1972 Time Capsule

• October 2nd : Senator George McGovern, calls the Nixon Presidential Administration "the most morally corrupt in history.
• October 3rd : U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas blocks Air Force discharge of Captain Susan Struck for being pregnant. Seattle's Central Area Motivation Project files petitions to remove two Seattle School Board members.
• October 4th : The U.S. Senate gives final approval to the $24.6 billion dollar Clean Water Act; it overrides President Nixon's veto two weeks later and denies him the authority to 'impound' or 'rescind' appropriated funds. "Dare To Be Great" promoter Glenn Turner is jailed for contempt in Florida.
• October 6th: Native American activists Russell Means and Hank Adams lead a caravan from Seattle headed for a rally in Washington, D.C. Five robbers hijack a Greyhound bus enroute from Seattle to Vancouver, B.C., Canada.