Abrams Seeks Herculean Push to Maintain Alertness in Vietnam
Gen. Creighton Abrams urged a strenuous effort to keep U S troops highly alert as disengagement from Vietnam proceeds. He warned of laxity, noted parallels with WWII and Korea, and spoke after a Long Binh change of command ceremony. South Vietnamese forces reported 48 NVA killed near Charlie 2, with 98 rockets seized. Saigon announced a 24 hour cease fire at DMZ end for prisoner exchanges, while Hanoi holds 339 American POWs and 3,000 South Vietnamese prisoners.
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Creighton W. Abrams
U.S
Vietnam
Abrams
Charlie 2
Demilitarized Zone
Long Binh
Jack J. Wagstaff
Michael S. Davison
Europe
Dmz
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Nine slayings shock Yuba City fruit camps
Sheriff announces nine migrant fruit workers found buried in two orchards near Yuba City. Farm labor contractor Juan Corona, 37, arrested on nine murder counts after authorities uncovered shallow graves and machete wounds. Victims aged 40 to 60, killings dated weeks apart.
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Calif
Roy Whiteacre
Juan V. Corona
Richland Road
Corona
Whiteacre
Frank Cartoscelli
Yuba
Cartoscelli
Goro Kagehiro
Sheriff’s Office
Kenneth Whitacre
Alameda, Calif
Bay
San Francisco
Shock treatments used as punishment at Lima State Hospital
Former Lima State Hospital attendant says electric shock is used as punishment or threat on patients. Federal investigators in Cleveland are gathering abuse reports and will forward findings to the U.S. Justice Department civil rights division. The informant described a patient being strapped to a cart and subjected to shocks, transforming her into a "human vegetable" within minutes.
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Cleveland
Civil Rights Division
U.S. Justice Department
Washington
The
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Jean Newman
Lima State
Newman
Hospital Inquiry Slated In Lima State Hospital Case
Assistant attorney general Nicholas Curce leads an inquiry into Lima State Hospital. He plans to hear testimony from attendants and staff, with four highway patrolmen including a polygraph expert assisting. Curci notes lie detector use would be selective as results proceed to potential grand jury review.
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Lima, Ohio
Nicholas Curce
Lima State Hospital
Curcil
Curci
Lima
Robert Mihlbaugh
Attorney General’s Office
Allen County
Charges Dismissed Against 2 Black Panthers in New Haven
In New Haven Connecticut Judge Harold Mulvey dismissed murder conspiracy charges against Black Panthers Bobby Seale and Ericka Huggins after a mistrial. Huggins, 23, was freed. Seale, 34, remains jailed on other charges as the case ends without retrial. The charges related to the death of Panther Alex Rackley in 1969.
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Bobby Seals
Superior Court
New Haven
Seale
Ericka Huggins
Charles Garry
Seal
David Rose
NEW Haven. Conn
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Bobby G. Seale
Harold M. Mulvey
Panther National
Huggins
Charles R. Garry
Mulvey
Garry
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Taft plans news conference on 1972 favorite son role
Sen. Taft says he will not scoop his own press conference while a Columbus news briefing is set for Thursday. Sources say he aims to be Nixon's running mate in 1972 and would not oust Ohio chairman John Andrews, despite speculation.
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Ohio
Robert Taft Jr
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Taft
Columbus
Nixon
Dayton Journal-Her
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The
Journal-Herald
John Andrews
Andrews
James A. Rhodes
Senate
Gordon Peltier
Franklin County Republican Central Committee
Ohio Republican Party
Agnew
Peltier
Action Adt Sound Invites Offers For Used Items
A readers encounter the phrase Action Adt describing a telephone ringing used to signal sale offers. The playful remark notes the dinging tone as a prompt to list unwanted goods and attract quick responses.
Ohio Senators vote with majority on Vietnam draft amendment
In Columbus Ohio five two line vote the Senate rejected an amendment by Sen Gaylord Nelson to bar sending draftees to Vietnam unless they volunteer The measure failed 52 21 with Senators Saxbe and Taft voting with the majority.
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Ohio
William B. Saxbe
Robert Taft Jr
Senate
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Vietnam
Ford Wins Democratic Primary For Kentucky Governor
Lt. Gov. Wendell Ford defeated former Gov. Bert Combs in Kentucky's Democratic primary and will face Republican Tom Emberton in November. Combs conceded and said he plans to return to law practice, signaling the end of his political career.
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Louisville
Wendell Ford
Bert Combs
Kentucky
Tom Emberton
Statehouse
Ford
Western Kentucky
Combs
Ex Cleveland Publisher Sterling Graham Dies at 79
Memorial services for Sterling E. Graham former publisher of the Cleveland Plain Dealer will be held today in suburban Shaker Heights. Graham aged 79 died Monday at his Shaker Heights home after retiring in 1962 following 38 years with the Plain Dealer and Forest City Publishing Co.
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Sterling E. Graham
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Forest City Publishing Co
Nixon welcomed in Alabama during campaign swing
President Nixon made a Southern campaign swing in Birmingham and Mobile Alabama drawing about 160000 supporters. He denounced a double standard on race relations while criticizing some Northern attitudes. Pro Nixon placards dominated as antiwar banners were scarce during the Alabama stops.
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Nixon
Deep South
Birmingham
Mobile
Ala
Heart of Dixie
South
North
Alabama
Vietnam
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Linden McKinley High School Closed After Racial Disorder
Columbus officials plan a new approach to end the racial unrest that again shut Linden McKinley High. Police arrested 17 people two hours after classes resumed, including OSU’s Charles C. Ross, charged with assaulting an officer. About 70 percent of the 1,700 students are Black.
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Columbus, Ohio
Harold Eibling
Linden McKinley High
Eibling
James Hughes
M. E. Sensenbrenner
North Side
Linden McKinley
Charles C. Ross
Division of Black Studies
Ohio State University
Ross
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