Motion To Dismiss Medina Charges Taken Under Advisement By Judge
A military judge heard final arguments on Thursday before taking under advisement a motion to dismiss charges against Capt Ernest J Medina the My Lai defendant. Defense argues pre trial bias and improper influence by senior officers while prosecutor counters no such prejudice. Medina 34 Montrose Colorado commanded infantry unit that attacked My Lai and is charged with assault and murder in the 1961 raid.
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Medina
FT. Mcpherson, Ga
Myi Lai
Ernest J. Medina
Bailey
Montrose
Colo
My Lai
Eckhardt
Army
Bernard Rogers
Lawrence Charles la Croix
Médinal
William L. Calley Jr
Charles Hutto
Calley
Hutto
Ft McPherson
Col
Wayne Williams
Wilson Freeman
James Mobley
Williams
Pentagon
Freeman
Mobley
Col. Mobley
Poole Finds Contentment Despite Aid Refusal
Poole, living on $12 weekly social security, refuses government help despite a $6.48 three weekly cash draw from an inheritance. He survives on porridge bread and tea, lives in a two bedroom home, and gathers wood for fuel. He says he is not poor, feels lucky, and does not owe anyone.
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He Wsra
Poole
Department of Social Security
Tunnel blast near Sylmar city outskirts claims workers lives
A blast in a tunnel near Sylmar killed four workers and injured others as methane gas ignited from a spark in drilling gear. Rescue teams using breathing gear pulled bodies from the scene eight hours after the explosion, with foremen identifying two victims as Will Carter and Danny Blalock. The incident followed an earlier blast in the same tunnel amid aftershocks from a nearby quake.
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Long Tunnel
Paul Bagley
Will Carter
Danny Blalock
Lockheed Shipbuilding Corp
Sylmar
Saugus- Newhall
Fire traps and injuries delay Great Lakes freighter launch
Fire trapped several workers aboard the Roger Blough, injuring Jesse Gadsey and Herbert Morrow as they crawled through smoke seeking escape. Morrow recounted oxygen tank delays in the engine room while others called for help. The Blough, named for an ex-chairman, is a United States Steel cargo ship built to haul 45,000 tons at high speed for Great Lakes service between the head of the lakes and Chicago area mills.
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Jesse Gadsey
Amherst
Herbert Morrow
Collins
Morrow
Roger Blough
United States Steal Corp
Great Lakes
U.S. Steel
Chicago
Es Attacus
Opposition narrows as Shafran seeks governor support
Politics continues with Shafran courting the governor while remaining neutral until the August convention. Shafran claims Arlington Rep. Joe T. Broyhill backing him, but Broyhill says he will stay hands off before the convention. Green defends Byrd stance and emphasizes party loyalty as the Republican State Central Committee prepares for the Richmond convention in August 2021.
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Shafran
Holton
Williamsburg
Republican Governors Association
Shafan
Arlington
Joe T. Broyhill
Green
Broyhill
Byrd
Republican State Central Committee
Richmond
Leslie Bacon Indicted As Court Upholds Contempt
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stayed its ruling 30 days as Leslie Bacon faces a contempt citation and jail sentence tied to a Capitol bombing case. Indicted in New York on conspiracy to bomb a bank branch she remains free on $10,000 bail while others plead guilty or await sentencing.
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Seattle
Lestia Ba
New York
High Court
Sth
U.S. Circuit Court of Court
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New
York
Rother
Atherton
Calif
U.S. Su
First National Spreme Court
Miss Bacon
New York Supreme
Washington, D.C
Fencing
U.S. Capitol
Belice
Supreme Court
New York State
Appeals Court
Capitol
Frines
Pentagon Papers leaks prompt court fight and grand jury probe
The government fights publication of the Pentagon Papers while courts weigh injunctions as newspapers challenge prior restraints. Grand juries probe the leak focusing on Rand Corp. and suspect individuals gain immunity in security-law cases. Ellsberg and Russo face questions amid continued coverage by Knight and others.
