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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1969
Page
3
Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey told Congress he supports Nixon proposals for random induction. He cited two million youths turning 19 yearly and said a lottery can work with a defined prime vulnerability period for inductions.
About 200 Black students staged a brief sit-in in front of Fresno State College President Frederic W. Ness's office on Wednesday. They shouted requests for Ness but left peacefully after about 15 minutes. Ness was away on campus. The protest linked to Ness's plan to announce a decision today on hiring an avowed Black Muslim as a lecturer in the Black Studies program.
New York flag manufacturers report a surge in demand as Americans display more flags. Stores warn shipments lag up to six weeks while servicemen in Vietnam place many orders. Industry executives cite rising pride and shifting attitudes toward the flag as key drivers.
An anti Communist rally in San Francisco Chinatown nearly turned violent when a 20 year old student Alex Hing waved a red Chinese flag. Police intervened as dissidents shouted Kill him and officers urged restraint. The crowd held a memorial service for compatriots killed in mainland China and burned a large Mao Tse-tung poster.
Hindu and Muslim rioters damaged Ahmedabad causing about 45 million dollars in lost industrial production trade and transport, according to the Gujarat State Chamber of Commerce estimates.
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