Protest Ends In Arrests Near White House
About 300 antiwar demonstrators sought to serve an eviction notice on President Nixon near the White House. Police arrested 202 for dis orderly conduct after sit downs at an intersection, 9 for obstructing a sidewalk, while most stayed on street corners. Rennie Davis of the People’s Coalition for Peace and Justice said the protest aimed to mobilize a national effort against Nixon’s reelection.
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Nixon
White House
Paris
Rennie Davis
People’s Coalition For Peace and Justice
End of the Trail statue settles in Visalia park
After 78 years since miniature carving by a 17 year old, the End of the Trail bronze stands in Visalia's Mooney Grove park. The 20 foot tall piece traveled from California to Oklahoma and Italy before a West Coast dock strike delayed its arrival, now placed on a concrete base with a circular moat. The original plaster statue remains at the Cowboy Hall of Fame.
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Oklahoma
Italy
James Earl Fraser
San Francisco
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San Francisco Bay
Presidio Point
Tulare County
Mooney Grove Park
Cowboy Hall of Fame
Oklahoma City
West Coast
Visalia
Country Singer Ray Corbin Shot to Death in Phoenix
Country and western singer and composer Ray Corbin was shot to death at a Phoenix woman's home. Detectives found Corbin, 37, with a chest wound at Violet Henderson's residence. Henderson, 27, was hospitalized with a thigh wound. A 25 caliber pistol was recovered. no arrests. Corbin, born in Lubbock, Texas, once ran KLLL radio with his brother Sky. He sang and wrote hits including Sing the Blues to Daddy and Hurri cane Shirley and wrote I’m Only a Shoulder to Cry On after a Nashville session for Columbia Records.
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Bobby Bare
MPs Use Tear Gas to Break Stockade Demonstration
At Fort Gordon Georgia military police used tear gas to disperse a protest by stockade inmates who damaged empty barracks. Nine inmates were injured with minor cuts and bruises. The disturbance began as sympathy for Pvt Jesse Simmons of Memphis denied home parole.
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Lamb
Food Bank Plan Sparks Capitol Hill Clash In 1970s Row
Washington AP report describes a heated fight over a proposed national food bank to stockpile grains. Supporters and opponents warn privately of partisan leverage while Rep Neal Smith pushes for an emergency tag. The plan would authorize grain reserves, purchases up to 300 million bushels of wheat and 25 million tons of feed grains, and use reserves to calm disasters or market volatility. Critics call it wasteful, futile, and a price depressant, noting no current grain shortage.
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National Food Bank
Food Bank
Nixon
House Agriculture Committee
Neal Smith
Iowa
Secretary of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corporation
Congress
Rural auction list spans cattle to machinery and vehicles
Saturday October 30 1971 sale starts at 10 a m featuring 2 two and three year old black whiteface cattle calves by side along with various beef cattle. A large catalog covers a 1967 Gleaner A2 combine 1955 JD 70 tractor multiple implements and attachments plus trucks tools beehives and miscellaneous items. Consigned items include a 1953 JD 55 combine and other machinery with cash terms and lunch offered by Green Valley Ladies. Proceeds go to Mrs Bill Lambe auctioneers Jack and Glen Lindsey 1st Nat Bank Osawatomie Osawatomie Kansas.
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Ford
Clinton
Ford Tractor
Green Valley
Okinawa Treaty Talks Begin
Washington anxiety over U S Japanese relations as Secretary Rogers opens a Senate Foreign Relations hearing on returning Okinawa to Japan after 27 years of American rule. Debate focuses on bases and ratification with testimony from Johnson Packard and Lampert.
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William P. Rogers
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Okinawa
Japan
Nixon
Senate
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
China
United States
Far East
Rogers
United Nations
U. Alexis
Johson
State Department
Defense
David Packard
James B. Lampert
Diet
Life Sentence Commuted for Winnie Ruth Judd Case
The life sentence of Winnie Ruth Judd, the 1930s trunk murderess, is commuted to time served by action of Gov. Williams. The final parole decision rests with the state Board of Pardons and Paroles, which previously voted 2-1 for commutation. Judd, 66, had been imprisoned since 1932 for the Agnes LeRoi murder, with prior life ties to California for parole negotiations.
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Winnie Ruth Judd
Jack Williams
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Judd
San Francisco
Arizona
Keith E. Edwards
Edwards
California
Howard Pyle
State Mental Hospital
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