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Show King Slain, Violence Flares MEMPHIS, TENN. (AP) -The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. triggered Negro violence across the nation and caused President Johnson to cancel his planned trip to Hawaii. Dr. King died The in a Memphis hospital Thursday night less than an hour after he was shot in the neck as he stood on the balcony of his motel here. Police searched for a white gunman. President Johnson called on all men and the nation today to stand their all races ground to deny violence its victory in the. wake of the slaying of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. statement The Presidents was issued after a hastily summoned meeting at the White House of civil rights leaders, government officials and mem Martin Luther King . . . shot in neck today with scattered showers spreading across the state. Some gusty wind. See weather map on Page D-- 5 for details. Cooler fc ' assassinated by of a rifleman Thursday night in Memphis, Tenn. Johnson Friday canceled his plans to fly to Hawaii for conference with American leaders in Vietnam preliminary to possible peace talks with the North of Congress A-- A-- A-- and deal with the problems stemming from the assassination of Dr. King. Violence, including arson and shooting, broke out in several American cities. In Tallahassee, Fla., police said a white youth was burned to death after a firebomb went off 10 blocks from predominant West- G. night, to (Other Developments on the The White House announced William Monday moreland, U.S. commander in Vietnam, and also with President Chung Hee Park of South Korea. statement The Presidents said: The dream of Martin Luther King has not died with him. Men who are white men no arrests. Police said a white man was stabbed to death during violence in Washington. A Negro died of stab wounds in Harlem although it was not known if his death was related to disturbances there. Police in Memphis shot and critically wounded one man after they said he opened fire on them. Tw'o Detroit police officers were shot and wounded while patrolling in a predominantly Negro neighborhood. Widespread looting and arson struck Harlem and Brooklyn's Bedford section. Stuyvesant More than 90 persons were arrested and scores injured. Angry crowds burned and tragic death of Dr. King are 9 found on Pages that the President will decide later when and where to meet Gen. were just men." The President also said he plans to address a joint session Vietnamese. with ly Negro Florida AM University. where earlier small bands of snipers fired at police. There white-owne- d towns. The violence that swept some the city streets accompanied national outpouring of grief and sorrow that followed the death j of King, the nations leading ad- - j vocate of nonviolence and a ( I Nobel Prize winner. President Johnson led the r.v I See 1)R. KING, Page o- - '4' r. , 'P-- ' ' ' a t'Jt',, - : M -- I .c - ' V ' , As J s I ' & v w. jfetUt -- i i jj 1 News Depts. 1 News Tips Only 5 Adv. & Circulation Information 5 Classified Ads Only Editorial offices: 33 Richards St. 364-258364-111363-152355-74- 75 521-353- FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1968 d Pres. McKay Gives v? V' Ur- . Our Phone Numbers ' 'V . A-- 2 A Tirig ''" V Set WASHINGTON President Johnson (AP) today called on all Americans to observe Sunday, April 7, as a national day of mourning for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The President, in honor of the assassinated Negro civil rights ieader, also ordered that flags be flown at half staff throughout the United States on all federal buildings and on grounds and naval vessels of the government at home and abroad until the interment of King. In our churches, in our homes and in our private hearts," Johnson said, let us resolve before God to stand against devisiveness in our country and all of its consequences. He noted that King, shot last night at Memphis, "has been struck down by the violence against which he preached and worked." The Mountain West's First Newspaper 10c 64 PAGES V" ' Day Of Mourning For Rights Leader stores in a Negro neighborhood just two miles north of the White House in Washington. Some 30 pet suns were injured and 167 arrested. Police in Jackson Miss., fired tear gas at groups of Negroes on tlie Jackson State College super- campus. A market in a Negro section was firebombed despite a Negro leaders pleas for nonviolence. Disturbances were reported in Nashville. Newark, Boston and a number of smaller cities and looted SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH '$. ' He voiced again his sorrow at the death of the Negro apostle DESERET NEW Few Showers VOL. 369 NO. 79 who are black must and will join together now as never in the past to let all the forces of division know that Amreica shall not be ruled by the bullet but by the ballot of free and bers of Congress. LBJ ACTS Opening Message - By JACK E. JARRARD Church News Editor The chief tragedy in the world today is the disbelief in God and His goodness, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, were told at the opening session of the 138th Annual General Conference Friday morning in the Salt Lake Tabernacle. This message was carried in the opening address of President David 4tl O. McKay which keynoted the six sessions of the conference. The Presidents talk added that the true guide to mankind is the Gospel of Jesus (More stories and pictures on Conference can be found 6 and on Pages A-- A-- A-- .) and that man or is happiest and most content who lives nearest to Christ, woman its teachings. President McKay was present and presided over the morning session. His prepared address was read by his son, David Lawrence McKay, general superintendent of the Sunday School. President Hugh B. Brown of the First Presidency conducted the session and the invocation was offered by Wayne Hales, president of the BYU Sixth Stake. President Brown, in speaking of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King in Mem- President McKay and members of the First Presidency will direct session of 138 Annual General Conference. 