Students Demonstrate to Handel's Messiah at UCLA
About 5,900 students gathered at UCLA to protest the Vietnam War during a 350-voice orchestra and 120-member choir performance of Handel's Messiah conducted by Zubin Mehta. They waved placards, shouted Peace during the Hallelujah Chorus, and distributed petitions calling for immediate U.S. troop withdrawal from Vietnam and Cambodia while class cancellations and a day of mourning were announced at Santa Barbara.
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Zubin Mehta
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Halleujah
Vietnam
Cambodia
Dr Falk to Quit Post at Fresno State College
Dr Karl Falk acting president of Fresno State College will resign in July to return to First Federal Savings and Loan Association in Fresno as president. He is slated to return July 31. A California State College official said a permanent president will probably be named in July. Falk had taken a leave of absence from the savings and loan firm last October when trustees named him to replace Dr Frederic W Ness who resigned amid campus controversy.
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Karl Falk
Fresno State College
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Falk
California State College
Savings and Loan Firm
Frederic W. Ness
Grape Growers Fear Student Threat to Valley Harvest
The Desert Grape Growers League urged President Nixon and Governor Reagan to protect the Coachella Valley after Mecha and Brown Berets leaders pledged 35 000 members would arrive June 6 to halt grape picking packing and shipping. Sheriff officials promised adequate law enforcement presence.
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UPI
Desert Grape Growers League
Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Harry Carlan
League
Jose Urive
Mecha
Brown Berets
del Founatin
India Office
Riverside Sheriff’s Department
Indians Take Over Island No One Minds
Boise Cascade Corp. said it has no objection to about 40 Pomo Indians occupying Rattlesnake Island in Clear Lake. The company owns the island. Steve Moses, general manager, noted the situation and stated no action was planned.
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Clear Lake
UPI
Boise Cascade Corp
Boise Cascade
Steve Moses
Vandals Hit Mojave Potash Plant Amid Tribal Island Claim
Vandals damaged the American Potash and Chemical plant in the Mojave Desert town as arsonists burned an abandoned restaurant and an empty home. No arrests were reported. Separately, Indians from seven Pomo families named El-Em Indian Colony and Mu-Do-N island, claiming 1000 years of ownership and saying they would resist removal.
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TRONA
American Potash and Chemical Co
Mojave
Boise Cascade
Recreation Communities’ Group
El-Em Indian Colony
Irwen V. Morinda
Desert Christ Park and Joshua Tree Monument Tour Notes
A narrative guide describes Antone Martin’s Desert Christ Park near Yucca Valley featuring a ten foot statue, the Desert Chapel, and the Joshua Tree National Monument. It covers sights, routes, and landmarks along the 138 and 66/395 corridors, noting cap rock, Mojave River, and desert scenery.
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Joshua Tree National Monument
Los Angeles
San Bernardino
San Gorgonio Pass
Twentynine Palms
Morongo Valley
Yucca Valley
Desert Christ Park
Antone Martin
Martin
Twenty-nine Palms
Utah Trail
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