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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes tuesday july 25, 1978 Ray wants Young to help him Petros. Tenn. A James Earl Ray says he is one of the political prison ers Andrew Young had in mind and he wants the United nations ambassador to help him win a new trial for the killing of Martin Luther King or. Ray sent a letter to Young after meeting Friday at Brushy Mountain state Penitentiary with four congressmen on the House assassinations committee. Since Memphis is a lot closer than mos cow i ask you to meet with president car Ter and ask him to request that i be Given a new trial Ray wrote. Those trials in Moscow May be unfair and completely political but at least the defendants there have a trial. For 10 years that is All that i have asked  was a King a Deyoung recently aroused the ire of Carter and Many of the nation s political leaders when he said the . Has hundreds of its own political prisoners. Young later said he did not mean to imply a similarity be tween the level of political Freedom in rus Sia and the . Young was one of King s aides and was with him at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis when the civil rights Leader was killed by Rifle shot on april 4, 1968, during a Muni Cipal garbage strike. In Exchange for a 99-year prison term rather than the death penalty Ray pleaded guilty in 1969 to killing King. But three Days later Ray tried to withdraw the plea and has been trying Ever since to win anew trial. \ woman shoots pastor member of congregation Chicago up a woman who said she was romantically involved with a Baptist pastor shot and wounded him during his Sermon sunday and then turned her gun on the congregation. The Rev. James a. Murphy. 45, was shot once in the Side of the neck during the serv ice at the Sharon Community Baptist Church on the City s West Side police said. Murphy and another member of the congregation Christine Sims 38. Were listed a Good condition at Cook county Hospital. Bernice a. Kilbert. 32, was charged inthe shootings. Kilbert first took a seat in the rear pews. Then moved gradually to the front a few pews at a time until she reached the fifth Pew investigator Richard Baranski said. Palls pistol from Pone the woman then walked from her fifth Row seat to the Center aisle where she pulled a .38-caliber automatic pistol from her purse and fired one shot at  said. When the 300-member congregation be Gan screaming Kilbert turned her gun on the crowd and opened fire again Baranski said. One Bullet struck Simms passe through her Arm and entered her Chest he said. Witnesses said Kilbert walked calmly from the Church and stood across the Street until police arrived. She surrendered without a struggle police said. Kilbert admitted to the shooting and handed police her purse which contained a gun and an incense Box full of bul lets. Baranski said. Kilbert told police she had worked for Murphy several years ago when he oper ated a women s apparel shop and a Barbe que restaurant police quoted her As saying she had been romantically involved with Murphy but he eventually rejected her attentions. A in of composer Arranger Bond eader Bley works very hard by Hilary Roberts Dascoli staff writer the Hagl e. The Netherlands is a i m not terribly talented you know confided Carla Bley. All around pianist com Poser Arranger and Leader of her Brassy. 10-member  behind the scenes moments before Showtime Here at the recent North sea jazz festival she swings her blonde hair shifts weight and applies Chopstick. Hey Man. I Don t have the Golden voice or fingers she continues. Never have. I just work very hard. And after stammer ing and sweating. I usually come up with some pretty Good , Oakland bom Bley who is 40. Seems adept at surviving Well every thing. High school dropout raised in a stinging fundamentalist background. Bley was most Happy playing piano at Church recitals. But at is she dropped out of High school and at 17 sheran away to new York City alone broke and naive. Music struck she worked in the Bird land and Basin Street jazz clubs As a cigarette girl Selling stuffed rabbits from a tray around her neck. There she met pianist and first husband Paul Bley. He bought a pack of cigarettes from me and did t even smoke. I must have been a fetching thing wearing a Cali fornia Sun dress the Only dress i  she married and became a self taught composer. Paul was responsible for my breaking into  she said. With his wife writing the music he played he got to keep the  probably due to her Spunky survival instinct coupled with natural Talent Bleynat so surprisingly came into her own by the mib eos. She divorced her husband along the Way. Now there Are some 15 albums to her Carla Bley. Uses All materials credit with both her compositions and arrangements and european Tours plenty. Hey my secret desire is to crack the american nut she said. You gotta put that in. American audiences Are my real love and it would be Nice to get some appreciation from them  for starters in that direction she has along with spouse and business partner Michael Mantler he is a Well known lyricist and trumpeter in the band begun new music distribution service a Small record Label that markets s we did t Start it of explained. But we could t i distribute us at the time did t tit into the Sun dad thought would sell. An tray of of us now on her Label and  s exactly what kind of Motif make anyway she is at a loss to sex make something up 1 Deadpan. It s such a \ you know hey i us \ available to me and 11 cuz they re better than a Bley is just As adorn differentiate Between music. Re men that s the most Ever heard she said going on quicker and/1 make distinctions Arm to them. To say there s d woman in this Busineau trouble. Maybe fro a Gier to not have to endure i and maybe that s not answer anymore but Tzvi  n lights Are chords tentatively Zembles ready for both i concert to begin. Their c definite Bley tendencies4-Ti podge that include , synthesizer sounds sing along melodies. One last dab of on stage and then Calls i hey Man i sure i thing out of All this. Buff just gotta run  " paper work galore you can bring Back arms but by the a Abbott staff writer Mannheim Germany s8ts your right to Bear arms and your right to bring Back arms Aren t necessarily the something. If you Are headed Back to the states or one of its territories and plan to bring in a firearm you must get some vital paper work done before you leave. The 42nd my group customs can help you. Maj. Thomas h. Cornice assistant operations officer 42nd my group recommends answering the following questions when planning to take a firearm Home. Was the weapon bought in the states is it a surplus military firearm is it a Bona fide antique what state Are you going to to bring Back a weapon you must satisfy the requirements established by the gun control act of 1988," said comte. There s a distinct difference in what you need depending upon where and when you got your weapon. If you brought the weapon into Ger Many from the . Or bought it in the states while in Germany you need proof of prior stateside ownership he said. Any of the following will be considered such proof a . Customs form 4457 certificate of registration for personal effects abroad a Bill of Sale registration of the weapon in the . Or with state or military installation authorities or household goods Bill of lading listing the weapon by serial number according to Comick. In addition to Send the weapon with your household goods or hold baggage you need the reregistration form a form 11 from your Provost marshal and a customs declaration  
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