1J: 'Gejecti WASHINGTON (AP) -President Johnson, postponing ahead at this time with the Honolulu meetyig. Vietnam policy talks in lulu, remained in Washington Friday after appealing to all Johnsons initial uncertainty appeared to be dictated by at least three considerations: If the President immediately announced outright cancellation of the Hawaii conferences, this could be interpreted as a sign of panic and perhaps the very violence he was inveighing against. Hono- to reject the vioAmericans lence that brought death to Dr. Martin Luther King. Johnson told a national televi- audience sion-radio Thursday night he had delayed departure for Hawaii until today. He had planned to leave in the middle of the night. Afterward, press secretary George Christian quoted the President as saying he would decide later whether to go mini Equally important, Johnson apparently did not feel he should carry on business as usual lest he seem callous in the face of an act which Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey said brings shame to our country. at a Humphrey spoke dinDemocratic Jchnson had ner which planned to address until he asgot word of the Memphis sassination. The dinner was called off after Humphreys statement. Perhaps most important, Johnson could not be certain whether the King slaying would produce serious racial violence that would make his fund-raisin- g Today's Thought The devil loves noth ing better than the intolerance of reformers. James Russell Louicll -- iiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiil ABY crib, cflntous, 15. So PM col. 48, Mlv DIO. Violence' continued presence in Washington prudent, even though presidential communications permit him to act and react from anywhere in the world. Johnson had planned to make an overnight flight to March Air Force Base, Calif., for a breakfast meeting with former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Honolulu. thpn fly on to he put But, in off these plans and issued a statement, read personally on television radio networks, which began: "America is shocked and brutal the saddened by tonight of Dr. Martin Luther King. I ask every citizen to reject the blind violence that has struck Dr. King who lived by nonviolence. Harking back to his dramatic announcement last Sunday that he was withdrawing from the 1968 presidential race because he wanted to heal deep divisions within the nation, Johnson said . We can achieve nothing by slaying 4 I 7 lawlessness and divisiveness among the American people. It is only by joining together and only by working together can we continue to move toward equality and fulfillment for all of our people. I hope that all Americans search their will tonight hearts as they ponder this most tragic incident. Johnson earlier had conveyed to Mrs. King his personal sympathy and that of Mrs. Johnson. The President got word of Kings shooting while conferring in his office with Llewellyn Thompson, ambassador to Moscow, whom he designated Sunday as his personal representative in any Vietnam peace talks along W. with Ambassador-at-larg- e Averell Harriman. Thompson was not scheduled to accompany the Chief Executive to Honolulu. The White House, setting the stage for those meetings, said they would be associated more closely with military rather than diplomatic policy. The Schedule For Conference FRIDAY 2 p.m. General sion, Tabernacle. ses- Siege Lifted At Khe Sanh, U.S. Claims 4:30 p.m. Assembly Indian placement program for stake presidents. Hall, SATURDAY 3rd General a.m. Session, Tabernacle. 10 4th General Ses2 p.m. sion, Tabernacle. 7 p.m. General priesthood meeting, Tabernacle. SUNDAY 10 a.m. 5th General Session, Tabernacle. 2 p.m. 6th and concluding General Session, Tabernacle. Special Sunfor day School sessions School Sunday coordinasuperintendencies, tors, secretaries and teacher trainers. Relief Society Ward building and 17th building. 7 p.m. Sunday School conference, Tabernacle. 4:20 p.m. stake - phis, said: At this time we express deep sorrow and shock at the news of the passing of Martin Luther King, a man who dedicated his life to what he believed to be the welfare of his people. It is a shocking thing that in this age such a thing could happen. We pray Gods blessings upon his family, his friends, and those associated with him. The Tabernacle was filled to overflowing as the conference got under way. All the General Authorities were present with President McKay presiding over the con- i PRES. SMITH 'Prayer Gives Us Strength' The need for prayer, an explanation of the blessings of eternal life, and an appeal to serve was made by President Joseph Fielding Smith of the First Presidency of The Church cf Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints Friday. President Smith, a counselor in the First Presidency, spoke at the Friday morning session of the 138th Annual of the General Conference Church in the Tabernacle on Temple Squaie. y MANY DUTIES Saints have a great many duties to perform, President Smith observed, including that of praying to the Father in the name of His Son. Not that God needs the prayers of His children, but that His children need Hi$ Latter-da- y ; help. Our prayers are not fop the purpose of telling Him how to run His business. If we have any such idea as that, then, of course, we have the wrong idea. Our prayers are uttered more for our sake, and to build us up and give us strength, and courage, to increase our faith in Him, President Smith said. HUMBLES SOUL The siege of (AP) Prayer is something that Khe Sanh has been lifted a r humbles the soul. It broadens U.S. officer said today, alour comprehension; it quickens the mind. It draws us though late this afternoon the nearer to our Father in heavspearheads of the big relief force were still nearly a milej en. We need His help, there is from the 6,000 Marine defenders. ference. no question about that. We :of the combat base in the north-- , Assisting him. and on the need the guidance of His Holy west corner of Vietnam, See PRES. MeKAY, Page 6 See PRES. SMITH on Page 6 Weve moved out and taken, territory. The basic concept of iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'iiiiim'iiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiimuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiit SAIGON sen-jio- A-- A-- the enemy besieging Khe Sanh is over, the senior officer said. "Theres no particular value 'in a hookup. Theyre within a kilometer and a half of each other. It would be no effort to 'march together and to shake hands. With the 20,000-marelief! force of Marines and air caval-- ! rymen bearing down on Khe; Sanh from three sides, a! INSIDE THE NEWS 'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiin SECTION A n battalion of Marines on! Thursday ventured farther out-- 1 sid? the two square miles of for-- ! tress than any Leathernecks! had since it was taken under J siege 76 days ago. Music n SECTION B SECTION C |
