April 8, 1968: Top Story

From Project 1968:

Cities Keep A Fragile Peace

"Racial violence unleashed by the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has struck more than four-score American cities in a destructive orgy of staggering proportions. Since King's assassination in Memphis Thursday night, including the Palm Sunday national day of mourning proclaimed by President Johnson in honor of the fallen civil rights leader, at least 85 cities were visited by violence."

There are 19,900 federal troops and 30,109 National Guard on patrol throughout America. More than 2,000 are injured, 8,879 arrested and 29 people are dead. Chicago, Baltimore and Washington are the hardest hit.

(United Press International. Appeared in the Kingsport Times - Kingsport, Tennessee)