Bush Orders Flags at Half-Staff for King
Posted: 2006-02-07 01:31:59
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush ordered American flags to be flown at half-staff on Tuesday in memory of Coretta Scott King, the civil rights leader and widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Bush and former President Clinton lead the dignitaries expected to attend her funeral Tuesday at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga., outside of Atlanta, where King's youngest child, Bernice, is a minister.
King, 78, died Jan. 30 at an alternative medicine clinic in Mexico, where doctors said she was battling advanced ovarian cancer. She also had been recovering from a serious stroke and heart attack.
In a proclamation issued on Monday, Bush said flags shall be lowered until sunset on Tuesday at the White House and on all public buildings, U.S. naval vessels, military posts and embassies across the nation and abroad.
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Bush and former President Clinton lead the dignitaries expected to attend her funeral Tuesday at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Ga., outside of Atlanta, where King's youngest child, Bernice, is a minister.
King, 78, died Jan. 30 at an alternative medicine clinic in Mexico, where doctors said she was battling advanced ovarian cancer. She also had been recovering from a serious stroke and heart attack.
In a proclamation issued on Monday, Bush said flags shall be lowered until sunset on Tuesday at the White House and on all public buildings, U.S. naval vessels, military posts and embassies across the nation and abroad.
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL. 02/06/06 17:04 EST
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