HW 50529 DoclId: 32346927 AGENCY RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES AGENCY FILE NUMBER : Page 1 Date: 12/08/04 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION CIA 104-10063-10375 JFK ; 80TO1357A DOCUMENT INFORMATION AGENCY ORIGINATOR : FBI FROM : FBI, DIRECTOR -TO : PRESIDENT; SEC STATE; CIA; ETC. TITLE SELECTED RACIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND DISTURBANCES. DATE 02/28/1969 PAGES 9 SUBJECTS DEMONSTRATIONS DOCUMENT TYPE PAPER CLASSIFICATION SECRET RESTRICTIONS 1B CURRENT STATUS : POSTPONED IN FULL DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/15/93 COMMENTS : JFK10O : F2 1993.07.15.06:34:58:430140 FBI DENIED IN FULL - 2/16/94; ARRB DENIED IN FULL 3/14/97. 2 COPIES; THE SECOND COPY IS MARKED "DUP OF 7161" AND HAS TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF PAGE 1. (R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10063-10375
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. &5 art ¥ sep PAGE TwO CONFIDENTIAL MART IN LUTHER KING, JRo, ON APRIL FOUR NINETEEN SIXTY EIGHT, F, qe \WOULD BE COMMEMORATED DURING THE WEEK OF APRIL FOUR-TWELVE, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE. THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE WAS AGREED UPON. APRIL FOUR: CHILDREN TO BE KEPT OUT OF SCHOOL $ CHAIN FOOD STORES TO SUSPEND BUSINESS} AND COMMEMORATIVE VIGIL AT UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK CITY, (TO CONTINUE THROUGH APRIL SEVEN.) APRIL FIVE: “NATIONAL TAG DAY” TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. APRIL SIX:. “BLACK - EASTER,” INCLUDING A PAGEANT AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DURING WHICH iKING WILL BE SYMBOLICALLY RAISED FROM THE DEAD. APRIL SEVENT ‘TWELVE: "DAYS OF CONFRONTATION" IN THIRTY OR MORE CITIES. ‘PLACES FOR CONFRONTATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN SELECTED. THE | ‘SOUTHERN (CHRIST IAN LEADER SHIP CONFERENCE ALSO PLANS TO ‘ CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS To HAVE KING" S BIRTH DATE, JANUARY FIFTEEN, DECLARED A LEGAL HOLIDAY. - LEAFLET DISTRIBUTED IN GHETTOS: A CONF IDENT IAL INFORMANT OF THIS BUREAU WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIABLE INFORMATION - ‘IN THE PAST ADVISED. THAT LEAFLETS WERE RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED IN VARIOUS GHETTOS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE LEAFLETS, PREPARED BY _ THE EXTREMIST BLACK PANTHER PARTY IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, | _END PAGE TWO - SECuey 2 4 50529 DocIa: 32346927 Page “3 Do \. ae
PAGE THREE CONFIDENTIAL WERE CAPTIONED "A POLITICAL ASSASSINATION” AND WERE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CAUSING RACIAL DISCORD WITHIN THE GHETTO AREAS. — THE LEAFLETS WERE MOST CRITICAL OF THE ORGANIZATION: KNOWN AS US, ANOTHER BLACK EXTREMIST GROUP, AND ALLEGES THAT THE MEMBERS OF US WHO KILLED TWO BLACK PANTHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF - CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ON JANUARY SEVENTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, WERE ACTING FOR THE WHITE POWER STRUCTURE. HIGH SCHOOL DISTURBANCES: ON FEBRUARY TWENTY-SEVEN, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, SEVEN NEGRO ADULTS AND TWENTY-THREE NEGRO JUVENILES WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT WHEN THEY CREATED A DISTURBANCE AT THE SHORTRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, IND IANAPOLIS, INDIANA, THE GROUP DISTURBED CLASSES WHEN THEY GATHERED AT THE | ENTRANCE OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING AND STARTED SINGING AND SHOUTING. ALLEGEDLY, DISSENSION HAS BEEN DEVELOPING FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS BECAUSE A TEACHER REPRIMANDED A STUDENT WEARING A SWEAT SHIRT wITH THE EMBLEM OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY ON IT. A MELEE BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE STUDENTS DEVELOPED ‘FEBRUARY TWENTY-SIX, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, IN THE CAFETERIA AT THE LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. “THE STUDENTS BEGAN FIGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES AFTER SEVERAL NEGRO GIRLS, WHO a7 _ ene END PAGE THREE nies akeT | HW 50529 Docld:327346927 Page 4 . . : swe
