18 Apr 1972
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1972
Page
1
Ed McMahon, longtime TV sidekick to Johnny Carson on NBCs Tonight, has separated from Alyce after 27 years and will live in California as Carson relocates the late night program to Burbank. Close aides say he felt trapped by success and rarely at home, leaving four children "very hurt" by the split.
Protesters urge a one day moratorium on Friday as Harvard Crimson and seven Ivy League papers call for a massive antiwar strike. NSA leads 50 top universities to shut down campuses while demonstrations erupt at Columbia, Stanford, Berkeley, Wisconsin and Madison drawing thousands to protest the bombing in Indochina.
Governor Reagan asks Americans to mail letters and telegrams to Washington backing President Nixon’s decision to resume bombing Haiphong and Hanoi, citing Communist escalation. A bloc of 16 Assembly members from San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other counties denounce the move, calling it prolonging a winnable war and harming prisoners of war’ prospects.
Gov. Reagan made his first campus appearance in two years at Loyola University gymnasium where about 800 students attended a question and answer session. A masked student named Lightning Scarlet presented a mock Academy Award to Reagan for Law and Order, with three nominations cited for his old films.
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