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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1969
Page
31
White Thursday protesters scale the Ficasso metal sculpture in Civic Center plaza outside the U S Customs building amid a hearing on alleged racial discrimination in Chicago building trades. The plaza also hosted a prior demonstration labeled Black Monday by Negroes earlier in the week.
Construction workers blocked the doorway to a Chicago building housing Department of Labor hearings on alleged racial discrimination in the industry. The crowded scene drew hundreds as tensions rose and violence flared near the entrance.
Wilfred J Gates Jr of Rumford Rhode Island returns after a year of service in Vietnam to a reunion with his dog Béar at Green Airport in Warwick Rhode Island. The welcome scene marks a heartfelt homecoming for the family and pet.
Antonides, 12, works in the early light at Waterville Valley New Hampshire. He practices turns on the frost hardened slopes near two golf courses as the sun rises and melts the autumn snow.
In a bizarre locker room interview, Coach Nixon pledges a hard working squad capable of another 1972 title. He downplays strategy, praises captain Kennedy, discusses opponents Inflation Rockets Segregation Boosters and Hanoi Tigers, and notes progress with Spiro Agnew and players Thien Ky amid offbeat questions.
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