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Knight Newspapers, Inc
Chicago Sun-Times
Akron Beacon Journal
Knight Group
Lee Hills
Hills
Los Angeles
Grand Jury
Rand Corp
Rand
Anthony J. Rus
Russo
Pentagon
Daniel Ellssberg
Liza Spinay
Ellsberg
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
CBS News
Walter Cronkite
Nixon
House of Congress
House
Senate
Congress
Dean Rusk
U.S
Saigon
McNamara
Lyndon B. Johnson
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Phillip Potter
Washington
Baltimore Sun
Kam Dang Lam
Nixon fires Persons and tours corn blight project
President Nixon dismisses an aide and travels to Indiana for a tour tied to an experimental aerial photography program to map corn blight. A Baz bomber with infrared and color film photographed cornfields in several states while Michigan provided a multispectral scanner. A bomb threat delayed events at Jennings County High School, but Nixon resumed with a plaque dedication and remarks praising America.
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Nixon
Ohio
Linois
Indiana
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
University of Michigan
North Vernon
Ind
Vernon
Jennings County
White House
Gerald L. Warren
Associated Press
Janet Whissel
Jennings County Junior Historical Society
Hanah Milhouse Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
Hannah
California
Indianapolis
Ronald Ziegler
U.S. 31
Runaway Cessna 150 Crashes Near Yuma
Charles Fox of Calexico tried to stop a Cessna 150 that ran away for nearly three hours over Yuma. The plane circled the city, reached 9000 feet, crossed the Mexican border, then crashed on government property with no reported mass threat. Fox was hospitalized for injuries from attempting to halt it.
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Yuma
Ariz
Here
Charles Fox
Calexico
Cal Uf
Federal Aviation Administration
Fox
Sylvia Sandes
Marine Corps Air Station
Talks Continue as Nixon Sets Withdrawal Date Hinted
President Nixon announced a date for total U.S. withdrawal while a Senate vote urged withdrawal within nine months if all American prisoners in Hanoi are released. Tho said discussions on prisoners could settle quickly after a withdrawal date. Thuy and Mrs. Binh Long pressed for a date before progress toward peace. Bruce offered no reaction to the Senate resolution and pressed for a full list of prisoners.
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Senate
U.S
Hanoi
Tho
Thuy
Binh Long
United States
David K.E. Bruce
Bruce
Yablonski Backers Call For Lie Detector Tests
Yablonski supporters urged federal lie detector tests for Mine Workers leaders including Tony Boyle and union officials to clear suspicions following the Clarksville killings of Joseph A. Yablonski and his wife. Miners for Democracy said the move aims to end ties drawn between the murders and the union.
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Yablonskis
Clarksville
Boyle
Union
Claude Vealey
Washington
Ammavile Saul ME
Tony Boyle
Joseph A
Chip'' Yablonski
Miners For Democracy
Senate draft plans and Indochina withdrawal debate
Senate drafts set enrollments at 130000 next year and 140000 the year after with a 100000 cut from the 2.5 million force. A two year alternate service remains. House favors three. Indochina withdrawal amendment by Sen. Mansfield could ease conference.
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Pentagon
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Last Stand at Fire Base Fuller Ends with Abandonment
U S advisers and radar specialists evacuated from Fire Base Fuller after a heavy North Vietnamese assault. South Vietnamese defenders, under artillery and air support, abandoned the base despite vows to hold, risking allied posts below the mountain as B52 raids and helicopter gunships attacked nearby.
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U.S
Fuller
Debating overhaul of the commissioned corps role in health service
A congressional overhaul proposal seeks to redefine the commissioned corps within the Public Health Service. The report notes morale decline since the 1960s and loss of key posts to non corps officials while urging salary raises to attract physicians.
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HEW
John A. Perkins
Federal
PHS
Food and Drug Administration
National Institute of Health
The
Health Services and Mental Health Administration
Hollis I. Ingraham
New York State Health Department
Jesse L. Steinfeld
Armed Services
Health Service
Marshall E. Dimock
Bethel
Lincoln Gordon
Johns Hopkins School For Advanced International Studies
Quigg Newton
Commonwealth Fund
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Charles L. Schultze
Brookings Institute
Washington
Mary £. Switzer
Hew's
Social and Rehabilitation Service
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