WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1968
SCisig Murder Suspect
May' Be Bounty Hunter
DALTON, Ga. < AP) A con- were prisoners at the Missouri
vieted murderer who was in State. Penitentiary when John
prison with the mysterious F. Kennedy was assassinated
James Earl Ray, now hunted in Nov. 22, 1963, in Dallas, Tex.
the slaying of Dr. Martin $1 Million Bounty
Luther King Jr., said yesterday "Another boy s jid, ‘Well,
he heard Ray say, he would be there’s a million-dollar bounty
willing to try to collect $1 mil- to get King.’ King was running
lion for killing the civil rights his mouth pretty good then,
leader. • Ray said, ‘lf there is a million-
Raymond Curtis, 40, the dollar bounty on King, I believe
same age as Ray, is serving a I can collect it,’ ” Curtis said
life sentence at Whitfield Coun- in an interview.
ty jail. Curtis said he and Ray Curtis said he met Ray in
U Thant Says Talk
May Begin 'This Week'
PARIS (IP) U Thant, optimistic about preliminary
talks between the United States and North Vietnam, said
yesterday he hoped they will begin shortly, “perhaps even
this week.”
Rumors rippled around world capitals that a site al
ready had been agreed upon, but a State Department
spokesman in Washington declared:- “You can say flatly
that no agreement has been reached.”
Talking with reporters at the airport before leaving
for New York, the U.N. secretary-general appeared to be
little the haggling that has gone on between North Viet
nam and the United States over a meeting place.
North Vietnam's Proposals
He said that Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital, Warsaw,
Paris or Geneva “are the cities where these preliminary
talks could be held.”
The United States has rejected Phnom Penh because
it has no relations with Cambodia and Warsaw because as a
Communist nation it is riot neutral in the war. The North
Vietnamese have cold-shouldered the U.S. suggestion they
meet at Geneva.
A high French source said as far as he knew Paris
has not been chosen and the government has done nothing
to encourage the' two to meet in the French capital. How
ever, Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville said
last week France would be happy to have Paris as a meet
ing site. I
Paris Not Mentioned
Paris has been mentioned more and more recently as
a possibility. Both North Vietnam and the .United States
have diplomatic missions in Paris and there are ample
communications, a point Washington has stressed as neces
sary for a site. ;
Sorority Suites Open
For Sunday
By NANCY. SCHULTZ bons, pins and pictures of Greek activities,
Collegian Staff Writer such as Homecoming and Spring Week.
<ai , , , Scrapbooks on sorority life and articles on
I.J ee^en c A WI c ak f, P' ac , e philanthropic projects will also be shown.
T 3 i -30 , in South, Pol- Lynne Moeller, first vice president of
? as * Residence, hall areas. Two the Panhellenic Council, will give a slide
sorority suites in each area will hold m- presentation in the other participating soror
formal open house for all, girls planning to jty suite. It will be shown at 2:30 p.m. in
rush sororities and for those who are merely South Halls, 3 p.m. in Pollock and 3:30 p.m.
interested m learning about Penn State’s in East Halls. '
Gieek system. : , The presentation was compiled by the
The Chi Omega and Gamma Phi Beta council to show various aspects of sorority
suites in South Halls, Alpha Phi and Kappa life. These slides will also be shown to the
Alpha Theta spites in Pollock and Alpha Commonwealth Campuses by the Panhel-
Omicron Pi and Phi Mu in East Halls will lenic Council.
be open. Two representatives from each of the
.Displays, bilges 26 sororities will be present at open house
In one of the open suites in each - area, to answer any questions concerning the
.-the sororities will present a display of rib- rush system, pledging, etc.
1955 when both were prisoners
in Jackson County jail at Kan
sas City. Mo. He said they
shared a cell for. seven months.
Then, Curtis said, Ray was
transferred to the Leavenworth
federal priron to serve a. term
for forging .postal money
orders. Curtis said that two
weeks later he also Was sent
to Leavin vorth.
Adjoining Cells
Curtis said he and Ray were
in the same 81-cell building-at
Leavenworth and at one point
were in' adjoining cells.
He said after about six
months he was transferred to
the Atlanta prison and did not
see Ray again untH late 1961 or
early 1982, when Curtis went to
the Missouri State Penitentiary
on. a rO-year armed robbery
sentence. .
Ray was there, Curtis said,
serving a 20-year armed rob
bery sentence. Prison records
confirm that Curtis arid Ray
were.inmates at the same time.
It was in the orison yard,
Curtis said| that he and Ray
saw television news reports of
Kennedy’s assassination. A few
days later, he said, a new pris
oner came iii and said that a' SI
million bounty had been put on
King by a “KKK businessman’s
association.”
