Witness recounts Calley firing on Vietnamese civilians
Turner 24 from Bellevue Neb testified he saw Lt Calley fire into the chest of a surrendering woman about 15 feet away. He also described civilians 90 to 100 in a ditch while Calley fired. Defense sought mistrial over alleged departure from earlier government statements. The judge allowed the woman shooting to be admitted for motive and design but struck it as evidence. The judge did not rule on mistrial and will press on with the bill of particulars issue.
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Neb
University of Nebraska At
Calley
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George W. Latimer
Col
Reid W. Kennedy
Latimer
Kennedy
Two GIs Die as Mine Hits Armored Carrier Coast of Vietnam
U S Army confirms an armored personnel carrier struck a communist mine on the northern coast of South Vietnam near Tam Ky killing two soldiers and wounding 22. The blast occurred Monday afternoon 11 miles west-southwest of Tam Ky as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attacked Cambodian positions in Svay Rieng Province. Casualties from shelling near Tam Ky were described as light, with possible fatalities implied. A separate report notes Cambodian forces repelling attacks on Kompong Chak and O Sanday near the border and ongoing intelligence on Viet Cong activity in Svay Rieng and Prey Veng.
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UPS
South Vietnam
Tam Ky
Phnom Penh
Svay Rieng
Americal
U. S
Curtis W. Tarr
Selective Service System
U.S
Vietnam
Am Rong
Cambodia
Kompong Chak
O Sanday
Prey Veng
Penm Chikang
Mekong River
Services honor Pearl Harbor dead at memorial ceremony
Admiral Elmo Zumwalt led a Pearl Harbor memorial service above the USS Arizona as flowers were placed by Navy officials, survivors, and visitors. Bruce Martin, a 1941 Arizona survivor, fellow group leader, and San Francisco bridge monument crew member, helped supervise wreaths.
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Pearl Harbor
UPI
Navy
Adm
Elmo Zumwalt
Naval Operations
Arizona
Martin
Aloha
Chrysler faces antitrust class action over dealer practices
A federal class action accuses Chrysler Corp and affiliates of numerous antitrust violations and a plan to create a national captive dealer system. The suit seeks treble damages, with Harold Brown representing James DiCostanzo and other Natick Mass. dealers. It alleges forced mergers, purchase demands, and unlawful firings to centralize control.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Chrysler Corp
Harold Brown
Boston
James G. DiCostanzo
Chrysler and
Dodge
Natick
Mass
Brown
DiCostanzo
Chrysler
Natick Dodge, Inc
Natick Dodge
Auto
Supreme Court leaves Southern Louisiana gas rates intact
The high court refused to intervene in the Federal Power Commission rates for Southern Louisiana natural gas, with about 376 million dollars in potential rebates held in escrow. The decision keeps FPC set 12 percent return on gas sales and signals possible further hearings and appeals.
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High Court
FPC
Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Federal Power Commission
Louisiana
Maryland
Labor Department
Cartoonist Rube Goldberg Dies at 87 in New York
Rube Goldberg known for his inventor cartoons and the term Goldberg devices died at his New York home. He earned a Pulitzer Prize for Peace Today in 1959 and created Boob McNutt Lala Palooza and Mike and Ike She Look Alike. Survivors include his widow Irma Seeman two sons and six grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Thursday at Campbell's Funeral Chapel in New York.
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New York
UPI
Rube Goldberg
America
Goldberg
Boob McNutt
Lala Palooza
Mike
Ike
Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts
Reuben Lucius Goldberg
San Francisco
University of California
San Francisco Chronicle
Irma Seeman
Thomas Reuben George
Princeton
N.J
Nnd
George Warren George
Campbell’s Funeral Chapel
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Adius
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Mammoth Mart
Fishman's
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