June 12, 1977, Historical News Nugget Man Arrested for Abducting Family in Salem, Oregon

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On this day in Pacific Northwest history, prices for the Salem, Oregon, Shakespearean festival were rising, local housing authorities were being criticized, a man was arrested for abducting and robbing a woman and her two sons, and police were on the lookout for escapee James Earl Ray, the man who killed the great Doctor Martin Luther King.

Source: Statesman Journal out of Salem, Oregon, retrieved at https://www.newspapers.com/image/198911117

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