Na lion wide services held to honor Rev. King By The Associated Press Memorial services and marches yesterday marked the first anniversary of the assassina- tion of the Rev. Martin Luther King, although a near outbreak of violence threatened to mar the largest commemorative service in Memphis. Tenn., scene of King's slaying. Mayor Henry Loeb proclaimed a rigid 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew on the city even as Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass. and the Rev. Ralph Aber- nathy, King's successor as head of the South- ein Christian Leadership Conference, w e r e speaking to a crowd estimated at 15,000. By the time the curfew went into effect, po- lice had reported about a dozen incidents of burglary, looting and window breaking. A police spokesman said there had been 12 ar- rests. In Atlanta, Ga., Coretta King and her four children visited her husband's grave on a bright, balmy spring day. Composed and resolute, she placed a red ,and white cross of flowers on the gravestone. At Nashville, about 300 demonstrators march- ed to the grounds of the Tennessee State Pri- son where James Earl Ray is serving a 99-year- prison sentence for King's murder. They sang "We Shall Overcome" and said they wanted to remind Ray "of what he did." Ray ccould not see them from his maximum- security cell And in Selma, Ala., the scene of a bloody 1965 civil rights clash, about 2,000 persons, all but about two dozen of them blacks, marched under a blazing sun, chanting a new call: "Soul power, Soul power." At the spot where state troopers routed de- monstrators four years ago, the marchers stop- ped. "We want you to know that Dr. King is up in eternity, clapping his hands," the Rev. L. L. Anderson, a Selma Negro minister, told the throng. The Selma march was the first phase of Ala- bama demonstrations marking the anniversary. In Chicago, the Rev. Martin Luther King Sr., at a special Good Friday service, pleaded for blacks and whites to follow King's nonvio- lent principles, In Memphis, Kennedy arrived late but - judging by his reception - was the high point of the program. He was greeted by a great roar of shouts and applause. Abernathy introduced the Senator as the man who will "one day be the President of the United States." During the Senator's brief speech, police with binoculars stood on nearby rooftops, scanning the windows of buildings around the angular, modernistic City Hall. "Wealth is still lavished on useless and dan- gerous arms," Sen. Kennedy told the crowd. "Let us work so that yesterday's dream and to- day's crisis will be tomorrow's opportunity .. . See RALLY, Page 8 Placing a flower at the tomb of Rev. King ----*-- ;Y 44t t43zu1 Patl --Daily-Eric Pergeau& Black student sings at Hill Vol. LXXIX, No. 153 Ann Arbor, Michigan-Soturday, April 5, 1969 Eight Pages 1,000 attend tribute at Hill By DAVE CHUDWIN Over 1000 people gathered in Hill Aud. yesterday in a memorial service for the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the first anniversary of his assassination in Memphis, Tenn. Tribute was paid to the memory of the slain civil rights leader in song, speech, poem, and dance. "He was an extraordinary sensitive human being who, out of a deeply religious background, believed that human beings deserve to live in dignity, respect, peace, love and understanding," said President Robben W. Fleming in an! opening address. "Martin Luther King was our father. We were like chil- dren and he taught us," said Ron Thompson, president of hicago quiet; Daley retains Guard, curfew,, CHICAGO 01-Mayor Richard J. Daley ordered another overnight curfew for young people as 5,000 National Guards- men remained in readiness yesterday to prevent recurrence of violence that erupted Thursday night after memorial services for Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The Guardsmen stayed off the streets yesterday, deployed in armories in Chicago and elsewhere. The two trouble areas and other sections of the city were quiet on Good Friday, the first anniversarv of King's -- B lacklaw a students hold talk By ELIZA PATTERSON "Don't dishonor Martin Lu- ther King; don't go to class- es," read a sign in the L a w School p u t up yesterday by the Black Law Student Alli- ance. the Black Student Union, in a moving eulogy to the black { I e a d e r following Fleming's address. The crowd, black and white, but. with the majority white, stayed ': silent throughout the speeches. Several classes from Ann Arbor elementary schools attended the service. Following the speeches Harold Chicag Smith read several poems and Kenneth Steed sang two spirituals.; The crowd seemed especially im- CHil AGO, NYC, SF: pressed by the Phillip Stamps Dance Grou which presented w youths loot a truck during disturbances yeste three numbers accompanied on African drums. "I suspect that if Martin Luther King could be with us today he would ask us to look to the future, r While actual cancellation of not to the past," said Fleming in classes was left to the._ discretion his opening remarks. of the individual professors, the Fleming pointed out Rev. King C Alliance went ahead with an af- had always fought for integration verl ternoon panel discussion