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“es tt TREES eee ee Sees ane ee a SL de eens . PAGE TwO CONFIDENTIAL ' MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., ON APRIL FOUR , NINETEEN SIXTY EIGHT, . ee {WOULD BE COMMEMORATED DURING THE WEEK_OF APRIL FOUR-TWELVE , NINETEEN SIXTY NINE. THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE WAS AGREED UPON. -APRIL FOUR: CHILDREN TO BE KEPT OUT OF SCHOOL CHAIN FOOD STORES TO SUSPEND BUSINESS; AND COMMEMORATIVE VIGIL AT UN ITED NATIONS, NEW YORK CITY, (TO CONTINUE THROUGH APRIL SEVEN.) APRIL FIVE: “NATIONAL TAG DAY" TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. APRIL SIX: “BLACK _ | EASTER,” INCLUDING A PAGEANT AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DURING WHICH KING WILL BE SYMBOLICALLY RAISED FROM THE DEAD-e APRIL SEVEN7T TWELVE: “DAYS OF CONFRONTATION IN THIRTY OR MORE CITIES. ; PLACES FOR CONFRONTATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN SELECTED. THE SOUTHERN CHRIST IAN LEADER SHIP CONFERENCE ALSO PLANS TO | CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS TO HAVE KING*S BIRTH DATE, JANUARY | FIFTEEN, DECLARED A LEGAL HOLIDAY. LEAFLET DISTRIBUTED IN GHETTOS: A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT OF ~~ 77 THIS BUREAU WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIABLE INFORMATION “IN THE PAST >" "- ADVISED. THAT LEAFLETS WERE RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED IN VARIOUS GHETTOS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE LEAFLETS, PREPARED BY THE EXTREMIST BLACK PANTHER PARTY IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, END PAGE Two - SECRET -@ . , . . . . me ' . . ny ) : , : : / 8 : . . ' : N : F . . , i] . \ 4 . | HW 50529 Docld: 32346927 Page ‘8 , ‘ . \, ; ~ .
Tee Lee PAGE THREE CONFIDENTIAL WERE CAPTIONED "A POLITICAL ASSASSINATION” AND WERE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CAUSING RACIAL DISCORD WITHIN THE GHETTO AREAS. THE LEAFLETS WERE MOST CRITICAL OF THE ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS ' - US, ANOTHER BLACK EXTREMIST GROUP, AND ALLEGES THAT THE MEMBERS OF US WHO KILLED TwO BLACK PANTHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF - CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ON JANUARY SEVENTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, WERE ACTING FOR THE WHITE POWER STRUCTURE. - HIGH SCHOOL DISTURBANCES: ON FEBRUARY TWENTY=-SEVEN, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, SEVEN NEGRO ADULTS AND TWENTY-THREE NEGRO JUVENILES WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT WHEN THEY CREATED A DISTURBANCE AT THE SHORTR IDGE HIGH SCHOOL, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. THE GROUP DISTURBED CLASSES WHEN THEY GATHERED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING AND STARTED SINGING AND SHOUTING. . ALLEGEDLY, DISSENSION HAS BEEN DEVELOPING FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS BE CAUSE A TEACHER REPRIMANDED A STUDENT WEARING A SWEAT SHIRT WITH THE EMBLEM OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY ON IT. A MELEE BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE STUDENTS DEVELOPED ‘FEBRUARY TWENTY-SIX, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, IN THE CAFETERIA AT THE LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. THE STUDENTS ‘BEGAN FIGHT ING AMONG THEMSELVES AFTER SEVERAL NEGRO GIRLS, WHO tea eae L _ END PAGE THREE | Sey Hw 50529 BDocld:327346927 Page 9 pt see tenant
