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: fitwpotmcwAw4ewws4vo For Classified Phone [phone]bt Other Tribune departments: News information 2 scores other departments 5 363-151- 355-751- 355-751- 1: a z Sat Lake City Utah—Saturday Morning—April Vol 196 No 174 36:3-152- LP Upsy Daisy e Salt Lake City and Utah — Partly cloudy forenoon with showers again in afternoon Weather map is on Page 5 A-1- 6 1968 Price Ten Cents nome 14 Die as 'ice Violence Grips Cities LIU Decries Outbursts Seeks Amity n 8 lu 1 ci: S 0 (rz r kV 'I ‘ le I) o11 0 ‘1) 0 L CP r : 22 : e - "' 04 W :: A$1164:e::e0-Z- tr c :: ip 7477""'"114:41H44i :' 1 t t" 7 i t77:':::4 4011 :: Ir u 1 011wr vom st1 L Sterling F Green Associated Press Writer 7 Mr"---7-'7- 1 (t v n n -- ordered ONFOrk11000000Mki 03110 4- ff"rn' I 1 1 i t 1) iI Monday But aven as he spoke Negroes were rampaging in Washington itself looting add burning Mr Johnson canceled a planned flying trip to Hawaii to consult with American military and diplomatic officials on preliminaries to possible peace talks with the North Vietnamese — a trip that had been scheduled to start Thursday night but was postponed by the slaying of the Negro leader in Memphis The White House did not explain the 41 It it President David O McKay center left 'listens as his son David Lawrence McKay delivers the -- I Jo church leader's message as 13Sth Annual General Conference of LDS Church opens in the Tabernacle Message of President McKay Nurture Control LDS Urged the virtue of self-contr- church leader attend-th- e morning session of the three-da- y Salt Lake tonference in the century-ol- d Tabernacle on Temple Square However he reott ' his physician's advice niained at his residence in the afternoon a - His son David Lawrence McKay Salt Lake city attorney and general superintendent of the Deseret Sunday The School Union speech session carried m lr more than 300 radio and television stations and to nearly of the world via shortwave radio President McKay in his prepared address cited the virtues of truth justice wisclum benevolence and as those marking "a standard of moral manhood" in following the life of Jesus Christ seems the most practical and applicable to daily life President McKay said and the sense of self conquest over appetites and passions frees man from being a servant read President McKay's President Hugh B Brown first counselor in the First Presidency conducted the morning session noting that President McKay had been blessed with renewed health in the past six months President Brown expressed "deep sorrow and shock" in referring to the Thursday slaying of Dr Martin Luther two-thir- self-contr- King in Memphis Tenn "It is a shocking thing that in this age such a thing could happen" President Brown said upon convening the morning Resist Temptation Russ Support LS lanol Talks Moscow Hinted as Meeting Site ' New York Times Service — The Soviet government Friday endorsed the agreement by North Vtetnam to start discussions with the United States toward a complete halt of btimbing that would open the door to MOSCOW lull-scal- e negotiations :- - The statement appeared amid speculation that Moscow might be the site for a : meeting between United States and North Vietnamese representatives : - Premier Aleksei N Kosygin it was le'arned Friday night is cutting short his trip to Iran and returning' to Moscow on Sunday one day early The US Embassy 'denied that li had "You show me a man who has complete control over his appetite who can resist all temptations to indulge in stimulants liquor tobacco marijuana and other vicious drugs and I will show you a youth or man who likewise developed power to control his passions and Balloon Makes :Hissstóric Try ' LAS PALMAS CANARY ISLAND (UPI) — Francis Brenton Friday gave up his attempt to cross the Atlantic in a balloon his plans punctured by the Spanish air force Brenton's balloon got away from him Thursday and drifted out to sea Spanish air force jet fighters shot it down as a tlanger to air navigation Brenon 41 said that did it as far as be was concerned Today's Chuckle Adolescent: one who is well informed about anything he doesn't have to study any knowledge of arrangements for a meeting in Moscow The US it was understood would be willing to meet the Vietnamese in any city with a US Embassy or legation that could provide swift communications with Washington The feeling of ebservers here is that Moscow would be an undesirable site for the North Vietnamese because of a certain indignant reabon from Communist -- - desires" he said The church president said he has become "greatly alarmed" over reports of drug use among high school and univer- sity students Khe Sanh Free Page A12 China a rival with the Soviet Union for influence in the Communist world A possible suggestion of Moscow's attitude toward the selection of a meeting place was contained in a dispatch Friday night by Tass the official press agency reporting that Czechoslovakia had offered to be host to the delegations An earlier mood of skepticism over President Johnson's order for a limited bombing halt as a gesture to Hanoi was absent in the Soviet government statement Friday on the decision and North Vietnam's response Reporting that Hanoi had agreed to preliminary talks toward achieving a bombing halt Moscow said: "The Soviet government fully supports this statement of the government of (North) Vietnam in the belief that this statement indicates a realistic way to ending the war in Vietnam to a political settlement in the interests of the Vietnamese people in the interests of restoring a normal situation throughout Southeast Asia" Moscow protested that President Johnson's bombing decision in no way represented a cessation of aggression since bombing was continuing against almost half of the tefritory of North - "With all my heart I warn the youth of our church and of this nation that they will lose their manhood and womanhood If they yield to this enticement of Satan" President McKay said Sexual impurity of the world today he continued is the result of the loss of trite manhood through indulgence In the teachings of the church next to crime of murder comes that of adultery and unchastity he said True to Belief "If the members of the church will remain true to their belief in chastity and will develop true manhood through in other ways practicing they will stand as a beacon light whose self-contr- See rage 6 Column 1 Here's List of Events For LDS Conference Saturday 7:30 Hall am — Welfare session