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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1968
Page
7
The FBI disclosed a plot to kill Newark Mayor Hugh J. Addonizio. The agency advised a 24hour guard at his home after threats tied to riots and community tensions. An informer overheard two Black men discussing the plan at a Times Square bar.
Newark Fire Director John P. Caufield says several fires after Dr. King’s murder were set for insurance profit and blamed on Negro rioters. He cites suspicions of inside jobs, with many fires likely paid by insurers, and notes 195 fires in 17 hours after King’s death.
A University of California criminology study reports four of five juvenile cases in Contra Costa County’s Lafayette and Pleasant Hill areas are settled out of court. Informal handling appears to reduce repeat offenses and the report urges extending the practice to less privileged groups. The findings reflect 862 youths arrested over 18 months, with 60 percent having no prior police contact and 16 percent with only one prior contact.
Two youths, Marvin Leroy Smith and a 16 year old companion, were arrested by undercover narcotics agents after attempting to hotwire a car in an alley. The car turned out to be the agents' unmarked police vehicle. Smith booked on grand theft auto suspicion. the teen was taken to juvenile authorities.
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