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This is an episode of the WUGA-TV news from sometime in the spring of 1970. It begins with anchor Craig Smith reading the headlines, including: a Lebanese strike demanding action against Israel; Nixon assuring NATO the U.S. will continue to withdraw from Vietnam; Indonesian president Suharto visiting the White House; Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau encouraging the U.S. to pull out of Cambodia; two nuclear tests conducted in Nevada; and a stock market report. Georgia news: Governor Lester Maddox gains support for a summer session of the General Assembly. Reporter Jesse Simms says employees of Dobbs House Restaurant in Atlanta have staged a walkout in support of Teamsters Local 667 of Memphis. Includes a clip of R.C. Cook, President of Teamsters Local 528. Blacks in Jackson are being released from jail; they had been arrested for disorderly conduct. State School Superintendent Nix suggests new funding for kindergarten. Rep. Charles L. Carnes has qualified to run for Public Service Commissioner. Reporter Judy Woodruff reports from Atlanta on a workshop on student government. Lon Marlowe of Columbus College says since nobody really knows what happened at Kent State, we can't condemn an…

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WUGA (Radio station : Athens, Ga.)

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public broadcasting, AAPB, Craig Smith, Richard Nixon, Suharto, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Lester Maddox, Jesse Simms, R.C. Cook, Jack Nix, Charles L. Carnes, Judy Woodruff, Lon Marlowe, Bob Andrews, Elliott Levitas, WUGA-TV, NATO, Teamsters Local 667, Teamsters Local 528, Dobbs House Restaurant, Kent State shootings, Vietnam War, Cambodia, Atlanta, Georgia, Jackson, Mississippi, Nevada nuclear tests, student government, campus unrest

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