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Independent from Long Beach, California • 4

Publication:
Independenti
Location:
Long Beach, California
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4
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i A-4 INDEPENDENT (AM) PfiESSTELEGKAM AS REPUBLICANS PUSH LAW AND ORDER ISSUE ftenti actions wij that ho 'BfECGENE VrRISHER iponseto theatteek under- attention on It and toe SAN CLEMKNTK (DPI) food Republican efforts to President's actions 'during safety after he was in his because nothing inftiri-' buneTphxiBinoufine and-itertoeflrTikf Gov. Ronald Reyn, who wu- Jfe -ft not fearful of. danger dur- mwn yf rieHawrc fa tho Presidents actions. Nixon climbed down, chatted briefly wito newt-men, then got into Ms hm-. ousine As it drove through the crowd, it and cars and buses in the motorcade be-; JundWChirwith rtxks, bottles atfearf one case, by a heavy feather belt wielded by a young demonstrator.

The White House said earlier that agents had no fear for the Peskfents ednfirmed this. had some supporters in the crowd, and was giving them his traditional greeting. But there appeared to newsmen and some White House-aides to be aneto- tog toe demonstration but The attack on Pretident Nixans Bmonriho -last Thursday in San Jose has been used by Republicans to dramatize the lav and order issue. FnSrpage aos blossomed -on-election eve-tn CaTifor- exploit jthe farfriwif-Wheu a minor fire broke out in the Western White House here Just after Nixon returned from San Jose, a chief White House press aide expressed some conge thi might Reagan said he -and toe was surprised, at toe in-Presidtnt flashed peace tensity of -into signs at toe demonstrators, faces of toe demonstrators. it.

NiXon saw the crowd as he emerged from toe San Jose Civic Auditorium into a parking. lot The crowd was 50 yards away, and separated by.seoKa of police. Several eggs were thrown near Mm and then, to toe consternation of Secret Service agents charged with protecting him, he climbed atop toe hood of Ms automobile and gave Ms campaign salute with arms held over Ms head and fingers on each hand xpread in a V. -He said Hi, and one reporter said he heard the President remark, "Thats what they hate to see. The official White House explanation of too Pred- nin newspapers calling the 'incident "riot, which threatened the lives of Nixon, Gov.

Ronald Reagan and Sen. George Murphy. The sponsored by Californians for Murphy," said file incident left no. doubt that the choice' for fiw voters was between anarchy and law and order." The GOP National Co m-ntttees decision to buy air time on the three major television networks to car? ry President Nixons re spotlight away from tho rock and bottle throwing. Tbo Incident has escalated somewhat, in toe Presidents own rhetoric.

Althrnigh toe crowd of about 1,000 was in an ugly mood, only relatively small number actually threw objects at toe presidential party.TToblS speech, he characterized toe. demonstrators as a mob of about a thousand haters. -Controversy over fiw incident has focused public SAN JOSE George Murphy and Gov. Ronald Reagn. Reagan, who was riding with Nixon in the UmoiK sine, dismissed toe allegation.

If Im going to plan anything, its not going to be anything where they are throwing rocks at my head, he said. Murphy, also a passenger, "This was no militant that I believe if that mob had been able to get ahold of tiie President or toe governor or myself they would have torn us to pieces." this state because of what. heet aimed was fatal-1 ligence of tore action. If there was a failure topro-tect the President against a small band to despicable amateurs, it seems to me toe governor should -explain why toe San Jose incident occurred despite Ms advance intelligence." The Mentions torew i no comment from toe Western WMtr House in San Clemente and emphatic denials from toe campaign headquarters of California Republican Sen. (Continued from; Page A-l) Addressing newsmen, Bosco.

could ofr jsr no definite proof of a conspiracy. Bbico claimed pofice berded students to toe Building exit from which Nixon and Ms party, duding Gov. Ronald Rea- gan and Murphy, were toF emerge. Boeco said be was there and didnt-son rocks thrown. Henry Wagner, an unemployed SStTJose engineer, told toe same news confer-.

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He laid at no time todhefatottePrest dent or Ms party eras seriously threatened. THERE were a few rocks thrown," saidUlack-more. I didnt see any eggs. One bottle-broke at my feet No one was hurt outside the auditorium with the exception of one cut a fin- violence. John F.

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