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Norwich Evening Sun (Newspaper) - April 10, 1968, Norwich, New York Weather partly Cloudy with Chance of few widely scattered Light showers tonight lows upper 30s and Low 40s. Partly Cloudy thursday with High temperatures in upper 50s to mid-60s. The evening Sun Chenango county s daily newspaper vol. 78, no. 18 wednesday april to 1968 Norwich . 13815 8� per copy Sun spots conservation notes Page 8 mayor issues Good Friday proclamation Page 5 Iwu opposes extra pay for police Page 3hhh reported ready to enter race \ a round the state a around the nation around the world Vatican City apr Pope Paul i has chosen four africans and a vietnamese to be among 12 student priests whose feet he will Wash and kiss holy thursday the Vatican announced tuesday. The Choice of nationals from War torn Nigeria and Vietnam appeared clearly aimed at dramatizing his concern Over peace and race relations. The foot washing ceremony reenact the Humble act of Christ who washed the feet of the 12 apostles before the last supper. Hunt settles to routine Memphis Tenn. Apr the task of finding the person who killed or. Martin Luther King jr., apparently has settled Down to the grueling police routine of sifting every clue and checking every Lead. There was no talk of an Early arrest As there had been shortly after King was assassinated last thursday night. Robert g. Drewry and John c. Moore the two . Commissioners Here said they had not been approached to Issue a fugitive warning by either the Fri or the . Attorney. The Memphis commercial Appeal reported today that the City a fire and police director is investigating the possibility that someone used the police radio frequency to draw officers off the trial of the fleeing Assassin. The paper said in a copyright Story that Frank c. Holloman Memphis fire and police director a would Only say last night that such a possibility is under death hastens passage of Bill Washington apr the chairman of the House rules committee a Mississippi Democrat opposed to the civil rights Bill says enactment of the measure would be a direct result of or. Martin Luther Kings slaying. The House is to vote today on the Bill which includes a provision to ban Dis. Crim nation in the Sale or rental of about 80 per cent of the nations housing and most predictions Are it will win passage and be sent to president Johnson for signing. A i am confident that on thursday before or. Martin Luther King was assassinated the administration and the leadership did not have the votes a said chairman William m. Col Mer after the Bill was cleared from committee on a 9 to 6 vote and sent to the floor. Colmer also told newsmen tuesday he thinks the measure would instead have gone to a House Senate conference committee charged with working out a com Promise particularly on the controversial open housing provision. Will file Bills gift fund reaches million Washington apr the Federal governments special gift fund to help reduce the National debt has collected its first $1 million from the citizenry after almost seven years of operation. But it hardly kept Pace with the Ever swelling debt now about $61 billion larger than it was when the special fund was set up by Law on june 27, 1961. Treasury officials said tuesday they had collected $1,021,500.65 in gifts for debt retirement through the end of last month. Obviously the fund Isnit designed to wipe out the entire debt which is now More than $350 billion. Its simply a Handy place to account for gifts received by the Treasury for debt retirement. Makes final visit new York apr Maurice Chevalier arrived in new York tuesday for what he called his Farewell tour of the United states. The 79-year-old French entertainer said he is a a definitely on his last tour of this country. He said he plans to return to France then tour South America next july before he retires. Ferry sinks in storm Wellington new zealand apr an Ocean going ferry with 614 aboard ran aground at Wellington Harbor a Mouth today and capsized in one of the fiercest storms in new Zea lands history. Officials feared 150 drowned. With winds of up to 123 Miles an hour lashing the seas into High Waves the 8 944-ton ferry Wahine keeled Over and dumped passengers and Crew into the icy water. A Rescue Armada of Small boats dared the High Waves and plucked Many survivors from the water. Others escaped in lifeboats. Searchers reported 42 bodies had been picked up either in the water or along three Miles of Shore stretching from the Harbor Entrance. Wellington hospitals were packed with survivors suffering from injuries or exposure. Other survivors were in private Homes. Says his chances Are a looking Good Washington apr vice president Hubert h. Humphrey will plunge into the race for the democratic presidential nomination immediately after easter. The vice president now assesses his chances in a three Way contest with Sens. Robert s. Kennedy d-n.y., and Eugene j. Mccarthy d-minn., As a looking he has told friends he is More