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; ::; r;v ; 'n Rioting Spreads m *m:!*J ¦' ¦*?$¦•'' *%• " • ' • • / .• 'i •^ ^ ¦'ii;>^^ .:';;• .' • ' • •iV'•-^• J . P- ¦ ry™$?pm Police See No Conspiracy, To Dozen Cities 3 Substanial Leads' Reported By The Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (/P) — As the shot that three hours later from a distance of 205 feet, Racial violence struck more than a dozen U.S. cities killed Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. re- then disappared in the resulting confusion. yesterday with the worst burning and looting in the nation's verberated around the world yesterday, there The murder weapon was believed to be capital and Chicago, an angry aftermath to the slaying of were hints that authorities may be closing a newly purchased .30-. *6 Remington pump civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in on his stealthy assassin. rifle, discarded two doors away from the A 13-hour curfew from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. was Atty. Gen. Ramsey Clark flew here from rooming house. ordered in Washington where 4,000 soldiers poured in to Washington and later told newsmen: "We've The threat of a blood bath was upper- protect the White House and the Capitol and stifle violence got some substantial leads. We're very hope- most in the minds of many persons in many that already spilled out of three Negro sections into the ful. We've got some good breaks. There is parts of the world, stunned at the slaying downtown area. Twenty-four hundred of the troops were no evidence at this time of any conspiracy." of King, the 1964 winner of the Nobel Peace regular Army soldiers from Fort Myer, Va. Meanwhile sporadic Negro violence Prize. Violence, Disorder , Expressions of sorrow came from kings, More than 30 fires lit the night sky, and looting was occasioned by the shocking murder died emperors, and statesmen. Communist govern- widespread. President Johnson proclaimed "a condition of away in a number of American cities, but ments castigated the United States and the domestic violence and disorder. flared anew in Washington in midafternoon. Soviet Union' " In Washington, the crisis caused by s official newspaper, Izvestia, Five hundred rifle-carrying soldiers in battle gear were used its largest headlines to proclaim: "USA deployed in the downtown King's death led President Johnson to can- is a country of area. They were posted near cel his trip to Hawaii, planned as a prelimi- violence and racism." the White House, the Capitol and in the downtown area. Pope 'Grieved' A short time later nary to possible peace talks with the North , Mayor Walter E. Washington clapped Vietnamese. Pope Paul VI, who had met King at the a dusk-to-dawn curfew on the city and banned sale of Vatican in 1964, appealed for calm and re- alcohol, gasoline in containers, firearms and ammunition. To Address Congress Violence spect of the principle of "brotherly love." that erupted Thursday night soon after the The President announced he will appear Told of the civil rights' leader's slaying just Memphis assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., took before a joint session of Congress, to deliver one life after he woke, the pontiff said he was "pro- , left 56 injured and brought more than 200 arrests. a new and urgent appeal for civil rights foundly grieved." Troops Poised legislation. The session was set for 9 p.m. - Monday. In Australia, evangelist Billy Graham More federal troops — some sources said 10,000 — were said his friend s death was "dreadful and poised for possible , deployment. And 2,000 District of Col- Johnson also declared Sunday a day of expressed fear it would lead to anarchy and umbia Army and Air National Guardsmen were mustered national mourning for the 39-year-old King, civil war in the ordered American flags to half staff at United States. Without a for possible street duty. U.S. spiritual awakening, he said, democracy in Police reported hearing gunshots in several sections of military installations throughout the world, America is doomed. the city and said firemen left the scene of one blaze be- and scheduled an address to a joint session In Africa of Congress for Monday night , where King was a hero, his cause of shooting. to outline new death brought a prediction of violence in However, up to dusk there had been no reports of recommendations and suggestions for easing the plight of the Negro. U.S. cities from Ghana radio. serious sniping. From Dakar, Senegal, West German For- In the downtown area east of the White House and White Man Arrested eign Minister Willy Brandt said: "His death along some of the principal shopping districts, smoke from The Memphis Press-Scimitar reported, must be an appeal for consideration and must dozens of fires obscured the setting sun. In contrast, a few without official