Violent Fallout After King Assassination Strikes Cities
A night of violence erupts across multiple cities following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. High schools close as students protest, windows are broken, and fires ignite. deaths and injuries are reported in several locations. Police clash with rioters as outbreaks spread from Brooklyn to Kalamazoo and beyond.
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Harborview redevelopment faces committee rejection and protests
The committee rejected Harborview’s front facade upgrade proposal saying current and future retail plans should blend with adjacent properties. Berg argued the project would improve the east side along 2nd Street and Main, Pearl, and Jay. The debate also challenged whether Gateway Products’ industrial use fits the mixed development vision.
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President To Address Congress On Race Crisis
Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark said substantial leads had developed in the hunt for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. s killer and that the slaying appeared the work of one man. President Johnson met civil rights leaders at the White House as Memphis recalled the shooting with curfews and National Guardsmen patrolling. King s widow flew to Memphis to claim his body, aboard a Kennedy chartered plane. the FBI awaited details.
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Ex-City Man Shot and Killed in Minneapolis
A former La Crosse man, John F. Murray, 25, was shot five times in the head and once in the knee near his north Minneapolis home and died at a hospital. Clarence Underwood, 27, is in custody. Police described a racially mixed neighborhood scene with a pistol seen by officers. Murray, a 1964 Marquette graduate, taught at St. Joseph Cathedral School and worked for F W Woolworth Co before moving to Minneapolis. He is survived by his wife Diane Ward and parents, plus two brothers and two sisters.
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Johnson vows address on Dr King killing as flags fly half staff
President Johnson announced a national day of mourning for Dr. Martin Luther King and ordered flags to half staff worldwide. He urged unity over violence and signaled a possible delay of his Hawaii trip to discuss Vietnam policy. The White House summoned civil rights leaders and lawmakers for consultation ahead of Congress.
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