Ray Was ‘Loner’
Curtis said. Ray did not asso
ciate freely with other inmates.
“You could pick him out of a
crowd of 2.000 men in the
prison yard. He would be off to
himself walking and his mind
would be somewhere else.”
Curtis said he heard Ray
mention a King bounty several
times. At one point, Curtis said,
Ray referred to the Kennedy
assassination by saying, “Boy,
probably somebody made a
nice little penny off of. that! I
sure wish it was m3.'
THE DAILY COLLEGIAN, UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA
SEN. EUGENE MCCARTHY
Winner of Pennsylvania Democratic Primary
McCarthy Wins State Primary
(Continued from page one)
affect every resident of the commonwealth, all
received varying affirmative leads as .the votes
trickled in. The reporting was a slow, tedious pro
cess, made more difficult by the nationwide tele
phone strike.
Voters also elected delegates to the Democrat
and Republican national conventions. The Penn
sylvania Democrat delegation has 130 votes, and,
like the Republican, is not bound by the primary
vote. The Republican delegation represents 81
votes at the convention.
Legislature
On the state Legislature level, political con
trol of the House of Representatives was indecisive
in returns'from six special elections.'Early returns
had Democrat candidates leading by slim margins
in the 17th and 22nd districts of Allegheny County,
and the 79th of Blair County.
Alabama Appeals Welfare Ruling'
WASHINGTON (IP) Alabama appealed to
the Supreme Court yesterday to discourage
unmarried sex by approving cutoffs in aid to
needy children.
If welfare payments to the children continue
while the mother is having an affair, said Asst.
Gen. Mary Lee Stapp, government is financing
illegitimacy.
“The theory over the country for years is that
a child does mot get aid if there are two able
bodied persons in the house,” Mrs. Stapp said.
WDFM PROGRAM SCHEDULE
4 - 6 a.m.—John schutrlck with Top Forty/ news capsules every 30 minutes
8 • 10 a.m.—Dave Handler with Top Forty/ news capsules every 30 minutes
Spotlight on the Miracles
4 - 4:05 p.m. WDFM News
4:05 • 4 p.m.—Music of the Masters with Chris Aupperle
Imbrie—Violin Concerto; Milhaud—Cello Concerto; Vfeuxtemps—
Violin Concerto #4
4 . 4:05 p.m.—WDFM News
4:05 • 7 p.m.—After Six (Popular, easy-listening)
7 • 7:15 p.m.—Dateline News (Comprehensive campus, national and Infer*
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7:15 • 7:45 p.m.—After Six (Continued)
7:45 - 8 p.m.—Focus with Marian Ewing focus op the USG Spring
Arts Festival
8 - 10 p.m.—Two on the Aisle' with Ray Laird (Music from film and
Broadway Theater) featuring the soundtrack from "The Pawn
broker."
10 • 10:05 p.m. WDFM News
10:05-12 midnight Symphonic Notebook with Samuel Edelman
12 - 12:05 a.m.—WDFM News
The brothers and pledges of
PH! SIGMA KAPPA
wish to thank the
brothers and pledges of
KAPPA ALPHA PSI
for a solid time last
Saturday night
"In initiating "The Shelter" we propose that some
forty students from various backgrounds be
brought together for an experiment in community
living. These students would be reponsible for ihe
maintenance and social-educational programming
of ihe house. A room with bath on the main floor
of the house will be reserved as a guest room for
visitors who will contribute, from iheir current
thought or action, to the intellectual life and social
leadership of the house. The theme of our inquiry
will be "the crisis of social and political revolu
tion." All available resources of society concerned
for human issues will be integrated into the explor
ation of our current crisis. The house will explore
what ihe common life and thoughts together can
offer in attempting to provide intimations of new
directions toward social change as well as how the
members themselves can personally participate in
the process. By joining "The Shelter" one commits
himself to an identity. He commits himself io a
positive stance in the midst of the maelstrom. He
becomes a member of a community of peers dedi
cated to the intellectual analysis of. the current
hang-ups and to service on task forces that might
be formed to fulfill the needs and aims of the
house. He will learn to respect himself and others
for their basic humanity. Although our task is
great, ihe opportunities for service and personal
growth are boundless. 'Where there is no vision
the people perish'."
-Applications are at the HUB desk.
For information call: 238-5655, 238-0786
Peace Dialogue
(Continued from, page one)
funding problems for the ghet
to, education problem; in time
of war, military research on
the campus, and similarly re
lated issues.” .
“We will try to get a num
ber of varied presentations,”
said Bodner. “We hope that
this will lead to the balancing
out of some sort of consensus,”
he added.
