Beret Colonel Rheault Faces Second Vietnam Trial
Famed criminal lawyer Edward One Rheault and six Green Berets are slated for two general courts martial over murder and conspiracy. First three captains Leland Brumley Robert Marasco and Budge Williams will be tried in about three weeks. Rheault Majors Crew Middleton remain to be arraigned as prosecutors seek evidence and possible outcomes.
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Martin J. Linsky
Boston
Daniel O. Mahoney
Army
Vietnam
Leland J. Brumley
Duncan
Okla
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Bloomfield, N.J
Budge E. Williams
Athens
David E. Crew
Thomas C. Middleton Jr
Green Berets
Nixon Suspends Draft Calls For 50 000 Men
President Nixon cut draft calls to under 10 000 men per month for three months by stretching 29 000 October through year end and suspending November and December inductions. Melvin R. Laird said the move reduces draft calls by 50 000 and aims to reform Selective Service if Congress fails to act.
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Nixon
Melvin R. Laird
White House
Congress
Laird
Vietnam
U.S
Fat Purse Teases Cutting Horse Finals at Tri-State Fair
Leather bound cowboys wore tense expressions Friday as the Tri-State Fair hosted cutting horse finals with a $10,000 purse. Open and professional divisions feature 23 afternoon horses at Bill Cody Livestock Arena starting 2 p m. Judges include E F Alderson and John Trimmier.
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Amarillo
Bill Cody Livestock Arena
E. F
Bud” Alderson
Sharpsville
Ind
John Trimmier
Hale Center
Bill Cody Arena
NCHA
Senate Okays Space Money on 3.7 Billion Authorization
Senate approves a 3.7 billion space program authorization after 22 months of debate. The vote was by voice. amendments to cut space funding were rejected. The bill moves to a Senate-House conference, matching Nixon's NASA request for the new fiscal year.
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Senate
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Senate Space Committee
Senate House
House
Nixon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
William Proxmire
Wis
Bayh Pushes Direct Election of President
Sen. Birch Bayh urged President Nixon to back a constitutional amendment for direct popular election of the president. The House approved the amendment 339 to 70, with Bayh confident nine of 16 Judiciary Committee members would support it as the bill moves to a full committee review.
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Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Nixon
Bayh
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Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
Judiciary Committee
Civil rights lawyer backs Haynsworth for Supreme Court
Greensboro attorney John Bolt Culbertson urged Senators to confirm Clement Haynsworth noting his honesty and integrity. He described himself as an NAACP sympathizer and said he defended Negroes against white accusers while conceding political differences with the nominee. Culbertson, a Greenville, South Carolina figure, emphasized he is a Democrat who supported Humprey and would have urged re election if possible.
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Deep South
Clement F. Haynsworth
Supreme Court
Senate Judiciary Committee
John Bolt Culbertson
Haynsworth
Greenville, S. C
Culbertson
The
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Eastland
Mississippi
NAACP
Hubert H. Humphrey
Thieu Sets Troop Withdrawals Tied to Paris Talks
President Thieu said future U.S. troop withdrawals from South Vietnam will depend on battlefield activity and progress at the Paris peace talks. He noted the prior decision to pull 60,000 troops this year was based on South Vietnamese capabilities to assume more fighting, a view shared with President Nixon at Midway.
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Midway
U.S
Paris
Gulf Oil Completes World Leading Gas Well in Texas
Gulf Oil Corp reports the No. 1 Melvin Helton in Buffalo Wallow Field southern Hemphill County near Canadian as the world s largest gas well. The Hunton formation produces at a potential daily rate of 2.75 billion cubic feet with a measured test of 24.8 million cubic feet via a 27.4 inch choke and 6281 psi tubing pressure. Former record holder was Phillips Dyson A in Wheeler County with 1.74 billion cubic feet daily.
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Gulf Oil Corp
Hemphill County
Gulf
Melvin Helton
Hunton
Buffalo Wallow
Canadian
Phillips Petroleum Co. No. 1
Dyson
Wheeler County
Final Day at Tri-State Fair Highlights FFA and 4-H Winners
Thousands from the Golden Spread gather for the six day Tri-State Fair closing. At 10 a.m. youth award ceremonies crown winners in baking talent and wheat judging with the major event taped by KGNC-TV for noon telecast. Afternoon features Parade of Champions at 1 p.m. in the Bill Cody Livestock Arena.
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Texas Panhandle
Kgnc-Tv
Bill Cody Livestock Arena
Senate Bill Ends Ammo Signup Backed by 47 Senators
Washington APS Senate Finance Committee approved a measure to allow purchase of most ammunition without recording name age or address. Backed by 47 senators and the National Rifle Association it faces opposition from critics led by Sen. Thomas J. Dodd who warn the change could enable sales to children criminals alcoholics narcotics addicts and out of state residents.
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Washington
APS
Senate Finance Committee
National Rifle Association
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Kopechne parents challenge Kennedy autopsy ruling
Mary Jo Kopechne’s parents oppose an autopsy alleging no proof of foul play and plan to press their legal fight against the autopsy. Attorney Jose Flanagan says the parents want her body undisturbed while Dist. Atty. Edmund Dinis seeks an inquest and an autopsy to aid his investigation into the July death.
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Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
Jose Flanagan
Joseph Kopechne
Berkeley Heights
Edmund Dinis
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