encouraged to make the race than he has Ever been to run for office in his political life. The Humphrey Campaign once it is launched will be aimed at the heart of nomination strength the state conventions in which the majority of convention delegates Are chosen. Receive songs medals Marine corps sgt. Harry p. Bidwell of Binghamton presents or. And mrs. Francis Brant of 20 state Street Norwich with purple heart medal awarded following the death of their son Cpl. Donald g. Brant Sun staff photo in Vietnam on feb. 20. Other medals the vietnamese service ribbon the vietnamese Campaign medal and the National defense medal were awarded posthumously yesterday. Police guard or. King s Tomb the vice president has neither the Money nor the inclination to go into presidential primaries. In line with this he instructed his friends not to enter a Delegate slate for him even in his native South Dakota. Delegate lists for Kennedy and Mccarthy Are being organized for the june 4 primary there. But Rod Barnes organizer of a South Dakota drive for Humphrey said in Huron tues Day he had been told not to enter any slate for the vice president. Humphrey is personally convinced he will have Strong support from organized labor and the business Community. This has been indicated in about 4,000 messages urging him to run after president Johnson a announcement that he would not accept renomination. The vice president feels he will have Strong support in the South which was lining up to Back Johnson before the president said he would not run. Although Johnson himself has offered no Active political support Many of the president s backers Are pledging help to Humphrey. The vice president thinks the refusal of some of Johnson a mainstays such As gov. Richard j. Hughes of new Jersey and mayor Richard Daley of Chicago to make any commitments to candidates after the presidents withdrawal is All to the Good so far As he is concerned. As the Lone Active contender for the nomination who has supported Johnson a Vietnam policies Humphrey intends to be guided in campaigning on that Issue by developments in the presidents attempts to get negotiations going with the communists. His friends think any Progress toward peace will Benefit the vice president More than either Kennedy or Mccarthy who have been critical of Johnson a course. Humphrey concedes that at this Point he does no to have the Money necessary for a National Campaign for the nomination. But he expects it to begin coming in after his formal announcement. The Humphrey Campaign organization being put together hastily now is headed by Kenneth Burkhead formerly with the agriculture department As executive director. Atlanta a. Apr uni formed police stood watch today at the Tomb of or. Martin Luther King jr., the slain civil rights Leader whose funeral brought outpourings of Mour ners and tributes rarely matched in the nation s history. Mourners trickled into South View cemetery for a look at the crypt even after darkness fell tuesday. Inscribed on the Georgia Marble Are the words of an old slave song often quoted by King a free at last free at last thank god almighty in a free at a police official said the guards were posted As a precaution and there had been no hint of attempts to molest the grave. King 39, was killed by a sni per in Memphis Tenn. He had returned for another March of striking garbage workers after an earlier March erupted into rioting. His followers called for the nation to look at itself anew As they pledged at the final rites to carry out his crusade against racism poverty and injustice. A let us see to it that we do not Dishonour his name by trying to solve our problems through rioting in the streets a urged or. Benjamin e. Mays retired president of Morehouse College Kings Alma mater where outdoor services were held. A but let us see to it also that the conditions that cause riots Are promptly removed a said Mays. A let Black and White alike search their hearts and if there be any prejudice in our hearts against any racial or ethnic group let us exterminate Mays who taught King in col lege said the american people including Memphis officials Are in part responsible for the assassination. In a similar vein the biracial Southern regional Council a human rights organization said in a four column newspaper and that White amen Ca faces a the Choice Between the kind of society for which or. King lived and died and the kind of society which denies equal marching had been a big part of Kings life. So in death there was a final March for Martin Luther King. His Wreath shrouded coffin travelled More than four Miles Over Atlanta streets in a faded Green farm Wagon drawn by two Brown mules symbolic of the poor whose cause he had taken up. Thousands marched with King the last time. Ahead of the old Wagon behind it beside it in wide and uneven columns numbering up wards of 50,000, they marched with the Man who was called by most of the Black mourners simply a your at the Morehouse rites following the March from Ebenezer