Courts Process Thousands Arrested After King Assassination Riots
The report details arrests across cities after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was slain, with thousands processed and hundreds still jailed. Baltimore recorded about 5,800 arrests, 2,193 convictions from 3,466 tried cases, mainly curfew violations, fines up to 300 dollars, and probation totals. Washington logged 5,300 arrests, Chicago over 2,800, bonds adjusted during Easter court, and many released on bond or with juveniles placed with parents. Other cities list cases beyond looting and arson, including curfew violations and disorderly conduct.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Baltimore
Washington
Chicago
Kansas City
Drizzle sparks long race era fallout in Memphis
A light January drizzle triggered a nationwide civil rights flare in Memphis as 1,300 sanitation workers, 98 percent of them Black, struck over pay during rain. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr arrived amid clashes, marches, and King's assassination precipitating riots nationwide and a landmark civil rights bill. Memphis conflict persisted into spring as Abernathy led talks, while labor talks with city officials and unions strove for wage increases amid ongoing tensions.
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Tenn
United States
Memphis Sanitation Department
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Washington
Chicago
Baltimore
Kansas City
Congress
Johnson
Ralph Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Abernathy
White House
James Reynolds
American Federation of State
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Henry Loeb
Pot-smoking policeman jailed in Hall of Justice stunt
Police Sgt. Richard Bergess, 36, a 15-year veteran, was arrested by narcotics officers after lighting a marijuana cigarette on the steps of San Francisco's Hall of Justice. He was jailed on possession charges, stripped of his badge, and says the act was to protest marijuana laws, noting he began smoking in 1966 and has used LSD on numerous occasions.
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Hall of Justice
Richard Bergess
Bergess
Force
Steel union fears local issues affect national talks
Pittsburgh based United Steelworkers face local bargaining items at hundreds of plants as 450,000 members push for issues including full-time doctor coverage parking space incentive pay and wage demands. Local talks due by May 15 aim to prevent spillover into June national negotiations in New York with possible arbitration or wage hikes and protections against job downgrades due to automation.
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U.S. Steel
Homestead
McKeesport
United
White House
Anthony Tomko
Tomko
Johnson
New York
Atlantic City
Can
Governors split stance in three way Dem presidential race
United Press International reports sixteen of twenty four Democratic governors met in St. Louis in a secret caucus in decisive mood yet unlikely to back a single candidate. Most plan to “play this down the middle” as Humphrey Kennedy and McCarthy vie for influence amid Indiana campaigning and other developments.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Warren E. Hearnes
Missouri
Kennedy
Indiana
HUD to unveil open housing plans this week
Federal administrators plan to announce this week how they will implement the open housing provisions of the 1968 Civil Rights Act. HUD Secretary Robert Weaver is expected to outline steps for nationwide outreach and conciliatory activity to promote fair housing, with emphasis on education and staff consultation.
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UPI
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
South
Robert C. Weaver
United States
Pope hints at mediation in Vietnam peace efforts
Vatican City Pope Paul VI on Easter urged a ceasefire and fair talks to end the Vietnam war while declaring neutrality. He did not name himself mediator but signaled willingness to help, a stance noted by observers amid his push against racism.
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UPI
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Vatican
Vietnam
Kremlin rejects church plea for clemency in Soviet dissident case
The Kremlin rejected a plea from M. K. Reynolds, president of the American National Council of the Churches of Christ, for clemency for about 200 imprisoned Baptist dissenters in the Soviet Union. Pravda, in its Easter week anti religious attack, noted the letter and the annual press series.
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UPI
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Pravda
Communist Party
M. K. Reynolds
American National Council of the Churches of Christ
Pope Paul VI Appearances Skip Window Blessing
Vatican says Pope Paul VI did not appear at the window in St. Peter's Square as Easter Monday rain kept worshippers waiting. Vatican sources say the pope was tired during Holy Week yet in fine condition after delivering the Easter speech, denying illness rumors.
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UPI
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Nigeria warns of intensified drive against Biafra secession
Nigeria threatens major military action to curb the Biafra breakaway region and halt recognition by Tanzania. Okoi Arikpo says Lagos may escalate war and would treat Tanzanian representatives as rebels if they come to Biafra.
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Nigeria
Biafra
Tanzania
C. Odumegwu Ojukwu
Okoi Arikpo
Two saved in one man fall in Chamonix
In Chamonix France guiding duo rescue skews grim as Guido Franchino lowers a rope to pull a trapped climber out of a crevasse. A second man emerges from the crevasse lip claiming he had been there about an hour before the fall.
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Chamonix
France
UPI
Guido Franchino
Guido
Man changes name to Joe after Napoleon Potters jokes
Napoleon Pot ter whose name has sparked constant laughs for 44 years says he will no longer tolerate it. He told reporters Saturday he is changing his name to Joe to escape the taunts and embarrassment tied to his unusual name in Welwyn Garden City England.
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Welwym Garden City
England
UPI
Napoleon Potter
Joe
Chronicle Telegram ad rates 1968 Elyria edition
The Lorain County Chronicle Telegram lists publication details for April 15, 1968 with price structure. It shows single copy 10 cents, carrier 50 cents a week, yearly mail rates for Lorain and adjoining counties at $20.00 and elsewhere in Ohio at $21.50, as well as publication frequency and postal information.
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Lorain County Printing & Publishing Co
Elyria
Ghia
Lorain
Parade highlights Easter Parade along Fifth Avenue
Nicole Fusco a one month old infant pauses before an Irish setter named Promise during the Easter Parade on Fifth Avenue in New York. Thousands joined the event with veteran observers noting more color and variety than in recent years and highlighting a dominant mini skirt style.
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Promise
New York
Fifth Avenue
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