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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1968
Page
1
Forecast for the Northwest and California regions shows fair Sunday conditions. Ukiah reports high around 80 and Mount Shasta area similar, with locally strong warm west winds. Slightly warmer in the Siskiyou region and Nevada past weekend, with milder temperatures expected in Merced area.
Readable fragments outline temperatures and conditions across multiple California regions including Salinas Valley, Santa Clara Valley, Napa Sonoma Valleys, San Francisco Bay Area, and Monterey Bay Area. Reports show highs from the upper 40s to mid 80s, lows mainly in 40s, with winds varying from light to brisk, and notes of fair conditions with occasional overcast and regional variations.
In a night of widespread violence in the capital, 1,000 police and Army troops mobilized from nearby towns to curb rioting. Federal troops were ordered to Andrews Air Force Base and the curfew begins at 5:30 p.m. daily. The unrest centered around Northwest and Northeast Washington near 14th and 7th Streets, with fires and looting reported along Pennsylvania Avenue toward the White House. President Johnson urged the nation to deny violence victory as federal troops move in to stabilize the District of Columbia.
A stream of emergency communications reports multiple incidents across Hayward Livermore San Leandro Castro Valley and surrounding areas. Fire department calls include car fires at Delores Avenue Thornton Street and Bancroft Avenue plus a resuscitation at Goblin School and a forest service division advisory. Police and responders log interactions at Davis Hire departments and various intersections including First and Soul, Sterling Drive, and Me pil tse Be Sours valley.
Violence and looting spread through major cities including Washington Philadelphia Chicago Detroit Oakland and Denver as fires burn and buildings appear bombed out. Reports list deaths including a 14 year old in Washington and multiple killings in Chicago with police involvement. Authorities describe crowded arrests and numerous injuries amid widespread civil unrest.
The Deily Review reports Mrs Dorothy neighbor and 37 year old housewife stabbed in the neck yesterday in Fremont. Her husband Alan Fleischer reportedly returned with a knife and fired, then was shot by the husband Crisp who died. Police say the only witnesses were Crisp and his wife. Hospital in Oakland treating the victim. condition listed as serious. Police withheld further details pending investigation at Washing der Hospital.
Following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death in Memphis, Bay Area cities organized massive memorials and vigils. In Palo Alto and Richmond crowds gathered. San Francisco held a civic prayer service at Grace Cathedral, uniting Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Orthodox leaders for a Penance service at 5 p.m. The Bay Area reacted with mourning, with over 2,000 attendees at memorials and officials urging restraint amid rumors of violence.
Dr Martin Luther King Jr will lie in state at Spelman College amphitheater for 48 hours then his body will be transported to Ebenezer Baptist Church for funeral services. The slain civil rights leader was assassinated in Memphis and his funeral is set for Tuesday at 10 50 a m with his wife and family present.
Castro Valley resident C Frank M. Dias 05 died Friday. Survived by wife Mary F. Dias and five children including Donald Dias and Shieago, Robert E. Dias of Pennsylvania, Merle Dias TM and Marilyn Cardoza of Hayward. Brother of John Dias of Hayward and Richard Dias of Oakland. Rosary at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Charles Bannon Mortuary East 1th St Oakland. Burial Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Hayward. He was a Nevada native and a member of Teamsters Union 70 Oakland.
A San Leandro burglary reports a large safe stolen from a home on Hiladillo Avenue. The theft occurred around 1 am Monday, with entries through a laundry door and a vehicle jacked in at Wald Street. Separate notices list burial plans for Mrs J Sarah J Gay of Hayward and other local deaths including Mrs Camille M Smith, with survivors and service details.
Obituary notices for Camille M. Mith of San Leandra and Frank M. Diaz of Oakland detail survivors including spouses, children, and siblings. Services and interment are listed with locations in Hayward, Sacramento, Spokane, and Chicago, plus church and mortuary instructions. The notices reflect mid 20th century community rituals with family members named.
Los Angeles AP report says singer Jimmie Rodgers will sue for 13 million after claiming police manhandled him on the way home from a series of gatherings. City denied the claim. officers were suspended 13 days for failing to file proper reports.
Tomorrow special programs on Channel 5 include a musical tribute I Have A Dream at 9:29 am and live memorial services from Grace Cathedral in San Francisco at 6:36 pm. Friends of Dr King follow from 6:20 to 7 pm.
Relief forces landed at Khe Sanh Vietnam and linked with the 40 man Marines garrison as South Vietnamese rangers seized trenchlines near the perimeter. U.S. Marines moved toward surrounding hills while air and artillery pounded enemy positions in the area.
A four year old Hayward boy, William Henry Bradley II, was found drowned in an unfenced apartment pool by a babysitter at about 7:30 p.m. The parents were away and left him with the sitter. He was dead on arrival at St Rose Hospital. Police made no charges and the coroner cited an apparent accidental cause pending autopsy results.
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