Probe Viet Nam Massacre Coverup Probe
Army investigators questioning Capt Ernest Medina leader of the unit linked to the My Lai killings as a Peers panel probes whether a brigade level inquiry into civilian deaths was whitewashed. W ednesday interviews included helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson and Col. Oren Henderson amid differing civilian casualty estimates from 20 to 300.
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Washington
My Lai
Ernest Medina
Medina
William L. Calley Jr
Vietnam
William R. Peers
11Th Infantry Brigade
Americal
WO Hugh Thompson
20Th Infantry
Oren K. Henderson
Dog License Sale Set For Corry and UC
Erie County Treasurer Neil McLaughlin announced a statewide move to sell 1970 dog licenses at 11 sites across the county over the next six weeks. Licenses must be on dogs by end of January. Sales in Corry are set for December 12 and 13, in Union City December 17 and 20, with exact sites to be announced.
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Erie
Neil McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Corry
Union City
Indict Area Mom Who Took Kids
Dessie Mae Penkaty 44 of Bear Lake was indicted by the Chautauqua County Grand Jury in Mayville for first degree custodial interference. Police say she took three children Debra Dale and Pamela from the social services custodian on November 11 in Sherman, then rammed two roadblocks and struck a vehicle with the children aboard before they were returned and she was detained.
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Mrrs
Dessie Mae Penkaty
Bear Lake
Chautauqua County Grand Jury
Mayville
Fear All 62 Aboard Dead In Jet Crash
Rescuers pulled bodies and wreckage from shark-infested Caribbean waters after an Air France Boeing 707 plunged into the sea near La Guaira port. All 62 aboard were believed dead. Among the victims identified were Folke Claeson, Swedish businessman and founder of the Stockholm fair, and his wife.
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Caracas
Air France
Caribbean
la Guaira
Santiago
Chile
Paris
Lima
Peru
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Bogota
Colombia
U.S
Stockholm
Folke Claeson
One Hurt In Route 6 Crash Near Corry
Corry state police investigated a Route 6 crash involving a single vehicle driven by John A. Stanek Jr. It left the eastbound lane, overturned in a ditch, and a passenger Fred Pitts of Erie suffered a scalp laceration. Vehicle damage listed at 800 dollars. charges pending. Mayor White traffic delay noted in Boston AP brief.
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Corry
John A. Stanek Jr
Berm
Stanek
Fred Pitts
Erie
County and City Officials To Discuss Renewal Plan
About 30 officials including Erie County Redevelopment Authority members, City Council, Housing Authority, and county planning staff will meet at Bea's Steak House to review the Corry renewal project now in Phase II after a HUD grant increase. Linda Burke of HUD Renewal Administration will join, with Chris Capotis and John Blackson leading the discussion.
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Fourth Ward
Erie County Redevelopment Authority
Bea's
Authority
City Council
City Housing Authority
John Blackson Associates
Erie County Commissioners
County Planning Office
Pittsburgh
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
Linda Burke
Burke
HUD
Corry
Chris Capotis
John Blackson
Peter Spedding
Miss Burke
Erie
Stewart A
Doc) Long
Tax Reforms Favor Large Poor Families Gain Gore Plan
Senate approved plan by Senator Gore raises the personal income tax exemption from 600 to 800 over two years, benefiting low income families with many dependents. The measure lowers or raises taxes for various income levels and filing statuses compared with current law and the Finance Committee bill.
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Washington
Senate
Albert Gore
Dtenn
Senate Finance Committee
Supreme Court to hear private showing bid for I Am Curious Yellow
Grove Press asks the Supreme Court to allow a private screening of the Swedish sex film and to rule that adults may view any film in theaters without official bans. The case follows a 1961 censorship precedent and cites the home possession ruling. The Maryland Court of Appeals held the film appeals to prurient interest and is patently offensive.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Grove Press, Inc
Grove Press
Sweden
U.S. Court of Appeals
New York City
District of Columbia
High Court
Maryland
Court of Appeals
Trainload Of Toys Tempts Boys To Skip School
SAN ANTONIO AP two brothers aged 10 and 12 hid inside a boxcar loaded with Christmas toys for most of a day. They told police they met a teenager who admitted breaking into the car to steal the toys and go to a toy sale.
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San Antonio
Tex
No Erie County Tax Increase but No Millage Cut Either
County commissioners conclude after early budget talks that there will be no county property tax increase in 1970 while a millage cut remains unlikely. They seek to trim 42 540 from the budget or raise equivalent revenue to cover a 1970 deficit, depending on a potential surplus in the Institution District budget. They pledge no tax increase, with final adoption set for December 30 and a public inspection period on the general fund budget.
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Clapper
U S Rounds Report Low Vietnam Death Toll For Week
The U S Command reports 70 American deaths last week in Vietnam the lowest weekly toll in two months while 1 049 Americans were wounded pushing total battlefield casualties past 300 000. South Vietnamese and enemy losses also declined with Viet Cong and North Vietnamese deaths at 2 177. American air raids crossed into Cambodia in self defense near Saigon and near Tuyen Binh as Cambodian border clashes continued.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Cambodia
Prince Norodom Sihanouk
Cai Cai
Hong Neu
Namese
Tuyen Binh
Bu Prang
Norodom Sihanouk
Fire at Ajax Iron Works prompts early Ajax alarm
Firemen from the Stanford Hose Company were summoned to the Ajax Iron Works on West Washington street at 5 20 this morning the second call in 10 days. Foam from extinguishers cooled a overheated rheostat while a plant worker shut the unit off and maintenance men began damage assessment. Loss, if any, appears minor confined to the starter unit or rheostat. Twenty firemen and three pieces of equipment responded and returned at 5 53 a.m.
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Stanford Hose Company
Ajax Iron Works
West Washington Street
Philip Sample
The
Journal
Sample
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