CIA Cleared In New Version Of Beret Mystery
Washington AP report presents a new version of the Green Beret case in which CIA officials say they did not order the killing of a Vietnamese double agent. The eight Green Berets, held in Long Binh, face trial after Army inquiry ends, with defense lawyers alleging CIA involvement.
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CIA
Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
U. S
Vietnam
George W. Gregory
Saigon
Cambodia
Green Berets
Green Beret
South Vietnam
Robert B. Rheault
Army
Lemberes
Sparks
Nev
5Th Special Forces Group
Rheault
Long Binh Stockade
Middleton
Cheraw
S.C
CLA
U.S
Gregory
One-Time Deep Hopeful Battles For Re-Election
In New York City Mayor Lindsay faces a hard re election as an independent after a rocky tenure marked by tax reform strikes and racial tensions. He seeks liberal cross party votes to overcome weak Republican backing while Marchi Procaccino Wagner vie for momentum in a tight race.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
Manhattan
New York City
John J. Marchi
Staten Island
Lindsay
Maria A. Procaccino
Robert F. Wagner
Detroit
Newark
Teachers’ Union
Procaccino
Central Labor Council
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Marchi
Nixon Policy On The Line Desegregation Tests Due Next Week
Washington AP monitoring Nixon administration desegregation policy as critics call it contradictory and lazy while HEW reports 2994 of 4476 formerly segregated districts will run unitary schools next fall. Court orders and voluntary plans shape progress as Justice seeks enforceable timelines and possible staff resignations loom.
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Nixon
Washington
Supreme Court
Clarence Mitchell Jr
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Justice Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Lyndon B. Johnson
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Welfare
Robert H. Finch
Rum Ration Abolition Debate Hits British Navy
London reports a Defense Ministry official weighing the end of the rum ration for sailors. The tradition dates to 1740 and costs about $204,000 annually. Officials caution a full reading before any decision, noting the ritual significance of Nelsons blood and the bosun sips among crew.
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London
Defense Ministry
Nelson
Britain
Trafalgar
Portsmouth
Tens of thousands of teachers strike threaten fall classes
Thousands of students face threatened school delays as teachers in several Midwest districts vote to strike or take job action. Chicago area teachers vote on strike as Joliet and five suburbs delay or face unsettled contracts. Illinois districts report pay disputes, with Granite City and LaSalle Peru already affected. Indiana and Michigan also see strikes and disrupted openings affecting tens of thousands of students and hundreds of teachers.
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Midwest
Chicago
Illinois Federation of Teachers
Oscar Weil
Joliet
Ilinois
Granite City
la Salle
Ill
LaSalle-Peru Town High School
Waukegan Town High School
Board of Education
Indiana
Hammond
Lake Central School Corp
Schererville-St. John
Gary
Michigan
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Drs
Johnson
Donwall
Billy ‘Am
George Murphy
Jacob K. Javits
Charles Goodell
New Democratic Coalition
Eugene McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Arthur Goldberg
Labor
United Nations
Theodore Sorensen
Kennedy
Senate
Rockefeller
Mississippi
Jerris Leonard
Justice
Civil Rights Division
Leonard
Mitchell
Clarence Mitchell
NAACP
South
Associated Press
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