Dissent Ends Chances For Quick Peace In Vietnam
Nixon officials say domestic dissent shatters hopes for a quick negotiated settlement in Vietnam. Secretary Rogers cites rising protests and lack of progress in Paris and warns unity at home is essential for policy support. Moratorium organizers defend aims while politicians critique dissent as constructive or disruptive.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
Sec
William P. Rogers
Paris
Rogers
Seven Cosmonauts May Build Space Platform
The Soviet Union launched Soyuz 8 with Vladimir Shatalov and Alexei Yeliseyev joining Soyuz 6 and Soyuz 7, marking the first time three manned ships orbited simultaneously. The mission aims to test a space platform concept and group-flight control, with Tass reporting scientific tasks and orbital data.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Vladimir Shatalov
Alexei Yeliseyev
States
Alexei Leonov
United States
Shatalof and
Yeliseyev
Tass
Attorney to appeals first degree murder verdict in Dr. Jane Shutt case
Cincinnati attorney Bernard Gilday Jr. said he will appeal the first degree murder conviction of Barbara Shutt, 24, who is hospitalized after an overdose. She was convicted by a Hamilton County Common Pleas Court jury for the May 25 death of her foster mother, Dr. Jane Shutt, with the jury recommending mercy.
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Cincinnati
Barbara Shutt
Bernard Gilday Jr
Miss Shutt
Jane Shutt
Hamilton County Common Pleas Court
Mercy
Joseph P. Walsh
Daniel M. O'Neil
St. Mary's of Assumption Church
Brookline
Mass
Frances
Maureen
Evelyn
Dianne
Virginia
Jane
Mary Jane
Danielle
Julie
Daniel
Lawrence
Eight Die In Apartment Fire West Of Downtown
Survivors describe people pounding on windows as eight people die and seven are injured in a three story Los Angeles apartment building fire. Thirty others escape by leaping to mattresses or climbing down fire ladders as investigators probe possible arson.
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Los Angeles
Luis Zuleta
Official Faces Long Paralysis After SDS Rampage
Chicago officials report assistant corporation counsel Brian Flanagan 22 of Southampton New York faces months of paralysis after a street attack by SDS Weatherman faction. Flanagan is charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery in the Saturday assault on Richard Elrod 35, who suffered a broken neck and paralysis in the incident in the Loop downtown.
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Chicago
Students For A Democratic Society
Richard Elrod
Brian Flanagan
Southampton
N. Y
Flanagan
Elrod
Weatherman
SDS
Loop
Man Identified as Suspect in Lennon Slaying Case
Tuolumne County investigators confirm a body in a car trunk is Marvin Major 38, the man sought for the murder of William Lennon 54 at the Marina Del Rey Golf Range on August 12. Major shot himself after failing to poison himself by carbon monoxide, per Sheriff Sar dilla. He had previously written Peggy Lennon proposing marriage.
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Sonora
Calif
Tuolumne County Sheriff's
Lennon Sisters
Marvin Major
Miller Sardella
Major
Peggy Lennon
Los Angeles
William Herbert Lennon
Marina del Rey Golf Range
Professors Petition for Vietnam War Moratorium At Ohio University
More than 170 Ohio University professors sign a petition supporting Wednesday's moratorium against the Vietnam War. Page 2 notes city officials discuss Athens law enforcement in a community dialogue. A sports brief reports the Mets’ 2-1 win to even the series.
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Ohio University
Athens
Livi
Mets
New Yorkers
Vietnam War Lull Persists Ahead of Winter-Spring Campaign
U S officials say the six week lull in Vietnam continues with light enemy activity and reorganization for a planned winter-spring push. The 3rd Military Corps area notes limited attacks while Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces regroup and resupply. Paratroopers report a stockpile northwest of Saigon and battles near Da Nang suburb.
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Saigon
U.S
3Rd Military Corps
3Rd Corps
U.S. 82Nd Airborne Division
da Nang
South Vietnam
Belfast clash as British troops clash with Protestant rioters
British troops faced crowds of about 1,000 rioting Protestants in Belfast with tear gas and occasional firing. One soldier was wounded and officials reported at least three dead over the weekend with many injured as armored units guarded Shankill Road during the protest over police shakeup and appointment of Sir Arthur Young as police chief.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Shankill Road
Sir Arthur Young
Ohio Drug Education and Rehab Programs Urged
A 16 page report to Governor Rhodes from Atty. Gen. Brown finds Ohio officials under staffed underpaid and under educated in drug control. It urges expanded educational and rehabilitation programs and a comprehensive plan combining enforcement legislation and rehab efforts. The study notes rising youth drug use and shifts toward soft drugs with campus access and limited statistics on youth use.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Paul W. Brown
Brown
ABA Judiciary Committee Again Endorses Haynsworth
Judge Clement F Haynsworth gains a second endorsement from the ABA Judiciary Committee, reaffirming their earlier finding of high qualifications despite conflict of interest questions. The panel backed Haynsworth as he seeks confirmation to the Supreme Court, with Senate action expected after further debate.
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Haynsworth
M. Mel
Washington
Clement F. Haynsworth
Supreme Court
American Bar Association
Judiciary Committee
New York
Lawrence E. Walsh
Hayns
D-Ind
Bar Committee
Bar Association
U.S. Court of Appeals
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
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