07 Apr 1968
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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1968
Page
1
U S and Saigon troops arrive at Khe Sanh to relieve Marines as helicopters follow and settle on the strip discharging troops. Paratroopers soon move in, reinforcing the siege with additional forces arriving in minutes.
The city declared a riot area in East Baltimore at 10 p.m. with 650 police and National Guard officers deployed after buildings burned, looting occurred, and injuries were reported. Curfew from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. bans firearm sales and gasoline sales for nonessential use.
Canada Liberal leadership race ends as Martin wins amid record turnout and high spending. Pearson plans to resign as prime minister once a successor forms a cabinet and prepares to take over, with Pearson to sit as a back-bencher and possibly write memoirs. The convention drew 19 candidates, the largest field in party history.
Nation reels after King's assassination with gunshot and stabbing victims in Chicago and Washington. National Guardsmen en route in several states as Pittsburgh, Detroit, and Newark impose curfews and liquor bans. Westmoreland briefed at the White House while troops surge to 9,500 in D.C. as riots flare in multiple urban areas.
Mourners cried as Dr Martin Luther King Jr was slain by a sniper in Memphis. His body rests at Sisters Chapel on Spelman College campus pending early Tuesday funeral at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Dignitaries including Vice President Humphrey and Sen Kennedy expected. Abernathy calls for peaceful memorial, with Poor People’s March as new goal.
Washington imposes a 4 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. curfew as 8,000 troops police streets and 2,886 arrests rise. Insured losses top $10 million with fires totaling over 250. 4 deaths, 758 injuries, and widespread looting hit mainly Shaw Cardozo and H Street areas.
A massive explosion rocked Richmond Indiana near a theater and restaurant, blowing out windows and injuring dozens. Firefighters and police recovered bodies as the FBI dispatched a disaster squad for victim identification. The Reid Memorial Hospital treated about 50 seriously injured with many more aided on scene.
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