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Peace ads flood 94 papers for nuclear halt campaign
Joan Kroc, owner of the San Diego Padres, funds a peace drive with $1.15 million for ads in 117 newspapers, urging Reagan and Gorbachev to stop nuclear weapons testing. The campaign features a graphic of growing arsenals and reader coupons to mail to leaders. Admiral La Rocque notes Soviet publication hopes, calling it a potential breakthrough.
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