Death toll in nationwide riots rises to 39
Five Negroes were killed in a second night of violence in Kansas City amid snipers and guardsmen fire. Newark imposed a curfew in a burned district as riots continued. National Guardsmen total 47,000 in 15 states and 1 district, with 20,000 federal troops in Washington, Chicago, and Baltimore. The capital saw no major incidents on its first business day post assassination.
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Martin Luther King Jr
District of Columbia
Washington
Chicago
Baltimore
Logan Clay workers reject union for fifth time
Production employees at Logan Clay Products and Logan Machine and Foundry voted 137 against and 72 for union representation by United Brick and Clay Workers with one blank ballot. Election overseen by NLRB field examiner John Wisner.
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Logan Clay Products Co
Logan Machine & Foundry Co
United Brick & Clay Workers
Brick & Clay Workers
John Wisner
National Labor Relations Board
Circleville
General Electric Co
United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers
Aflcio
Weather Report for Hocking Valley Today
The 11 a.m. reading in the Hocking Valley shows 56 degrees under sunny skies with an overnight low of 28. Yesterday reached a high of 67. Forecast calls for fair and warmer weather tonight and Friday.
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Hocking Valley
Cleveland Mayor Urges Calm After King Assassination
Since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Cleveland Mayor Carl Stokes urged calm in the city’s Negro areas. His message appears to have helped, with no racial disturbances occurring. Stokes entered the Hough district, once the scene of five nights of rioting and arson in 1966.
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Cleveland
Martin Luther King Jr
Carl Stokes
Stokes
Hough
Demo Chief Refuses to Back Any Nominee Now
National Chairman John M. Bailey leads a movement among Democratic organizers to avoid pre-convention commitments to presidential hopefuls. With Johnson stepping aside, Bailey plans to stay neutral to run the convention and keep Connecticut’s 44 votes uncommitted at Chicago.
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Washington
John M. Bailey
Democratic Organization
Bailey
Johnson
Connecticut
Chicago
Presence of 2nd Mustang May Be King Murder Clue
Report cites a second white Mustang with Arkansas tags near the doorway of the rooming house where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was shot. Police say the cars fled within minutes of the fatal shot, fueling speculation they served as getaway vehicles in the assassination.
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Memphis, Tenn
Martin Luther King Jr
Memphis
Arkansas
King
Rooming House
Guy Canipe
Johnson vows quick action on open housing bill
Congress approves landmark open housing act 250 to 171 sending it to the White House for signature. President Johnson pledges to sign soon as possible and urges Congress to pass the rest of his social program including housing and job programs. Civil rights leaders praise the measure amid rioting and King’s assassination aftermath.
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White House
Johnson
Martin Luther King
King
Hale Boggs
Dla
Congress
Lindsay
Senate
House
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Dove Schary
Anti-Defamation League of B’nai_ B'rith
Ralph D. Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Closings Listed For Good Friday Observance
City and county offices will close at noon for Good Friday. Columbia Gas of Ohio and Ohio Power offices close all day as does the state liquor store. Local banks and most businesses observe regular hours. Prosecutor Forrest Moore said his office will be open.
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Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc
Ohio Power Co
Forrest Moore
Johnson reshuffles top posts. Abrams and Watson named
President Johnson moved quickly to replace Postmaster General O'Brien and named Gen. Creighton Abrams as U.S. commander in Vietnam. He also selected W. Marvin Watson as appointments secretary, Adm. John S. McCain to command Pacific forces, and Gen. Goodpaster as deputy in Vietnam, signaling a broad cabinet and military reshuffle during his lame duck period.
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Washington
Johnson
Lawrence F. O’brien
Creighton W. Abrams
U.S
Vietnam
White House
O’brien
W. Marvin Watson
Abrams
William C. Westmoreland
Army
John S. McCain
U.S. Naval Forces
Europe
U.S. Grant Sharp
Community Good Friday Services Set Tomorrow
Good Friday services are planned tomorrow at Logan EUB Church hosted by the Hocking County Ministerial Association. Ministers include Rev. Paul Brown, Rev. Leonard Ferguson, Rev. Clyde Miller, Rev. Hugh Robinson, and Rev. Charles Jenkins, beginning at noon with host D. S. Dunkle and organist Carl Spence. Choirs from Logan EUB, Logan Methodist, and Logan Presbyterian will provide special music. offerings benefit public service ministries and local chaplaincy, hospital library Bibles, and school needs.
