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Protesters Hold Peace Rally for Livermore, Calif., Laboratory's Anniversary.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, August, 2002

By Taunya English, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 4--LIVERMORE, Calif.--Activists from across the region marked Lawrence Livermore Laboratory's 50th anniversary with a protest rally and peace march to the lab gates.

As in other peace demonstrations at the lab, dozens of marchers were arrested after they acted out a well-orchestrated, nonviolent protest by breaching the police line on East Avenue.

Alameda County sheriff's deputies cited 54 marchers for obstructing a public roadway, then released the participants at the scene.

As 31-year-old Claudia Castro quietly queued up for her turn to walk through the police line, she said she knew her action would have only a small...

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