AGENCY RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES AGENCY FILE NUMBER : Date: 12/08/04 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM . AGENCY INFORMATION CIA 104-10063-10375 JFK . 80TO1357A AGENCY ORIGINATOR : FROM TITLE DATE PAGES ‘SUBJECTS DOCUMENT TYPE CLASSIFICATION RESTRICTIONS CURRENT STATUS COMMENTS TO : DOCUMENT INFORMATION FBI FBI, DIRECTOR PRESIDENT; SEC STATE; CIA; ETC. SELECTED RACIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND DISTURBANCES. 02/28/1969 ; > yf DEMONSTRATIONS PAPER SECRET * POSTPONED IN FULL DATE OF LAST REVIEW ? 0 JFK1O : F2 : 1993.07.15.06:34:58:430140 : FBI DENIED IN FULL - 2/16/94; ARRB DENIED IN FULL 3/14/97. 2 COPIES; THE SECOND COPY IS MARKED "DUP OF 7161" AND HAS TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF PAGE 1. _[R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED 104-10063-10375 HW 50529 Docld: 32346927 Page i1
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CHE PRESIDENT CQ) To: sSeperary oF STATE 9G5-\ So NO OBIECTIONTO: co ne | CP ae Serre.. os TO: -DIREcTOR, CIA 901° ae [RELEASE OF THIS DOCU a -22°TOs . DIREcToR, DEFENSE INTELL IGE WCE ae oni. 10: DEPARTHENT oF THE ARMY 801 a .. TO: : DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 01 ee le eran 4 “To: HEADQUARTERS, U.S. SECRET ‘SERVicz, sTTENT IO: PID: ‘TO: ATTORNEY GENERAL. By r WESSENGER) - °° FROM: DIRECTOR, ‘FBI - conr re EN ria ae 28 Feeggm O38 FERC SELECTED RactaL DEVELOPMENTS AND DISTURBANCES who Bo _ KING 's ASSASSINATION TO BE COMMEMORATED + A CONF IDENT IAL - INFORMANT OF THIS BUREAU WHO HAS FURNISHED REL TABLE oy INFORMATION IN THE PAST REPORTED Twat THE SOUTHERN | CHR IST Taw’ VEADERSHIP CONFERENCE HELD A MEETING aT ATLANTA, SEORGIA, ON FEBRUARY TWENTY FIVE, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, “OAT THE MEETING, IT was DECIDED THAT THE ASSASSINATION OF END | a 4 ceener Tiel HW 50529 DBocld:32346927 Page 13
-. TOr HEADQUARTERS, U.S. SECRET SERVICE, ATTENT 1oW ¢ PID eon F te EWTIaL . ' SELECTED RacTAL DEVELOPMENTS AND DISTURBANCES _ THE. PRESIDENT | ea} To: 'g RETARY oF STATE 9G a oo ae (TO: DIRECTOR, ctA 661°. (— oo _ am oes STO | DIRECToR, DEFENSE INTELL IGENCE AGENCY. ogy. - OIA HAS NO OBJEGTION 10 ae a DIOR 103. DEPARTMENT oF TyE army ao) 1. DECLASSIFICATION AN RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT. TQ: - DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE aay : ee og ie ony TOs ATTORNEY GENERAL. (BY Y WESSENGER) _ | FROM: DIRECTOR, FBT "18 Fe0 69m 0878S. ~ “KING'S ASSASSINATION TO BE COMMEMOR ATED s A CONFIDENTIAL. | INFORMANT OF THIS BUREAU WHO HAS FurNisuep REL IABLE . CHRIST IAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE HELD A MEETING aT ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ON FEBRUARY TWENTY 7F IVE, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE. -. AT THE MEETING, IT was DECIDED THAT THE ASSASSINATION OF END } erener 7/6/ HW 50529 DBocld:32346927 Page 14
