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1968: Martin Luther King shot dead-4th April

1968: Martin Luther King shot dead

The American black civil rights leader, Dr Martin Luther King, has been assassinated.

Dr King was shot dead in the southern US city of Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to lead a march of sanitation workers protesting against low wages and poor working conditions

He was shot in the neck as he stood on a hotel balcony and died in hospital soon afterwards.

Reverend Jesse Jackson was on the balcony with Dr King when the single shot rang out.

"He had just bent over. I reckon if he had been standing up he would not have been hit in the face," said Mr Jackson.

I ask every citizen to reject the blind violence that has taken Dr King President Lyndon Johnson

Police in Memphis were put on alert for a "well-dressed" white man who is said to have dropped an automatic rifle after the shooting and escaped in a blue car.

There were early signs of rioting in Memphis after Dr King's death and 4,000 members of the National Guard were drafted into the city.

A dusk-to-dawn curfew has been ordered to ward off disturbances.

The US President, Lyndon Johnson, has postponed a trip to Hawaii for peace talks on Vietnam.

The president said he was "shocked and saddened" by the civil rights leader's death.

"I ask every citizen to reject the blind violence that has taken Dr King who lived by non-violence," Mr Johnson said.

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Dr King, 39, had previously survived several attempts on his life including the bombing of his home in 1956.

The charismatic civil rights leader joined the crusade for equal rights for black people in America in the mid 1950s.

He first came to national prominence as one of the leaders of the Alabama bus boycott in 1955.

In 1963 Dr King led a massive march on Washington DC where he delivered his now famous "I have a dream" speech.

Dr King advocated the use of non-violent tactics such as sit-ins and protest marches.

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Search For Air Force Personnel’s Daughter Apurva

Readers Requested to Provide Information if Any

An airman from the Indian Air Force, Sergeant Ravi Shankar, was posted at the Air Force Station at Car Nicobar on the Andaman and Nicobar islands when the deadly tsunami struck on 26 Dec 2004.  

The airman lost his (then) 8-year old daughter, Apurva to the deadly tsunami waves and the girl was declared missing. However, in early 2005, the girl was reportedly sighted in the relief camp located at the Island Trade Fair ground, Port Blair by one of the camp inhabitants but no further concrete information was received thereafter.

The girl’s father returned to Port Blair in February 2005 to search for his daughter Apurva. His efforts to-date has not yielded any positive results. The girl would now be aged around 12 years.
The Andaman and Nicobar Command has also joined the search for Apurva in right earnest. A host of civilian and defence organizations, both on the islands as well as on the mainland, have been contacted to try and locate the girl. Orphanages, schools, tsunami records and other probable avenues are also being explored.

In case any person has sighted Miss Apurva or has met her in any capacity, he/she is requested to immediately establish contact at any of the following numbers/e-mails:

(a) Command Public Relations Office, Headquarters Andaman and Nicobar Command – TeleFax: (24 hours) 03192-232529 / E-mail: hqancpro@rediffmail.com ,pblmet9@yahoo.co.uk 
(b) Wing Commander R Muthuvel 0-9434285125, Commander Abhinav Barve, 0-9474267063, Lt Mannu Virk: 0-9932089122.