Baptist Church attendance was estimated at 150,000 by police. Red Cross workers cared for several Hundred persons stricken by heat exhaustion in 80-de-Gree weather. The prominent names at a memorial service in Ebenezer where King was co pastor with his father included vice president Hubert h. Humphrey representing president Johnson. The vice president got up to move to the front Pew where Kings widow sat with her four children and there he offered condolences to her. Other notables at the service included mrs. John f. Kennedy who like mrs. King was widowed by an assassins Bullet Sens. Robert f. Kennedy of new York and Edward m. Ken Nedy of Massachusetts sen. Eugene j. Mccarthy of Minnesota former vice president Richard m. Nixon gov. Nelson a. Rockfeller of new York gov. George Romney of Michigan and former gov. Carl e. Sanders of Georgia. Gov. Lester Maddox who disagreed with Kings tactics and closed a restaurant rather than integrate it before taking office did not attend nor did he Send a representative. Maddox closed the Capitol Early at 2 p.m., for what he called Security reasons As 160 state troopers stood by inside the building. National guardsmen were airlifted into the Atlanta area Dur ing the funeral More than 2,000 stood by at Dobbins air Force base in Marietta. Authorities described the move As precautionary. By the time the Day Long rites Drew to an end on a Grassy slope in the cemetery founded 80 years ago by negroes because of racial discrimination the skies were overcast and rain threatened. A Earth to Earth ashes to ashes and dust to dust a came the familiar ritual As the Rev. Ralph a Abernathy Kings close associate and now his successor performed the final symbolic rite of interment. Abernathy succeeds King As president of Southern Christian leadership conference. Mrs. King 41, dry eyed through the ritual wept silently when the coffin was entombed. Kings Gray haired father placed his head on the Marble crypt and wept. The interment in Atlanta will be temporary but the family has not said where final burial will be. At the Church service Kings own recorded voice was heard by the packed crowd including Black Power Leader Stokely Carmichael who rejected Kings philosophy of nonviolence after the 1966 Mississippi March. A tape recorder filled the hushed Sanctuary with the vibrant familiar oratory a we All think about it and every now and then i think about my own death and i think about my own funeral. I done to want a Long funeral. A the sound of weeping filled the Church where King had preached that Sermon feb. 4, 1968. Kings recorded voice said he did no to want mentioned his Nobel peace prize and other honors. A i want you to say that Day that i tried to be right. And i want you to say that i tried to live and serve humanity. Peace prospects appear Cloudy six major cities struck by More racial violence Vietnam Thurmont my. Apr prospects for peace in Vietnam appeared Cloudy As Ever As president Johnson wrapped up Marathon War and peace strategy talks at the Camp David Mountain Retreat. Although Johnson announced tuesday he had dispatched a second formal message to Hanoi he said nothing and merely Shook his head negatively when asked at Nightfall if there had been any subsequent developments. No administration comment was immediately available on word reaching the United states Early today that North Vietnam is insisting that any peace talks be held in phenom penh Cambodia. The . Government has been strongly opposed to hat site since it no longer has diplomatic relations with Cambodia a circumstance that could cause communications and logistics problems. The chief executive spending a second night at Camp David planned a morning return by helicopter to the White House today to Greet Chancellor Josef Klaus of Austria. While millions of americans watched and listened tuesday by the associated press racial violence struck in major american cities for the sixth consecutive night since the assassination of or. Martin Luther King jr., raising the National death toll for the period to 34. All but five were negroes. While some of the worst hit cities cooled to the Point where curfews were relaxed and a trois decreased fresh outbreaks hit tuesday in Trenton n.j., Jacksonville fla., and Kansas City. Each City reported one death. Firemen in new York City battled 25 fires which broke out almost simultaneously in a racially mixed Brooklyn slum which has twice been the scene of disturbances since Kings murder in Memphis last thurs Day. In Newark firefighters responded to six major fires and 75 minor ones in the first incidents of arson reported in the heavily negro Central Ward since last Summers riots. But Many negroes helped firemen to carry hoses and authorities sent sound trucks through the streets broadcasting recordings of Kings a i have a dream speech. Meanwhile Calm generally prevailed in the stricken neighbourhoods of Chicago and Pittsburgh and officials in washing ton and Baltimore expressed cautious optimism that violence in