Peacenik Peace March Clouds Over New York
Newsman recalls the April 22 peace demonstrations at Central Park and United Nations Plaza. He portrays a crowd of diverse protesters, reviled by some as subculture rot, and notes the rain that dispersed the mob as rain cooled tensions and ended the march.
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New York
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United Nations Plaza
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Vietnam
City Street
Farm
Peace
Veretiy Scsviast
UU Cee
47Th Street
Madison Ave
St. Patrick’s
U.N. Plaza
Politics louder than guns in Washington and Vietnam
AP News Analyst notes that the Vietnam War remains quiet on the battlefield but loud in U.S. politics. Johnson pursues a restrained strategy while critics from both parties clash, and Westmoreland calls for more troops as U.S. forces reach about 440,000. The piece contrasts homefront rhetoric with limited war aims and uncertain escalation.
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Vietnam
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North Vietnam
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William C. Westmoreland
Westmoreland
Mass Transit A Flop Confab Warns Rail Failures
Cleveland engineer Albert S. Porter told a confab that rail transit is economically and functionally a failure. He cited vanishing streetcars and defunct interurbans, arguing buses and freeways meet travel needs better. He named New York Chicago Boston Philadelphia Cleveland as remaining electric rail operations losing money.
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Cleveland
Albert S. Porter
Cuyahoga County
Ohio
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Porter
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Posteal Laskey Faces Chair In September
CINCINNATI AP reports Posteal Laskey Jr. was sentenced to death by electric chair for first degree murder of Barbara Bowman, 31, with the sentence set for September 15. Laskey, 29, claimed he did not receive a fair trial due to publicity and judge prejudice cited by his defense. Bowman was killed Aug. 14, 1966 after leaving a cafe in Price Hill.
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Bowman
Price Hill
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