General Recalled In NCO Clubs Probe
Senate investigators allege a triangle of theft and kickbacks involving Brig. Gen. Earl F. Cole a sergeant linked to an embezzlement scheme with a Hong Kong slot machine firm head William Crum and an enlisted men club operation run by M.Sgt. William Higdon Witnesses name Higdon Wooldridge and Hatcher as associates Crum described as filthy rich and controlling a million dollar Vietnam business Crum’s records were not provided to investigators while Cole was reassigned to Washington in connection with hearings
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Defense Department
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Cole
Stuttgart
Germany
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William O. Wooldridge
Narvaez Hatcher
June Skewes
William Crum
Hong Kong
Sarl Electronics
Crum
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Miss Skewes
Saigon
Nixon Details Qualifications For a Justice
President Nixon reaffirmed support for Clement Haynsworth Jr outlining Supreme Court criteria. He urged balance and conservatism not as economics but constitutional interpretation, stressing integrity and a strict constructionist approach without bias, arguing Senate approval should be noncontroversial.
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Kennedy and Percy press NATO on U S troop cuts
In Brussels Sen Edward Kennedy and Sen Charles Percy warned NATO to prepare for substantial U.S. force reductions in Europe, citing European reluctance to share defense costs and predicting Senate passage of a Mansfield resolution. Healey cautioned that cuts could raise nuclear risk. NATO expenditure totaled 5.2 billion last year, with 3.7 billion from the United States.
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Rill
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United States
Dennis Healey
Healey
Nixon seeks to restart aging U S merchant fleet drive
President Nixon plans to urge Congress to modernize and rebuild the United States merchant fleet to compete with major powers. He seeks 300 million dollars to finance the construction of 30 ships annually and backing for a multi billion private investment program for the Merchant Marine Administration. Observers note the task will be difficult.
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Scott disavows Agnew on antiwar rhetoric in Vietnam protests
Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott rejects Agnew's harsh label of antiwar demonstrators as dissidents and anarchists. He urges illumination and discussion over name calling, while a Tokyo report notes a Osaka professor killed himself amid campus disputes. White House declining comment on Agnew remarks as post moratorium mail favors Nixon policy.
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Army and Police Seize Control In Somalia
In Mogadishu the army and police seized control five days after President Abdirashid Ali Shermarke's assassination ousting Premier Mohammed Haji Ibrahaim Egal and his Somalia Youth League government. Djibouti reports say Somalia frontiers and airports closed. new rulers promise no policy changes.
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Nairobi
UPI
Somalia
Abdirashid Ali Shermarke
Mogadishu Radio
Mohammed Haji Ibrahaim Egal
Somalia Youth League
Paris
Djibouti
Shermarke
Mogadishu
Kenneth Kaunda
Zambia
Lebanese Troops Clash With Arab Guerrillas Near Israel Border
United Press International reports Lebanese army units attacked an Arab guerrilla camp just north of the Israeli border. Two guerrillas were killed, nine soldiers and civilians wounded. Al Ahram said a siege and shelling preceded a ground assault, with further clashes noted since Saturday. Western sources link the fight to increased guerrilla activity from Fatah and troop deployments in southern Lebanon.
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al Ahram
United States
Lebanon
al Fatah
Sharka
Aitroun
Loch Ness Monster search yields 20 sightings this year
Officials wrap up the Nessie season with 20 verified sightings from May 17 to Oct 12, up from last year but far below 1966–1967 counts. Despite sonar readings in 1967 and efforts by Dan S Taylor and TV crews, no conclusive proof of Nessie remains. sightings came mainly from housewives and students aiding the search in Scotland.
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Dan S. Taylor
Atlanta
Nessie
Taylor
Empire State Building
Britain
U S Casualties Rise as Combat Level Increases in Vietnam
UPI reports 14 Americans dead and 34 wounded in a heavy single day of losses, with 166 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese killed. The lull in fighting appears to ease as U.S. withdrawal accelerates, including the 4th Marine Regiment battalion retreating to Okinawa. Five Americans died in a moonlit North Vietnamese assault near Saigon. helicopters and air power repelled the attack. The day also saw heavy fighting across Mekong Delta to Hue, with allied shells and B52 strikes on suspected camps along the Cambodian border. Washington later announced two U.S. Army units will be inactivated as Nixon plots 35,000 more withdrawals.
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