Barrier falls as demonstrators march on White House
About 200 civil rights and antiwar protesters were arrested after attempting a march on the White House following protests at the Capitol and HEW. Police detained demonstrators outside the building where a 10-foot plywood wall had been erected overnight to block access.
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Wallington
UPT
White House
Capitol
Health, Education and Welfare Department
U.S
Vietnam
Independence Avenue
Hosea Williams
Martin Luther King Jr
Williams
Sidney Peck
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Ralph David Abernathy
Washington Streets
Capitol Steps
Abernathy
HEW
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Chicago
Rennie Davis
May Day Tribe
People’s Coalition For Peace and Justice
THUMS BUDGET APPROVED FOR WILmington OIL PROJECT
City agencies and the Lands Commission approved the THUMS budget plan backing the drilling of ten more wells in the east Wilmington field. The 40.939 million dollar budget covers operating costs development drilling and field facilities as the project nears full development amid disputes over Queen Mary funds.
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Mansell
Harbor Industries and Oil Committee
State Lands Commission
Tideland
California
Pete Lingle
Lingle
Lands Commission
Commission
East Wilmington
Hlerlig
Reinecke
Hortig
Abcott
Long Beach
Museum of the Sea
Orr
Abbott
Coast oil ban supporters push seismic test permits
Coast oil ban advocates testified for extending seismic tests citing the need to know if oil exists and the income potential, while Seal Beach and Huntington Beach officials urged local hearings. Environmental groups warned permits clash with coastline preservation. Industry notes sparks and gas bursts can power seismic waves without underwater explosions.
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Robert Burke
Reinecke
Agency
Frank J. Hortig
Hortig
Nixon Defends China Policy and Vietnam Stance
President Nixon defended his China policy while stressing caution on any two Chinas approach. He refused to set a withdrawal deadline, insisted on a residual force in the South, and avoided discussing the Calley or Manson cases. He noted Agnew supports the policy despite private misgivings and warned against precipitous troop cuts.
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United Nations
Lit
William L. Calley Jr
Calley
My Lai
Charles Manson
Spiro T. Agnew
China
U.S
Nixon
Agnew
South Vietnam
Tse
Korea
Cambodia
Laos
Hughes Attacks Nixon Over War Policy at Anaheim Event
Sen. Harold Hughes accuses President Nixon of offering no hope or solutions and argues troop withdrawals undermine peace. He criticizes Nixon on busing, de facto segregation, and urges leadership to rekindle respect and justice amid war debates. Senator McGovern condemns Nixon for undermining federal court school integration decisions.
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Sen
Harold Hughes
D- Iona
Anaheim
Nixon
Grand Hotel
Hughes
North Vietnam
U.S
Supreme Court
Paris
California
Washington
George McGovern
D-S.d
Ex Marines testify to strafing and shelling in Indochina
Former Marine witnesses described bombing and firing on civilians in Indochina. Kil led villages near Con Thien and a helicopter crew reported firing on civilians in a rice paddy. Wyman condemned the hearings as undermining the military and called for censure.
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Washington
UPI
House
Indochina
Louis Wyman
R-N.h
U.S
Kenneth Campbell
Philadelphia
Ance
Laos
Wyman
Carl Albert
Bella Abzug
D-N.y
William Ryan
Dn.y
John Conyers
D-Mich
Ronald Dellums
D-Calif
House Armed Services Committee
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Huntington Beach
Communists China
Phillips Petroleum Co
Tumble Oil and Refining Co
Texaco Inc
Union Oil Co
Continental Oi Co
Exploration Services Inc
Marathon Oil Co
Alantic Richfield Co
Shell OU Co
John I
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
United States
High Court
Hughes Rips
RB Furniture
RB Decorator
OFC
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