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Vietnam / Blockade-Student Reaction #222892

CBS Evening News for Wednesday, May 10, 1972
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(Studio) Protests against Vietnam war erupt in dozens of American cities. 900 arrests have been made since Monday night. Many peaceful, some violent. At University of NM, 2 students shot.
REPORTER: Charles Kuralt

(NYC) 2500 New York City area students mass on Park Avenue in front of world headquarters of ITT (International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation) Corporation to demonstrate against ITT (International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation) defense contracts and new escalation of war in Indochina. Tiny parachutes with mock bombs dropped from Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Students block rush-hr. traffic.
REPORTER: David Culhane

(Minneapolis, Minnesota) Angry protesting students confront police at University of Minnesota. Car set afire. Police respond with riot sticks, tear and pepper fog.
REPORTER: Skip Loescher (WCCD-TV)

Reporter(s):
Culhane, David;
Kuralt, Charles;
Loescher, Skip
Duration:
00:02:00

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