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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1972
Page
4
Nobel laureate Linus Pauling told about 100 Stanford attendees that American bombing may have killed around four million Vietnamese, based on explosive tonnage. He criticized the military industrial complex and urged nonviolent dissent, while Stanford protests and Times picketing occurred with no arrests.
In San Francisco and nearby areas antiwar groups staged peaceful demonstrations to mark the second anniversary of the Kent State shootings. About 10 people gathered at Crocker Plaza in downtown San Francisco for a noon rally. At UC Berkeley a small group dug a bomb crater and some protesters held a noon rally on campus.
About 400 Kent State students and Vietnam veterans marched in a silent vigil in Kent Ohio, honoring four students shot by National Guardsmen two years ago and opposing the war. Demonstrations extended to New York, Boston, Towson, Maryland, and universities nationwide with arrests and sit-ins linked to war resistance efforts.
About 87 protesters were taken into custody on trespass or blocking entrances as part of a peaceful antiwar march near the U S Naval District headquarters in San Diego. The day featured a thousand-strong turnout across several campuses with no violence reported.
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