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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1969
Page
2
In Saigon a civilian defense attorney argued the military lost jurisdiction to try the Green Beret murder case, claiming constitutional rights of six defendants were violated. Henry Rothblatt of New York met with military counsel to push for transfer to a U.S. civilian court. F Lee Bailey was said to join the defense team.
F Lee Bailey confirmed plans to take a direct role in defending Capt Robert F Marasco and possibly other Green Berets in the Vietnam murder case. Roethblatt and Bailey have long collaborated, with Bailey saying he would not disassociate from such a case, while other prominent lawyers plan defenses for Col Robert B Rheault and related figures.
NBC correspondent Robert Goralski reported that a captured film from a May Green Beret raid in Cambodia showed Thai Khac Chuyen, a South Vietnamese interpreter, in a friendly exposure to North Vietnamese. Beret officers, under Col Rheault, used a lie test and killed Chuyen on June 20, later burying him in the South China Sea. The CIA opted against killing him, prompting Gen Abrams to order a clean up that led to six officers' imprisonment.
In Mexico City workmen used cutting torches a dredge and a crane to search wreckage of a Mexicana Airlines 727 crash near the airport. 26 confirmed dead including 11 Americans with 80 injured and 111 aboard. Autopsies waived bodies to relatives. next of kin get 4000 dollars each.
The widow of Pvt. Stephen F. Melson, listed as drowned at Parris Island, claims his letters show he was beaten for “attitude” as military officials say he died of a kidney ailment and accidental drowning. She cites unreleased autopsy questions, notes his posts from the brig fear, and seeks help from Rep. Powell while awaiting the $10,000 policy.
Beirut rumors center on President Gamal Abdel Nasser illness and ties with the Soviet Union. Nasser, long treated for diabetes in Moscow, reportedly suffers acute influenza and rests as frictions with Moscow rise. A Pravda critique of Arab extremism fuels distrust while internal shakeups in Egypt hint at a fragile establishment. Allegations of Vinogradov recall and Sabry house arrest circulate without confirmation.
The Soviet Union delays announcing a date and venue for strategic arms limitation talks with the United States. Secretary Rogers and U.S. officials had expected a concrete invitation, but Gromyko only promised a forthcoming Kremlin decision on when and where the parley would occur.
Moscow reports say Tass denounced China’s anti-Soviet campaigns and claimed Chinese provinces saw clashes as big army units moved to quell dissent. Moscow Radio signaled possible efforts to improve relations while resuming anti-Chinese broadcasts. US officials noted delays in a concrete talks plan as missiles with multiple warheads loom in future disarmament talks.
Former President Adolfo Lopez Mateos, 59, died in Mexico City after more than two years in a coma following brain surgery in May 1967. He led Mexico from 1958 to 1964, shaped diplomacy with the United States on Cuba and Latin American nuclear restraint, and helped settle the Chamizal dispute with the United States. His widow Eva Samano and daughter Evita were at his bedside.
Ralph Nader charges the Nixon administration is withholding a White House sent safety and value test report on hundreds of brand name products. He claims the recommendations have been ignored or opposed by the administration since December.
Nearly 60 demonstrators calling themselves Committee to Smash ROTC barricaded North Hall for almost five hours at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor before leaving peacefully. No arrests were made as police ringed the building and university officials met to discuss actions.
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