Oregon Advance Times_1968-04-11

AN EASTER MESSAGE FROM OUR STAFF Now that the tragic moments of last week, the heartful mourning, the reveo.-ftYbrn– ing and the thoughtless conflicts are settling as dust in the density of evening/the last anthems af\d praises ,!"e reso1.mding as echoes of la$t week's terror. We can but harvest . . . today the seed§, that VJ18 have sown. l tru$t that we (the black people) will not ii<· 500 Marchers Join To Honor Dr. King Five hundred persons - the largest number to take part in a local march, ac– cording to observers - turned out Friday to honor the memory of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., cut down by an assassin's bul– let in Memphis, Tenn•• last Thursday. The marchers, led by po– lice officers in a patrol car GET READY $69 95 for SPRING! ECONOIIY W•NER 16 95 full !oil!'! mo\f con, .,-.~1olled WOVEN PLASTIC LEADEI 19 95 full ~et m o \1 car\ ,m.10\led NEW CAI CLEAR PLASTIC 29 95 full !>el most cars installed Includes King Siu Window and Heavy Duty lipper. • Cemplete Set $ RUGL_._... 9' 5 2046 N.E. UNION AVE. Free Pick-Up Service To Uoyd Center Open Weck Days I A.M. 'TIL 6 P.M.-All DAY SATURDAY 288-5539 and on motorcycles, carried praising Dr, King, calling for an end to the war in Viet– nam, and for equality for the Negro. Legends on the signs in– cluded ''Don't Mourn for America - Organize," "He Had A Dream of Peace and Freedom," and ''Killing King Killed Nonviolence," The march, organized by the Society for New Action Politics and the Student De– mobilization Society, was joined by members of the Portland branch of the Na– tional Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Thomas Vickers, NAACP chapter president, who walked at the head of the march carrying a bouquet of flowers, spoke before and after the march, Explaining the bouquet, Vickers said that a man walked up to him, asked him if he was marching for Dr. King. When Vickers answered yes, the man thrust a cluster of iris, carnations, daisies and zinnias into his hands. Many of the marchers wore black crepe armbands, handed out by the march organizers. The procession started in the Park Blocks in front of the Portland State College Center and proceeded to 6th Ave., and Montgomery Sts. Thanking the participants, Vickers said, "We hope you do not give up the fight for brotherhood and peace on earth for all mankind." /Jofe1 -oF /nfe1e1f by Ron Webb MARTIN LITTHER KING JR., a great leader, has fal– len but what he stood for will remain forever • • . , In the midst of this tragedy we locally are also saddened by the death of Reverend Carter . • • • Now 1 ask has the day Ben Leonard Ask The Man from Equitable about Living Insurance -Family Style BENJAMIN M. LEONARD 2040 S.W. FIRST AVE. PORTLAND, OREGON 97201 BUS. PHONE: 222- 9471 The EQUITABLE Life Assurance Society of the United States NfW YORK, NY April 11, 1968 Oregon Advance/TIMES Page 9 National Day Of Mourning A Negro First in America Dr. Martin Luther King is the first Black man for whom the President of the United States has ordered a day of national mourning. Only three other private citizens have been so honored. They include two Americans, Adalai Stevenson, the United States ambassador to the United Nations at the time of come for the poisoned mind to evaporate? ••.• 1 think so • • •. If ever in history were there to be a stand for human rights the time is NOW , •••.•Were flags at half-mast for Martin Luther King Jr. in Klamath County • his death, and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of Presi– dent Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of England. President Lyndon B. John– son ordered the flag flown at half staff on all federal buildings throughout the country for Dr. King. Play· Presented The Jefferson High School drama deparonent and thes– pian troupe 124 presented John Patrick's play, "The Curious Savage," April 5 and 6. Miss Nadine Johnston di– rected. BANKfi.MERICARO. ,wtfi:ome 1/eM SCARBOR.OUGH FUEL SERVICE • FURNACE REPAIR • HEATING OIL KEY SERVICE Phone 282-4920 102 N.E. Russell I i -