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Rizzo seeks 15000 Army troops for July 4 security
Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo formally asks President Ford and the Defense Department for 15,000 regular Army troops to help police the July 4 weekend amid fears of disturbances by radical groups. The Justice Department opens a civil disorder inquiry into threats tied to the Bicentennial celebration. The city will deploy about 4,000 uniformed officers, with orders to permit peaceful picketing while keeping demonstrators within the law.
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Albert Gaudinsi
Rizzo
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Defense Department
Revolutionary Communist Party
Vietnam Veterans Against the War
Revolutionary Student Brigade
Unemployed Workers Organizing Committee
the Coalition
John Hartingh
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