1 0 0,000 EXPECTKD »1 T u e s d a y King honored today MICHIGAN STATI in fu nera h memorial UNIVERSITY ATLANTA, Ga. (AP)--The church where King's sons, Martin Luther King III, 10, East Lansing, Michigan April 9,1968 10c Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preached and Dexter King, 8. Vol. 60 Number 152 a doctrine of defiance that rang from Dr. King also had two daughters, Yolan­ shore to shore opened its doors in funeral da, 12, and Bernice, 5. Dr. Gloster indicated silence Monday to receive the body of the that Spelman College, an all-female m a rt y re d N e g r o idol. college whose campus adjoins the More­ Tens of thousands of mourners, black house campus, would grant scholarships and while and from every social level, to Dr. King’s daughters. The chapel at b i d Spelman College is where Dr. King lay in N . Viets accept arrived in the city of his birth for the fun­ eral. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. today repose. at the Ebenezer Baptist Church where Dr. Among the dignitaries who have said King, 39. was co-pastor with his father they will attend the funeral are Sen. Robert the past eight years. Kennedy and Gov. Nelson Rockefeller Other thousands filed past his bier in of New York, Undersecretary-General advisers meet at Cam p David a sorrowing procession of tribute that Ralph Bunche of the United Nations, New wound endlessly toward a quiet campus York M a y o r John V. Lindsay, a n u m b e r WASHINGTON f MA-Yi&iòen'i Sdrrn- he called neWsmen itiXu 'the White House Vietnam would not take advantage of the chapel where his body lay in repose. Plans of actors, singers, diplomats, prel­ An atrrtospher.e o\ Yiard bargaining ap­ called for the body to be moved to the son, announcing North Vietnam's formal Cabinet Room and told them he had re­ bombing halt. ates and members of Congress. peared to be forming Monday as both church late Monday. acceptance of his bid for talks on Vietnam, Washington and Hanoi considered suit­ ceived a message from Hanoi, dated April W. Averell Harriman. the President's Estimates of how many persons had Following the memorial service at summoned his top advisers to a Camp able sites for initial contacts and possibly 3. responding to his invitation. roving ambassador with a special desig­ viewed the body ranged as high as 50,000 Morehouse, the funeral cortege will go David breakfast conference Tuesday to later political negotiations. “We have taken steps to notify our nation as White House peace envoy, is and higher. Public mourning began Satur­ five miles to the South View Cemetary determine the next move. U.S. authorities who took part in the allies." the President said-we shall be try­ expected to sit in on the Cam p David talks. day. for a brief graveside ceremony. 14-nation Geneva Cohference in 1962. ing to work out promptly the time and the No time or place for a meeting with his In dramatic support of her husband's which guaranteed the neutrality of Laos, place for the talks...” counterpart from North Vietnam has yet cause, Mrs. King, plainly fatigued, flew said that its communication facilities and He said he will be flying to Cam p David, been set. officials said. to Memphis Monday with three of her accommodations make it the logical choice the presidential retreat in the Catoctin four children to lead a m em orial march. for any fullscale Vietnam talks. Mountains of Maryland where President She did not consent to go to Memphis Hanoi Radio, quoting an interview be­ Franklin D. Roosevelt held World War II until midmorning, though officials of the tween Foreign Minister Nguyen Duy Trinh talks. It was known in the Roosevelt era as Campus-wide Southern Christian Leadership Conference and CBS correspondent Charles Colling- "Shangri-la." after the fictional city in the (SCLC). which her husband headed, had wood. said the Cambodian capital of clouds of the Himalaya mountains. been announcing her trip since Sunday Phnom Penh should be the site. