European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 01, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                King panel i 11 test Ray s Rifle Petros. Tenn. A two ballistic experts will begin tests this week to deter mine whether a Rifle purchased by James Earl Ray was used to kill or. Martin Luther King or. Nine years ago Ray s attorney  present they do not know whether they have the murder weapon said Jac Kershaw. Latest attorney for Ray who is serving 99 years at the Brushy Mountain state prison Here for murdering King. Kershaw s comments came after fou House investigators led by committee counsel Robert Lehner spent six hours interviewing Ray in their fourth visit Friday with the bulk of their inquiry entering on How and Why Ray purchased the weapon in Birmingham  said the meeting was productive. He is cooperating with us said leh Ner. We spent the whole Day speaking with him and we will be Back next tues  said House investigators received the Rifle from the Memphis police department and also had been Given frag ments of the Bullet from King s body enabling them to Complete what he believed to be the first ballistics test to deter mine whether the two  said the Fri said in 1968 the Bullet was too badly damaged to conduct an ballistics tests. But the committee agreed earlier this year to see if new criminology techniques might allow a ballistics test to be  the fragments do not match the Rifle. I will have very important evidence to show that Ray could not have killed King and deserves a new trial said  Friday s interrogation Ray maintained he bought one Deer Rifle with Money Given him by a mysterious person named Raoul As pan of a gun smuggling scheme to Mexico. But he said Raoul did t like the weapon and insisted he re turn it for a More powerful  said he delivered the gun to Raoul in Birmingham and did t see it again until after police found it near a boarding Home where King was killed april 4.1968.Kershaw said again that Ray has no idea where Raoul May be."1 think he has told the committee everything he knows about Raoul said Ker Shaw. If the committee ii diligent and Lucky they May be Able to locate  if he was a link in a dangerous Chain he May already have been  pleaded guilty to King s murder in Memphis but later tried to retract his plea. His attempt was refused. Since then he has maintained he was setup to take the blame for King s assassination and pressured into pleading  this Yeai he volunteered to testify to the House committee exploring the Assassin utinans of pm and president John f. Kennedy. He Hass me Bun the us hic it of a writs of exploratory interviews wit the committee staff. Senate committee oks Bill on safer Oil tankers Washington Vii the senat Commerce committee approved a Bill re Quiring must new tankers entering  to have double bolts is to reduce the danger of massive Oil  Warren g Magnuson d Wash. Cited the growing threat of massive Oil spills and said it s High time that redid something about  the legislation As finally approved relaxed an original proposal requiring double Bottoms on All new  measure allows the Secretary of transportation to waive the double Botto requirement in areas where traffic control systems authorized under the Bill reduce the risk of collisions. Sunday May 1, 1977 nabbed after nationwide Hunt Thomas Hanley left and us son crabby were ordered held i lieu of $1million Bond each t Phoenix for die murder of us vegas labor Leader Al Bramlet. Gramby right looks up to void camera a $1-million Bond set for Bramlet suspects Phoenix Ariz. Up Bond of $1 million each was set Friday for forme labor organizer Thomas Hanley and his son Gramby charged with the murder of Las vegas Union Leader Al Bramlet. Charlie Garner attorney for the Han Leys told reporters they would not fight extradition to Nevada although the extradition question was not brought up during their Brief appearance before . Magis trate Richard Gormley. Authorities said the murder warrants from Nevada had not yet  Hanley were arrested outside a Northwest Phoenix Home by the Fri thursday ending a two week nationwide manhunt. Bramlet head of local 226 of the culinary workers Union in Las vegas and president of the Nevada Al Cio. Dis appeared from the Las vegas Airport feb.24. He was found shot to death in he desert Southwest of Las vegas March 13 and Mur Der warrants for the Hanley were issued april is As a result of information Given Las vegas police by a Man who said he saw Bramley  elder Hanley 61, and his son 39, did not speak during the two minute appear Ance before Gormley. After Gormley set Bond the Hanley were handcuffed together and led out of the  Hanley 21, Thomas Hanley s wife arrived in court with Garner and told reporters Tom had nothing to do with the Mur Der. He s been Home for the past year helping me with the baby. I m Happy with my baby and my husband and i m sure Tom feels the same  the stars and stripes Page 23 anglican Pope Issue Unity plea Vatican City up Pope Paul stand the archbishop of Canterbury