Sirhan to Break Long Silence Today at Hearing
Sirhan B. Sirhan, who has spoken only twice in public since Kennedy’s murder, faces testimony today in a bid to dismiss his indictment on grounds the grand jury was unconstitutional. His mother Mary, 56, accompanies him as limited testimony is planned.
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Robert F. Kennedy
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Grant Cooper
Superior Court
Herbert V. Walker
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Kennedy
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Plans considered to raid Pueblo crew release at sea port
In a five admiral court hearing, Rear Adm. Cassell testified that Pacific Fleet leaders drafted options to raid the Pueblo crew’s captors and even destroy the ship in Wonsan but no higher authority approved action. He and Hyland discussed reconnaissance over Wonsan and possible reprisals, yet ultimate decisions lay beyond their purview.
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Wonsan
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San Diego
Pueblo
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E. Miles Harvey
Pacific Fleet Command
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John J. Hyland
Hyland
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Czechs Back Law and Order Drive in Unrest Pretext
In Prague, the Czechoslovak party and social groups endorsed a government law and order campaign aimed at dampening public unrest sparked by university student Jan Palach's January 16 self immolation. Delegates urged swift action to curb provocations that disrupt order, traffic, and work.
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UPI
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Jan Palach
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Union of Guards
Bohemia
Alexander Dubcek
B52 Bombers Blast Jungle Base Camp
B52 bombers dropped 750 pound bombs from 30,000 feet on a Communist jungle base camp in South Vietnam’s Central Highlands killing 200 soldiers. Upland ruins were explored by South Vietnamese forces 235 miles northeast of Saigon. Escalating campaigns over 16 months left 7,000 Communist troops dead with U.S. losses of 1,096 killed and 5,312 wounded. US helicopter 999th unit shot down. crew unharmed. Tet leave for civil servants cancelled for Feb 17-20.
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United States
Shaw Defense Seeks Protection For Witness
The Clay Shaw defense seeks a protective order for a potential witness Mrs. Harold McMaines who disputes star state witness Perry Russo. McMaines is in seclusion in Iowa and will not travel to New Orleans without the order. Shaw, 55, is charged with conspiring with Lee Harvey Oswald and Ferrie to murder Kennedy.
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UPI
Clay L. Shaw
Star State
Perry Raymond Russo
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
Harold McMaines
Iowa
F. Irvin Dymond
Dymond
Hijacking Failed Denies Aim to Reach Havana
MIAMI UPI A would be hijacker, 21 year old Michael A Peparo of New York, attempted to divert National Airlines Flight 11 to Havana with his girlfriend Tamsin R Fitzgerald of Poughkeepsie. The crew landed safely in Miami and Peparo and Fitzgerald were jailed on air piracy charges with bonds set at 100000 each. The incident follows a separate Eastern Airlines hijack to Havana earlier the same day by four Cubans. Knives were used. Peparo also carried a mosquito spray can reputed as a bomb.
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Michael A. Peparo
New York
Havana
Harry L. Davis
Harry L. Hendrickson
Miami
Peparo
Tamsin R. Fitzgerald
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Dade County
Eastern Air Lines
J. Rabin
W. Hernandez
Jack W. Moore
Duchess Community College
Davis
Cuba
Weervery Newsroom
Bennington Banner
Main St
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Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
UPI
Vermont
U.S
Muskie Pushes Federal Limits on Thermal Water Discharges
Senator Edmund S Muskie D Maine warns industry of pending federal controls on discharges of heated water into waterways. He notes scientific uncertainty about harm and says withholding discharges may be safest until researchers reach conclusive findings. Moody Testifies on estimated cooling costs and consumer impact.
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UPI
Sen
Edmunds. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
Joseph E. Moody
National Coal Policy Conference, Inc
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Subcommittee
Moody
Ralph McGill Dies in Atlanta at 70
UPI reports publisher columnist Ralph Emerson McGill, famed for battling the Ku Klux Klan and segregation, died of a heart attack in Atlanta after a dinner party. The Vanderbilt graduate edited the Atlanta Constitution, won a 1958 Pulitzer, and led the paper as publisher with a front-page column.
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Constitution
Vanderbilt University
Eugene Patterson
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