Films, Panel
The panel discussions will be
on issues related to'the Penn
State students, according to
Bodner. Suggested films to be
shown are: “The Battle of
Coldon;” “Eye Witness,” the
first film- made in North Viet
nam by a Western journalist:
“Inside- North Vietnam,” a
documentary;. “Good Times,
Wonderful Times,’ an attack
on smugness and complacency;
and “Come Back Africa,” a
racial'film.
Suggested speakers for" the
dialogues, which will take place
at the Hetzel Union Building,'
are; Tom Hayden, former Stu
Republican nominees held slight edges in the The Republicans held a 101-96 margin In the
89th-Franklin and Cumberland counties—and the 203 member house and needed to win one of the
10th district encompassing-Bradford County. There six special races to regain a bare 10 vote consti
were no returns from the 190th district in Phila- tutional majority.
delphia. Tabulators there concentrated on the The Democrats expected to win in the 17th,
other contests on the. ballot, namely the . Clark- 22nd and 190th and were optimistic about the 79th
Dent confrontation and the presidential prefer- and 89th. Republicans appeared to have a lock on
ence voting. the 110th. - •
RFK Puts Focus on Elderly
In 23-Gity Campaign Tour
HUNTINGTON, Ind. (TP) Sen. Robert F. price increases ”
Kennedy aimed his campaign guns at the'elderly
voters Tuesday on the second leg of a three-day,
23-city tour of Indiana cities before- the May 7
primary.,
“I am going to help the elderly,” the New
York Democrat said.
Kennedy, much of whose appeal has been ernization of facilities with another 8,000 beds,
aimed at the younger voters, put heavy emphasis Kennedy ran into a sprinkling of demonstra
on the plight of elderly persons whose incomes have tors for another Indiana primary rival, Sen. Eugene
been shrunken by inflated living costs. J. McCarthy, D.-Minn.
Proposes Increase in Social Security He gontinded to attack the position of favorite
He'told a Huntington audience Social Security son Gov. Roger D. Branigin, the third Democratic
payments should be a minimum of $l5O for cou- primary candidate, who has been asking Hoosier
pies and $lOO for individuals “so that the promise voters to support him and give him control of the
of Social Security will not be a hollow one.” state’s 63-vote delegations to the Democratic Na-
He said Social Security should include a cost- fi° na l Convention,
of-living adjustment feature “so that Social Secur- Kennedy repeated that now, is the time to
ity payment levels are not constantly eroded by discuss the issues.
)
F WED, April 24th
LAMONT and the KINGS
u ——
THURS., April 25th
T BQ, THE GO-GO
U FRIDAY, April 26th
D Tom Collins and the Mixers
A MONDAY, April 29th
THE RHYTHM FACTORY
dents, for Democratic Society
national president; the Rev.
William Sloane Coffin, chap
lain at Yale and member of the
Resistance; Susan Sontag, Mas
sachusetts Institute of Tech
nology linguist; Noam Chom
sky, linguist and Resistance
member; Marcus Raskin, con
sultant for the Institute for
Policy in Washington, D.C.;
James Forman from Snick; the
Rev. Abernathy, top man in
the Southern Christian Leader
ship Conference; and James
Bevel, who organized the
'march ’on New York last April
15.
Other possible speakers in
clude: Dave Mcßeynolds of
the War Resistance League in
New York; generals Schoup
and-Hester, troop commitment
experts; Gabriel Kolko, author;
and William Davidson, of the
Anti-War Activities organiza
tion at Haverford ' University
and several others. ’
Other Events
Bodner said that they are be
ing aided locally by Steve
. Must Aid Elderly
At Elwood, home of 1940 Republican presi
dential candidate Wendell V/illkie,’ Kennedy said
the health needs of the elderly must be met. He
noted that Indiana will need 3,600 more hospital
beds within the next five years, along with mod-
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Gerson, Awareness through In
vestigation and Discussion and
the Citizens For Peace in Viet
nam. He said almost , veryone
in the SCLC <is being contacted
by Ed Widmer of the Lutheran-
Student Association. Coalition
is also in the process of con
tacting a speaker service deal
ing with coordinating peace and
anti-war movements, Bodner
said.
Events planned in New York
include a parade and a rally
at Sheep Meadow. Dick Greg
ory and Mayor John Lindsay
are supposed to speak. Other
speakers will include Mrs.
Martin Luther King, Rabbi
Maurice Reisendrath, coordi
nating chairman of Student
Mobilization .and Stanley Wise
f r o.m Student Non-Violent Co
ordinating Committee to name
a few, Bodner said.
In 16 other U.S. cities such
as Philadelphia and Los An
geles similar activities - will
take place, but not on the same
level as New York this Friday
Bodner said.
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