My Lai plaintiffs edge toward murder trial findings
Three former soldiers testified that S Sgt David Mitchell fired into a My Lai ditch containing South Vietnamese civilians in 1968. They described shots from Mitchell’s M16 amid accounts of women and children in the ditch and Calley’s involvement. Conti and Sledge testified they saw Mitchell and Lt Calley fire. neither faced hostile fire that day.
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FT. Hood, Texas
David Mitchell
Mitchell
Gregory Olsen
Portland
Ore
Olsen
Dennis Conti
Providence
R.I
Conti
Charles Sledge
Sardis
Miss
William Calley
Calley
St. Francisville
My Lai
Sledge
Nixon Plea for Respect Police Draws 50,000 in Tennessee
President Nixon urged respect for police as he spoke at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City. He aimed to boost crime-fighting moves, tangling with Sen. Albert Gore and praising Rep. William Brock. The crowd exceeded 50,000 along his 16 mile motorcade route. Nixon urged law obedience over fear and urged confirmation of judges who favor strict constitutional construction. He noted Gore’s opposition to two Nixon Supreme Court nominees. He outlined further travel plans during a Kansas City stop.
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UPI
Kleppe
Nixon
Grand Forks
N. C
Thomas Kleppe
Senate
Quentin Burdick
Johnson City
East Tennessee State University
Tennessee
Albert Gore
William Brock
Gore
Vietnam
Bill Brock
Brock
Kansas City
Ronald Ziegler
Shooting Mishap Fatal to Lisbon Bay Youth in Colorado
A 17 year old Iowa youth William Edward Sprague of Lisbon died after a rifle accidentally discharged at a residence in Rif le Colorado. The incident occurred near midnight as Stephen Parks handled a .30-06 rifle after a hunting outing earlier that day. Sprague, born July 15 1953 in Cedar Rapids, had lived in Colorado since June and is survived by his mother Madeline a brother James and grandparents Harley and Mrs Robertson all of Lisbon. Funeral services are pending at Morgan Funeral Home in Lisbon.
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Colo
UPI
Iowa
Garfield County
Ralph, Baker
William‘ Edward Sprague
Lisbon
Baker
Stephen Parks
Parks
Cedar Rapids
Sprague
Colorado
Madeline
James
Harley Robertson
Morgan Funeral Home
Cavett Contract Renewed by ABC
New York AP report Dick Cavett won a one year renewal as host of ABCs late night talk show. The deal extends his role and secures his presence on the program for another season.
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New York
Dick Cavett
ABC
Gromyko to See Nixon in Washington Thursday
United Nations dispatch reports Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko will meet President Nixon in Washington Thursday morning after two Rogers led talks with Gromyko. Rogers called the dinner session more cordial than Friday's, and Nixon granted the request for a White House appointment as the top Soviet diplomat attends the U N fall session. No topics or messages were specified for the meeting.
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Rogers
Gromyko
Nixon
Washington
White House
U. S
Algeria
Cameroon
Kenya
Mali
Kaunda
Africa
Rome
General Assembly
Bakery Sign Quips About Inflation Pumpernickel Name Change
A humorous chalkboard sign from a bakery jokes that rising prices forced their pumpernickel to be renamed pumperdime. The quip reflects everyday cost pressures with a light civic bend.
Nasser Pal Chosen As Premier
Informants in Cairo report President Anwar Sadat selected Mahmoud Fawzi a 70 year old veteran diplomat as Egypt's prime minister. Fawzi, long a trusted adviser to Gamal Abdel Nasser, has held top foreign affairs posts since 1926 including foreign minister and deputy premier. Al Ahram cited his career and noted the constitution may grant him cabinet authority.
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Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Mahmoud Fawzi
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Fawzi
Farouk
Nasser
al Ahram
Sadat
Kent State groups seek federal grand jury probe
Kent State University faculty senate and two student groups call for a federal grand jury investigation into disorders at the university last May 14 when four students were killed by the national guard. Indictments were served on four people, including student body president Craig Morgan, as a state grand jury probe continues.
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Kent
Ohio
Wish State University
National Guard
Craig Morgan
Larry Shub
Kent State
Cleveland Heights
Douglas Cormack
Willoughby
Cormack
Shub
Student Senate
Graduate Student Council
Approve Linn Pollution Law Burning Okay
Grand jury verdicts critique university policy teaching and student behavior while exonerating the National Guard. call for federal grand jury probe to review FBI reports and the President's Commission on Campus Unrest. Kent State students hear remarks from William Kunstler about indictments.
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National Guard
Ohio Atty
Paul Brown
FBI J
Commission
Kent State
Chicago Seven
William Kunstler
Mississippi students urged to unite against establishment
A campus gathering featured calls to form a common defense against the system. The Linn county board adopted an air pollution rule allowing open burning of household rubbish by residents in four unit dwellings, effective countywide except Cedar Rapids which keeps public health authority. A public hearing led to changes. initially a county ban was proposed, then agreed to ban in incorporated areas, delayed to 1973 to allow waste disposal planning, but later reconsidered amid hardship concerns from towns and residents. Alfred Ahern, director, noted ongoing discussion.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Cedar Rapids
County Board of Health
Health Board
Marion
Four from One Family Home Burns in California Slaying
A gunman or gunmen killed eye surgeon Dr. Victor Ohta, his wife Virginia, their two sons Derik and Taggart, and secretary Dorothy Cadwallader at their hilltop Santa Cruz home, then set the residence ablaze. Bodies dumped in the pool, hands tied, no notes found. A Saratoga attendant, Thomas Dececco, 19, was later found fatally shot.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Doug James
Kenneth Pittenger
Soquel
San Francisco
James
Victor Ohta
Virginia
Derik
Taggart
Dr. Ohta
Saratoga
Thomas S. Dececco
Santa
President Nixon Visits Injured Kansas City Police
President Nixon met two patrolmen wounded in a dynamite bombing during a race relations project in Kansas City. He spoke with Charles Robinson and Kenneth Fleming for about 15 minutes and signed Robinson's cast.
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Kansas City
UPI
Nixon
Charles Robinson
Kenneth Fleming
Robinson
Nixon invites African leaders to White House dinner sparks boycott
President Nixon’s planned White House dinner for the UN 25th anniversary drew anger from Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia and other African and non aligned officials. They accuse Nixon of snubbing their delegation by rescheduling a meeting, prompting talk of a boycott as Kaunda’s group tours Western capitals seeking support for Black Africa’s anti apartheid efforts. U.N. day events and a scheduling clash added to the controversy.
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Nixon
U.N. General Assembly
White House
Kenneth Kaunda
Zambia
Africa
Kaunda
Washington
U.N
U.S
State Department
London
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