21 May 1970
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1970
Page
1
Large crowd of steel-helmeted construction workers and supporters marched down Broadway to back the Administration's Indochina war policy. Police estimated 150000 in attendance, marking the largest pro war turnout in years, outpacing 1967 antiwar demonstrations. The event featured heavy police presence and union marshals guiding marchers past City Hall.
National protesters parade under American flags through downtown Manhattan along Broadway with ticker tape salutes while about 1,500 Buffalo construction workers rally at noon with signs supporting the President. The day's events include a subway crash in New York City that killed two and injured 63, disrupting service.
Soviet press reports say two days of strong earthquakes last week devastated much of the Daghestan republic. Quakes began Thursday noon and lasted into Friday, causing collapsed houses, rockslides, fissures, and tidal waves along the Caspian coast. About 75 percent of the region was shaken. casualties were not announced.
Mao Tse tung urged worldwide solidarity against U S imperialism, pledging Communist China’s support for revolutionary struggles and predicting a U S defeat. He labeled U S imperialism a dying “paper tiger” facing Indochina and called for unity to defeat U S aggressors.
Gov Tom McCall said he would appear on national television with his son Sam a former drug addict to share experiences and aid others. Sam, 21, says he has been clean for six months after eight years in and out of state institutions. He described poor drug rehabilitation programs in the institutions.
Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, 61, is described as in a status quo condition and resting comfortably at Bethesda Naval Hospital near Washington after pneumonia. The court reported his condition unchanged over the past 24 hours.
A 16 year old Negro youth, name withheld due to juvenile law, faced murder charges in Savannah for the shooting death of James Boyd, 57, a local NAACP official. The case adds to tensions as authorities pursue the suspect.
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