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Phil Donahue Interview Of Jerry Ray, David L Fron The House Assassinations Committee suggested yesterday that the mysterious "Raoul" supposedly involved in the killing of Martin Luther King Jr. might really be one of James Earl Ray's brothers or "a composite of the two of them." The committee's chief counsel, G. Robert Blakey, aired the theory to begin what proved to be a long and rancorous hearing with Ray's fast-talking younger brother, Jerry, as the only witness. Testifying under a court-ordered grant of immunity which he invoked only once, Jerry Ray, 43, and his two lawyers repeatedly denounced the allegations and accused the committee, in turn, of a variety of unfair tactics. One of the attorneys, Florynce Kennedy, a black who openly called her client "a redneck racist," charged that the committee seemed bent on ignoring any information that might exonerate the Rays. The other, William Pepper, assailed the panel for pouring unverified and unsworn allegations into t