I appreciate Tis' first hand account. But it appears the fear was generated by the National Guard as much as anybody else. I was working that night, but one of my co-workers was at the Drive-in and said there was no noise or anything else apparent until the movie let out and they saw the Guard directing traffic. All over, all quiet. Another friend, a firefighter, said he and two others were on the roof of the Half Moon(?) putting out a fire in the restaurant kitchen exhaust fans. That was reported by the press as rioters on the roof starting fires. The press in subsequent years started referring to it as an "annual"... (pick your word). That, to me, was the over-hype.
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