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    (BOSTON)--SENATOR EDWARD KENNEDY SAYS ABOVE ALL ELSE, CURRENT STUDENT UNREST IS A PROTEST AGAINST--AS HE PUT IT--"FOUR FRUITLESS YEARS" OF U-S MILITARY ACTION IN VIETNAM.

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    SEN EDWARD KENNEDY CONDEMNING WAR IN VIETNAM, SAYING HE FEELS U.S. OPERATIONS IMPEDING PROGRESS IN PARIS PEACE TALKS.




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    Background: (BOSTON)--SENATOR EDWARD KENNEDY SAYS ABOVE ALL ELSE, CURRENT STUDENT UNREST IS A PROTEST AGAINST--AS HE PUT IT--"FOUR FRUITLESS YEARS" OF U-S MILITARY ACTION IN VIETNAM. THE MASSACHUSETTS DEMOCRAT MADE HIS ASSESSMENT IN A SPEECH PREPARED FOR A GRADUATION CEREMONY AT BOSTON'S EMMANUEL COLLEGE.

    OTHER CAUSES OF STUDENT DISORDERS--KENNEDY SAID--ARE CONCERN ABOUT POVERTY AND RACIAL BIGOTRY IN THE NATION. THE SENATE DEMOCRATIC WHIP ALSO REPEATED HIS CRITICISM OF U-S MILITARY ACTIONS IN VIETNAM AS "SENSELESS."

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    Film ID:
    VLVA5Z55SISTJJK37F5Z6G7MC89HK
    Media URN:
    VLVA5Z55SISTJJK37F5Z6G7MC89HK
    Group:
    Reuters - Source to be Verified
    Archive:
    Reuters
    Issue Date:
    30/05/1969
    Sound:
    Unknown
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Colour
    Duration:
    00:00:50:00
    Time in/Out:
    /
    Canister:
    N/A

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