Testimony Shows Abrams Knew of Bombing Plan Beforehand
Gen. Lavelle told congressional hearing he discussed unauthorized air strikes with Gen. Abrams before ordering them. The subcommittee report backed Lavelle’s actions as proper and essential, while noting limits on commanders and civilian control questions.
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Washington
John D. Lavelle
MI6
Creighton Abrams
U.S
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Army
Lavelle
House
Armed Services
Dong Hoi
North Vietnam
John D. Ryan
Air Force
7Th Air Force
Santa Landing Fails as Parachute Becomes Blindfolded Joke
In Chipping Norton England a Royal Signal Corps corporal mislanded while Santa Claus parachuted in to deliver gifts to a local children's home. He landed miles away, complaining his beard kept blowing into his face and he could not steer.
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Chipping Norton
England
Santa Claus
Cpl
George Shone
Royal Signal Corps
Santa Shane
Use of 19th Century Law On Polluters Under Study
The Supreme Court agreed to rule on the government's power to use a 19th century federal refuse law to prosecute polluters of navigable waters. About 200 suits depend on the outcome. The case involves Pennsylvania Industrial Chemical Corp. fined $10,000 for dumping into the Monongahela River. A lower court barred the action for lack of a broad permit system, while other courts favored the government's interpretation. The ruling could harmonize conflicting readings and affect related environmental cases.
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U.S. Circuit Court
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Justice Department
Congress
Pennsylvania Industrial Chemical Corp
Monongahela River
Flood of Molasses Kills Seven in India
In Gangavati a molasses reservoir burst from an underground tank at a sugar factory. Seven people, including a woman and a child, died as molasses flooded the area after workers dug a new pit near the tank. The cause was inside pressure from the digging work, according to the Press Trust of India.
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Gangavati
Bombay
Press Trust of India
Five Arrested In Sabotage On Penn Central
Five New Jersey residents were arrested in York Pennsylvania after allegedly pouring concrete into a Penn Central railroad switch near the AMF plant that makes bomb casings for Southeast Asia warfare. The group identified themselves as East Coast Conspiracy to Save Lives and faced charges of malicious injury to railroads with bond set at 25 000 dollars.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Daniel
Philip Berrigan
American Machine and Foundry Corp
Southeast Asia
York County
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Newark
Thomas Edward Korkames
New Brunswick
Rollin D. Kirk
Patricia
Princeton
Monica McKig
Princeton Theological Seminary
James Regan
Regan
Indochina
York
AMF
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