Witness Describes My Lai Shootings by Lt Calley at Court-Martial
A UPI report from Fort Benning describes Lt William Calley’s court-martial where a machine gunner testified Calley urged him to fire on civilians at My Lai on March 16 1968. The witness Maples said Meadle cried while firing in a ditch with Calley.
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Calley
FT. Benning, Ga
UPI
William Calley
My Lai
Robert Earl Maples
Freehold
N.J
My Lai Hamlet
Maples
Paul D. Meadle
Terre Haute
Ind
Meadlo
Aubrey M. Daniel
James Bergthold
Harry Stanley
Stanley
Meadle
Beighthold
20 Survivors Rescued From Burning Japanese Trawler
United States vessel American Archer saved 20 crew members from the fire wreck of the Japanese fishing trawler Togo Maru 240 miles southeast of Nantucket. Four injured were airlifted to Logan Airport Boston for hospital care. two crewmen died aboard the burning ship. The Spencer watched the scene as survivors were taken toward Boston, and a hospital spokesman said the four injured were not in critical condition.
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New York
UPI
United States
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Otis Air Force Base
Cape Cod
Logan International Airport
Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
Nantucket
Mass
Tate murder trial stalled by lawyer's disappearance
Los Angeles authorities search for defense attorney Ronald Hughes after he vanished during the Tate LaBianca murder trial. A helicopter hunt begins in Los Padres National Forest as calls and a cryptic note deepen the mystery, threatening a possible mistrial and delaying final arguments.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Ronald Hughes
Tate- LaBianca
Hughes
Leslie van Houten
Los Padres National Forest
Superior Court
Charles H. Older
Sespe
Miss van Houten
Paul Fitzgerald
Tropic of Cancer opens at Williams town College Cinema
Review notes Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer is made into a film rated X though it compares less harshly than The Postgraduate. Also mentions House of Dark Shadows at Manchester Cinema GP rated and Hong Kong Fire Services praised as one of the world’s busiest brigades.
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Henry Miller
Miller
John Updike
U.S. Customs Bureau
Supreme Court
Williamstown
Harte Theatre
Manchester
Hong Kong
UPI
Unions attack Nixon inflation alert as unfair to workers
Washington unions charge the administration's inflation alert favors profits over wages. AFL CIO chief Meany says workers face the burden, while PAC chair McCracken says the report seeks public opinion against wage and price hikes. UAW chief Woodcock calls GM increases counter inflationary. Sen Proxmire criticizes policy. Nixon to speak to manufacturers Friday night.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon Adminstration
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Paul W. McCracken
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
General Motors
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
UAW
Nixon
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Tate
Milan
Italy
Renata Scotto
Giuseppe Verdi
Larry Dyer
Couneii
Bennington Crippled Children's Association Christmas Fund
Bennington
William Proxmire
Dwis
Kennedy
Johnson
White House
National Association of Manufacturers
Angie
Depot Street
Stee
Evans
Union Street
Bennington, VT
Carter
Ledgers
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