Six Green Berets face general court martial in Vietnam
Six Green Berets including the former commander of U S Special Forces in Vietnam will be tried by general court martial on murder and conspiracy charges. Eight men are held in the slaying of a Vietnamese suspected of being a double agent. Two men face abeyant charges. Trials split among several officers with openings expected in about three weeks and most proceedings likely closed to the public unless needed to protect classified information.
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Saigon
Green Berets
U.S
Vietnam
U.S. Army
Robert B. Rheault
Edward M. Boyle
New York City
J.c. Alvin L., Smith Jr
Naples
Fla
Brumley
Marasco
Williams
Col. Rheault
Mass
Crew
Middleton
Stanley R. Resor
Army
Vavoulis shocked by charges at Minnesota open house
Minnesota Employment Security Commissioner George Vavoulis, in Austin for an open house of the Minnesota Employment Service, said he was shocked by charges that four women were demoted for being black. He defended his office’s minority outreach and noted new positions created without college degrees. A complaint to the Minnesota Dept. of Human Rights Names Mrs. Earlene Adams, Mrs. Mattie Beard, Mrs. Dorothy Carr, and Mrs. Dorotha Metz, all neighborhood advisers in the Concentrated Employment Program. Vavoulis formerly served six years as St Paul mayor.
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Minnesota
George Vavoulis
Austin
Minnesota Employment Service
Vavoulis
Posi
Minnesota Dept. of Human Rights
Earlene Adams
Mattie Beard
Dorothy Carr
Dorotha Metz
Aids
St. Paul
Hickel open to hunting in Voyageurs park plan
Interior Secretary Walter Hickel indicated hunting could be allowed if Voyageurs National Park is created in northern Minnesota. He noted it would be easier to set park specific rules than alter national policy, and cited a backlog of authorized but unfunded park projects.
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Gerry Nelson
International Falls
Minn
Walter J. Hickel
Minnesota
Hickel
Minnesota-Ontario
Crane Lake
Harold LeVander
Congress
Grants for Minnesota housing and urban renewal
The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced two grants for Minnesota projects. Litchfield gets 24000 for planning 60 units of elderly low rent housing. Cloquet receives 5250 for planning 25 units. Mankato unveils a 14 million urban renewal plan featuring a new bridge across the Minnesota River a six block retail super block and a three block mall in the business district. Bratkowski will stay with Green Bay as a coach. Onassis illness denied. Autopsy hearing granted in Kopechne case. Nixon open to bombing halt negotiations. NKorea fires on South Korean boats. two police and five civilians killed.
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State
Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Redevelopment
Minnesota
Litchfield
Cloakfield
Mankato
Bush family lawsuit settled by directors
A settlement ends a dispute over Minnesota’s Bush Foundation involving seven directors. A new 16 member board will be named with the late founder’s wife as chair, and Head will veto nine new directors. The foundation, worth nearly 200 million dollars, funds education and charitable aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Minnesota
The
Bush Foundation
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co
A. G. Bush
Douglas Head
Bush
Head
Otis Godfrey
3M Co
Electoral reform clears big hurdle in House
Washington AP reports a major hurdle cleared as the House defeats a plan to preserve the Electoral College in a modified form and moves toward direct popular vote for president. The 192-159 vote favors proceeding toward a direct vote with potential runoffs if no candidate wins 40 percent.
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Washington
House
Congress
Havana closes AP and UPI news offices
Mexican news agency Amex reports government seals on AP offices in Havana after a notary inventory. UPI offices were treated similarly according to Amex dispatch. The actions occurred amid unspecified government measures affecting foreign news bureaus.
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Havana
AP. Upi
Mexico City
Associated Press
Amex
United Press International
Nasser Illness Dominates Cairo Headlines From AP Report
The Associated Press notes President Gamal Abdel Nasser is ill with acute influenza and circulatory issues after the Cairo Arab summit. Al Ahram says doctors ordered rest for an indefinite period while local officials mention delegation of duties but no clear successor. Al Jarida claims a Soviet plot to replace Nasser with Sabry, though unconfirmed, and changes alleged in Al Akhbar tied to Sabry allies. In Gaza, Arab saboteurs damage the railway with minor effects.
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Associated Press
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Cairo
al Ahram
Nasser
Libya
Bahjat Talhouni
Talhouni
Anwar Sadat
National Assembly
Ali Sabry
al Jarida
Sabry
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Middle East
al Akhbar
Hebrew University
Mustafa Hassan Ibrahim Samara
Mariam A-Shajshir
Gaza Strip
Two Die on Minnesota Highways Raising Toll to 667
The Associated Press reports two more deaths on Minnesota roads, bringing the highway fatality count to 667. A Rochester woman, Dalene J. Whipple, 32, died in a U S 63 collision north of Rochester that injured six, including three children. George Forsman, 29, of Virginia, died when his car left a curve and rolled over near Gilbert in St. Louis County.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Rochester
Dalene J. Whipple
George Forsman
Virginia
Hanoi denounces Nixon Vietnam troop withdrawal plan
Hanoi's Ha Van Lau denounces Nixon's plan to withdraw 35,000 U S troops by December arguing the move deceives U S public opinion and calls for a rapid total withdrawal of all American forces as the path to peace. Saigon backs the plan, while U S negotiator Lodge notes Nixon's Sept 16 statement.