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker, flying afternoon. U.S. officials said Phnom Penh could in from Saigon early Tuesday morning. elections Gov. Lester Maddox said he would not not handle the communications require­ attend the funeral. In a speech Sunday in ments that could arise if there were more will be joined by Secretary of State Dean Marietta, Ga.. he said that civil disobe' than 200 newsmen and delegations ot Rusk and Secretary of Defense Clark M. this Thursday dience-Martin Luther King's> tactic of 20 to 25 from each of 14 countries attending Clifford for the Camp David talks, he dissent--had produced “a harvest of riots, a fullscale conference. said. death and open defiance." Johnson was unsmiling and terse when Leaders of the South Vietnam govern­ The election of six members-at-large to Some estimates were that as many as ment have displayed anxiety over the ASMSU. four delegates to the National 100.000 visitors would be in Atlanta for the forthcoming Washington-Hanoi meeting Student Association (NSA). senior class funeral. «=»» if Saigon is not represented, and Bunker is president and Off-Campus Council (OCC) The Ebepezer church seats only 1,300 expected to report on this aspect. president will be held Thursday. with chairs in the aisles. Attendance will RFK in Lansing Johnson did not give the text of the All full time students are eligible to be by invitation. message from Hanoi, Officials said it was vote for the members-at-large. There are A memorial service, scheduled for 2 T h u r s d a y not an oral message but a formal written no class restrictions, each voter should p.m. at the Morehouse College quadrangle, reply. vote for two seniors, two juniors, one sophomore and one female. will follow the Ebenezer service. The fun­ New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy On the same date that the message was conveyed to the U.S. government. Hanoi Only juniors are eligible to vote for eral cortege will march the mile from will carry his presidential campaign into senior class president, and only off-cam­ the church to the college. Michigan Thursday with a speech at Lan­ radio's international service broadcast pus students are eligible to vote for OCC Morehouse is the all-male college where sing’s Jack Tar Hotel, the State News a statement which said in part: Dr. King, his father and his grandfather The government of the Democratic president. learned Monday night. Polls will be open in Bessey and Berkey received their bachelor's degrees. Dr. Kennedy will address a Business and Republic of Vietnam declares its readi­ ness to appoint its representative to contact .halls, the Union and the International Hugh Gloster. Morehouse president, said Professional Men’s luncheon at I p.m. the U.S. representative with a view to Center from 8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Students the school had offered scholarships to Dr. Thursday, Winthrop Rowe, chairman of the determining with the American side the voting for OCC president and senior class Ingham County Alliance for Kennedy, said. ' ££s.sa.tii>o ot the U iv presidenf m avdo so onlv in these places.. K e n n e d y 'to M tsV ), tto w e »aid. ■ ¿ ¿ ‘.k. ■ * . • - v , the Democratic Republic of Vietnam so living units during lunch and dinner lines. Can ¿¡¿fates speak "However, we just now received word They will open 15 minutes before the meal that he is definitely coming to Lansing that talks may start." The seventh “Meet the Candidates’* Under previously announced U.S. policy. lines open and wilt close 15 minutes after Grieving, widow and we’il have to wait and see as far as a session will be held in East Landon Johnson has said the United States will campus appearance is concerned." the lin e s close. Recreation Room at 7 tonight. completely halt the bombing when Hanoi Allen Huss. elections commissioner, Rev. Ralph Abernathy casts an anxious eye towards Mrs. Martin Rowe added that he expected Kennedy to All ASMSÜ candidates will be present agrees to prompt and preductive talks He said Monday that the candidacy of Joe Luther King as she walks with head high In a memorial march arrive at Lansing’s Capital City Airport to give their views. Students are urged said the United States assumed that North Nads for sophomore member-at-large c i v i l late Thursday morning. to attend and ask questions. for her slain rights leader husband. UPI Telephoto is a hoax. "He is a nonexistent person and students should know that any votes cast for him will not be counted." Huss said. Posters are being circulated in support Mrs. King, A bernathy lead of Nads as a write-in candidate. Ordinance boost n r a f i 1 1 KÁ o _____________ m n k ; c m n r r k The East Lansing City Council called a 355-4DOU , 1-Dp.m. U c ü i V/ I in vili III 111 M I W l ■ special meeting Monday to introduce the penalty-strengthened civil rights ordinance. They will take action on the ordinance at M Abernathy told the crowd "To those MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)--Beneath a ed me to be here." Mrs. Coretta King told the regular Council meeting next Monday- s of you who think I m ay not be ready for the spring sky of somber gray, row on row the marchers when they arrived at their night, M ayor Gordon L.