Nixon allows near free rein for antiwar rally
Washington officials signaled a shift in stance as demonstrators will face minimal security for the April 24 antiwar rally. No standby federal troops, police will be the main force, with DC’s 5,100 officers visible. Interior’s mall camping ban upheld, but no march route change to distance from the White House was ordered. Justice officials report troublefree negotiations and open dialogue with organizers.
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VPI
Nixon
Justice Department
National Peace Action Coalition
District of Columbia
Lincoln Memorial
Capitol
Interior Department
U.S. District Court
George Hart
Hart
White House
India protests Pakistan savage butchery in East Pakistan crisis
New Delhi accuses Islamabad of savage and medieval butchery of East Pakistanis as civil war rages. India denies arms claims, says Pakistan diverting attention from its atrocities. Rebels clash near Chuadanga and Bishakhali while urban control shifts.
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UPI
India
Pakistan
S. K. Singh
Ministry of External Affairs
Chuadanga
Pres Trust of India
Bishakhali
All-India Radio
Brahmanbaria
All-India
Mymensingh
Dacca
Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan
Mujibur Rahman
The
Awami League
East Pakistan
Jury Picked For My Lai Defendant Court Martial
A seven officer jury panel was selected for the court martial of Capt. Eugene M. Kotouc an intelligence officer charged with maiming a Viet Cong suspect at My Lai The court will begin April 26 with Kotouc arraigned Col Madison Wright warned jurors about pressures and advised against discussing My Lai All jurors are stationed at Ft Gordon Ga Maj James Norris Lt Col William Carter join the panel Col Dean Dickinson faced cause challenge defense had objected to his seating The defense had earlier tried to have the case dismissed over Kotoucs name being linked to Lt Calley Jr
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UPI
Eugene M. Kotouc
My Lai
Madison Wright
Kotouc
Wright
James Burkhart
Richland
Ind
Vietnam
James H. Norris
Leesburg
Fla
William G
Col
Dean B. Dickinson
Ft. Gordon, Ga
Dickinson
William L. Calley Jr
Nixon lifts ban on U.S. business with China
Tokyo reports Nixon freed an American businessman to return to China if the Chinese agree to admit him. He outlined five steps to improve relations, prioritizing non strategic trade. China, now under Communist rule, remains cautious about large cargo moves to Shanghai or Tsingtao as talks proceed.
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UPI
Nixon
China
Shanghai
Tsingtao
Japan
Britain
Canada
Austra
State unites for Vermont Yankee AEC licensing hearing
In Montpelier officials map a unified stance for the Atomic Energy Commission hearings on the Vernon plant. Attorney General James Jeffords and Gov. Deane Davis push for the license to include Vermont Yankee's lowest possible emission level. A preliminary hearing Tuesday identifies disagreements, with parties from Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts and seven conservation groups invited to appear. Full hearings start in June.
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Massachusetts
Vermont Yankee
Vermont Marble Granted Week Delay in Pollution Charge
In Rutland Vermont Marble Co of Proctor received a one week extension to answer a District Court charge alleging oil pollution of Otter Creek from a storage tank. Green Mountain Power Co of Burlington had been fined 2000 for a similar spill in the Winooski River at Essex earlier this week.
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UPL
Vermont Marble Co
Proctor
Otter Creek
Green Mountain Power Co
Burlington
Winooski
Essex
Weather sketch: snow and rain easing into weekend
A brief forecast notes snow and rain mixing with flurries today with highs in the 30s. Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with lows near 20. Sunday warms with highs near 50.
Americans end China visit with ballet in Canton
A 15 member American table tennis delegation and spouses attended the revolutionary ballet Red Detachment of Women in Canton after a weeklong visit to Communist China. They traveled by train to Hong Kong next, flew from Shanghai, and were greeted by Chinese officials and spectators at White Cloud Airport.
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UPI
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Hong Kong
South China
Shanghai
Sports Federation and Friendship Association
White Cloud
Red
Chinese People’s Association For Friendly
All-China Sports Federation
Chang Shu-chu
The
Sports Federation
United States
White House blasts Muskie critics over FBI spying claims
The White House labeled Ed Muskie and other FBI critics as engaging in a blatantly political attempt to sow suspicion by alleging indiscriminate FBI spying. Ziegler challenged Boggs to prove surveillance claims, while Mitchell defended FBI presence at Earth Day rallies as based on prior violent incidents.
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UPI
White House
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FBI
Ronald L. Ziegler
Muskie
Maine
Ziegler
Louisiana
Hale Boggs
House
John N. Mitchell
Manchester
N.H
J. Edgar Hoover
Congress
Boggs
Mitchell
Key Biscayne
Fla
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
Abortion Law Challenged Again in Vermont
Nineteen people including six married women and 11 doctors filed a class action in Chittenden Chancery Court seeking a permanent injunction to bar prosecutions under Vermont 1846 abortion law and a declaratory judgment on its validity. The suit follows the state Supreme Court ruling last October that upheld Bartlett’s 1969 conviction but left the question of the law’s constitutionality unsettled.
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Willis Higgins
Williston
Lynn Miller
Burlington
Higgins
Bartlett
Chittenden County
Patrick J. Leahy
James Jeffords
Village Nook to Close After Two Generations of Service
Bennington’s Village Nook, longtime Main Street hangout run by Jason and Rose Bitensky, will close Sunday at noon after 25 years on the block. The couple arrived after World War II and built a cafe where police and reporters once met about the Paula Weldon case. plans now center on an auction of furniture and equipment on May 17.
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West Germany
China
U.S. Department of Commerce
America
Japan
United States
Jason
Rose Bitensky
Benhi
Bennington
Rose
Nook
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