PAGE Two CONFIDENTIAL | | MARTIN LUTHER KING, UR.y ON APRIL FOUR, NINETEEN SIXTY EIGHT . a a WOULD BE CONMEMORATED DURING THE WEEK OF APRIL FOUR-TWELVE) NINETEEN SIXTY NINE. THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE WAS AGREED UPON. APRIL FOURt CHILDREN TO BE KEPT OUT OF SCHOOL; CHAIN FOOD STORES TO SUSPEND BUSINESS AND COMMEMORATIVE VIGIL AT UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK CITY, (TO CONTINUE THROUGH APRIL SEVEN.) APRIL FIVE: “NATIONAL TAG DAY" TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. APRIL SIX:. “BLACK EASTER,” INCLUDING A PAGEANT AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DURING WHICH |KING WILL BE SYMBOLICALLY RAISED FROM THE DEAD. APRIL SEVEN? ‘TWELVE: "DAYS OF CONFRONTATION" IN THIRTY OR MORE CITIES. | PLACES FOR CONFRONTATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN SELECTED. THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ALSO PLANS TO | CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS TO HAVE KING'S BIRTH DATE, JANUARY FIFTEEN, DECLARED A LEGAL HOLIDAY. LEAFLET DISTRIBUTED IN GHETTOS: A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT OF 7 THIS BUREAU WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIABLE INFORMATION ~IN THE PAST "ADVISED. THAT LEAFLETS WERE RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED IN VARIOUS GHETTOS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE LEAFLETS, PREPARED BY THE EXTREMIST BLACK PANTHER PARTY IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, _END PAGE Two - | SCH ey a — 50529 Docld:32346927 Page 15
‘ iwi ee Me oF aia aT * PAGE THREE CONFIDENTIAL WERE CAPTIONED "A POLITICAL ASSASSINATION” AND WERE FOR THE. PURPOSE OF CAUSING RACIAL DISCORD WITHIN THE GHETTO AREAS. — THE LEAFLETS WERE MOST CRITICAL OF THE ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS US, ANOTHER BLACK EXTREMIST GROUP, AND ALLEGES THAT THE MEMBERS OF US WHO KILLED TWO BLACK PANTHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF - CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ON JANUARY SEVENTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, WERE ACTING FOR THE WHITE POWER STRUCTURE. HIGH SCHOOL DISTURBANCES: ON FEBRUARY TWENTY-SEVEN, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, SEVEN NEGRO ADULTS AND TWENTY-THREE NEGRO JUVENILES WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT WHEN THEY CREATED A DISTURBANCE AT THE SHORTRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA. THE GROUP DISTURBED CLASSES WHEN THEY GATHERED AT THE - ENTRANCE OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING AND STARTED SINGING AND SHOUTING. ALLEGEDLY, DISSENSION HAS BEEN DEVELOPING FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS BECAUSE A TEACHER REPRIMANDED A STUDENT WEARING A SWEAT SHIRT wITH TRE EMBLEM OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY ON IT. A MELEE BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE STUDENTS DEVELOPED ‘FEBRUARY TWENTY-SIX, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, IN THE CAFETERIA AT THE LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. “THE: STUDENTS BEGAN FIGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES AFTER SEVERAL NEGRO GIRLS, WHO e nen / END. PAGE THREE San ay ~~ HW 50529 DBocld:323469277 Page 16
THE PRESIDENT GB) Tor RETARY oF STATE 9G ae eet TO: ‘DIRECTOR, CIA oar ~ es os TOs | DIRECTorR, DEFENSE INTELL IGENCE AGENCY, 001 108 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY AG} | a anes. oo i EASE OF. THIS DOCUMENT: _ TO: - DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE GG} Rel ae . ve TOs HEADQUARTERS, U.S. SECRET SERVICE, ATTENT tow PID TOs ATTORNEY GENERAL (BY Y MESSENGER) FROM : DIRECTOR, ‘FBI CONFIDENT TAL “28 F869 w O38 FFEC- SELECTED RACIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND DISTURBANCES —_KING® °S ASSASSINATION TO BE COMMEMOR ATED + A CONF IDENT zal - INFORMANT OF THIS BUREAU WHO HAS FURNISHED REL IABLE INFORMATION IN THE PAST REPORTED THAT THE SOUTHERN 4 CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE HELD A MEETING AT ATLANTA, | GEORGIA, ON FEBRUARY TWENTY 7F IVE, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, -. AT THE MEETING, IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE ASSASSINATION OF END any 4 erener HW 50529 DBocld:32346927 Page 18
