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Daily Iowan (Iowa City, Iowa), 1968-06-20 Thousands arch o Protest Poverty,·rWar WASHINGTON (Il - Massed thousands "Some of you may eo borne," Aber­ men wbo protected this nervous capital. at the Lincoln Memorial roared their a~ nathy roand,' 'but the n!St of us .re and the 5\IllJIY, "'arm weathe-r was ideal proval Wednesday of a plea by ltrs. Mar­ staying here, ready to go to jail_" Cot' the turnout oC men, "'omen and cluJ· T_.rd the end of hi, ~h 1ft <lren who carried pIaeanb, blankets and tin Luther King Jr. to end "the most uri" .v.n1nt, " ....... thy ....,..... picnic baskets. brutal and evil war in history" and pour from his pre.,.'" text .. decla,.. he fany jumped into the hlpdeep ,,-.ten its costs into a total war against poverty, Intends to atand ''bftort L"ndoon lalM. of the Ref) ting Pool to cool off. The widow of the assassinat ed egro Johnlon .nd tell him .. leI my people to· II " ..........., criell that Klnt" vision cbampion of nonviolence gave to Solidar­ ., brotMrlIoOll, ~Uty allll k_mlc ity Day, a vast. peaceable. daylong out­ "I hall be free lOme dly." be ooncluc:\­ ed. prof...... .... ...... betrayld Ind the pouring of support of whites and blach Administration'. pov.rty progr.m hid fo- the Poor People'6 campaign its most - Cheered Sen . Eugene J. McCarthy. (D-Mi.nD.) , but booed Vice Pr Jdenl lIMn "captu ... cern,I.... y by the poll­ dramatic moment and won its greatest tiel." . ... ovation. Hubert H Humphrey, tcCarthy's rival (or th Democratic pr dential nomi­ peaking into of facet below him She spolee almost al lhe .nd .. a d.y a a nation, when they w re introduced from from th~ stePi of the Ml'mGl'ial - !rom In which thousands of penons - asti­ the platform. which Kin, proclaimed five years ago, mahs rangtd from "ovtr 40,000 10 250,- 000 - surged from tht Wuhln.lon • Cheend a plea addressed by 1'1. durine Ib vast larch on Washington, Kine to AmericaD women to join in uri­ that "[ bave a drum , , ." - Abernathy Monumtnl to the mtmoti.I to make declared that: thtlr appell lor mort food , mort lobs ing the President "to ,top the bomblnl Ind mort welf.re ...I,'.nc ... of Vietnam DOW. in order that a lett!.­ "The promiJe 01 a Ifeat society .... Les mas ive than the 1963 March 00 ment of the war can be negotiated." burned to h by the napalm of Vi t· Washington, the day was neverthele a "One hour of war," e said, "could oam. and watched the J ohnllOO admln- triumph for the dissension-plagued buy your community a new achool, h0s­ Istration perform II the UDwlttinl mid­ Southern Chri$!ian Leadership Confer­ pital or JOCial center... We, the wom , wife at the birth of the alck society." ence. The marching thousands, orderly must lead the way in adopting nOll· viol­ The crowd looked rar mI8ller than the though disorganlzed, stretehed from the ence as a way of life." :210,000 estimated to blve taken part in Washington Monument to the Memorial, "'n. I(lnt Ne.1l1d 1M "1 hlY •• the August 19113 M.reh on Wubington where they : .....m" IfIMCh of her huAband from .... .nd city police in m1dalternoon e mated - Heard the Rev. Ralph David Aber­ "",. apat In "Ulluat, 1963, and clMld It to be 35,000. Tho U.S. Park Police said nathy, successor to King as SCLC leader, her 1dII...... with hla wordl, ifF ..... at "ov«' 40,000" bad arrived by bus from vow to slay in Washioiton with the im­ '''t, "... at I... , ," hundred oC clUes. poverished inhabitants of Resurrection The crowd took up the chant with a Sa ...11)(1d w •• the crowcf th.I OM w­ Cily, which was within easy reach of his tremendous roar at th t pOint, and ••nlur ,..... ever the leud,p.. k... .t voice, with or without a government per­ drowned 011 t her final words. .... """'nllll, "Thl. Is not a picnic. This i, • __t 1l1li povt-rty n POOR PEOPLE COME TO WASHINGTON - Supporttrl of 1M mori.l Wednnday, Thl, .Ir vieVl VIU taken at tile height of mit. The camping permit expires Sun­ Only the mOlit minot' Incident. disturb­ t. Poor People" Campaign jammed the are•• t the Lincoln Me- the Salldarlty Day program. - AP Wlr.photo day. ed the 4,800 police and National Guards- "_ICI." ail owon Serving the Univer 'ty of Iowa and the People of Iowa City EatabtJshed In 1868 10 cenll a copy Aasoclated PreSll Leased Wire and Wlrpnhnlo Iowa City, low. 52240-Thursday, June 20, 1968 Toomey Guilty Air Force Tracks Down Copter Reports Of Discrediting As More 'Flying Lights' Are Sighted SAIGON IA'I - ~1ore mysterious "flying on