Thousands join Vietnam Moratorium Day across colleges
The nationwide Vietnam Moratorium Day drew thousands to candlelight marches and campus events from Colorado State University to the University of Washington. College campuses held convocations, teach-ins, and vigils while officials prepared traffic plans and counter protests as President Nixon opposed the protests.
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Fort Collins
Simpson College
Indianola
Iowa
David T. Dellinger
Chicago
University of Notre Dame
New York
Boston
Moratorium Committee
Martin Luther King Jr
White House
Trinity Church
Wall Street
Harrisonburg
Vietnam
Don Whitmore
Local Student Leads Protest To Moratorium
Middletown's Harding Jones co founder of Undergraduates for a Stable America opposes the Vietnam moratorium and supports Hanoi. Princeton students oppose the moratorium, with Jones aiming to influence national view and enlist congressional support amid campus debates and a pre moratorium program.
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Washington, D. C
Donald E. Lukens
Weather outlook for Middletown mids and near term
The forecast for Middletown calls for clear conditions and milder tonight with lows around the 40s. Thursday looks fair and warmer with highs in the low to mid 70s. Yesterday reached 54 and this morning fell to 34. The season's first heavy frost was observed this morning, with last year's first frost on Oct 5.
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Black Armbands Mark GI Protest In Vietnam War
In Vietnam a small group of American troops wear black armbands on patrol to show sympathy with U S antiwar demonstrations. General Abrams says U S battlefield work remains unchanged. A platoon leader from the Americal Division explains the silent protest and calls for Nixon to pull out troops.
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Mississippi
Associated Press
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da Nang
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New York City
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House of Representatives
Ellsworth Bunker
Leo Dorsey
Scranton
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Agnew and Scott Link Moratorium to Hanoi Message
Vice President Agnew and Senate Leader Scott accuse Hanoi of exploiting the Vietnam moratorium with links to a East Berlin peace conference. Senator Allott cites Communist influence and lists leftist groups as involved amid calls for U.S. withdrawal.
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Senate
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Colorado
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Pham van Dong
North Vietnam
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Bryce Harlow
Nixon
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Allott
Alott
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Progressive Labor Party
Youth International Party
Students For A Democratic Society
Hurricane Kara Moves Away From U S Coast
Hurricane Kara strengthened into a hurricane as it moved eastward into the Atlantic after avoiding landfall along North Carolina's Outer Banks. The National Hurricane Center estimated top winds near 75 mph and warned of possible intensification. The system was headed toward Bermuda with no immediate threat to the island.
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Ohio War Protests Rally Nationwide Moratorium Day
Demonstrations and teach-ins sweep Ohio as Vietnam Moratorium Day prompts campus and city rallies from Cincinnati to Cleveland. Jewish Peace Fellowship counters with rams horns marching seven times around the Federal Building, urging an end to killing while veteran Jerry Ward retorts with Marine literature praising the flag.
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New York City
North Carolina State University
Raleigh
University of Washington
Clemson University
Columbia
S.C
U.S
Cincinnati
Jewish Peace Fellowship
Federal Building
Associated Press
Ohio
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Cleveland
Dayton
Tiffin
Bowling Green
Oberlin
Larry Goldenberg
Hebrew Union College
Federal
Soviet cosmonauts open solar research program
Moscow AP reports the USSR launched a solar study program tied to an un manned satellite while the three ship manned flight of Soyuz 6 7 and 8 continues. Tass says the crews feel fine and focus on observing Earth's regions including cloud and vortex patterns over oceans and analyzing forests and deserts.
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