphis on April 4, 1968, the two-month pursuit of his killer, and the swift conviction of a smirking, small-time thief named James Earl Ray. Yet nearly eight years later, the widespread feeling still persists that King's murder has not really been solved...
Tough to Prove. Certainly there are a number of unanswered questions. Why would Ray have killed King? How did he finance a year of travel, ranging from Acapulco to Montreal, London and Lisbon, between his escape from the state penitentiary in Jefferson City, Mo., on April 23, 1967, and his arrest at London's Heathrow Airport on June 8, 1968? How could he have acquired passports, false identification and four cred ible aliases without help? For that matter, did Ray-who has repudiated his guilty plea and demanded a trial-really kill King? The evidence against him is persuasive...
...council, which represents the interests of the alumni, asked the trustees to defer any change in the admissions policy for a year, in order to research the problem and publicize it to the alumni, Ray N. Rassenburger, president of the alumni council, said Wednesday...
Apparently, Harvard's major weakness--a lack of depth due to injury--hurt. Six players, Hooft, Alex James (12 points, 5 rebounds), Andy Buchsbaum (8 points, 6 rebounds), Rick Bengel (7 points, 6 rebounds), Charlie Baker and Ray McGuire played most of the game and seemed to tire during the Dartmouth surge...
...previous restrictions limited both home and away teams. In swimming the squads were limited to 23 for the home team and 18 for the visiting squad. Harvard swimming coach Ray Essick felt the rules were unfair...