Calm After Big City Riots Quiets Nationwide Strife
Violence, looting, and arson swept Baltimore and Pittsburgh as troops and National Guardsmen moved in to quell disorders after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. By Sunday night, calm returned in Washington, Chicago, and other cities as authorities provided aid to victims. Death toll stood at six with dozens wounded and thousands arrested. fires totaled over 750 with widespread looting and property damage.
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Johnson presses swift action on civil rights bill
President Johnson urged Congress to pass the civil rights bill with open housing provisions as riots and arson convulse cities. He dispatched letters to leaders including Ford and Albert while troops moved into Baltimore Washington and Chicago to restore order. Ford signaled support but demanded a House-Senate conference to fix flaws ahead of action.
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Dayan to Leave Hospital After Dig Injury
Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, injured in a March 10 cave-in at an archaeological dig, will leave Tel Hashomer hospital on Wednesday. He returns to work Saturday but must wear a special corset for two broken ribs and a cracked vertebra.
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Prodigy Knussen Conducts Own Short Symphony
London AP reports 15 year old Oliver Knussen conducted the London Symphony Orchestra in a self composed 5 movement prelude at Royal Festival Hall. Though critics mixed, he earned 10 minutes of cheering, five curtain calls, and a radiant reception after conducting without a baton. Oliver is the son of principal bass Stuart Knussen.
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Royal Festival Hall
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Stuart Knussen
Egg Rescue to Save Goose Nests Near John Day Dam
State and federal crews launch Operation Mother Goose to lift over 1,000 goose eggs from nests before the John Day Dam backs water. Eggs go to Kennewish Wash for incubation and hatchlings will be placed in nests along the Columbia River.
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