their cities May have run its course. In Kansas City one negro was killed at least 35 persons injured and More than 175 arrested in a night of shooting burning and looting that followed in the Wake of a memorial March for King. Some 2,200 National guardsmen were dispatched to Aid City and state police but the combined Force of 3,300 did not control the outbursts until after Midnight. The night of violence followed a Daylight confrontation when police used tear Gas to rout some 1,000 negroes gathered at City Hall. Trenton was under curfew today after violence that brought death to a 19-year-old negro youth and carried destruction to me fringes of the statehouse grounds. In Jacksonville a Bullet fired from a car filled with White youths killed a negro teen Ager As the City underwent a second night of firebombing and disturbances. Duval county sheriff Dale Carson said the youth was shot through the head As he sat on his bicycle. Wilmington del., experienced a second night of disorders marked by devastating fires which destroyed 21 buildings along two blocks in the predominantly negro West Center City Section. In Chicago army troops and National guardsmen remained bivouacked in the areas where disturbances Over the weekend caused an estimated $10 million in damages. Ninety arrests tuesday brought the total to 2,000. Baltimore leaders looked to the baseball season to further ease ebbing tensions. The citywide curfew was relaxed and permission granted for a Large Public gathering in memorial stadium where the Hometown orioles open against the Oakland athletics. At a glance by the associated press Saigon a More than 100,000 troops of five nations fan out in the la provinces around Saigon in the biggest Allied offensive of the War seeking enemy troops who eluded the 50,000 Allied troops in operation Quyet thang. Only Light scattered action is reported and a general Lull in ground fighting in Viet Nam continues for a second Day. Saigon a president Nguyen Van Thieu asks the National Assembly to vote general mobilization for South Vietnam. Phenom penh Cambodia a North vietnamese sources in phenom penh say the Hanoi government insists that preliminary peace talks with the United states be held Here in the cambodian capital. The . Government opposes this site be cause it no longer has diplomatic relations with Cambodia and a . Delegation thus would have serious problems of communications and logistics. To seven hours of funeral observances for or. Martin Luther King or. On television and radio the president was closeted at his Marine guarded hideaway with top diplomatic and military advisers. Vice president Hubert h. Humphrey was his representative at the King rites. Johnson a last official guest at Camp David was the . Pacific commander . . Grant Sharp who flew in by helicopter for an hours visit tuesday night. Sharp is retiring in july. Students take part in services students in Norwich Public schools took a part in services for the late or. Martin Luther King or. Tuesday while in their respective school buildings. At the Junior High school students gathered in the auditorium at to . To watch the funeral service on television. At 10 30 a memorial service was conducted with the Rev. Myron Jaen Ecke pastor of Christ evangel Leal Luther Church delivering the memorial address. He was introduced by Debbie Sawyer vice president of the student Council. Television in the auditorium was available throughout the Day for various groups to watch Dur. Ing the me Morium services. Students at the senior High school listened to the funeral services in their classrooms on radio from to to 10 30 . The Rev. Jaenecke a memorial address was broadcast to the students and faculty throughout the school. In the elementary schools fourth fifth and sixth graders watched the funeral service on television. The viewing was pre ceded by appropriate introductory talks. School officials said the activities apparently were Well received by the students. Today a chuckle let no Man hide behind a woman a skirt. There a hardly enough there to hide a woman. Pope Paul i Washington apr sen. Edward w. Brooke Only negro member of the Senate says he will file a package of Bills later this month proposing congressional enact ment of the presidential riot panels recommendations on jobs welfare and housing. Brooke who was a member of the National advisory commission on civil disorders said jobs would get top priority among his proposals. The commission recommended that 2 million new jobs be created in the next three years for the underemployed and jobless�?-550,000 of them this year. It recommended construction of 6 million housing units in five years and a vast overhaul of the welfare system. Brooke and other commission members said in interviews that immediate action is needed to help solve some of the problems which contributed to the Street violence ignited by the assassination of or. Martin Luther King and the rioting of past sen. Brooke year

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