Mutiny Convictions for Sit-Down at San Francisco Stockade
A court martial convicted 12 soldiers of mutiny and two others of lesser offenses from a sit down protest by 27 enlisted men at the Presidio Stockade last October. Sentences up to life for mutiny are possible. the panel will reconvene to decide punishments.
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Stockade
FT. Ord
Calif
San Francisco Presidio Stockade
Roy A. Pulley
Clear Lake Park
Richard B. Stevens
Centerville
Richard N. Duncan
St. Helena
Buddy J. Shaw
Hayward
Patrick Wright
Santa Rosa
Michael J. Marino
Vacaville
Stephen Rowland
San Francisco
Richard L. Gentile
Hampton
Francis Schiro
St. Petersburg
Fla
Ernest Trefethen
Getzville
N.Y
Alan L. Rupbert
Bellingham
Wash
Danny L. Wilkins
Central
Utah
Judge to rule on Bluefield redistricting injunction request
Mercer County Circuit Judge F Morton Wagner said he would decide today whether to issue an injunction to postpone Bluefield’s primary and July general elections until the city’s five voting districts are balanced. The suit argues Districts One through Five are disproportionately sized, with District One at 35.88 percent of 9,910 registered voters and others much smaller, demanding re Districting before elections.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
F. Morton Wagner
Wagner
T. Courtney Tanner
City Board of Directors
Tanner
District One
District Two
District Three
District Four
District Five
Maxine P. Holm
Norton man electrocuted while handling blasting wire
A 28 year old Norton Virginia man Arlen Collins died Thursday after a dynamite blasting wire touched a 12 000 volt power line near the Buchanan Dixon county line Officials said Collins quit coal mining two months earlier due to fear of injury He left a wife a son his mother six sisters three brothers a half sister and two half brothers Survivors listed Funeral services set for 2 pm today at Hagg Funeral Home Norton with Rev Joe Freeman officiating and burial in Laurel Grove Cemetery Norton
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Norton
Buchanan - Dickenson County
Arlen
Buddy Boy
Geraline Collins
Edward Arlen Collins
Martha Collins
Tacoma
Margie Collins
Wise, Va
Maxie Braney
Betty N. Moore
Patsy Jean Branham
Brenda Kay Collins
Beulah Williams
Esserville
Kermit, Nelson
Herman Collins
Bernice Ramey
Terry Sexton
Earl Collins
Baltimore
Hagg Funeral Home
Joe Freeman
Laurel Grove Cemetery
UMW Pushes Eight Changes to West Virginia Black Lung Law
United Mine Workers leader W A Boyle released a letter to Governor Arch Moore urging the July 21 special session be opened to amend the black lung compensation law passed in March. He said eight specific changes would be submitted for consideration when the session begins.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
UMW
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Arch A. Moore Jr
Union
Moore
Boyle
Nixon Prepares for Midway Summit with Thieu
President Nixon completes final mainland meetings before departing Saturday for Midway Island to confer with Vietnamese President Thieu on war and peace. Kissinger joins in pre summit talks while Rogers signals a coalition path and possible troop withdrawal discussions. Nixon also expands a youth advisory pilot program on Selective Service for national rollout.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
Pacific
Midway Island
Nguyen van Thieu
Hawaii
Thieu
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
William P. Rogers
Midway
South Vietnam
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Rogers
Mississippi
New York
Michigan
Iowa
Oklahoma
Johnson
New York City
District of Columbia
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Canal Zone
Guam
Andrews Afb
Washington
Defense
Da Nang Hit by Savage Night of Rockets and Explosives
In overnight attacks, Da Nang and nearby military posts were shelled with rockets and mortars, killing five and wounding 37. U S airmen died at Da Nang airbase as a rocket struck near a cargo ship. Viet Cong also attacked Da Nang city including a 10 year old boy involved in two incidents.
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Saigon
da Nang
Midway
Cambodia
U.S
Dan Nang
Marble Mountain
da Nang City
Skipper Recalls Evans Collision At Sea
Lt Cmdr George L McMichael described swimming from a flooded ward room to the bow as the Frank E Evans sank after colliding with the Australian carrier Melbourne. He and 196 survivors reached Subic Bay aboard the Kearsarge while a joint inquiry continues.
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Subic Bay
Philippines
George L. McMichael
U.S
Frank E. Evans
South China Sea
Evans
McMichael
Kearsarge
Melbourne
Singapore
Cmdr
Albert 8. McLemore
Permanent Gravesite Planned for Kennedy at Arlington
The Army plans a $677,000 permanent gravesite for Senator Robert F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery. The site will feature granite inscriptions of his quotations and a reflecting pool, with the Kennedy family contributing $419,200 and the federal government $257,800. Construction could start after Congress appropriates funds and finish about a year later.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
Kennedy
Army
Congress
Kennedy Brothers
Robert Kenne
R. F. Kennedy
Sen
Senator Kennedy
Lee
Princeton Clinic Secures Federal Expansion Grant
The U S Department of Health Education and Welfare approved a 336 375 grant for expanding Princeton Community Hospital. The plan adds a fourth floor and sixty beds, with erection starting August 1 and project completion targeted for late March 1970. Total cost estimated at 4 224 750.
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United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Princeton Community Hospital
James Kee
Robert C. Byrd
Jennings Randolph
James E. Morrison
North American Rockwell Corp
Princeton
Community Hospital Association
Morrison
Legislature Seeks To Change Cape Name Back to Canaveral
The Florida Legislature asked President Nixon and Congress to restore the historic Cape Canaveral name for Cape Kennedy, citing the long standing historical importance of the original name.
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Cape
Tallahassee, Fla
Florida
Nixon
Congress
Cape Kennedy
Cape Canaveral
Buchanan Man Dies in Roanoke Area Crash
An 81 year old Council, Virginia man Elbert Reynolds Fletcher died when a car driven by Mary Elizabeth Davidson collided with a truck near Roanoke. Davidson and a granddaughter were injured and a bystander who came to aid later died of a heart attack.
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Roanoke
Council
Salem
Elbert Reynolds Fletcher
Mary Elizabeth Davidson
Edward Harley Cole
Missing RC135 Recon Plane Searched Off Amchitka
In Alaska a search by planes, a Coast Guard cutter, and fishing boats covered the Bering Sea for the RC135 recon jet with 19 aboard missing since Thursday near Amchitka Island. Conditions were fair with six foot seas, 20 knot winds, and 10 mile visibility.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Coast Guard
Bering Sea
Strategic Air Command
Amchitka Island
Aleutian Chain
Eielson Air Force Base
Fairbanks
Nixon plan seeks state food programs in all counties
The Nixon administration urged Congress to require states to run a government food program in every county by June 30, 1970 or drop all programs in counties within those states. The measure appears in proposed food stamp legislation from the Agriculture Department.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Agriculture Department
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U. S. Senate
Larry Sales
Modesto
Danny Seals
Orangevale
City Board
Dan Wells
Katz, Katz and Kantor
Ure
White House
Melvin Laird
William Rogers
Henry Cabot Lodge
Gen
Earle Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
John Stevenson
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Stevenson
Ened
Potomac River
Buchanan
L. C. Mercer
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