Viet opposition candidate beaten by Thieu police
In Saigon an antigovernment National Assembly candidate Tran Tuan Nham was beaten and arrested by police during a protest in the main square. Uniformed and plainclothes officers chased Nham through the area, wrestling him to the ground and rendering him briefly in a muddy gutter before he was taken away. He accused U.S. military police and Thieu’s police of tearing down posters and warned he could burn himself in protest.
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Thieu
Saigon
National Assembly
South Vietnam
Tran Tuan Nham
Nguyen Vangthieu
U.S
Vietnam
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Cos
Nixon
Thalsa
Nham
Nam
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Henderson probe brief witness testifies in Calley case
UPI reports Sgt Isaiah Cowan testified at a court martial that Col Oran Henderson briefed him after the My Lai massacre and did not pursue follow up. Henderson, 51, faces charges of dereliction of duty for allegedly failing to investigate and report crimes and for lying to an investigating board.
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Ft, Meade, Md
UPI
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Oran K. Henderson
Isaiah Cowan
Henderson
Cowan
Hal
North Vietnamese Attacks Erupt Ahead of South Vietnam Vote
The North Vietnamese and Viet Cong launched the largest wave of attacks in three months, including 19 rocket and mortar strikes and four against American forces. Reports tallied 2 Americans and 49 South Vietnamese soldiers killed, 5 Americans and 215 South Vietnamese wounded, 18 missing, and 234 enemy killed. The surge aimed to intimidate voters ahead of the National Assembly election. Air strikes by U.S. bombers and heavy fighting near Da Nang accompanied the offensive, with authorities noting heightened activity in the central highlands and areas south of Da Nang.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U8. Command
South National Assembly
L. Trung Hien
Central Highlands
da Vang
U.S
Military trial hinges on Fifth Amendment witness at Medina case
FT McPHERSON Ga AP a military judge rules today on compelled testimony from a government witness who invoked the Fifth Amendment in the court martial of Captain Ernest Medina. Fredrick Widmer of Lower Burrell Pa a member of Medina s command group testified before invoking the Fifth Amendment citing potential prosecution. John Smail of Kent Wash an assistant machine gunner at My Lai testified that he was near the wounded boy when Medina and his group moved on.
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Ernest UL
Medina
Fredrick Widmer
Lower Burrell
My ‘Lai
Widmer
John M. Smail
Kent
Wash
My Lai
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