con ducted an ecumenical service in the sistine Chapel Friday exchanged an embrace an kiss of peace and issued a joint Call for Progress toward Unity of the roman Catho Lic and anglican  service concluded the Vatican visit of or Donald Coggan the third Arch Bishop of Canterbury to meet the Pope since 1960. Before that leaders of the two churches had not met for almost 450 years. The joint declaration signed by the pop and archbishop after the service said that while Progress had been made toward Unity Between anglicans and roman Cath Olics serious obstacles remain both of the past and of recent  sistine Chapel service described As a Liturgy of common prayer lasted 55 min utes and was read in latin and English. Coggan and the Pope sat on opposite sides of the sistine Chapel s altar under Michelangelo s awesome frescoes of the last  750 persons. Including 31 roman Catholic cardinals and an equal number of anglican prelates attended the service. The Pope is spiritual Leader of about 700million roman catholics around the world. The archbishop Heads an anglican Congre gation of about 67 million people world wide including 3 million episcopalians in the United states. Ethiopia Leader slates Russia visit this week saudis reportedly use Oil prices As weapon Beirut a saudi Arabia is using Oil prices to Force the . To bring about Apro Arab Middle East settlement. Saudi Arabia s Crown Prince fahd reportedly said saturday. Oil i1 our Only  As an alternative to open confrontation fahd was quoted a telling Verf  of is Orient Carlo satires Pere who visited s mid Arabi thi"1   was on j Middle East tour in an Effort to persuade members of the or in nation of Petroleum exporting countries open to adopt a unified Price policy. The saudi Prince s remarks were reported by the Middle East reporter a Beirut news review. The editor of the review said the source of the report was a person close to the fahd Pere  source said fahd the kingdom s Deputy prime minister rejected a request by Perez for an increase in the once of saudi arabian Oil to bring it in line with 2 bombs explode in Chile Santiago up two bombs exploded Here causing damage but no casualties the government press office  of the explosives went off on a window ledge of the Justice Palace in downtown Santiago and another at a private Home the press office said. That of other open members. We cannot raise the Price at this  Are using our Oil As a pressure mechanism on the United  and other West Ern countries to achieve a Middle East settlement on Arab  the source quoted fahd As  opus hardliners May be guided in their Oil pct policy by purely economic or finn Pijl cons Lii Rhu is. Bui we have a political problem  a Suvi ii. Oil is our Only. I a Xmas an Ulk in Atic to an open confrontation Parij said according to the report. Saudi Arabia thu world s largest Oil exporter together with the United Arab Emi rates opted for an Uil Price increase of Only 5 per cent in 19 7. They rejected a 15per cent increase adopted by the other 11 open members. Saudi officials stated at the time that they expected the american government to express its appreciation of saudi moderation in a practical Way by helping bring about an acceptable Middle East Settle ment. The source said fahd clearly told Perez that his government was directly involve Din the current Arab peace offensive. It was using its Oil weapon in a policy closely coordinated with Egypt Syria and Jordan fahd said. Addis Ababa a the Leader of Ethiopia s marxist military government it. Col. Mengistu Hoile Mariam will make an official visit to Moscow this coming week the government controlled radio announced  radio also confirmed reports from Washington that the . Had stopped de livery of $100 million Worth of arms and ammunition to this strife torn East african nation where various rebel groups and secessionists Are fighting the government in at least seven of 14  radio said the . Arms freeze was the work of imperialism and came As no  move was apparently in retaliation for Ethiopia s decision to close five Ameri can facilities in the country including the . Military advisory program. Ethiopia s50,000-Man armed forces Are almost entirely american trained and equipped. The last of the americans expelled in  of tji facilities departed the country saturday completing an  of More than 300 officials and  Fai ii those who left saturday six officials and their families were Villov to to re main beyond the original wednesday dead line to wind up their affairs. Western diplomats believe that during his Moscow visit Mengistu will seek soviet arms supplies 10 replace those withheld bythe americans. Some diplomats speculated that Ethiopia s move against the Ameri cans May have been a precondition set by the soviets for any arms Deal. Germany s col up 3.7% Wiesbaden. Germany up West Germany s Cost of living Index in april was up 3.7 per cent Over the same month Las year the Federal statistical office said Friday. By comparison the March Index for All private households was up 3.9 per cent