confirmation, that a white not trigger another phase of force." blocks north and west along Connecticut Avenue there was man had been arrested earlier in the day as Kosygin Silent no sign of smoke. he left a cheap rooming house not far from During the afternoon hours Soviet Premier Alexei N. Kosygin, in mammoth traffic jams the murder scene. Tehran, Iran, had no comment. But one of developed as tens of thousands sought to get home but by It was from the rooming house that the his hosts 6 p.m. after the curfew took , Iranian Prime Minister Amir Abass effect, the streets were begin- sniper was believed to have fired at King Hoveida called the crime "another catastro- ning to clear. Thursday night as the civil rights leader phe for the The President issued United States." his executive order after scores stood on the second floor balcony of his French reaction was summed up by the of buildings were burned and looted in turmoil caused by hotel. A single bullet in the neck brought nation' small groups of young Negroes. s largest newspaper, France-Soir. It a violent end to a life dedicated to non- said: "America is a brutal country. Now she Fires Rage violence. is afraid. Roving bands " , seldom numbering more than 100, surged Police Director Frank Holloman said a In Geneva, U.N. Secretary-General to within two blocks of the White House, smashing store single white man was the killer. As Hollo- windows before being U Thant sent a cable to Mrs. King, express- dispersed by police. One patrolman man reconstructed his movements, he ing his deep shock and condolences. radioed headquarters from a Negro neighborhood two miles checked into the rooming house in mid- One message of sympath northeast of the Capitol: y to Mrs. King "If we don't get some manpower afternoon Thursday, shot King from the was sent by King Gustav VI Adolf of Swe- Up here, this part of town is going to be all burned up." second-floor window of a common bathroom ( Continued on page three) And on the northern fringe of the downtown business district, Associated Press reporter Jim Adams counted 27 buildings, mostly small businesses, that were blazing or had been gutted by fire along 7th Street. ( Continued on pag e three) —Photo courtesy « The centra cany Timet Stud ents Hold Vig il; The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther Kin§ f: Kina Monument Asked * THIS PORTRAIT STUDY of the "aposile of Hon-violence?'. "who was killed Thursday night in Memphis, was painted when King visited the University in 1965. The civil- King Serv ices Today rights leader's death sparked riots in over a dozen U.S. cities. His assassin has not yet By JOHN AM'SPACHER and DAVI NESTOR today have grown into maturity with the been apprehended. Collegian Staff Writers maturity of his movement." The Rev. Dr. Clark Urges King, Alfred Di Bernardo, head of the Mc- Nearly 200 University students and fac- Carthy for President committee in State Col- ulty members gathered on the steps of Old lege, said, "has awakened our.generation to Main yesterday to mourn the death of the the problems of the Negro in America." Johnson Calls on Americans Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. Gun Cont ro l A memorial service will be held today Raymond Edgerton (9th - physics -Phila- I delphia) began the vigil b at 2 p.m. in Schwab to honor the slain WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. the equal opportunity bill, and y saying, "Last "apostle of nonviolence." Joseph S. Clark, (D-Pa.), appropriation of funds to con- night America, great America, created an- called on Congress yesterday other one of its pathetic deeds." At 1 p.m. tomorrow on the Old Main tinue the war against poverty To Deny Violence Its Victory lawn a memorial service will be held for the to build for the slain the Rev. and bring "meaningful educa- Edgerton praised the Rev. Dr. King for late Nobel Peace Prize Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. a tion" to slum children. WASHINGTON (AP) - His ment officials, traveled by Johnson did not daborate on his "unimaginable courage." He termed the winner. The interde- "lasting monument of law," in- He called, the Rev Dr. King face deep-etched in grief at the limousine to a solemn memo- his coming recommendations. assassination "disgusting." nonminational service will consist of com- . ments by clergy, faculty and students, black_ cluding passage of a federal a "victim of man's persistent assassination of the Rev. Dr. rial service for Dr. King in Whitney Young Jr., director In closing, Edgerton warned that it is gun control bill. Martin Luther King Jr., Presi- Washington Cathedral. and white, who want to show their apprecia- inhumanity to man" and said of the National Urban League, "about time America found out that black tion of the work of the Rev.

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