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Chicago clashes mark antiwar protests near Democratic convention
In Chicago demonstrators and police clashed in Lincoln Park and along Michigan Avenue as 8 000 to 15 000 marchers confronted 5 500 National Guardsmen and police. Tear gas, baton charges, and arrests followed, with coverage shaping public view of the convention security and protesters led by Dellinger and Rubin while Daley defended the police stance amid calls for nonviolence.
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Austin Scott
F. Richard Ciccone
Associated Press Writers
Chicago
Peace Pilgrims
Richard J. Daley
Michigan Avenue
Near North Side
Hilton
Hubert H. Humphrey
Grant Park
International Amphitheatre
Phil Ochs
Tts
National Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
New York
Boston
Detroit
Cleveland
California
Daley
Lincoln’ Park
Lake Michigan
Youth International Party
Tse
By “Posters Co
Hubbert H Humprey
A.com
Marshall
Conrad Hilton Hotel
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
McCarthy
National Liberation Front
Prague
Lincoln Park
Associated Press
David Dellinger
Pentagon
Dellinger
Lakefront Park
Poor People
Michigan Avnue
Balbo Avenue
Dick Gregory
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