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Paris
North Vietnam
Nixon
South Vietnam
U.S
Ha van Lau
Hanoi
Vietnam
Pentagon
Lau
Sion
Soviet Union
Red China
Saigon
Pham Dang Lam
Lam
Republic of Vietnam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Austin School Board approves option on 143 acre site for co school
The Austin School Board approved a six month option on the 143 acre Earl Quam property west of Wheeler Mobile Home Parkway and north of IS 90 for a new Vocational Technical School. It follows an earlier option on a 140 acre adjoining J C West parcel. A public budget hearing set for Sept 24 at the Vocational School Auditorium followed by salary changes for teachers earning extra credits and new contracts for two teachers.
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Earl Quam
Wheeler Mobile Home Parkway
Austin School Board
J. C. West
Alderson, Catherwood, Kelley and Odov
Edith Morey
Austin Public School
U.S. Court of Appeals
Minnesota
Miles Lord
Miss Morey
Student Council and Safety Patrol
Austin Public School System
Irwin C. Mickelson
Judith Bartlett
Nixon urges UN members to press Vietnam peace talks
President Nixon in his first UN General Assembly address urged all 126 member nations to use their best diplomatic efforts to push Hanoi toward serious negotiations to end the Vietnam war. He blamed Hanoi for the Paris stalemate and called for broader international cooperation on arms limits and Middle East issues.
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United Nations, N.Y
Nixon
United Nations
Vietnam
U.N. General Assembly
Hanoi
Paris
World Organization
Soviet Union
Middle East
China
Beatles honor queen with affectionate tribute song
London AP reports the Beatles, honored by Queen Elizabeth II in 1968 with the Order of the British Empire, include a song on their upcoming album with the line about making the Queen “mine.” A Beatle press agent says they are monarchists and that Paul sang for the Queen, while Buckingham Palace notes she may not listen to pop music.
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London
Paul McCartney
Paul
Buckingham Palace
Palace
Wilson leaves board as he heads coast division at Dempsey Tegeler
Gerald R. Jerry Wilson resigns from the School Board after a meeting to become vice president and general manager of the western division of Dempsey Tegeler and Co. He will work from Los Angeles, heading 20 western offices including Arizona. The Minnesota Trust building site was opened a decade ago with Eileen Pappas as assistant. James Sydenstricker will replace him as manager.
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Gerald R
Jerry) Wilson
Wilson
Dempsey - Tegler & Co
Los Angeles
West Coast
Arizona
Dempsey - Tegeler
Minnesota Trust Co
Melvin
Eileen) Pappas
1St St
3Rd Ave
Pappas
James Sydenstricker
Stydenstricker
Abbott & Co
Senator 70 Fights Robber in Elevator
Senator Len B. Jordan of Idaho, 70, fought a young robber wielding a blackjack in his apartment building elevator. The 6-foot, 200-pound Republican knocked the assailant to the chin, who then struck back. After a brief struggle the robber fled, leaving behind part of the man’s shirt.
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Washington
Len B. Jordan
Idaho
Jordan
Labor Rift Widens as AFL-CIO Targets Chemical Workers
Washington AP report says AFL-CIO will move to expel the International Chemical Workers from the federation for joining Walter Reuther's Alliance for Labor Action. George Meany, leader of the 13.6 million member federation, argues the move steels unity and discipline across the unions. Reuther's Auto Workers left the AFL-CIO earlier, joining the Alliance with the Teamsters, who had been expelled 12 years prior on corruption charges.
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Washington
Organized Labor
Afl-Cio
International Chemical Workers
Walter Reuther
Alliance For Labor Action
George Meany
Reuther
S. Reuther
Auto Workers
Meany
Teamsters Union
Alliance
Teamsters
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Iowa State University
Nevada
Willie Muldrew
Green Beret
Vineyard Haven
David E. Crew
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Thomas C. Middleton Jr
Jefferson, S.C
Leland J. Brumley
Duncan
Okla
Robert F. Marasco
Bloomfield
N.J
Budge E. Williams
Athens
Bratkowski
Green Bay
Wis
Zeke Bratkowski
Green Bay Packers
Minnesota Vikings
Deny Onassis
Aristotle Onassis
Scorpios
Olympic Airways
Seoul
Defense Ministry
Mem
Bers
Dallas
Texas
Feft
Joy Jeffrey
Paul Hartness
Bonnie Singleton
Sandy McElhanon
Judy McDermott
Lincoln
U.N
New York
Andrei N. Gromyko
United States
Board Heads
New York Stock Exchange
Minneapolis
McHendrick, Hazeltine and Wilson
Gerald R, Wilson
ICW
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