U S Marine Convicted of Mass Murder in Da Nang Village
An 18 year old U S Marine, Pfc Samuel G Green Jr of Cleveland Ohio, was convicted by a five member military jury of murdering 15 South Vietnamese women and children in a village south west of Da Nang on February 19. The case reflects wartime violence in Vietnam and follows a lengthy legal process.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
U.S
Pfc
Samuel G. Green Jr
Cleveland
Ohio
Saigon
Two-Vehicle Crash on Oil Creek Road Near East Branch
A jarring two-vehicle crash on Oil Creek road near East Branch at 1 30 pm yesterday sent two men and a woman to Corry Memorial Hospital with minor injuries. Russell W Martin 21 and Jacqueline M Hepler 19 were admitted while Victor Morris 56 treated and released. Police say Martin was forced off the road by an oncoming car and skidded into a pickup driven by Morris. Charges are pending.
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Clifford Holcomb
Corry Ambulance Service
Jacqueline Hepler
East Main Street
Oil Creek
East Branch
Corry Memorial Hospital
Russell W. Martin
Corry Motor Inn
Jacqueline M. Hepler
Lester Hepler
Victor Morris
R.D. 3
Spartansburg
Morris
Miss Hepler
Martin
Clair Stile
Tate Witness Backs Testimony Under Pressure
Linda Kasabian, the state's star witness in the Sharon Tate murder trial, defends her testimony amid cross examination by Charles M. Manson’s lawyer Irving Kanarek. She reiterates she told the truth about believing Manson was Christ at one point but says she stopped during the Tate killings. The exchange occurs as the trial, involving Manson and accomplices Susan Atkins and others, continues in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Linda Kasabian
Charles M. Manson
Sharon Tate
Irving Kanarek
Manson
Jesus Christ
Tate
Kanarek
Fplth Sea
Destruction after derailed tank cars explode in Melvern
Two derailed liquified petroleum gas cars exploded sending flaming fuel across four blocks. Flames reached 2000 feet, causing multiple fires and injuries among Melvern’s 400 residents. Five admitted to Topeka hospital and two to Forbes Air Force Base hospital. several others treated locally. Police investigate derailment cause as more houses and a bridge were damaged.
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Melvern
Ean
Kansas
Francis Jones
Bill Kastens
Santa Fe
Army
Melvern Dam
Topeke
Ottawa
Lyndon
Forbes Air Force Base
Topeka
Forbes A2
Nixon Promises Action Before Trouble Starts
President Nixon told Southern leaders he will enforce desegregation law without waiting for trouble and will lead with order and justice. He urged local advisory leaders to curb disruptions as seven states’ committees pressed for preventive action. The New Orleans visit drew large crowds along his motorcade route amid mixed signals from supporters and protesters.
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Washington
Nixon
New Orleans
Citizens Committees
Deep South
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
North Carolina
Arkansas
French Quarter
Weather Does Job U S Court Didn t Weather Does Job
A Liberty ship carrying deadly nerve gas remained in port at Sunny Point North Carolina as forecasts showed a tropical low. The Navy planned to tow the vessel to an Atlantic burial site and sink it, but legal action and storm threats postponed the operation beyond Monday.
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Sunny Point
N.C
Navy
Atlantic Ocean
Bahamas
U.S. Court of Appeals
Obsolete gas disposal plan faces legal fight and weather delays
A Navy report describes a storm near the Bahamas delaying the disposal of 12,540 GB nerve gas rockets aboard a Liberty ship. Opponents led by Gov. Kirk and the Environmental Defense Fund sue in D.C. court to halt dumping, while the Army argues delays risk humans and possible gas leaks. Judge Green seeks safer, shallower dump options.
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Bahamas
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Navy
A.G. Hamilton
Atlantic
Army
Florida
Claude Kirk
Environmental Defense Fund
U.S. District
D.C
June L. Green
Judge Green
Sunny Point
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Federal Communications Commission
Middle East
Jordan
Israel
South Victory
Montevideo
Mpapele
Civil Aeronautics Board
St, Paul, Minn
National Student Association Congress
Washington, D.C
Corry
Ross Kent
B.D
Wattsburg
Kent
New York
Leonard L. Beers
Centerville
D.W. Ladner
Pennsylvania
Beers
Crawford County
Raymond Buchanan
Buckanna
Saskatchewan
Gull Minerals Co
Gulf O4 Canada Ltd
Aranetz-Born Co
R.D
Bayle’s Plaza
Edgar Taylor
Robert V. Corle
B.D. 3
Union City
Taylor
Stile
Thomas J. Vereb
Erie
William Malone
K.D. 4
Malone
Eleanor Sherred
Sherred
Ethel Schreckengost
Richard Steadman
Susan Atkins
Lo Des Heer
Arate Houten
Journal
Endsley
Dad
Ruffs Dale
Tala Alarges
Sanley J. Mises
U.S. Court
Backhoe Falls
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