Coordinates: 39Â°21â²N 97Â°10â²W / 39.350Â°N 97.167Â°W / 39.350; -97.167. Clay County (county code CY) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 8,535. Its county seat and most populous city is Clay Center.
Nixon wanted 'Peace with Honour' in which he would withdraw all U.S forces from Vietnam within 60 days and that the North Vietnamese would hand over all U.S prisoners of war. Nixon had made a pledge in 1968 to make an honourable end to the war. But of course the prestige of the U.S as a superpower was on the line.
President Nixon tried to gain some political capital--hard to come by during the Vietnam War and a recession--by announcing an 'Environmental Quality Council' and a 'Citizens' Advisory Committee on Environmental Quality,' reported the Huffington Post. But people didn't buy it. They said it was just for show. So, Nixon signed legislation called the National Environmental Protection Act, which gave birth to the EPA as we know it now--right before what most people consider the first Earth Day, which was April 22, 1970..