File 1: KPFA interview with Wayne Greene in 1969 ahead of his second trial for allegedly throwing a firebomb at two police officers on Telegraph Avenue in 1968. Interview includes a recounting of events from the night of the inIcident and the first trial (which resulted in a hung jury). Greene also details his new defense strategy and plans for the future should he be acquitted. [18:48] Interviews with students, faculty, and staff of Grove Street College on the budget, students, educational experience, and location.
File 2: Local, nationwide, and international news reports and commercials. Coverage includes San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto refuting mafia connections, guilty plea of two Oakland police officers who shot up Black Panther Headquarters on September 10, recent legislation signed by Governor Reagan, Japan Week, Ralph Nader on consumer abuse, student movements (Charlie Palmer), and the 20th anniversary of East & West Germany and the upcoming elections. Note: no audio from approximately [25:30] to [39:30] and audio is inaudible from around [52:00] to [1:14:07].
File 3: KPFA reporter, Steve Murdoch, reports from Riverton, Wyoming on life there and concerns in the area about the planned Project Rulison nuclear explosions.
File 4: KPFA program covering memorial service and march for Ho Chi Minh in Berkeley. Chants of "Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh, NLF is gonna win" as people march in the street in Berkeley. March ends in Trinity Methodist where readings, musical performances, and speeches are made. After a screening of the short film, "Songs for Vietnam," the group continues to march to Ho Chi Minh Park. Reported by Denny Smithson. [1:07:45] Followed by coverage of speeches by Edward Keating and Bobby Seale at a Black Panther Party conference for United Front Against Fascism. [2:16:58] Elsa Knight Thompson talks with Dorothy Weller about the effects of the war on civilians in South Vietnam and the work of the Quaker Rehabilitation Center in Quangngai Rehabilitation Center.
File 5: Madeline Duckles in conversation with Reverend James C. Brown and Dr. Kate Killemeyer (sp?) about the Committee of Responsibility's efforts to bring injured Vietnamese children to the United States for treatment. Followed by news from around the world including an Israeli attack on Egyptian forces near the Suez Canal, memorial services for Ho Chi Minh, and elections in Norway. Note: file is inaudible from approximately [28:11] to [59:07]
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Notes inside container: ""(A) (Inside Tape) I. (a) Peter [Frank] 9/4/69: The American way of dealing with controversy. excellent -- A discussion with Jeane Hermes on Professionals and the Mmts. (b) An informal discussion by Tom Hayden on Tuesday afternoon, 9/2/69 at the A Soc. A. Convention (Hilton Hotel), organized by the SLM -- On 'Radical Political Mmts in the Bay Area' 1. Danger of white mmt isolating Black Panthers 2. Critical Danger of Berkeley 3. Collectives - a new model 4. A 'Straight' from Santa Cruz + Marin County 'Don't get a man up-tight' 5. Danger of a 'permanent' right govmt in US (c) [KPFA] 'The Youth Class' (CSDI) Sociologist Irving Louis Horowitz contends that the young in the university-knowledge-factory environment may constitute a new social class (45 min.) (d) 'Marcuse & the New Left' 9/3/69 A Don Porsche production from Europe (e) 9/5/69 Surplus Prophets (PG & E rate raise IIC mtg) S.F. State: Conversats. with reps from 1. PACE (Philipino) 2. La Raza 3. Legal Defense Committee 4. AFT (2 hrs). (B) I. @ 1 7/8 Berlin Wall anniversary, the Washington Report II Something @ 15/16 (C) I. 9/69 Dorothy Weller interviewed about US weapons and wounded Vietnamese from Quang Ngai province, Quaker Rehabilitation Center (30 mins) II. 9/7/69 Madeline Duckles on 'Encounter' - about the Committee of Responsibility & VN War children (D) I. 'Grove Street College' struggling for survival. Conversations with instructors, administrators, students, etc - on 5/27/72 "Oneness" esp. note the criticism of curriculum in Establishment Univ. and Colleges. II. Sample of 1966 (i) KPFA news (ii) 5/4/66 Rbt. Mang on issues for June Primary (E) I. Interview w. Wayne Green, arrested during July [Confront] '68 II. KPFA news- President Ho says"
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