পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড).pdf/৭১১

675 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড শিরোনাম সংবাদপত্র তারিখ Week-long Demonstration | Bangladesh Newsletter | 10 September, 1971 Against World Airways Chicago : No. 8 WEEK-LONG DEMONSTRATION AGAINST WORLD AIR WAYS Members of the Chicago Friends of East Bengal organized a weeklong demonstration beginning on August 24 against World Airways, Inc. Demonstrators gathered everyday outside the Equitable Building in downtown Chicago carrying signs protesting the lease of two Boeing 707s to Pakistan for ferrying troops from West Pakistan to Bangladesh. PIA, Pakistan’s official flag carrier, has seven of its own Boeing 707s. The two leased from the World Airways have been added to the fleet. PIA is paying the Oakland, Calif., based World Airways 170,000 dollars a month for the two leased planes. Demonstrators were throwing a large number of a paper planes "carrying tanks and troops" to draw the attention of the public to the collaboration of the airline in the massacre that is being perpetrated in Bangladesh, Roadside lectures by the demonstrators were attended by large group of sympathetic listener's every day. To reenact the heaps of dead bodies floating through the rivers in Bangladesh the demonstrators put a number of human body shaped balloons bathed in red dye in the Water. Dick Murray and William Hogan, two organizers of the demonstration, were arrested on Monday (Aug. 30) on charges of polluting the water. Demonstration ended on August 31. Chicago newspapers and television gave detailed coverage to the demonstration. DEFENSE LEAGUE MEETING A meeting of the Bangladesh Defense League will be held in Chicago on Saturday, September 11 to review the activities of the League and adopt a comprehensive program for all. All are encouraged to attend. For details call (312) 288-0728.