Army punishes two officers and a sergeant over My Lai actions
The Pentagon announced Col. Nels Parsons Sr and Capt. Dennis Johnson were reprimanded, with Parson stripped of a Legion of Merit and Johnson given a reprimand. Staff Sgt. Kenneth Hodges faces discharge and ban on reenlistment. Earlier charges included dereliction of duty and rape. Hodges’ charges were dismissed.
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Washington
Tary
Robert Froehlke
My Lai
Army
William’ Calley
Froehlke
Col
Nels Parson
Legion of Merit
Parson
Stat
Americal
Dennis Johnson
Promoton
Froehik
Kenneth Hodges
Calley
Hodges
Georgia
Parson and Johnson
My. Lai
I Should Have Real Faceless Group Book Heist Tale
A local man planned to bid on a stash of library books totaling about 200 dollars with neighbors adding six bids. He planned to keep 3000 books for personal use, give some away, host a garage sale, and donate the rest to charity while noting anonymous callers warned against disclosure.
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T Library System
Jetts
Jos
Ehonitey
Packaren iPaulberg
Powell
Jeffs
Tempe singer wins Miss World pageant entry in Hampton
Lynda Carter a 21 year old Tempe singer and model, urged by a Phoenix talent agency, won the Miss World U S entry in Hampton Va She excitedly said she hoped to be among semifinalists and will travel to London for the Miss World pageant Nov 1 First runner up was Miss Texas World Jackie Behrendt Second runner Rita Fitzgerald Miss Oklahoma World Third runner Sendra Lelant Miss Florida World Fourth runner Melanie Chapman Georgia World
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Hampton
Jernwmelt
Lynda
Carter
Dian
Bob Hope
Lily
Y Henne
Phoenix
London
Jackie Behrendt
San Antonio
Oklahoma
Rita Ja Fitzgerald
Stillwater
Florida
Sendra Lelant
St. Petersburg
Missy Georgia
Melanie Anne Chapman
Atlanta
Montreal Blue Bird cafe massacre shocks city
Police report 42 killed at a Montreal country and western club after a Molotov fire bomb ignited by three men. Four suspects detained. 70 to 80 injured as patrons fled in flames. investigations ongoing with possible murder arson counts.
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Montreal
UPI
Armand
Challe
Blue Bird Cafe
Hughes Party Leaves Canada After Dance Floor Tragedy
In Vancouver the Howard Hughes party left the Bayshore Inn after a deadly crowd crush at a second floor nightclub. Police report most victims were youths, four people died, and witnesses described a frantic stampede with heat, smoke, and flames as patrons tried to escape.
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Vancouver
B.C
Howard Hughes
Bayshore Inn
Paquette
George Lancia
Yanks Blast Fuel and Battle Near Saigon
North and South Vietnamese forces clashed about 37 miles north of Saigon, with nearly 400 casualties reported. U S jets struck near Hanoi and the Chinese border, igniting fuel depots and disrupting rail lines as air raids intensified. Biden reports mention casualties and large civilian emergency response accompanying the fighting near Lai Khe base camp.
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Saigon
U.S
Hanoi
Forthwest
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Lai [Khe
Highlands
Plei Djereng
Ranger
Pleiku
U. S
U. 5
Seventh Feet
Black Nixon Supporter reports threats on life in Atlanta
An Atlanta black Republican leader, Clayton Powell, says threats have targeted his life due to Nixon support and a U.S. House race against Andrew Young. Powell chairs a Nixon re election group while Rodney Snok competes as a Black Democratic candidate. Meanwhile in Vietnam, North Vietnamese forces shelled Pleiku area and U S aircraft attacked attackers as citations report casualties.
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Atlanta
Nixon
Clayton Powell
Andrew Young
Powell
Lone Voter
Georgia Committee
Rules Quiz Of Mitchell To Continue
A federal judge ruled that secret testimony from former Attorney General Mitchell must continue in the Democrats civil suit over the Watergate break in. The same judge delayed testimony from the five men arrested, awaiting a grand jury decision on indictments. Mitchell remained in session as his deposition proceeds amid motions challenging the suit.
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Washington
John N. Mit
Chel
Hocrats
U.S
Charles Richey
Richey
Watergate
Privaty
Mitchell
Edward
Bennett Williams
Demostrats
Clark
MacGregor
Clashes in Santiago as Chileans clash over leftist policy
In Santiago, Chile, police reported 154 people ill and four hurt as clashes erupted between youths protesting President Salvadore Tulende's leftist government and Marxist supporters.
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Santiago
Chile
Potee
Salvadore Tulende
Weve
Marsist
American Pilot Trio Ticketed for Release
North Vietnam announced the release of three American pilots and hinted more could follow if U.S. terms were met. The pilots Markham Ligon, Garfley, Norris Alphonos, and Edward Knight Bliss were to be handed to families. Paris activists say they will escort them home. Dellinger and Weiss in Paris warned further U.S. bombing risks delaying the releases. A Kennedy aide cited a Paris source for the claim of near-term prisoner releases.
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Saigon
North Vielenam
Paris
Southeast Asia
North Vietnam
Markham Ligon Garfley
Norris Alphonos Charles
Navy
Edward Knight Bliss
David Dellinger
Chicago
Cora Weiss
New York
Committee of
U.S
Dellinger
Nixon
Hanoi
Sen Edward Kennedy
Washington
Kennedy
Vietnam
United States
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Foreign Ministry
VNA
Republic of
South Vietnam
Pwa
Laem
Ganley
Rent Sunedin
Filai
Nghe’ An
North
Gartrey
Gerald
Mother and son reunite after 27 years in Orlando
The 27 year separation ended when Manfred Berth, now 37, reunited with his mother Vera List in Orlando. German and American crowds welcomed them at the airport as folk music and flags marked the tearful reunion. Manfred, raised in Germany, had survived the wartime epidemic and tracked his mother after emigrating to Ohio. Donations nationwide funded the reunion arrangements.
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Orlando
Flo
Berlin
Manfred Berth
Vere List
Berth
Wanderbar
Lili
Marlene
Vera Herth
Vera
Ohio
Air Force Sat
Everett Lint
Jimmy
Linda
Lint
Manfred
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