Vietnamese Senator Reports No Conclusion On My Lai Slaughter
Viet Senator Tran Veo Dos said his investigation could not conclude whether civilians were killed at My Lai in 1964. He cited Viet Cong influence and safety of witnesses, noting the inquiry awaits Lt William Calley’s forthcoming testimony. An earlier probe by Don and Lam’s team examined local reports and survivors.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
Tran Veo Dos
U.S
My Lai
Don
William L. Calley Sr
Miami
Fla
Calley
St .Caley
Sz Doa
Senate 2
Bey
Donald
Dona
Nauyen van Thier
Hoang Xuan Lem
1St Corps
Lam
Hs Investi
Gation
Lei
Donald Sen
Nguyen - Vani 'Chuzn
Senate Defense Committee
Viet Cong 308th Battalion Attack Ties Delta Security Efforts
U S aircraft aided South Vietnamese outposts but most fighting had ended by arrival. A Scout helicopter was shot down and two crewmen wounded. The 308th Battalion of the Viet Cong the 308th Battalion reportedly operates inside South Vietnam. Intellgence suggests allied forces view the Delta as a focus of heavy guerrilla activity. The campaign includes rocket and mortar attacks on 14 U.S. units and several provincial capitals and district towns. Casualties listed by U S Command: one killed and 16 wounded. one civilian killed and two wounded.
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U.S
Seken
308Th
South Vietnam
Tuyen Binh
Gore tax proposals spark Senate vote and cost clash
Senate debate on Gore tax proposals clashes with Republican counter offers and administration estimates. The Gore plan would cost billions through 1973, with higher taxes for families and individuals under the Senate Finance Committee bill. Opponents warn the plan hinders anti inflation efforts while favoring tax relief for some earners.
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Senate
Beck
Percy
White House
Jack Miller
Town
Gove Znentyent
Finance Committee
Russell B. Lanz
D-La
Gore
Senate Finance Committee
NATO ministers weigh flexible response amid Warsaw Pact tensions
NATO defense ministers conclude a year end stocktaking on military and political status while adopting two secret plans to delay Soviet advance. Melvin R. Laird vows U S troop commitments at current levels to mid 1972 if Congress agrees. Plans outline how battlefield nuclear weapons could deter or slow a Communist invasion from Arctic to Atlantic.
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NATO
Melvin R. Laird
United States
Arctic
Aegean Sea
Atlantic
Political clash over Economic Opportunity shift debated in House
Democrats and Republicans clashed during hours of acrimonious debate over moving Economic Opportunity Act programs to the states. President Nixon and Donald Rumsfeld faced opposition from Republicans while Democrats warned of delays. Committee chair Carl Perkins indicated readiness to bring the bill up next week amid scheduling uncertainties.
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Office of ‘Economic Opportunity
House
Donald Rumsfeld
Rumsfeld
Carl D. Perkins
Dky
Education and Labor Committee
Nixon
Congress
Gerald R. Ford
John W. McCormack
Perkins
Feu
McCormack
Education funds boosted in July House action
The House approved a funds increase for education in the regular Labor-Welfare bill and carried it into an earlier continuing resolution, avoiding a prior year’s lower financing. The Senate committee raised the military construction bill to 1.7 billion, adding 16.4 million for the ABM system and 14.1 million for ABM R and D at Kwajalein, with renewal expected the week of December 15. An intense lobbying push by ABM supporters is anticipated during the interim.
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Office of Education
Senate Committee
Safeguard
North American Air Defense Command Control Center
Colorado Springs
Colo
Kwajalein
Pacific
Senate
Where To Conduct Calley's Trial Proving Problem
Army faces a legal and logistical dilemma over where to hold the Lt Willem L Calley Jr general court martial at Ft Benning. Crowded courtroom seating and limited communications raise questions about moving the trial, while defense and prosecution say readiness may push proceedings into March.
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Calley
FT. Benning
Willem
L. Caley Jr
Benning Reserve
Ion
Nixon Welfare and Social Security Revision Debated
A plan proposes raising 65 to 62 for retirement benefits, adjusting cost of living, easing gain limits on Social Security, and readjusting payroll tax for Medicare. It also suggests sweeping welfare changes and easing the anti inflation push with increased benefits. The first year cost totals about 2.11 billion dollars, with a 10 percent rise proposed earlier and a 15 percent House vote supported by party caucus.
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Nixon
House Democratic
Pee Ekeis
Research Continues On Germ War Defenses At Ft Detrick
At Fort Detrick Maryland the US Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases advances defenses against germ warfare. Col Gershater notes post’s mission to defend against biological threats with vaccines and detection devices. Studies include vaccines for anthrax tularemia and food poisons, plus alarm systems for airborne agents.
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Frederick
Nixon
Cpt
Dan
United States
per.Crozier
Detrick
Ft. Dettick
Siimil- OB Mem Aror
Epnram M. Gershater
Gershater
Army Res
Ft. Detrick
Army
Sts
Dexituck
Wage hikes end retroactive July 1 for several unions
Wages for Machinists Electricians Sheet Metal Workers and Boilermakers Union members rise to 3.59 dollars an hour with 1 and 3 percent retroactive increases to July 1. No Tara demand details or counter offers for a two year pact. President Nixon appointed a presidential emergency board under the Railway Labor Act ending at 12 01 a.m. Wednesday to avert an earlier strike threat for 60 days.
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Tara
Nixon
Iby
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