Two Protesters Start 3000 Mile Walk to Washington
Two Pasitica men Ray Patterson and Lou Benvenuto begin a 3000 mile protest hike toward Washington to oppose the Vietnam war. They travel along Interstate 0 4 in hopes others join their journey.
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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1971
Page
3
Two Pasitica men Ray Patterson and Lou Benvenuto begin a 3000 mile protest hike toward Washington to oppose the Vietnam war. They travel along Interstate 0 4 in hopes others join their journey.
Coast Guard crews restored the Alcatraz navigation beacon after a 19 month Indian occupation, as security patrolled the island and boats circled to deter further action. The government recaptured the island, with no resistance, and plans spoke of turning it into a wilderness national park under Interior Secretary Morton. Cleanup was to follow before public access.
Gepr Georgi Dobrovolsky Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Parsayev cast ballots for the Communist party from the Salyut orbital lab while toiling in weightlessness. Tass notes they grow Chinese cabbage by hydroponics to study plant development in zero gravity.
About fifty people described as Alcatraz Indians invaded an abandoned Nike missile base near Richmond California. A police sergeant said they quietly entered at 420 am and informed a lone guard. The group set up a camp as federal authorities were alerted. The base lies in a hilly East Bay area near San Francisco. The event follows the prior Alcatraz occupation and its recapture by U.S. marshals.
UPI reports the heaviest raids since Laos campaign with B52 bombers dropping nearly 500 tons of explosives along the DMZ in South Vietnam. North Vietnamese forces, estimated at over 10,000 troops, infiltrated from Laos into jungle mountains as U S troops reinforce from A Shau Valley. Cambodian fighting continues around Phnom Penh as U S and allied units redeploy to counter the buildup.
The text notes a projected rise in energy customers by over 105000 annually, equating to about 12 new customers per hour. It emphasizes expanding gas and electricity supply for homes, businesses, schools, and street lighting while supporting environmental cleanup efforts. It underlines building new plants to ensure reliable future energy.
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