Worried at Race Setup In Military
A Pentagon civil rights specialist warns the armed forces face a dangerous situation if they fail to improve communication and relations between black and white servicemen. L. Howard Bennett led an eight man team touring bases in Vietnam, interviewing about 500 servicemen and identifying sensitivity gaps among officers. He urged open forums for complaints and noted discrimination is subtle and hard to prove while reporting five to six key racial incidents and a dozen related involvements were studied.
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Chain Smashup At New Jersey Turnpike Kills Four
Four people died and 17 were injured when two tank trucks collided in dense fog on the New Jersey Turnpike. Police say one tank truck rear ended the other and burst into flames. The pileup blocked the roadway and chaos followed amid reports of racial slurs, with soldiers reportedly involved in the disturbance and some occupants trapped in vehicles. Investigators cited unclear motive and ongoing inquiries.
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Strike Slated Monday at St. Luke's
Dale Reuter reports a planned first hospital strike in Town history at St. Luke's Cedar Rapids. Non professional staff may walk out Monday morning unless hospital officials recognize the union and reinstate janitor Jos Freno who was fired last Wednesday.
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Apollo 12 astronauts return home from the moon
Apollo 12 crew Charles Conrad Richard Gordon and Alan Bean arrived at Ellington Air Force Base after a four mile trip to the Lunar Receiving Laboratory, facing eleven days of quarantine. They received welcomes from families and officials and spoke of the flight as a blast.
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Marblehead Schools Ban Religious References to Christmas
Marblehead Massachusetts public schools ban all religious references to Christmas and Hanukah in school activities. Superintendent Aura Coleman said the policy removes Christmas terms, Santa Claus, and gift exchanges from pupil interactions and decorations after a conference with clergy and following complaints from Jewish parents and the Civil Liberties Union.
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Ky presses new Saigon probe into My Lai massacre
South Vietnam Vice President Ky alleges a further government inquiry is needed into the My Lai incident. He seeks a new Saigon defense ministry investigation while Pentagon and Thai sources note earlier probes and a heroism award for helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson who saved 16 Vietnamese children at My Lai.
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Thien
William Calley
Festival Fan Punches Governor During Florida Rock Festival
West Palm Beach AP Thousands of youths battled rain mud and police at a three day rock festival. Deputies arrested a St. Petersburg youth who punched Gov Claude Kirk after saying he was on dope. The incident followed fires, arson probes, counterfeit tickets and threats as about 33 000 attendees faced police and arrests for drugs.
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Ile
Fort Ben
Four spies given life terms in Saigon espionage trial
A South Vietnamese military tribunal sentenced former Thien aide Huynh Van Trong and three others to life imprisonment for spying for the enemy in the nation’s largest espionage case. Thirty seven others received sentences from 20 years to one year suspended. 43 defendants faced charges.
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Communist Party
POW Rowe accuses army of using dissent to shape Vietnam policy
Major James Rowe a former Green Beret prisoner of war told the House Armed Services Committee that peace demonstrations and remarks by senators like Fulbright McGovern and Mansfield undermined American POW morale and aided Hanoi. He said Pentagon public relations target war critics to influence 1970 elections. Senator Young cited Pentagon attempts to discredit dissent. Rowe later met Nixon and Westmoreland and remains at Fort Sill.
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Jail sentences in Czech riots mark first anniversary
In Liberec, mass trials of Czechoslovak youths resulted in jail terms up to 15 months many suspended. Police militia army and fire brigade members were injured in Aug 21 riots. The state paper reported property damage over 35000 dollars and additional youths await trial in other regions.
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