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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1968
Page
7
Houston Mayor Louie Welch condemned a King memorial service as antiwhite and anti-government saying the tone and conduct were disrespectful. He claimed the event invited him to listen but featured speakers saying he was not a guest. Welch defended his courtesy and rejected responsibility for the crowd’s behavior.
A Birmingham boarding house owner linked an FBI drawing to Eric Starvo Galt, the man the FBI hunted after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. The owner, Peter Cherpes, described a six week stay in 1967 and said Galt drove a car and used the house as a base. The FBI declined comment and records show a duplicate license and a safety deposit box tied to Galt, with little trace after he left.
Texas City blasts and Grandcamp fire 21 years ago left 561 dead and about 3,000 injured. Firefighters perished as tank farm flames and debris spread, with damage to chemical plants and homes across the region. Coast Guard and Army units responded to the port city catastrophe.
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