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Hamburglar

The day had started quite dull
for me. I felt that my big thrill of
the day was going to be the free
Ronald McDonald cup that I got
free with my lunch at McDonald's.
It came complete with pictures of
Hamburglar. Cheeseburger and
Captain Crook.

For an hour I sat at the fountain
in the middle of the round-about
directly in front of the Capitol.
There were nearly as many
demonstrators as newsmen. At
1:30, 1,000 demonstrators came
marching down Pennsylvania
Avenue from a rally in Lafayette
Square. Everyone was milling
around.

Impromptu press conferences
were held by District of Columbia
Police Chief Jerry Wilson and
another by one of the Federal
Employees for Peace. While these
went on, the demonstrators moved
to the back of the Capitol.

When the occupation on the
steps began there were few
policemen on the steps. Soon
afterwards, a company of 100
helmeted, riot police moved in.
They were later joined by another
group of policemen about the same
in number, to help in making the
arrests.