Ex Beret admits killing as Calley case echoes
Ex Green Beret Robert F. Marasco on NBC TV says he killed Thai Khac Chuyen in 1969 over orders he deemed legal and notes he did not act alone, citing Lt. Calley’s life sentence as a trigger for his confession. Co defendants’ names not disclosed.
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UPI
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Robert F. Marasco
Green Berets
Stanley Resor
Central Intelligence Agency
Marasco
William L. Calley Jr
Khac Chuyen
Lt. Calley
Chuyen
South China Sea
Green
Brookline
Mass
Rheault
Calley
Fire damages St. Joseph dorm on Grant Street
A fire badly damaged a yellow wood frame dormitory at 109 Grant Street used by 16 St. Joseph College girls. The blaze ended within 15 to 20 minutes after a 7:20 a.m. call, with investigation planned into an electrical cause. Damage described as considerable, interiors burned, one apartment resident present, college leasing the building from George Allard.
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Richard Thompson
St. Francis de Sales Parish
St. Joseph College
Grant Street
Grant St
Gertrude
Mary
College
George Allard
Allard
Bennington Department
Bennington Rural Fire Department
Wassick
Reng
New York seeks fraud order against abortion hucksters
State Attorney General Lefkowitz seeks to bar Abortion Information Agency Inc of New York City from operating, charging deceptive advertising and unlicensed medical practice. The suit cites out-of-state clients, $110 average fees, and referrals totaling hundreds of thousands to doctors, with post abortion care costs up to 2150 dollars.
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New York
API
Atty
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Lefkowitz
State Supreme Court
George Starke
Abortion Information Agency, Inc
New York City
Abortion Information Agency
Upstate
86Th St
Sky marshals subdue belligerent passenger on Pan Am flight
On a Boston to London Pan American flight a middle aged man argued with a stewardess and threatened a gun. A sky marshal punched, then another marshal drew a weapon and restrained him at gunpoint until landing. Police released the man. no hijack attempt occurred.
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London
UPI
Pan American World Airways
Boston
Sky
Lucinda Franks
Miss Franks
Inside Community Chorus Brings Spring to Bennington
A Page 3 review highlights On the Inside Community Chorus delivering a fresh spring concert to Bennington music lovers. The piece notes the choral group's harmony and engagement with the audience, capturing the local cultural moment.
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Bennington
Supreme Court Upraises Arms Registration Law
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld the 1968 firearms registration law against claims of self incrimination. It ruled the transferer registers, pays the tax, and provides identifying details, with safeguards that prevent use of information in criminal cases while making possession of unregistered firearms illegal.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Los Angeles
Donald Freed
Shirley Jean Sutherland
District Court
Douglas
Treasury Secretary
Israel rejects plan to reopen Suez Canal
Israel rejects an Egyptian proposal to reopen the Suez Canal as part of a broader Egyptian-Soviet settlement. Prime Minister Golda Meir says Israel will discuss but will not be pressured into withdrawal from Sinai and Gaza. Fulbright condemns what he calls Communist-baiting tactics in U.S. policy. In Amman, Palestinian guerrilla leaders and officials plan to evacuate fighters from the capital.
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Israel
Suez Canal
United Press International
Middle East
Golda Meir
Labor Party
Sinai
Gaza
Egypt
Sen. J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
New Haven
Conn
South Vietnam
Jordan
Amman
Legislature Eyes 18 Year Old Rights And Major Funding
Vermont lawmakers faced a heavy week as both chambers prepared for protracted debate on granting voting and legal adulthood rights to 18-year-olds and for a $120 million 1972 appropriations bill. House plans include highway funding, a beltline expansion, and a drinking age bill trimmed from 21 to 18, while the Senate moves on corrections programs, environmental authority, and ATV rules. Debate looms on adjournment timing with potential extensions and pay pauses.
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Senate
Correctional Department
Environmental Conservation Secretary
House
Highway Department
Burlington
Government Operations Committee
Vergennes
Waterbury State Hospital
General Assembly
John Grenier
Waterbury
Daley set for likely fifth Chicago mayor term win
Chicago faces a front page question as Richard J. Daley enters the final day of campaigning for what could be a fifth term. Opponent Richard E. Friedman, a Democrat-turned-independent running as a Republican, argues he can win, but analysts expect Daley to match or approach his 1967 margin of over 500000 votes.
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Chicago
UPI
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Richard E. Friedman
Friedman
Chica
Snowmobilers Die In Lake Whitingham Cellar Hole
Two men age 44 and 41 from Wilmington and Northampton Massachusetts died after their snowmobiles plunged into an abandoned cellar hole near Lake Whitingham two miles south of Route 9. Police and medical examiner said deaths occurred around 3 a.m. Sunday with the lead rider first hitting the hole.
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Wilmington
Massachusetts
Lake Whitingham
Milton Wolf
Goodnow
Penson
St. Laurence
Wolf
Pod Laurence
Whitingham
Deerfield
Harriman
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Swayze
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Joseph Wassick
Sky Marshals
Vernon Lake
MAUHS
Deane C. Davis
Senate Appropriations Committee
Brandon
Better Government Association
Lake
Charles Goodnow
Raymond E. Penson
Alfred W. St. Lawrence
Northampton
Police
Penson and
St. Lee
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