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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1970

Page

5

Agnew urges cooling rhetoric over Vietnam protests

Vice President Spiro Agnew told Metro media Radio News that editors should begin cooling rhetoric, disputing deep student hostility to Cambodia actions. He supported a negotiated restraint on inflammatory speech and said he will continue to speak out despite Nixon not asking him to soften. He dismissed campus protests as springtime lapses and predicted foreign policy will dominate the 1972 campaign.

Washington Spiro T. Agnew U.S Cambodia Agnew Metro Sen Edmund Muskie Nixon Vietnam Korea

Senators Praise Student Lobbyists In Washington Visit

Senator Robert Packwood praised visiting students as the only group focused on the country’s good. He said 400 to 500 students talked with him, noting most young people feel alienated and offput by leaders. He highlighted a push on campuses to rearrange vacations so students can work on campaigns.

Washington UPI Robert W. Packwood R-Ove Packwood Oir

FASTEETH Denture Adhesive Powder Ad Promise

An advertisement urges readers to use FASTEETH Denture Adhesive Powder for secure dentures and comfort. It claims firmer, longer wearing plates, no sour taste, and easy eating, recommending regular dental visits and purchase at drug counters.

Cambodia War Triggers Record Mail to Congress

UPI reports the U S incursion into Cambodia has drawn an unprecedented flood of mail telegrams and petitions to Congress. The volume rivals reactions to Haynsworth Carswell and Kennedy gun control campaigns and overloads Senate mail sorting with hundreds of piles spilling into hallways.

Washington UPI U.S Cambodia Congress Supreme Court Clement F. Haynsworth Jr G. Harrold Carswell

Gravel says Nixon misjudges youth in Fresno address

Senator Mike Gravel criticizes President Nixon and urges a National Youth Affairs Agency during a Fresno Democratic mixer. He notes widespread youth opposition to sending U.S. troops to Cambodia and cites mail from supporters and opponents alike.

Fresno UPI Mike Gravel Alaska Nixon Gravel Fresno Fair Grounds Jack Miller Miller A. J. Montgomery Iowa Senate Mike Mansfield D-Mont Cambodia

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