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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1969

Page

13

Biafra Crushed Into Beggar Nation by War and Blockade

A Los Angeles Times report depicts Biafra as a beggar nation after 16 years of war and Nigerian blockade. It contrasts past affluence with current scarcity, detailing soaring prices for basic foods, reliance on salt as a backing for the currency, and extreme inflation.

Stanley Aleisler Los Angeles Times Owerki Biafra Africa

Agent Cross Examined In Chicago Riot Trial

Chicago defense teams pressed to undermine two prosecution witnesses in the 1988 Democratic National Convention riot case. Police officer Rob ert Pierson testified about acting undercover with a motorcycle gang and guarding Yippie leader Jerry Rubin as Seale urged the crowd. Pierson described an orderly rally until Rubin spoke and disputed Seale’s gun and barbecue remarks.

Chicago Robert Pierson Jerry Rubin Leonard J. Weinglass Pierson Grant Park Rubin Black Panther Bobby ©. Seale Rubln Weinglass Seale Abbie Hoffman

Aiken Urges Nixon To Repair Vietnam Policy And Policy

Senator George D. Aiken of Vermont told Norwich University that Nixon must take time to repair American policy in Vietnam and abroad, fix a diffuse foreign policy bureaucracy, and end personal diplomacy. He warned the war ended America’s age of innocence and urged reforms to prevent future errors.

Northfield Senate United States Vietnam George D. Aiken Vermont Nixon GOP Senate Foreign Relations Committee Aiken Norwich University America U.S Franklin D. Roosevelt

Lunar Rock Attracts Thousands in California Exhibit

BERKELEY Calif officials say 38 300 tourists stopped here last week to view a lunar rock brought back from the lunar surface by Apollo 11 astronauts The rock is being analyzed for its carbon content and molecular structure by university scientists and researchers to study its origins and properties.

Berkeley Calif University of California

Moratorium Sparks Court Actions Across United States

The October Vietnam moratorium prompted a wave of lawsuits from soldier Theodore Orenstein seeking a one day pass to join the protest at Boston Army Base to students at Whitewater State University challenged by the lack of liability insurance. Other cases involve a request to hear Dr Benjamin Spock at NIH facilities and Hawaii graduate student Charles Wheeler seeking to reverse canceled classes. A Staten Island mother obtained court orders to force the Board of Education to allow class attendance during protests.

Associated Press Vietnam Boston Army Base Theodore P. Orenstein Marblehead Mass Boston Whitewater State University ACLU Fms Washington Benjamin Spock National Institutes of Health Bethesda John J. Shea Department of Health, Education and Welfare HEW Robert Ji. Finch University of Hawaii Marian Cleveland Charles J. Wheeler Cleveland New York Staten Island State Supreme Court Board of Education John Nistad Nistad

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