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...word a couple of months ago. The dictionary definition is "a period of permissive or obligatory delay," and to most people it meant a pause in paying one's debts or in talking. Now, suddenly, "moratorium" has become the focus of national attention in its special 1969 sense: M-day, Oct. 15, a movement intended by its organizers and supporters to show the Nixon Administration that large and growing numbers of Americans want out of the Viet Nam war as fast as possible...
Moratorium Day began with candle-lit vigils Tuesday night and meetings in several colleges, some of them in freezing weather. In Albany, New York, a group of students spent the night huddled around fires in blankets and sleeping bags while temperatures hovered in the low 30's. In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, about 100 students, many in bathing suits, attended a dawn rally...
Despite continual picketing and sporadic outbreaks of violence in front of the White House. President Nixon spent yesterday ignoring the Vietnam War Moratorium. Nixon made no statement on the war or the protest and devoted most of his day to consideration of Latin American affairs...
...demonstrators attempted to crash the northwest gate of the White House. The protesters were quickly routed as U.S. park police arrested five. A fist-swinging melee developed as anti-Moratorium picketers attacked the protest-in Congress the halls were relatively quiet as many of the members spent the day speaking to Moratorium crowds across the nation. Anti-war Representatives were blocked in their efforts to keep the House in session all Tuesday night...
...day that Boston writers and broadcasters breathed down John Yovicsin's neck to get his words of wisdom on the quitting of the quarterback. the Harvard coach made an interesting statement which was heard on the late news that night. I'm not referring to his comment that quitting is likely to hurt Frank more than the team. Near the end of the long tape, Yovicsin said. "I know that Frank is 21 years old, but I think he's still too young to make such a big decision...