National announces DC-10 purchase to replace DC-8 fleet
National Airlines unveils a November 1971 start for DC-10 service from Miami to New York and Los Angeles, replacing 13 DC-8s and 25 727s. The 268-seat jets will use a new $17 million hangar in 1972, with four-engine CF6 power and 3,500 mile range. Other airlines also order DC-10s while Lockheed sells L-1011 to multiple carriers.
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Moratorium Day Draws Nationwide Antiwar Demonstrations
California students read names of war dead during a candlelit vigil in Sacramento and across the state. Demonstrations, teach-ins, and parades spread to colleges and cities, with leaders urging nonviolence and calls for immediate troop withdrawal from Vietnam.
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Moratorium founder Jerome Grossman speaks on war protest
Jerome Grossman of Massachusetts Envelope Co and co initiator of Vietnam Moratorium Day says he might not bear losing a son to war and praises public sentiment toward Nixon. He plans a nationwide peaceful pause with Massachusetts Peace Action Committee and will give 75 employees an hour off with pay.
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City Council Considers Moratorium Resolution on Vietnam Protests
The City Council declined to adopt a resolution to back the Vietnam moratorium. C. T. Weber of 605 Redondo Ave submitted a proposed resolution urging council support for peaceful demonstrations. On motion by Councilman Paul R. Deats, the request was received and filed.
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Agnew Denounces Hanoi Letter Amid Vietnam War Dissent
Vice President Agnew condemned a Hanoi backed letter supporting a U.S. Vietnam moratorium and questioned moratorium leaders and Congress members who did not repudiate it. He said the letter aimed to divide Americans while Nixon sought a lasting peace and an end to the war.
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Torch to Burn at Whittier College
Mrs Harold C Case will light a dish shaped torch on the Stauffer Lecture Hall portico to burn until the end of the Vietnam War. The Whittier College ceremony causes class cancellation from 10 a.m. to noon with administration approval. Nixon, a 1934 graduate, is linked to the event.
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