Word: portlanders
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Stanford University, 294 protesters are arrested during a demonstration outside the student union building; in Santa Cruz, 401 University of California students are charged with trespassing; administration buildings at the University of Oregon and Portland State University are occupied by protesters; a silent demonstration is held by a group of 100 at Wesleyan University. It is all eerily reminiscent of the Viet Nam War days, but the protests involve a new generation and a different issue: college ownership of stock in U.S. corporations that operate in ?or have dealings with?South Africa...
...Portland 126, Milwaukee...
...Denver with the arrival of Ronald Reagan, who made the canal a major issue in his 1976 presidential campaign. Once again, the crowd needed little convincing, and Reagan derided claims that opposition to the treaties was faltering, calling them "hogwash." The crew then headed for its last stop, Portland...
...decry the Sun doctrine. "Obermayer's making a mistake," says the Washington Post's Ben Bradlee. "It's wrong. It's misguided. We wouldn't do it." Yet some might. "We're rethinking our whole position," says Dave Lanzettel, city editor of the Portland (Me.) Express, which last year identified a 27-year-old rape victim. The Boston Globe names names when the victim is well known. Says Ombudsman Charles Whipple: "If the Governor's daughter were raped, don't think we wouldn't print...
Harvard freshman Gregory Estey will be competing in the Junior Men's National Figure Skating Championship in Portland, Oregon this February...