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Hocking County
Charles Jenkins
Enterprise Eub Church
D. S. Dunkle
Carl Spence
EUB
Richard Price
Logan Methodist Church
Robert Combs
Logan Presbyterian Church Choir
Wilbur Lanning
Ministerial Association For Public Service Ministries
Hocking
Logan High School Lbrary
Hepburn Steiger Lead Oscar Winners at 40th Academy Awards
Katharine Hepburn won best actress for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner as a perplexed mother. Rod Steiger earned best actor for In the Heat of the Night. The Graduate director Mike Nichols won best director. George Kennedy and Estelle Parsons took supporting acting honors.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Rod Steiger
Katharine Hepburn
Hepburn
Faye Dunaway
Anne Bancroft
Steiger
Sidney Poitier
Poitier
Mike Nichols
Virginia Woolf
George Kennedy
Luke
Soviet Luna 14 Enters Moon Orbit Reported
The Soviet government confirmed via Tass that Luna 14 has gone into orbit around the moon. No indication of a planned return to Earth was given, a step many see as necessary before manned moon missions. Britain’s Jodrell Bank Observatory had earlier reported Luna 14 appeared to be in lunar orbit.
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Moscow
Tass
Britain
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Defense Secretary announces call to active duty reservists
Secretary Clark Clifford says about 24 500 reservists from Army Navy and Air Force will be called to active duty for up to 24 months. About 10 000 will be sent to South Vietnam as part of a broader effort to limit U S forces to 549 500 and shift major war duties to South Vietnam.
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Clark M. Clifford
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Navy
Air Force
South Vietnam
Defense
Johnson
U.S
Vietnam
Clifford
Saigon
United States
Pentagon
Strategic Reserve
Schools Set For Easter Vacation
All Hocking County and Logan city schools will be closed Friday and Monday for annual Easter vacation. Nelsonville York schools will be dismissed Good Friday, but regular classes will be held Monday.
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Hocking County
Logan City
Nelsonville-York
Rhodes Heads Back To Florida From Ohio Vacation
Gov. James A. Rhodes flew to Florida with Mrs. Rhodes and their youngest daughter Sharon to complete a brief vacation. Racial disturbances prompted an earlier interruption at Fort Lauderdale, and the governor planned to return to Columbus on Saturday with his family.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Florida
Troop Losses Down As Viet Offensive Lull Continues
In Saigon AP reports U S troop deaths last week fell to 279 the lowest in two and a half months The U S wounded rose to 3190 while South Vietnamese deaths climbed to 407 Enemy casualties ranged with 2251 killed per U S counts and 4012 per South Vietnamese tallies The large 100000 strong operation Complete Victory proceeds with no major contact yet in the Saigon area
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
William C. Westmoreland
Mekong
46 Deaths Confirmed In Ferry Wahine Disaster
Wellington police report 46 bodies recovered from the Wahine ferry with six still missing after the vessel struck a shoal in Wellington Harbor during a historic storm. Of 728 aboard, 614 were passengers and 114 crew.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Wellington Harbor
Burr Oak Park Funds Marinas in Four Sites
The State Controlling Board released 601000 toward building four marinas at Burr Oak State Park in Athens and Morgan counties. The estimated total project cost is 932500.
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Burr Oak State Park
Athens
Morgan Counties
Warsaw May Be Talk Site for Vietnam Peace Talks
Tass reports North Vietnam suggested Warsaw as a site for preliminary peace talks with the United States after rejecting Phnom Penh. The Hanoi claim notes U S delay in solving the talks location. In Washington, Fulbright and Symington warn a new offensive jeopardizes talks as Rusk calls it normal. U Thant says North Vietnam and the United States may begin talks next week.
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Tass
North Vietnam
Warsaw
United States
Hanoi
Phnom Penh
U.S
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations
South Vietnam
J. W. Fulbright
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Dean Rusk
Fulbright
Brussels
U.N
U Thant
Kennedy McCarthy clash signals Indiana primary stakes
Kennedy argues Indiana May 7 is the key test for the Democratic nomination and possibly the next president. McCarthy counters that all contests matter, noting Kennedy’s first big test and his own prior wins in New Hampshire and Wisconsin. DiSalle joins Kennedy team to target Midwest and Northern delegates.
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Associated Press
Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Indiana
Kennedy
Fort Wayne
Columbus
Ind
New York
United States
McCarthy
Nebraska
Minnesota
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Johnson
Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
Ohio
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Kenneth O'Donnell
White House
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