on black yet near the end of his life em- pre problems and ideology, h e l d in s ma phasized black separatism.m Anti-~war rallies set fot By JIM HECK draw a large following. As many tain 7000 active guardsmen in the special To The Daily as 10,000 people are expected to city, and has imposed a curfew CHICAGO -- Students c o n- attend a rally afterwards. for all persons under *21. At least 'ged on Chicago yesterday, in Council chairman Maxwell Pri- 275 persons - 152 of them youths paration for an anti-war :nack yesterday denounced Mayor - were arrested Thursday nght, .rch today. The march will be Richard J. Daley's decision to during sporadic outbreaks of vio- by a contingent of veterans bring in National Guardsmen to lence on the eve of the anniver- d GI's who oppose the war in quell disturbances on the W e s t sary of Martin Luther Kihg's 'tnam. Side. Primack claimed the guard's death. The march, along with similar presence may touch off more vio- A spokesman for the C h i c a g o tests scheduled in San Fran- lent demonstrations during t h e Police Department said they had co and New York, will take march. received, reports of almost 50 in- ce about five miles east of He called on all persors who op- juries stemming from the demon- area where violence broke out pose suchmilitarism to join the strations. ursday. march scheduled for this after- There were some indications Organized by the Chicago Peace noon. last night that Martin Luther ncil. the march is expected to Daley has continued to main- King Sr. will speak at the rally conjunction with Martin Luther' King activities across the campus.I The panel, consisting of five Al-; liance members and Ray Edmonds, director of human ,relations for; the Ann Arbor public schools, dis- cussed King's non-violent philos-; phy.1 "Non-violence as a relevant ideology died before Martin Lu- ther King," said Edmonds. He ad- ded that while he felt people had accepted King's leadership, he al- so believed that non-violence had' never gathered as large a follow-' ing as some people believed. However, Jack Davis, chairman of the Alliance, criticized Ed- monds' position. Davis told the audience he be- lieved the concept of non-violence was widely accepted, but died af- ter King was assassinated. He ar- gued that blacks have now seen that non-violence "gets them no- where," a n d only breeds violent' reactions. The tone of the discussion be- came sharper after Edmonds call-. ed the discussion of ideology "idle talk." Rather than talk, Edmonds suggested the black law students should get together, find "one white 'bigoted law student, a n d, b leat the hell out of him." He enumerated less violent, but active projects the Alliance could undertake in order to help other blacks - picketing Sears, work- ing for the Tenant's Union in the' rent strike, or working for t h e "However, if I understand what led my white eyes tell me, and the an agonizing problems of .perception Vie in this delicate area are formid- T able, there is no necessary conflict ! pro between black pride, black con- ' cisc sciousness, black dignity, black pla power and an integrated society," the Fleming said. Th Fleming said the black man has C See FLEMING Page 8 ;Co assassination. An intermittent rain kept many residents indoors, Daley met with Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie, who flew here from Springfield late Thursday after 4 the disorders became threatening, " and announced extension of the --Associated Press 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew for those arday under 21. - Only a few police cars were visible in the mainly black sections on West Madison Street and the near North Side, scene of Thurs- day night's trouble. Some guard units were sent into to athe streets at the time and wvere rtcalledearly yesterday. Almost all busjnesses in black following the march. King is in areas were closed yesterday, or a the city to speak at several me- part .of the day, in memory of morial services for his son, King. In an Evanston church yester- Schools were closed in observ- day fteno~, th eler ingance of Good Friday, but there day, afterno-on, the elder 'King wsaprnl oecsieml- said, "I wish so much that the was apparently noy excessive mill- people who say they followed ing by youths in any part of Martin Luther King would follow Chaeo. his principles." There were injuries and 275 Also at the Chicago rally will arrests through the night Thurs- sbe Marlene Dixon, the radical soc- day. All but 15 of those arrested iology professor who was denied were released on personal re- tenure at the University of Chi cognizance bonds of either $500 cago; Rennie Davis, a protester or $250. The 15 being/held were indicted for inciting to riot dur- unable to raise bond. ing last year's Democratic Con- Most were charged with either vention demonstrations; and Ste- curfew violations or disorderly wart Meachem, a prominent mem- conduct. ber of the National Peace Coun- Thursday's outbreak ended be- cil and the American Friends fore it reached anything like the Service Committee. pitch of rioting a year ago this Scheduled to be featured at weekend after King's murder. the rally was Navy Nurse Lt. Su- Daley said yesterday