alliad v ~ll . ElYot utii'd the yx to A.F, by Protest * lights" were spotted on th northern fron· ink the [ ra 11 dCtlroyer Elath la5t Oc· * * tier early Thursday and the U S Air tob r. ALBUQUERQUE IIPI - An Iowa City Expected Attack }o'orc pre sed Ita Inve tilllllion of r porll While th probe in the north proceedl'll, airman was found guilty Wednesday night thal helicopters may be ferrylnll arms to Viet onll ,unner helled five South of di screditing th& Air F()rce by wearing the enemy near the demilitarized zon . Vietnam In tallatlons around the coun­ his uniform while pa:lIcipating in an anti· On Saigon Seen A U.S. Ken ral speculatad the hellcop­ try, including 8 military traininll center draft dem()nstration. t rs mBy be carrylr.g sophi. ieated Soviet· at Chau Doc on the Cambodian border and A seven·officer AIr Force court martial made Styx mis ill'S southward for attack. Racl1 Gil City, 130 mil soulhw of Sal­ b()ard sentenced Airman 1 C Terence H. As Worst So Far ion C,. ualti s " re t rmed lil:hL Toomey, 21. to receive a bad conduct dilY Gen. Creighton W. AbrAms, U.S. mili· charge, forfeit $41 pay for two months SA IGON tA'I - The next a sault wave * * * 'ary commancitr In Vietnam, and G,n. and be reduced in rank 10 El. Ihfo low t ;lgainst Saigon and thc other ~iti • of CIO Vln Vlen. cltlef of South VI.tn.m'a rank possible. South Vietnam may bring water urban U.S., Hanoi Trade loint gen.ral ataH, fl.w 10 the northern The b()ard judged Toomey innocent or dcvasl3110n than anythlOg seen so far In Vi r lont to mike a perlonal check of uttering a disl()vol statement at th April the war. the investigation. 2 rally. however. A secret Viet ConI: directive ()n . tre~t Iililary sollrc('. in Wa. hinaton a I d fighting , captured by Ihe U.S, 25th In· Charges of Hurting there i~ no evict nc~ to BU1Ulcst the RII" Toomey's attorney said comment on a?­ fantry Division and made available Wed­ .JIm have fumi hed , 'onh i tnam wllh peal at this !lime would be premature ~ tyx mis JI I. cause the Air Force aut()matically re­ ne day to The A. ociated Pre s, hows a chilling change in enemy tactic . A U. " maJOT /lcneral In th north. who views court martiaJ convictions. During th T t o{(en Ive, Viet Cong Progress of Talks a ked that he not idenl ifil'd . put it this Toomey told the board. "I am very sor­ infiltrators moving allainst the eil!, \\ay : ry if 1 caused any bad publicity for the were urged to take pllrticular care not PAHI !HI - • S. Ambassaoor W. "They (th . 'orth VI tname I an' do, Ail' Force. I frankly think what [ did was to damage "homes, temples. pagodas, Averell Harriman and orth Vietnam se ing omething up there. What It is, we stupid and I know [ win never do anythinl churches." The new direclive instructs fll1i~ter Xltan Thu), accusl'd each oth· don't kno . like . it again." the street fighters to blow up house to er's governm nt Wednesda~' 01 bl clcln "But tht mo 1()lIical thin they can be Earlier, To()mey admitted he had worn stop counLerattacking tanks and to bla t progre at the ninth ion of the Viet· doing is Itfting in Ru ian mi . iI ~ like his uniform during the protest because holes in walls as escape routes. namese peace talks the one;; the Egyptians u I'd al:ain.t th A SPE ECH AND A SONG - Coretta King, the widow the slain civil rights leader 0' ho wanted to say, "Here is a loyal Ameri­ A number of military obstrven of Harriman said Thuy has "con istenUy J~raeli d troyer." Ih. Rev. Martin LUlher King Jr., gave the closing address al Wednesday's Solidarity 1I S 'tYIl1j/ can who enlisted in the Air Force who has the buildup In enemy Iroop ,tr.nglh mi construed" policy in the The Ilkely lair (or th ·!yx. h ddt'd. i~ Day program sponsored by Ih. Poor People" Campaign. Mrs. King, who sang • nothing against the military per se, and lince Ihe start 01 the Parla talkl 8re United tat wants 10 keep Vietnam Tiger Island. about two mile off tb east- hymn during her speech, called on Ihe "alion's women 10 rilly together to end vio. Ihis person is against forced conscription." convinced tha' the enemy is planning permanently diVided and turn it into n rn edge of the demilitarized l()ne. If the I.nce. - AP Wirephoto Inolher mallivt push aglinst Saigon military base He said it "as hard to be· mi lies are plnced In cav(' , it would be Toomey said if the situation presented lieve the North Vietnam government ilse/[ again he would n()t wear his uni­ and provincial capitals.
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