02 May 1967
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Newspaper
Oberlin Review
Location
Oberlin, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1967
Page
1
A student group at Oberlin launches a local U S project opposing the Vietnam War. The Wider Horizons club distributes leaflets titled China’s Determined Children. The group aims to influence peers and broader community through radical yet targeted antiwar messaging.
The Senate on campus housing proposal was defeated by the Faculty Student Life Committee. David L. Anderson, SLC chair, said a shift to non supervision needs broader study. Senate times discuss housing to avoid disruption. aim to present at May faculty meeting.
A shaky OCR fragment describes a Sunday baseball game between Senate Jocks and Review, with mentions of editor Bill Kra mer and catcher Marc Tandy. It references an umpire and questions about who fielded and caught the ball, but the text is garbled and incomplete.
A student reception planned to greet College President Carr at his arrival in Cleveland was canceled by organizers seniors Fred Silverman and Pete Miller. They said faculty members warned support would vanish if any demonstration occurred, leaving the planned friendly greeting in doubt. Marc Landy, president of the co op board, dissociated the group, stressing no board involvement. The plan included signs at Cleveland Hopkins Airport and a chartered bus later halted by vehicle problems and maintenance delays.
A university committee proposes a series of demonstrations and a petition drive to oppose Navy involvement. Members include Rinaldi, Beshears, Woodrow, Hedges, Lawn, Woodbury, Gross, Mayer, and others. The goal is to draw publicity while avoiding unclear objectives and to unite antiwar factions for broader protest activities.
About 150 students celebrated May Day with antiwar and housing protests. They marched from campus dinner to the Dean of Students house, then sought Dascomb and Harkness dorms, briefly entering a men's dorm before police stopped the action. A red bikini was tossed to the crowd amid chants.
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