he talked san Schnall. Miss Schnall was re- with several Negro -leaders who cently given a suspended six told him they would support any month sentence for participating action necessary to preserve order. in an anti-war demonstration in Daley added that the ban on San Francisco. However, she will the sale of liquor, gasoline in con- be unable to speak since the Navy tainers, and firearms would re- called a review of her case, to be main in effect on the West Side held today.I and near North Side. He said he In New York, the Nationald would review the need for a cur- Peace Parade Committee has few today. planned a 1:30 p.m. march to begin at Bryant Park and end at j " Central Park. Enters - lea in As in the Chicago March, t h e 1 parade will be led by GIs home on Easter passes. The march was Dia shootinaO planned to coincide with Easter holidays in order to attract both Kenneth W. Drinkerd, a 17- Grs on leave and students on va- year old Ypsilanti youth, pleaded cation, said a New York spokes- guilty yesterday to the October 5 man. ! Diag shooting of Joel Cordish, A rally is planned for 4 p.m. Grad. at Central Park. and will feature Drinkerd's plea was accepted by Kathleen Cleaver, wife of Eldridge Circuit Court Judge John W. Con- C1nvar_ AlA oat the rallv will h li un will he sntend. An il 2.1 Lawyers suport Croekiett DETROIT (A - The presidents of four bar associations said yes- terday that controversial decisions by Recorder's Court Judge George W. Crockett following the slaying of a Detroit policeman Saturday, are "entitled td be respected." The city has been in an uproar since late Saturday night wh e n patrolmen Michael Czapski 'w a s killed a n d his partner seriously wounded in a shoot-out at a church where the Republic of New Africa was meeting. After the shooting, police ar- rested 100 blacks in the church. Crockett set up an emergency court at police headquarters and released 15 to 18 of the prisoners under a writ of habeas corpus. Wayne County Prosecutor Wil- liam Cahalan complained that Crockett had hampered investiga- tion of the murder because police had not finished processing the prisoners. However, Police Commissioner Johannes Spreen hinted yesterday the investigation is "nearing a so- lution." The commander of the Spublic, homicide bureau, Delore Ricard, explained that the case "is progressing nicely," although ro airests are expected immediately. Crockett defended his actions Thursday, saying, "Justice de- manded a prompt judicial examii- nation and processing of the per- sons arrested. If there was any sound basis f o r their detention, they were detained. Otherwise they were entitled to be released upon reasonable bond." Crockett's actions brought an instant flurry of criticism. T h e State Judicial Tenure Commission will investigate the judge on the request of Gov. Milliken, and irate state legislators have also called for investigations. Exactly what happened -at the church has yet to be determined. The controversy started Saturday night when two officers reported that they were checking a group PRESS FREEDOM DEMONSTRATION High school, suspends 12 By BOB FUSFELD Twelve Ann Arbor Pioneer High School students who walked out of classes yester: day to protest the suspension of another student were suspended indefinitely by Theodore Rokicki, principal. Thirteen other students also participated in the walkout. It was unclear yesterday why they did not also receive suspensions from the principal. Rokicki could not be reached for comment last night. Carla Houser was suspended Wednesday for distributing copies of the Student Lib- eration Front, an "authorized" paper which criticized the school's policy of placing strict limitations on the type of literature which may be distributed in school by stu- rat c themselves open to the discretionary powers of the principal. He said that the decision to suspend the students was a "question of judgment" by the principal. Students presented a list of demands to Rokicki, including: - An end to the use of suspension and ex- pulsion as disciplinary tools by the school administration; - An end to military recruitment in the school and establishment of a draft counsel- ing service; -- Removal of the city pqlicemen who is on permanent duty at the high school; - Establishment of a free speech a n d press policy which is no more restrictive than the U.S. Constitution; - End of administration harassment of .students for political activities: policies on suspension and. expulsion are at present being reviewed by the board. The superintendent noted that the sus- pension was termed "indefinite" because there is no specific, penalty for the type of actions which the students undertook. Westermann commented that the normal procedure in a case of this sort is to meet with the students and their'parents to reach some decision concerning disciplinary pro- cedures. He pointed out that the principal of a school has the power to suspend a student for the remainder of an academic term. David Swain, one of the students who was suspended yesterday said he felt the pun-, ishment was unjust. He said that the pro- testers felt that they had merely been tru- ant from a class. Truancy violations are not