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.
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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.
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Robert Pierson
Jerry Rubin
Leonard J. Weinglass
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Grant Park
Rubin
Black Panther
Bobby ©. Seale
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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.
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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.
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Berkeley
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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.
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Associated Press
Vietnam
Boston Army Base
Theodore P. Orenstein
Marblehead
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Boston
Whitewater State University
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Fms
Washington
Benjamin Spock
National Institutes of Health
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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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