Ohio Cities Tense After King Assassination
The Associated Press reports Ohio remained largely calm but Toledo Cincinnati and Springfield faced tense conditions with minor flareups after the King assassination. Toledo imposed a curfew 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. and about 1000 people marching 12 miles from Braden Methodist Church to Civic Center Mall attended a peaceful vigil. City officials increased police presence as Mayor William Ensign civic leaders and Black leaders met to discuss the unrest. In Cincinnati police worked 12-hour shifts to control small incidents of vandalism and unruly crowds downtown.
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Widening search for King's killer. neat, clean man described
Memphis reports an assassin with a long sharp nose, seen at a flop house near the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King Jr was slain. Authorities led by Ramsay Clark and Frank Holloman pursue a man who paid $20 with an $8.50 room, described as clean shaven and about six feet tall.
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Capitol Under Federal Guard
Racial violence following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. murder continued overnight with widespread fires looting and deaths in Chicago Detroit and Washington. National Guardsmen and federal troops protected key sites as curfews held and arrests surged during the unrest.
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Last Visit To Ebenezer For Dr King Funeral
Dr Martin Luther King Jr will return to Ebenezer Baptist Church for his funeral to be held Tuesday at 10 30 AM He will lie in state at Spelman College for 48 hours before the service led by Dr Benjamin E Mays Mourners include Rep John C Conyers UN officials and foreign dignitaries The King family says the events reflect his church education and nonviolent protest legacy
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Relief Forces Airlifted Into Khe Sanh Base
Allied relief forces broke the Khe Sanh siege when a 20,000‑strong relief column moved within a mile of the base and began manning the perimeter. Helicopters delivered a company of South Vietnamese paratroopers as 400 Rangers seized trenches. U.S. Marines expanded operations and supported air cavalrymen who reported 50 enemy killed near Khe Sanh town. South Vietnamese troops prepared to assume defensive duties as Marines shifted toward additional offensive thrusts.
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Six Detroit residents die in Ohio headon crash
Six Detroit residents including four from one family die in a two car headon collision on U S 23 north of Portsmouth Ohio. The crash killed Ted Wiley 34 his wife Pansy 34 and their children Tammy 2 and Gary 12 as well as Richard Garcia 45 and Mary Boyd 48. The three survivors from Detroit were seriously injured. Garcia's car crossed a concrete divider before striking the Wiley vehicle.
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Collision Kills Two on U S 35 Near Xenia
Two people die and two are seriously hurt in a Saturday morning crash on U S 35 about two miles east of Xenia. The deceased are Max St. John, 47, of Xenia and Bernice Channell, 57, of Dayton. Injured are Lottie Keene, 32, of Beavercreek and William Lamar Jr., 23, of Oakwood, hospitalized in Dayton.
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Johnson Okays Contact On Peace Talks
Washington officials say negotiations with North Vietnam for preliminary peace talks are moving slowly but on track. A State Department disclosure stated Johnson agreed to establish contact after a deputy foreign minister in Algiers claimed the U.S. had not replied to Hanoi’s proposal. The Hawaii conference cancellation did not derail talks, with Westmoreland rerouted to Washington and diplomats expecting Ellsworth Bunker to join soon.
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Czech Cabinet Resigns After Reshuffle Nomination
Prague AP reports the Czech oslovak cabinet resigned today paving the way for a government reshuffle. CTK said 47 year old Cernik was nominated by the Communist central committee to form a new government and accepted by President Ludvik Svoboda who asked him to form a new administration after a brief discussion.
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Warmer temperatures and cloudiness move into Miami Valley
Weather outlook calls for warmer conditions in the Miami Valley with increasing clouds. Tonight's low is expected in the 40s followed by a high in the 60s tomorrow.
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