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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1970
Page
2
U S weekly toll reports 123 Americans killed in action last week, the third highest weekly figure of the year, as 3415 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong fighters died, boosting Communist deaths since Jan 1, 1961 to 630,222. South Vietnamese losses reached 450 killed, 1,228 wounded, 6 missing amid the new Allied Cambodia offensive.
Washington reports the FCC limited prime time network programming to three hours nightly in top markets starting Sept 1 1973 to widen viewer choice by boosting independent sources. The 5-2 vote saw dissent from Chairman Dean Burch and Commissioner Robert Wells.
Washington organizers of a war protest backed off a demand to march across from the White House. A federal judge blocked a demonstration at Lafayette Square and the Ellipse, within a block of the Executive Mansion, forcing a shift to an alternate area while warning of consequences.
A 25 year old liaison between the Nixon administration and students resigns after accusing top HEW officials of backing violent tactics against dissenters. He says remarks by the President show indifference to youth and political critics.
Bonne Burke a 27 year old divorcee and mother of two ran fourth in the primary for student body vice president amid a campaign featuring a full length nude photograph. Burke is a full time student with a 3.4 GPA and appears in night clubs when allowed by school work. Anu Tiner, 15, blinded by a solar eclipse, cried as her eye specialist described the incident as a medical phenomenon.
Actor Ossie Davis aged 53 and three others were jailed on criminal trespass charges after a four hour sit in at the New Rochelle draft board offices. His son Guy 17 Peter Manchester 17 and Rev. Robert Meyer were also booked. The protest opposed American involvement in Cambodia.
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