Judge Sets Ground Rules As Tate Murder Trial Starts
Los Angeles reports that Charles Manson and three female followers prepare for a lengthy trial over the Tate murders. Judge Charles H. Older convened sessions to set rules and possible restraints to maintain order as jury selection begins amid disputed confessions and reliance on circumstantial evidence.
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Leno LaBianca
Angkor Wat Angers as War Reaches Ruins
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese mine the Angkor Wat approaches and set up a hospital in a pagoda with an aircraft position on a hill amid heavy fighting around Kongpong Speu 25 miles southwest of Phnom Penh. Cambodian and South Vietnamese reports note Viet Cong gains, widespread road closures, and civilian hardship as the battle extends near Kompong Speu and Siem Reap.
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UPI
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Thailand
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German Vote Gives Brandt a Setback
Bonn reports indicate Chancellor Willy Brandt faces serious losses in state elections seen as a referendum on his eight months in office. CDU opponents gain up to 5 percent in North Rhine Westphalia Lower Saxony and Saarland, while Foreign Minister Walter Scheel’s Free Democrats fail to win seats in Lower Saxony and Saarland.
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Campus Riots Delay Higher Education Aid
Washington reports campus riots rise in number and intensity hindering Congress action on higher education legislation. House and Senate committees avoid moving bills while public unrest persists and debate over punitive amendments to aid remains unsettled.
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UPI
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D-Ky
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Rhode Island Democrat
Senate
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House
Rhode Island U Cancels Course On Revolution
The University of Rhode Island canceled a summer course on revolution amid fears it would advocate rather than study the process. URI President Werner A. Baum said he would not allow the university to engage in promoting revolution. Instructor John B. Hermanson called the move a threat to academic freedom.
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R.I
UPI
University of Rhode Island
URI
Werner A. Baum
John B. Hermanson
AMA and NMA call for private health insurance with universal subsidies
In a joint testimony to the Senate Finance Committee, the American Medical Association and the Negro National Medical Association urged scrapping Medicaid in favor of federally subsidized private health insurance for all. Poor individuals would receive free coverage, others would use income tax credits. the plan mirrors Nixon welfare reform proposals and emphasizes peer review by doctors over government cost checks.
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UPI
American Medical Association
AMA
National Medical Association
NMA
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Senate Finance Committee
Gerald D. Dorman
New York
Nixon
Senate
Dorman
Julius W. Hill
Los Angeles
Husband Dents Car Again After Painting Over Mark
In Southampton, Mrs. Bill Lockett had painted "hers" on a dent after her husband caused the same dent three months earlier. He later agreed to repair it and cover the mark, but dented the car in the same spot last week, prompting her quip about what she would write across it next.
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Southampton
England
UPI
Bill Lockett
Nixon Boasts of His Historic Firsts at White House Dinners
Washington based AP report notes President Nixon emphasizes “firsts” of his tenure. He proclaims moments at a Duke Ellington dinner, a Pompidou visit, and a Jakarta state dinner as unique. He recalls the Apollo 11 call and claims several other distinctions as the first to achieve.
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Indonesia
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Rockies
Girl Killed in Philadelphia Gang Crossfire
Seven year old Antoinette Williams died after a gunfight between Oxford Streeters and Diamond Streeters on a Philadelphia sidewalk. Three teens, John Maddox 18, Benjamin Baker 16, and Alfred Curtis 16, faced murder related charges as gang violence climbs with 16 prior deaths this year.
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UPI
Antoinette Williams
Antoinette
St. Christopher Hospital
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Diamond Streeters
John Maddox
Benjamin Baker
Alfred Curtis
Praiie
Edward Funk
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