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<div>Also, the News Office has bound volumes of Tech Talk going back
to 1957, and anyone is welcome to come over here (11-400, x3-2700) and
look through them.</div>
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<div>For news coverage, you might try LexisNexis; I just found the
following (and there's probably more) using the search form at
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/form/academic/s_guidednews.html</div
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<div>- Lisa Damtoft</div>
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<div>Information Bank Abstracts </div>
<div>NEW YORK TIMES</div>
<div>November 5, 1969, Wednesday</div>
<div>ABSTRACT:</div>
<div>About 1,000 demonstrators march through MIT campus to protest mil
and defense research at Lincoln and Instrumentation labs and projects
at Internatl Studies Center; demonstrators use no force or violence,
possibly because of ct order, but Hermann Bldg which houses center is
closed and evacuated 'because of risk of violence'; vote among
demonstrators on whether to seize temporarily pres Johnson's office
fails to gain support; illus</div>
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<div>Information Bank Abstracts </div>
<div>NEW YORK TIMES</div>
<div>November 6, 1969, Thursday</div>
<div>ABSTRACT:<br>
About 200 police disperse about 350 youths blocking MIT
Instrumentation Lab bldg, site for development of missile guidance
systems; illus; 10 students, 6 of them not connected with inst, are
injured, and 1 inst student is arrested for disturbing peace and for
unlawful assembly; inst official estimates 20% to 30% of demonstrators
are associated with inst; demonstrators say protest is '1st time
movement has been able physically to prevent work from being done on
major war research project,' statement; about 100 faculty members hold
informal caucus to discuss proposed petition attacking mil
research<br>
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Information Bank Abstracts </div>
<div>NEW YORK TIMES<br>
November 7, 1969, Friday</div>
<div>ABSTRACT:<br>
About 150 to 200 MIT students stage sit-in in front of adm offices in
3rd day of demonstration; leave voluntarily, claiming victory; illus;
assoc provost Gray announces students involved will be subject to
disciplinary procedures; says there has been 'no substantive
disruption of normal functions'; police are not called, despite
feeling among some faculty members who are losing patience; other
faculty members feel that adm has overreacted and provoked
demonstrations by ct order<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>MIT archivists are very helpful with this
type of search. You can contact them through the libraries.<br>
Marsha<br>
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At 12:00 PM 1/31/2006, Amy MacMillan wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Hello,<br>
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Where can I get some information about MITís history?<br>
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Specifically, Iím looking for information from the late 1960s when a
group of students supposedly overtook the MIT presidentís
office.<br>
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Iíve looked on the Web, but canít seem to find anything.<br>
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Does anyone have any recommendations?<br>
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Thanks, Amy<br>
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</font><font face="Times New Roman">Amy MacMillan<br>
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