Demonstrators Hurl Phrases as Rogers Visits Tunis
In Tunis, student demonstrators broke through police lines shouting Nixon assassin and Rogers go home outside the government building where Secretary of State William P. Rogers met Premier Ladgham. Police used water cannons to disperse the crowd. the planned Rogers visit to Tunis University was canceled.
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12 Gls Die in Crash Of Overloaded Copter
An overloaded U.S. helicopter exploded in flight over a Da Nang shantytown killing 12 Americans aboard. Four crew and eight passengers plus baggage were aboard. Spokesmen cited possible overloading. casualties included seven Allied ground clash deaths and nine wounded elsewhere.
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Wrong Bag at Kansas City Drive In Bank Heist
Two armed robbers halted a bank messenger as he entered Brotherhood National Bank’s drive in facility stealing a brown paper bag with sandwiches for the tellers. Baggage scattered. the craft bounced within 10 feet of a house in Dogpatch area. A Vietnamese witness described the Da Nang crash near the base 370 miles northeast of Saigon, saying the helicopter began to fall after wobbling.
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Laird in Vietnam On Fact-Finding Trip
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird arrived in Saigon on a fact finding mission for President Nixon. He said Vietnamization is irreversible and stressed US withdrawal depends on Paris talks progress, combat activity levels, and moves toward greater Southeast Asian responsibility. Laird is on a 10 day Asian trip to assess how Vietnamization is progressing and how quickly the US can exit.
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Creighton W. Abrams
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Calley Defense Seeks OffICer Testimony on Trial Fairness
In a pretrial hearing at Fort Benning Georgia the Calley defense argued for testimony from an unnamed officer involved in the investigation claiming high command influence tainted the case. Defense attorney Latimer contends command chain and pretrial publicity jeopardize a fair military trial for Lt. William L. Calley Jr. over the My Lai killings. President Nixon’s remarks calling the incident a massacre were replayed in court.
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Gore accuses U S of concealing Laos war escalation
Senator Albert Gore charges the Nixon administration is concealing escalating U S involvement in Laos civil war and says transcripts from Senate hearings may reveal a deliberate concealment. He notes public pledges to trim overseas ties contrast with increased presence and insists the government misleads about Laos actions.
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Patman Urges Regulating Bank Holding Companies
Rep Wright Patman accuses big banks of expanding into diverse businesses and calls on President Nixon to back House approved rules to curb bank holding companies He warns a concentration of financial power would raise prices reduce choices and threaten free enterprise The Bank Holding Company Act would bar holding companies from owning multiple banks
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Congress To Aecess For Long Weekend
Washington UPI reports Congress begins a holiday adjournment for Lincoln's Birthday and a Labor Day recess. The Senate has advanced crime, drug, antitrust, transit rescue, and education measures, while the House vetoes the Labor HEW bill and plans a new one before June 30. The president gains screening authority for sensitive defense plans.
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Agnew Attacks Democrats Rebuttal At Lincoln Dinner
Vice President Spiro Agnew derides the Democratic rebuttal to Nixon's State of the Union as superb fantasy and germs complaining of disease. He spoke at a $50 a plate fund raiser for Gov. Norbert Tiemann in Lincoln, while 600 antiwar protesters gathered outside. He blamed the Democratic Congress for the nation's crime problem, claiming anticrime bills lie fallow on Capitol Hill.
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Israeli Air Strikes Hit Egyptian Bases Along Suez Canal West Bank
Israeli planes attacked Egyptian mortar and artillery positions along the west bank of the Suez Canal in a one hour strike, with both sides reporting heavy air activity. Tel Aviv said one Israeli plane was downed with the pilot captured, while Egyptian claims cited multiple Israeli losses in battles over the canal.
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Demo Policy Panel Blasts Nixon Domestic Policies
Washington reports the Democratic Party policy council, led by Hubert H. Humphrey, accuses President Nixon of pursuing domestic policies risking a recession while failing to curb inflation. The panel opposes ABM deployment, backs a Vietnam withdrawal within 18 months, and calls for reshaped national priorities amid crises in education, health, housing, transportation, pollution, and crime.
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Chicago Seven trial nears end in final phase
Chicago prosecutors prepare seven hours for final arguments in the Chicago Seven trial after four and a half months, 193 witnesses, and over 20,000 pages of transcripts. Judge Julius Hoffman denied a directed verdict and signaled readiness to conclude the case this week if jurors reach a verdict.
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