Assembly am—General session Tabernacle pm—General session Tabernacle pm — Priesthood session 10 2 7 Sunday 10 2 arn pn 0m — General session Tabernacle — General session Tabernacle — Sunday school session Fourteen persons were killed and areas of Washington and Chicago were heavily damaged by fire as racial vich lence struck more than a dozen citie3 in an angry answer to the killing of Dr Martin Luther King Jr Four persons were killed in Washington DC where regular Army troops and National Guardsmen joined local police in trying to keep the peace The Here is'a death count of the victims of the radii Vlu gent t? in reaction to the kill ing of Dr Martin Luther King Jr Timm day night: z Washington — four Chicago —eight Detroit — one dead inclthied a boy The circumstances of his death were uncertain One report said a policeman's gun went off accidentally as he tried to stop several boys looting a store The other victims were a looter shot and killed by police a man found with his throat cut a man killed when a wall collapsed and a man who died after being beaten and stabbed early Friday Eight persons died in Chicago Two Negro men were killed by snipers a third was shot and killed by police after officers said he opened fire on them and a fourth was found dead in a burned-ou- t Tallahassee Fla — one grocery store At least 20 buildings were burned to t P ' n '': - 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A i 1 1 4 0 'itir1'1:Pi--i':'- ' o t k lir 1 4 I '11'"er ' C I 411::'''' ''' : 41 44 to )::t :4 11 - :i ' ''"'" '' ' PT ?I i'f' : r of nonviolence Washington skyline The President said that when he received "the terrible news" of Dr King's See Page 4 Column I : the campus of the predominantly Negro North Carolina Mil' State University t A curfew was clamped on the nation's capital from 5:30 pm to 6:30 am Some 5000 federal troops and National Guardsmen and 1000 police moved in to guard the White House and Capitol' and to clear the streets More than 700 persons were arrested as the troopers cracked down on the widespread looting and vandalism By late in the evening the rioting See Page 8 Column 3 - and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize who was shot and killed by a sniper in Memphis "Men of all races all religions all regions must join together in this hour to deny violence its victory — and to fulfill the vision of brotherhood that gave purpose to Martin Luther King's life and works" the proclamation said It was issued just after Mr Johnson conference emerged from an hour-lon- g with about 25 leaders of civil rights organizations government officials and leaders of Congress They all accompanied Mr Johnson to the vast Episcopal cathedral a gray gothic highlight on the apostle i : the ground there were more than 150 arrests and 200 persons were treated irt hospitals for injuries In Greensboro NC five policemen and National Guardsmen were injured In an exchange of gunfire with snipers neeti Observgnees Page 4 Column 4 custody" 7 (Copyright) outright cancellation of the Pacific flight but the reason was obvious: Officials felt the Vietnam conference was less urgent fox the momett than the threat that the country this weekend might face serious civil disorders riots and looting There already were fires and some sporadic midday fighting in Washington streets less than two miles from the White House as the President after meeting with civil rights leaders and government officials frayeled by limousine to a solemn memorial service for Dr King in Washington Cathedral The President designated Sunday as a day for national mourning for the Negro Self-contr- -- : Assistant press secretary W Thomas Johnson said the President had talked by telephone with Mayor Walter E Washington of the capital city the Justice Department and law enforcement officials Mr Johnson announced earlier in the day that he will deliver a new and urgent appeal for civil rights legislation to a joint session of Congress It was set for 9 pm gr The 138th annual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints opened Friday with a message from President David O McKay that man's strength of character lies in in Confers with Officials 0 f 11 WASHINGTON — President Johnson his face etched in grief at the assassination of Dr Martin Luther King Jr called on Americans Friday to "deny violence Its victory" — then Worked into the night in a White House guarded by federal troops They were there because of the very violence against which Mr Johnson ramwarned — a looting page which spilled from Negro areas toward downtown Washington and the complex of federal buildings That outburst had Lubsided in part because of the federal forces Mr John-o- - c:1 - By Jerry Buck Associated Press Writer By t!‘ -- c ki ar"? 4 1 4: : L4c Troops Called Into Capital To Quell Negro Rampage For Dr King Calls Off Trip 1 11 0 I Asks Mourning C 111311111111111M1111114 have come up and those traced to conclusion But they weren't the true names" Clark said the man sought as the killer was white between 26 and 32 years of age with dark hair and medium build Earlier the attorney general declared: ''We've got some substantial leads Were very hopeful We've got some good breaks There is no evidence at this time of any conspiracy" A manhunt unmatched in Memphis history spread widely from a cheap rooming house not far from the murder site On the Inside Obituaries Editorials Foreign National 6 Society Sports Star Gazer Television 8-- 7 B-- 2 B-- 5 Theaters A-- 6 5-- Washington It was from the rooming house that the sniper was believed to have fired at King Thursday night as the civil rights leader stood on the second floor balcony of his hotel A single bullet in the neck brought a violent end to a life dedicated to nonviolence Police Director Frank liolloman said a single white man was the killer As liolloman reconstructed his movements he checked into the rooming house in Thursday shot King from the second-floo- r window of a common bathroom three hours later from a distanc of 205 feet then disappeared in the resulting confusion The murder weapon was believed to be a newly purchased Remington pump rifle discarded two doors away trom the rooming house President Johnson held a hastily called conference in Washington with civil rights leaders Be told them "the dream of Martin Luther King has not died with him" Not invited to the meeting was Black Power militant Stokely CarmichaelAtt See Page 5 Column ta 30-0- 6 Page Page Business Classified Comics Conference 5 tt