Word: gaylord
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Those scattered voices of protest are scheduled to be united soon in one chorus of concern. The occasion will be a nationwide "teach-in" on April 22 to dramatize the ecological ills of the earth. The idea for the teach-in was given impetus by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson last fall in a series of speeches. Since then, a full-time organization called END (Environment Near Death) has been formed in Washington to coordinate the demonstrations, lectures and study sessions that will be held on more than 300 campuses. Under the direction of Dennis Hayes, an intense, ascetic activist...
...decision overturned the conviction of David E. Gutneckt, a 22-year-old from Gaylord, Minn. Gutknect was classified 1-A and was seeking conscientious objector status when he turned in his draft card during an anti-war demonstration. He was classified "delinquent," and did not report for induction as ordered. He was sentenced to four years imprisonment for draft evasion...