General admits slayings in Vietnam helicopter fire
Time magazine cites a brigadier general who allegedly told colleagues he shot at Vietnamese civilians from a helicopter, killing perhaps six in Quang Ngai province in 1968. The Army investigates with final charge decisions pending to Gen. Westmoreland and Secretary Resor. The officer is a West Point graduate and former infantry brigade commander assigned to the Pentagon.
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Dole predicts end to Vietnam war casualties soon
GOP National Chairman J. Dole says the Vietnam War may be ended for Americans by December and that zero casualties would mark the virtual end of the war. He criticizes antiwar demonstrators’ brutality and asserts the need to protect free speech while upholding the rights of nonprotesters. He warns that violence is increasingly used as political leverage, which he rejects.
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Freed UPI reporter reads her obituaries
Catherine M. Kate Webb, 24, New Zealand born chief of UPI in Phnom Penh, was released by Viet Cong after 23 days in captivity 40 miles southwest of the capital. She described reading obituaries as weird and said she plans to rest a couple days then visit Sydney. Webb walked from a detention camp with fellow reporters and drivers, now blistered and tired, as she recuperates.
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Vietnamese VP Ky Plays Tennis in Hue
Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky loosens duties with a game of tennis in Hue. Ky, a potential presidential candidate, reportedly supports a coalition government that would include Communists.
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Hue
South Vietnam
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Cambodia unable to form new government after premier choice collapse
In Phnom Penh Gen In Tam refused the premiership triggering a failed effort to form a new Cambodian government. Lon Nol offered a compromise to stay as premier while delegating authority to Gen Sisowath Sirik Matak who has led the government since Lon Nol's stroke on February 8.
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Extradition Sought for Hong Kong Call Girl Operator
UPI Hong Kong judge recommended extradition of James Rudolph Cotton a 35 year old Los Angeles man held since Feb. 25 to Chicago police charges alleging he ran a call girl racket in Saigon. He arranged transport of four American women to entertain U.S. servicemen. His passport was canceled by the U.S. consulate.
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United States
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Memorial service and peace march mark Los Angeles weekend
In Los Angeles and nearby areas more than two thousand attended an ecumenical memorial service for Vietnam war dead while about one thousand others walked two miles for peace. Cesar Chavez and Jane Fonda spoke to a peaceful crowd at a rally organized by the People Coalition for Peace and Justice. Chavez urged humanity and justice to prevent hunger, and Fonda warned of AWOLs and fragging amid growing military dissent. A paralyzed Marine veteran addressed mourners for Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia casualties. No arrests were reported as police patrolled the event. The Southern California Peace Offensive drew others along the Pacific Coast Highway and Eisenhower Park with speeches by Dorothy Healey of the U.S. Communist Party group.
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Nixon
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Pacific Coast
Psychiatrists warn against political partisanship at APA meeting
Washington UPI report says Dr. Robert Garber outgoing APA president urged psychiatrists to stay out of political propaganda. He criticized dissidents who disrupted last year's San Francisco meeting and urged focus on mental health policy based on professional judgment. Garber, medical director at Carrier Clinic in Bells Mead New Jersey, cautioned against partisan influence.
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UPI
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American Psychiatric Association
APA
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Carrier Clinic
Bells Mead
N.J
Miss Fonda cites rising desertions in U S army
Actress Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland drew about 1000 antiwar protesters at the University of Puget Sound rally in Tacoma Washington. Fonda warned deser tions and AWOL cases amount to a Vietnamization of the American Army and urged support for antiwar entertainment for GIs.
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West Coast
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San Diego
Poll shows Hoover retirement favored by many
New York based poll for Newsweek finds most respondents believe J Edgar Hoover should retire though the FBI is rated as performing well. Among 522 contacted, 41 percent want Hoover to stay, 1 percent favor retirement, while others have no opinion.
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UPI
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J? Edgar Hoover
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