Mystery of My Lai and a Fateful War News Card
A report cites an operations officer ordering restraint to avoid civilian deaths as 20 to 28 My Lai civilians are described as killed by artillery helicopters and small arms in a cross fire. Disciplinary tensions and calls for Pentagon probes surface amid broader Vietnam coverage and NATO security talks.
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Medina
My Lai
Charles H. Percy
R-N
Pentagon
Vietnam
Percy
Anthony Martina
Champaign
Jack Anderson
New York Post
Maj
Charles Robb
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robb
Las Vegas
New
Temporary Settlements Ahead of Longer-Term Plans
Local officials discuss interim measures to ease conditions while broader programs are developed. Proposals include short term housing, service adjustments, and funding reallocations to support communities during the transition. Public input sessions are planned to refine these provisional steps.
Fire destroys roofs in Leicester incident
Handyman Ray Garner aged 21 used a blowtorch to strip old paint on his home in Leicester. A blaze spread, destroying the roofs of Garner's house and his neighbor's home. Garner temporarily moved in with relatives.
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Leicester
England
Ray Garner
Garner
Manson linked to Tate LaBianca killings in prosecutors bid
Attorneys claim Charles Manson and his followers carried out the Tate and LaBianca murders while Manson sought Melcher’s help recording songs. Deputy Dist. Atty. Stovitz said grand jury indictments are likely for conspiracy to commit murder and for several others. Witnesses include Miss Atkins who reportedly linked Manson to the slayings, while other defendants face murder warrants in the Tate case.
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Miss Atkins
Melcher
Charles M. Manson
Manson
Satan
Tate
Bel Air
Miss Tate
Aaron Stovitz
Independence
Calif
Jay Sebring
Abigail Folger
Votych Frokowsky
Steven Parent
Lena LaBianca
Rosemary
Hollywood
LaBiancas
Patricia Krenwinkel
Mobile
Ala
Charles D. Watson
McKinney
Tex
Linda Louise Kasabian
the Times
Steve Grogan
Clem Tufts
Leslie Lankston
Stovitz
Malibu
Gary Hinman
LaBianca
Shelley Joyce Nadell
North Hollywood
Wesley Russell
Nadell
Congress could finish money bills this year without special session
President Nixon told Republican congressional leaders on Thursday he might call a special session for December 26 if all appropriations bills are not acted on. He warned that the week after Christmas could see congressional action if funding measures remain unfinished.
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Congress
Nixon
Tax reform progress eyed before Christmas by Mills
Washington AP reports Rep. Wilbur D. Mills chairman of the Ways and Means Committee says despite Senate changes Congress will pass the tax reform bill and send it to the President before Christmas. He warns of confusion if withholding surtax after December 31 and says finishing the bill is essential. Pittsburgh AP notes a gunman on a third floor fired at least one man and wounded another, exchanging fire with police for nearly three hours before being flushed from a rooming house. He threw tear gas canisters back and fired sporadically into the street as officers responded with gas and bursts of fire.
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Otto Kb. Passman
China
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Passman
South Korea
U. S
Thieu
U.S
South
Ha Tay
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Washington
Senate
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
Ways and Means Committee
Arkansas Democrat
Pittsburgh
Israeli passengers freed from Damascus hijack arrive in Athens
In a surprise move Syrian authorities released two Israeli travelers from the August hijacking of a TWA jet to Damascus. Shlomo Samueloff, physiology professor, and Salah Muallem, travel agent, flew to Athens on the same plane and soon boarded a TWA flight to Tel Aviv.
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Athens
TWA
Damascus
Shlomo Samueloff
Salah Muallem
Tel Aviv
Weather and retirements mark Texas record day
Frigid cold front moves into New Mexico while Texas experiences showers and mild warmth. Temperatures range from 41 in Amarillo to 78 in Brownsville as Lamar Elementary announces a staff retirement and plans for May 30 departure, with the Steeds remaining in Childress after long teaching careers.
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Texas
Red River
Upper
Dalhart
New Mexico
Panhandle
Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
Amarillo
Cation
Lamar Elementary
Steed
Foundations life limit fight stirs Senate debate
Senator Mondale denounces the 40 year life limit on private foundations as a death sentence claiming it harms vital institutions. Senator Gore defends the measure saying it is not a death sentence but a reasonable limit. Long supports allowing future congresses to extend the life of foundations doing good.
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Walter F. Mondale
D.minn
Gore
Long
Ivy League building siege over Negro enrollment protest
Demonstrators occupied a university building before business hours as about 15,000 students are enrolled at the Ivy League school. Workers arriving for shift were turned away and no communication with officials occurred.
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Sirhan
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Los Angeles
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William Gary
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A. H. Wilson
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