B52 Pilot Refuses Further Vietnam Bombing Over Morality
Capt Michael J Heck, a 30 year old B52 commander, says the massive Hanoi Haiphong bombing and continuing South Vietnam war cause mass destruction. He decided December 26 to seek noncombat status, facing possible court martial. He notes few pilots share his stance amid heavy losses and summons up personal letters to family.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
North
Michael J. Heck
Chula Vista
Calif
South Vietnam
Heck
Nixon
Whittier College
Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
Thailand
Hanoi
Haiphong
Strategic Air Command
Omaha
Neb
Southeast Asia
U.S
John W. Heck
Tim
Maxwell
Whittier
Air Force
Calendar Of Events At Brooksville Church And Local Groups
Community listings for a benefit service at Brooksville Church of God of Prophecy and numerous meetings across Decatur Courtland Falkville Hartselle and other areas. Highlights include AAWeet 7 30 pm at Decatur Instructional Center Red Cross Bloodmobile at St Johns Episcopal Church and various club gatherings and religious services through Sunday and Monday.
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Women’s Missionary Band
Holy ‘Band
Brooksville Church of God of Prophecy
Friendship Road
Alabama 67
American Association of University Women
Decatur
Bank St
Zeke Schary
Israel
Red Cross
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Nixon Faces Mandate Clash With Congress Across War Budget and Reorg
AP analysis outlines the dispute as President Nixon asserts a personal mandate to act on Vietnam budget and government reorganization while Democrats in Congress stress their constitutional power. The contention centers on war spending cuts, impounded funds, and cabinet-led reorganizations, with leaders like Mansfield Hatfield and Ribicoff advocating congressional oversight and accountability.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Nixon
Democratic Congress
Congress
White House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Capitol Hill
Herbert G. Klein
Vietnam
Fulbright
Democratic Party
Mark C. Hatfield
Oregon
Raids continue in North Vietnam as ground fighting ebbs
U.S. planes bombard the North Vietnamese panhandle while ground fighting in South Vietnam eases. Casualty reports show Americans killed and wounded with a low weekly toll, and enemy attacks shrinking to under 60 in the latest 24 hours.
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Panhandle
South Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Hanoi
Haiphong
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
20Th Parallel
Svay Rieng
Cambodia
Song Be
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Old City Hall
Vine St. NW
Golden Age Club
Ninth Street United Methodist Church
Herbert Williamson
Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
Green Thumb
Charles Mathias
Summerlane SE
Roundtable
Arrowhead
Boy Scouts of America
Central Methodist Church
Decatur Culture Club
Julian Bibb
Stratford Rd
J. P. Orr
Courtland Boxing Club
Huntsville Boxing Club
Courtland Elementary School
Central High School
Fellowship Baptist Church
Summer Manor
Somerville Road
Church of
Granville Tyler
Walden’s Chapel Baptist Church
Union Hill Baptist Church
Falkville
Mothers Study Club
Mars
Kenneth Wallick
12Th St
John Chenault
Pine Grove
of Christ
Lawrence County
Decatur Inn
Falkville Pta
Falkville High School
Oak Ridge Methodist Church
Vaughn Bridge Rd
Hartselle
Morgan County
Penn Church of God
United Methodism
Elmer C. Johnston
League of Women Voters
St. Ann’s School
Alabama
Decatur Chess Club
T. C. Almon Recreation Center
Brookhaven Pta
Paul Ransford
Bob Patton
Vernon McMahan
City of Opportunity Divinettes
Roy Childers
Dogwood Lane
Margaret Vann
Seem Education
Decatur City Schools
Beta Sigma Phi
Phillip Olson
Puckett St
Walter Jackson
Athens
Sidney Sandridge
Decatur City
PTA
Lakeview School
Altrusa Club
Auline McEntire
Walnut St
Morgan County Rural Development Committee
Corral
Decatur Model Airplane Club
Aquadome
Charles Ruark
Tiger
Rajah
Hugh Boyle
Gloucester Park
Australia
Hugh
Boyle
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Senate Committee
House
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
New York City
Richard Pyle
Huntsville
Ala
Madison County
Ft. Payne
Boise- Cascade Corp
Portland
Ore
Donald W. Lee
Martha Mae Lee
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