Penn Central tale of financial chicanery unfolds
Probers detail a $4 million loss tied to an international airline venture. Fidel Goetz of Liechtenstein, the Rosenbaum brothers, and Penn Central's David Bevan figure in a complex web with Liechtenstein trusts and Goetz controlled entities. The executive jet affair collapsed in 1969 and led to upheaval as trustees recovered a fraction of funds. Watch for Part Five.
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UPI
Fidel Goetz
Liechtenstein
Rosenbaum
Joseph and
Francis
David Bevan
Penn Central Railroad
Peter Marxer
Adolf Goop
Vaduz
Bevan
EJA
Goetz
Berlin
Frankfurt
First Financial Trust
Francis Rosenbaum
Marxer
Goop
Penn Central
Medina contradicts Calley on My Lai
In Federal court at Fort Benning Captain Ernest Medina testifies he heard Lt. Calley admit to atrocities at My Lai 4. Medina recounts asking if any innocent civilians were killed during the sweep and describes Calley as the interrogated party. The testimony centers on Calley facing charges of murdering 102 civilians.
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UPI
Ernest L. Medina
George W. Latimer
William L. Calley Jr
Medina
Calley
Daniel
My Lai
Dole Attacks Clark Muskie and McGovern in Speech
In Cumberland Maryland Sen. Robert J. Dole blasted Ramsey Clark as a left leaning marshmallow and accused Edmund Muskie of undercutting President Nixon in Moscow. He also criticized George McGovern for failing to mount a stronger challenge.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Philip Berrigan
Henry A. Kissinger
Ramsey Clark
Dole
Muskie
Alexei Kosygin
Moscow
United States
Women join U.S. sky marshal program in planned training
Washington reports several women will join the sky marshal force, training four weeks at Ft. Belvoir Va to guard against hijackings. They meet same standards as men, with unknown numbers and identities kept confidential. Some details on roles and assignments remain undecided.
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UPI
United States
U.S. Customs Bureau
Ft. Belvoir
Benjamin C. Davis Jr
Civil Aviation Security
Federal Aviation Administration
Houston
Byrd push aims to restore Robert E. Lee citizenship
Senator Harry F. Byrd introduced a resolution to posthumously restore Gen. Robert E. Lee’s U.S. citizenship after archives showed Lee swore an 1865 allegiance to the Union. He urged Congress to act, noting the 14th Amendment requires a two thirds vote for restoration for rebels.
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Harry Byrd
Lee
Washington
UPI
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Robert E. Lee
Byrd
National Archives
Congress
United States
Andrew Johnson
White House
Maddox denounces Atlanta Constitution and burns papers
Lt. Gov. Lester Maddox clashed with the Atlanta Constitution over senate leadership. He labeled the paper a fishwrapper and burned copies on the senate floor. He urged fellow senators to oppose the newspaper’s criticism.
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API
Lester Maddox
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Atlanta Constitution
Movie listings and political commentary in one page
Brewster McCloud arrives at College Cinema Williamstown a camp comedy rated R. Harte Theatre screens Little Fauss and Big Halsy with Pollard and Redford. Fellini Satyricon at Manchester Cinema rated R, among year’s best. Time clock shows Williamstown 7 and 9 Manchester and Harte 8 p.m. The Constitution blasting Maddox Senate leadership and calls for rational contributors while denouncing draft card burners.
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Big Halsy
Michael J. Pollard
Robert Redford
Pollard
Redford
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Petronius
Rome
Manchester
Constitution
Senate
Maddox
The
Mills Bypasses Negotiators On Japanese Textile Talks
Washington commentary notes Rep. Wilbur Mills shapes US policy by pressuring Japan over textile exports to the United States. The Japanese offer to cap syn thetic fibers and woolens to 1970 levels follows Mills' guidance, with Nixon and aides unsettled by a congressman influencing foreign affairs and threatening mandatory quotas if voluntary limits fail.
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Nixon
Mills
Far East
Japan
U.S
Hanoi envoys boycott talks for second week
Paris talks stalled as North Vietnamese deputy negotiator Nguyen Minh By and Viet Cong chief Xuan Thuy abstain for a second week over the Laos incursion into the Ho Chi Minh trail. Madame Nguyen Thi Binh visits Bucharest while Nguyen Van Tien says the delegation approves the condemnation of American actions. David Bruce remains the sole top American delegate at the session.
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UPI
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Nguyen Minh By
Majestic Hotel
Xuan Thuy
Madame Nguyen Thi
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