Washington Military Units Poised For Protest Trouble
Antiwar demonstrators plan to disrupt Washington by targeting 21 traffic chokepoints near Potomac bridges Monday and Tuesday. Police and National Guard forces, including 7,300 officers and helicopters, will guard the capital as protests draw thousands from across the region. Federal officials dismiss threats as hot air, while arrests climb toward 1,200 in a week of demonstrations.
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Washington
Defense Department
519Th Military Police Battalion
Ft. Meare
Ft. Myer
Potomac River
Virginia
Richard Kleindienst
Ami
Pestagon
Lincoln Memorial
Justice Department
Capitol Hill
Youth Day Lets Students Run Flagstaff For A Day
Top seniors from Flagstaff and Coconino High Schools will preside over city offices on Youth Day. Coconino’s Richard Nordin will be mayor for the day as NHS members tour departments, hear council talks, and meet City officials from 9 a.m. to 4 15 p.m. at City Hall.
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Flagstaff
Coconino High
Elks Lodge
City Hall
Sylvan L. Hatenberg
Flagstaff School Board to Meet on Budget and Boundaries
The Flagstaff Public Schools board will review attendance boundaries for 1971 72, consider keeping current lines, and discuss Triple A athletics at Flagstaff High. Additional reports cover new programs, nongraded classes, PE curriculum, landscaping, fire sprinkler bids, safety education, site for a University Heights elementary, and Kinsey School land return. The race balance policy debate returns with Mrs Priser presenting a tentative version. Meeting starts 5 p.m. at Flagstaff High School library.
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Flagstaff
Board of Education
Flagstaff High School
University Heights
Forest Service
Kinsey
Jacqueline Priser
New Rail System Begins Operation in 1971
Amtrak began operations at 12:01 am, taking over 182 trains from 20 railroads and eliminating 178. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation aims to connect major cities across 314 towns on 20,600 miles of track, with inaugurations at Union Station and ceremonies in Boston and Chicago. Officials sought patience as the system rebuilds, while lawmakers and courts faced delays on postponing or delaying start.
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Washington
Amtrak
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Congress
Partire
Metroliner
New York
Secretary of Transportation
John A. Volpe
Boston
Houston
Los Angeles
Chicago
Ford
Seattle
M.A. Reiersgard
Federal Express
Mystic Valley Railroad Society
Federal
Eddie Herrmann
Seaboard
Spekestian
Senate
Commerce Committee
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
U.S
Columbia
Amtrak Figres
Arizona officials rate state smog rules as more realistic
APman Paul Hendrickson, assistant director of Arizona’s air pollution control, said the state’s standards are more stringent yet achievable within three years. He cited differences in measurement units, noted gaps with federal nitrogen oxides guidance, and explained Arizona’s limits for pollutants such as sulfur oxides, particulates, carbon monoxide, and hydrocarbons.
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Proewies
Arizona
Paul Hendrickson
Division of Air Pollution Control
State Health Department
Hendrickson
Supervisors Set Busy Agenda For May Meeting
Coconino County supervisors plan a full agenda at 10 a.m. including zoning requests for Sunset Crater Estates Alpine Meadows and nearby areas, a 700 acre Forest Service exchange, a Munds Park parcel, and Dewey Park area. A Sedona Incorporation Study group will discuss city status. Indigent burials county printing needs and audits round out the items.
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Sedona County
Coconino
Sedona
SUN Monthly Rate Increase in Arizona Daily SUN
The monthly subscription rate rises to 2.50 dollars per month effective today. Newspaperboys receive a portion of the increase as costs of operation continue to rise.
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Arizona Daily Sun
Cleanup planned for Oak Creek Canyon May 8 by local volunteers
Joe Richards leads Flagstar volunteers in a canyon cleanup with help from Coconino County Search and Rescue under Capt. Arnold Hudson and the Coconino National Forest Service directed by Ray Wrobly. Northern Arizona University Forestry Club and Sociology Dept students join. contact Richards or Hudson. May 8 at 7 a.m. gather at the sheriff’s office corner Birch and Agassiz. transportation provided.
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Oak Creek Canyon
Flagstar
Joe Richards
Coconino Couty
Arnold Hudson
Richards and
Arnold Such
Richards
Arnold
Ray Wrobvley
Oak Creek
Northern Arizona University Forestry Club
Sociology Dept
Hoth Flagstat
Slide Rock
Hudson
Birch and
Agassiz
Nixon Warns Demonstrators Policy Isn’t Made by Protest
President Nixon at San Clemente declared policy is not made in the streets and warned Washington protesters that illegal conduct will be dealt with. He said the right to peace demonstrations does not include the right to break the peace at home as about 35,000 antiwar protesters gathered in the capital. Organizers threaten civil disobedience to disrupt traffic and aim to weaken the government beginning Monday.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Washington
Vietnam
White House
Congress
Forces ban Calley song on Vietnam radio network
The American forces Radio Network in Vietnam was ordered to stop playing The Battle Hymn of Lieutenant Calley. Col Robert Leonard cited improving Viet Namese-American relations after consulting Lt Laurence Souville, head of the network, as the deciding factors.
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3AIGON
American Forces Radio Network
Vietnam
Calley
U.S. Command
Robert W. Leonard
Leonard
Cot
Laurence Souville
American Forces Radio and Television Network
Office of Information
Marine Hijacker Freed in Rome After 18 Months Jail
Raphael Minichiło, an AWOL Marine who hijacked two TWA jets 7000 miles from California to Rome, was released from prison. He told reporters he harbors no hate but does not want to return to the United States. He walked free amid a mob of journalists after serving 18 months for hijacking related crimes.
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Rome
Raphael Minichi¢la
TWA
California
Marine Corps
United States
Freedom
Howley elected Ducks Unlimited president at Scottsdale meeting
Lee C. Howley of Cleveland was elected president of Ducks Unlimited at the 4th annual meeting in Scottsdale. He then met with Robert White of Vancouver Canada and Donald Muench of Mexico City as treasurer, outlining a plan to raise funding 20 percent annually for the next decade to secure waterfowl survival. In Dallas Atty Gen John N. Mitchell spoke at SMU about national issues, greeted by students with handkerchief gestures and clenched fists.
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Scottsdale
Lee C. Howley
Cleveland
Ducks Unlimited
Waterfowl Conservation Group
Howley
Robert White
Vancouver
B. C
Docks Unlimited
Canada
Donald Muench
Mexico City
Docks Unimited
Mexico
Dallas, Tex
John N. Mitchell
Southern Methodist University
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Boys’ Club
East Flagstaff
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Bill Egan
Jim Baylor
Dick Clark
Flagstaff Elks Lodge
Bill Hogd
Federal City
Rennie Davis
Kleindienst
Ural Washington
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Coconino National Forest Service
Marine Hijacker
Waterfowl Group
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