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PAGE Two CON FIDENTIAL MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., ON APR IL Rit FOUR, NINETEEN SIXTY EIGHT, iWOULD BE COMMEMOR ATED DURING THE WEEK_OF APRIL FOUR-TWELVE, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE. THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE WAS AGREED UPON. APRIL FOUR: CHILDREN TO BE KEPT OUT OF SCHOOL: CHAIN FooD STORES TO SUSPEND BUSINESS; AND COMMEMORATIVE VIGIL AT UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK CITY, (TO CONTINUE THROUGH APRIL SEVEN.) APRIL FIVE : “NATIONAL TAG DAY" TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. APRIL SIX: “BLACK . . EASTER,” INCLUDING A PAGEANT AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DURING WHICH | Kine WILL BE SYMBOL ICALLY RAISED FROM THE DEAD. APRIL SEVEN7 TWELVE : “DAYS OF CONFRONTATION" IN THIRTY OR MORE CITIES. PLACES FOR CONFRONTATIONS HAVE NOT BEEN SELECTED. THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ALSO PLANS TO | CONT TINUE ITS EFFORTS TO HAVE KING'S BIRTH DATE, JANUARY FIFTEEN, DECLARED A LEGAL HOLIDAY. LEAFLET suste eure IN GHETTOS: 4 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT OF © THIS BUREAU WHO HAS FURNISHED RELIABLE INFORMATION “IN THE PAST | ADVISED. THAT LEAFLETS WERE RECENTLY DISTRIBUTED IN VAR IOUS GHETTOS IN THE UNITED STATES. THE LEAFLETS, PREPARED BY _THE EXTREMIST BLACK PANTHER PARTY IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, END PAGE Two - HW 50529 DBocld:32346927 Page 270
‘. sw ety ve Lk os a | PAGE THREE CONFIDENTIAL WERE CAPTIONED "A POLITICAL ASSASSINATION” AND WERE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CAUSING RACIAL DISCORD WITHIN THE GHETTO AREAS. _ “THE LEAFLETS WERE MOST CRITICAL OF THE ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS US, ANOTHER BLACK EXTREMIST GROUP, AND ALLEGES THAT THE MEMBERS “OF US WHO KILLED TWO BLACK PANTHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF © | CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ON JANUARY SEVENTEEN, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, WERE ACTING FOR THE WHITE POWER STRUCTURE. HIGH SCHOOL DISTURBANCES: ON FEBRUARY TWENTY-SEVEN, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, SEVEN NEGRO ADULTS AND TWENTY-THREE NEGRO JUVENILES WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUCT WHEN THEY CREATED A DISTURBANCE AT THE SHORTRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, IND IANAPOLIS, INDIANA. THE GROUP DISTURBED CLASSES WHEN THEY GATHERED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING AND STARTED SINGING AND SHOUTING. ALLEGEDLY, DISSENSION HAS BEEN DEVELOPING FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS BECAUSE A TEACHER REPRIMANDED A STUDENT WEARING A SWEAT SHIRT wITH THE EMBLEM OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY ON IT. A MELEE BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE STUDENTS DEVELOPED --PEBRUARY TWENTY-SIX, NINETEEN SIXTY NINE, IN THE CAFETERIA AT THE LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. THE STUDENTS BEGAN FIGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES AFTER SEVERAL NEGRO GIRLS, WHO | END PAGE THREE Rin Shanty | . : | { HW 50529 DBocld:32346927 Page 271
pase FOUR CONFIDENTIAL WERE NOT STUDENTS, ENTERED THE CAFETERIA AND ASSAULTED TWO WHITE GIRLS. BOTH GIRLS WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ONE GIRL SUFFERED A SCALP INJURY AND A ‘CONCUSSION AND THE OTHER A BROKEN NOSE. THIRTY LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS WERE CALLED AND RESTORED ORDER. SEVERAL ARRESTS WERE MADE. GP-1 - . . ant HW 50529 DBocld:32346927 Page 22