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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1970
Page
2
Amid cheers in Onagawa Japan Arthur Hornby a 27 year old British army corporal left the village pier for a solo Pacific crossing in the 19 foot Hacker Helmsman. Officials urged him to quit citing safety concerns but Hornby remained resolute saying he would not be stopped.
Inger Stevens a Swedish born actress famed for The Farmer's Daughter is found dead at 30 from acute barbiturate intoxication in a Hollywood Hills home. Coroner cites sleeping-pill overdose. friend Lola McNally reports a Wednesday night call and a late Thursday morning discovery. Stevens, who moved to the United States at 13, starred in TV and films including The Long Ride Home and A Dream of Kings. past personal struggles and loneliness were noted.
Walter Schirra III, 18, son of astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr., was hospitalized with bruises and a broken ankle after a rock and tear gas clash during a Stanford antiwar protest. Police dispersed about 150 youths as clashes spread from the ROTC and Cambodia demonstrations across campus.
President Nixon denounces campus demonstrators as “bums” blowing up books while praising U S troops in Southeast Asia. He spoke after a clash on Ohio State and ahead of a May Day rally at Yale amid protests and a call from the National Student Association for his impeachment.
Ohio State University faced rioting through Wednesday night and Thursday morning. National Guard Col. James Folk credited about 150 student marshals for patrolling the campus and dispersing crowds as peace was restored.
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