Calley to testify in his own defense
Lt. William L. Calley Jr. faces a long My Lai murder court martial at Fort Benning with expected testimony him later this week. The case involves 102 civilian deaths during the 1968 My Lai operation. Calley and Capt. Ernest Medina are central figures, with Medina’s potential rebuttal testimony anticipated. The trial has stretched into its third year, with legal wrangling continuing as jurors observe.
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FT. Benning, Ga
UPI
William L. Calley Jr
Calley
My Lai
Ernest L. Medina
Medina
Henderson
Unsafe buildings mount in quake hit Los Angeles area
A city task force expanded house to house checks in the hardest hit zones. One week after the temblor 298 private structures including 1017 family dwellings were unsafe for occupancy. 925 private buildings had major damage but mostly repairable. some to be demolished. Red Cross run evacuation centers offered food money and shelter.
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Los Angeles
UPI
City Department of Building and Safety
Sam Yorty
Red Cross
San Fernando Valley
Hugh Gillis
Hartke urges probe of Stans over Penn Central ties
Senator Vance Hartke calls for Senate Commerce Committee to hear Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans on his ownership of 38,000 Great Southwest Corp. shares tied to Penn Central loan negotiations. Hartke cites potential impropriety amid cabinet role and loan talks. Stans cites blind trust and disqualification from discussions.
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Washington
UPI
Vance Hartke
Commerce
Maurice Stans
Senate
Penn Central Railroad
Hartke
Senate Commerce Committee
Stans
Great Southwest Corp
Penn Central
House Banking Committee
Commerce Department
Nixon
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Congress
Air Force Colonel Convicted in Marijuana Abuse Case
In Saigon a general court martial found Air Force Colonel Gerald V. Kehrli guilty on marijuana abuse charges. The verdict followed presentation of evidence linking the officer to illegal drug use and violation of military discipline, with sentencing pending.
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Air Force
Saigon
API
Gerald V. Kehrli
Kehrli
Willmar
Minn
CIA Trains Laotian Tribesmen to Harass The North
Military sources report 3,000 U.S. trained Laotian hill tribesmen led by CIA agents arrived to harass North Vietnamese troops in Laos Ho Chi Minh Trail area. The move accompanies a U.S. claim of 12 American fatalities in helicopter crashes in Laos and a second day of airstrikes on antiaircraft sites. The tribesmen are said to operate west of Sepone near Pakse, recruited and armed by CIA personnel to strike at supply lines.
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Saigon
API
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
U.S
Kha
Sepone
Pakse
UPI
Robert E. Sullivan
Quang Tri
South Vietnam
Creighton W. Abrams
Cao
J. W. Sutherland
Hoang Xuan Lam
Hue
Panhandle
Dong Hoi
Ho Chi Minh Complex
Computer aids treatment of cancer in N H and VI
Dartmouth College operates a Kiewit Computation Center system tracking 715000 facts on more than 8000 cancer patients in New Hampshire and Vermont. The program reduces manual calculations and flags recurrence early, with hospitals receiving yearly analyses and physicians patient-by-patient survival data.
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N.H
Hanover
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
Hitchcock Hospital
Dartmouth
Edward S. Sternick
Auto safety features cut highway accident fatalities
DETROIT UPI reports that 1970 saw more miles driven and more accidents than 1969, yet highway deaths fell from 56,400 to 55,300. Safety features such as seat belts and collapsible steering columns are credited, with improvements in highways and enforcement also cited. Michigan’s 1970 death toll dropped over 10 percent, with January 1971 figures showing further reductions.
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Detroit
UPI
National Highway Safety Bureau
National Highway Safety Council
National Safety Council
Michigan
Newborn found in jetliner trash on flight to Honolulu
In Honolulu an aircraft cleaner found a newborn baby boy in a washroom trash container aboard a Trans World Airlines jet en route from Los Angeles to Bangkok. The Thai mother, Vanna Scrcomatsit, allegedly placed the infant there after believing she miscarried. The child and mother were later reported safe. officers conveyed communication difficulties on board.
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Honolulu
UPI
Richard Suzuki
Trans World Airlines
Suzuki
Bangkok
Los Angeles
Far East
Vanna Scrcomatsit
Guam
TWA
The Baby Maker at Manchester and College Cinemas
The Baby Maker stars Barbara Hershey as a wife who cannot bear a child and with her husband and a hippie girl form a three way arrangement. The R rated feature opens at Manchester Cinema and College Cinema with a second film The Aristocats at Harte Theatre and Williamstown. Time clocks list 7:30 and 9:15 at Manchester, 2 and 8 at Harte, and 7 and 9 at Williamstown.
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Barbara Hershey
James Bridges
Manchester
Baby Maker
Williamstown
Walt Disney
Harte Theatre
Harte
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S.C
Thomas Moss
South Carolina
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Orangeburg
Moss
Penn Central Connection
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Harry Hill
Hill
Homicide Bureau
Hunter’s
Southampton
N.Y
Frederick Augustin
Augustin
Suffolk County
Yaphank
Charles Martin
Royal Oaks
Mich
Martin
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Col
By David W. Chute
Field House
Troy
RPI Field House
Ice Capades
RPI
N. Y
Wise Women Shop
Sive
Jetliner
G.C.C
Fishman's
Main Street
Bennington
Save-Way Supermarket
Mammoth Mart
Ong
All Come True
Bakee
American Express
County National Bank
Bennington & Arlington
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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