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Massive New York parades vie over Vietnam stance on Fifth Avenue
Two large demonstrations along Fifth Avenue split by views on the Vietnam War draw an estimated 200000 participants. Loyalist parade led by veterans groups moves from 36th to 52nd Street, while antiwar contingents march from 95th to Central Park. Peace groups planned mass rally inside the park. Major speakers include Arch Bishop Cooke, Coretta Scott King was slated to speak but not march, with remarks from King’s widow at the rally and Mayor Lindsay and Governor Rockefeller attending.
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New York
UPI
Fifth Avenue
36Th Street
95Th
72Nd Street
Central Park
Vietnam
New England
Student Mobilization Committee
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
52Nd Street
Third Avenue
Democrats For Peace
Republicans For Peace
Teachers For
Students For Peace
Professionals
Blacks For
Whites
Martin Luther King, Jr
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Terence J. Cooke
King
Coretta
Dick Gregory
William Sloan Coffin
Yale University
John V. Lindsay
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Bronx
Stuyvesant High School
Southern Illinois University