McGovern Attacked in Saigon Meeting
In Saigon a crowd hurled rocks and fire bombs at a church where Senator McGovern met with students and political dissenters. He was shaken but unharmed pursued by the mob as police intervened.
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1971
Page
1
Pontiac Anti Busing Pickets Rally at Plant Gates
Demonstrators representing the National Action Group marched in front of the 4,100 worker facility gates in Pontiac Michigan as a political clout show ahead of the plant opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac
Pontiac. Mich
National Action Group
NAG
Col Henderson Denounces Trial Tactics In My Lai Case
Col Orane Henderson condemns the courtroom proceedings in his My Lai trial, saying the jury is being conditioned like an audience sold soap. He argues the over all testimony favors the prosecution while avoiding direct blame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Meade. Md
Orane Henderson
Bailey argues My Lai witness supports Medina acquittal
Defense attorney F Lee Bailey cites former rifleman Gene Ralph Oliver Jr in urging acquittal for Captain Ernest Medina on one murder count. Oliver testified he killed a boy near My Lai on March 16 1968 and said the child fell beside a pile of dead bodies after the shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Mcpherson, Ga
F. Lee Bailey
My Lai
Ernest L. Medina
Gene Ralph Oliver Jr
Ft. Lauderndale
Fla
Births in 1971 Start With Unanticipated Drop in Six Months
Census Bureau officials report births from January to June 1971 totaled 1,755,000, down 17,000 from the same period in 1970, challenging expectations that 1971 would exceed 1970 levels and prompting questions about birth trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Governors denounce Nixon plan on wage rules profits
Democratic governors in San Juan criticize President Nixon's economic policy as inequitable and propose future wage price restraints be paired with limits on profits dividends and interest. Republicans could block it with a three quarters vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
P.R
Nixon
Deadline Near for U S Position on Central European Troop Cuts
Government officials say the Nix on administration faces a three week deadline to disclose a negotiating stance on East West troop reductions in Central Europe. State Department and Pentagon sources reiterate that a U S position on mutual balanced force reduction will be ready by the NATO deputy foreign ministers meeting in Brussels October 5 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
Nixon
Ment
Pentagon
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Brussels
Highway billboard controls move in reconvened SC Assembly
The South Carolina General Assembly reopens at noon to take up a House bill on billboard display controls along Interstate routes and principal highways. The Highway Department warns federal road aid, about 45 million dollars this year, hinges on enacting the measures. Speaker Sol Blatt warns a broad reopening could extend the session for three months unless limited to reapportionment and a few emergency items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
South Carolina General Assembly
Highway Department
Department
U.S
Senate
House
Sol Blatt
West says teacher pay raise dead for this year
Gov. John C. West told the South Carolina Legislature that the teacher pay raise issue is dead for this year and urged lawmakers to pass a highway billboard control act to avoid risking $4.5 million in federal highway aid. West’s speech was read as the body reconvened. He had been in Puerto Rico for the National Governors Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
John C. West
South Carolina
West
Puerto Rico
Lawmakers face packed agenda warns of delays
Emergency bills loom as lawmakers may adjourn in five or six weeks. If calendars are not tightened, liquor by the drink legalization and reapportionment measures could monopolize time and stall progress.
Leeke Links Attica Riot to National Prison Reform Cycle
South Carolina prison director William D. Leeke says the Attica prison riot, which killed 38, signals a nationwide pattern aimed at dismantling the U S justice system. He ties Attica to recent San Quentin and other riots, warning of setbacks to reform efforts while defending the handling of Attica as a largely known outcome of an aging facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
South Carolina
Attica
William D. Leeke
Department of Corrections
San Quentin
California
Iowa
Delaware
Leeke
United States
County to decide on forming a countywide planning commission
Aiken County leaders plan action within a week on forming a countywide planning commission. North Augusta advocate Bill McKie urges county help to curb rising right of way costs for a proposed transportation project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken County
Mackey Scott
Bill McKie
North Augusta
Storm threats dissipate as Heidi weakens in Atlantic
Tropical storm threats along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts faded as Heidi was absorbed by a wet low pressure system off Nantucket and Edith weakened near Mexico. Only Hurricane Ginger remained dangerous in the tropics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Atlantic
Gulf
Heidi
Nantucket
Edith
Mexico
North Atlantic
Tropic Seas
Ginger
Attica Prison Clashes End After Deadly Day of Violence
Nixon endorses government action as Attica prison chaos ends after a violent confrontation. Thirty seven inmates and nine guards die amid four days of turmoil. U.S. Judge Curtin orders access for attorneys to interview inmates at the maximum security facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attica
N.Y
National Guard
U.S. District Court
John Curtin
Buffalo
Attack on U.S. vehicles sparks Hue antiwar protests
In Hue angry South Vietnamese on motorbikes hurled firebombs at U.S. vehicles after a Vietnamese youth was killed by an American soldier. A Navy petty officer was severely burned when a homemade bomb hit his pickup outside the U.S. headquarters in Saigon. It followed three similar attacks in five days. A group of disabled veterans demonstrated outside the U.S. Embassy in Saigon for better care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Hue
U.S
U.S. Navy
Navy
Hollings challenges Muskie on black VP comment
Sen. Ernest F. Hollings defended a black running mate for the Democratic ticket and argued race should not bar or favor a VP candidate. He also discussed South Carolina politics, school busing, textile trade, welfare, medical education, and Charleston’s medical university plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ernest F. Hollings
D-S.c
Maine
Edmund Muskie
Hollings
Muskie
Watts
Calif
Nixon
South Carolina
Columbia VA
South Carolina Medical University
Charleston
Baltimore Prisoners Subdue City Jail Uprising
About 200 inmates barricaded the City Jail cafeteria in Baltimore and police used tear gas to force them back to their cells. No injuries were reported. The clash followed a deadly Attica prison rebellion a day earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Mdap
Attica
N.Y
System speeds cancer treatment in South Carolina
Greenville General Hospital and the Medical University of South Carolina linked by a facsimile transmission system and computer to cut radiation dose planning from days to hours or minutes. Dr. Keene M. Wallace notes therapeutic radiology is essential for cancers such as cervix and breast and the hookup lets the university supply needed information in minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Steve Carr
Tam O' Shanter
Charleston
Greenville General Hospital
Medical Univer
Sity
Associated Press
Greenville
Keene M. Wallace
The
Medical University
South Carolina Medical Association
South Carolina Governor Named to National Governors Committee
Gov. John West of South Carolina was chosen for the National Governors Conference executive committee. The 5 Democrats and 4 Republicans will meet President Nixon in Washington to discuss economic steps after the 90 day wage price freeze and to hear governors' ideas for future plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
John West
Governors’ Conference
Nixon
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
McGovern
Col. Henderson
Eith
Bailey
S.C
Emily Hindman
McKie
Lower Savannah
New York
Russel G. Oswald
UPI
Tal
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