Medina Trial Comparisons to Yamashita Case Surface in My Lai Court Martial
Lt. Col. Kenneth Howard likens Capt. Ernest Medina's upcoming court martial to the Yamashita atrocity trial. Medina faces charges over the My Lai massacre of 1968, including premeditated murder of 102 Vietnamese civilians and two counts against him personally. Howard notes the case may proceed without calls for a sanity hearing and aims for a quicker trial than Calley's.
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FT. Mcpherson
Medina
William Eckhardt
Eckhardt
My Lai
Howard
Charles Hutto
Legion of Merit
Vietnam
William Calley
Calley
Union Walks Out On Two More Railroads Strike Spread
A pre-dawn nationwide rail strike against Norfolk & Western and Southern Pacific began as union members picketed N&W sites in Cleveland Roanoke and South Lorain. Mediators Ursey and Ives seek talks as the carriers cite needed work rule changes while unions say jobs and earnings are at stake. Six more railroads face potential strikes next Friday and a recent contract at Chicago and North Western averts action.
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Robert Campbell
Associated Press
Washington
Association of American Railroads
Norfolk & Western
Southern Pacific
N&w
United Transportation Union
Cleveland
Roanoke
South Lorain
Ohio
W.J. Usery
Usery
George Ives
National Mediation Board
Southern Railway
Union Pacific
Norfolk
Sudanese Leader Returns to Power After Coup Setback
Beir ut report notes Numairi's reimposition of control after a coup and counter coup in Sudan. The crackdown targets the 6 000 strong Sudanese Communist Party with arrests and summary trials. The development strains Arab Soviet relations and isolates Iraq amid regional realignment.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Jaafer el Numariri
Soviet Union
Numairi
Eer
Egypt
Nasser
Russia
Sudan
Kremlin
Iraq
British Army escalates push in Northern Ireland raids
British forces launched a sweeping offensive in Northern Ireland with 1,800 soldiers and police raiding over 100 homes amid rising IRA violence. Eight arrests in Belfast and nine towns, with police finding communications gear at one suspected guerrilla HQ. The surge drew mixed reactions across Unionist and Catholic groups.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
London
Reginald Maudling
Nixon Urged To Fight Inflation Amid Price Jump
The June consumer price rise of six tenths of a percent sharpens pressure on President Nixon to curb inflation without wage and price controls. Burns calls for a review board while Hodgson argues the policy remains sound and notes June ends a strong half year for prices.
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Washington
Nixon
Labor Department
White House
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Burns
Senate House Economic Committee
James D. Hodgson
Apollo 15 crew plan weekend rest before moon launch
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP two days before liftoff the Apollo 15 astronauts may relax this weekend with options including jet flights tennis matches or simulator sessions. David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden remain under medical isolation but may travel within limits to Patrick Air Force Base for proficiency flights.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Moon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
NASA
Patrick Air Force Base
Worden
Irwin
Divided Opinion Over Lockheed Rescue Aid Gains Steam
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird backs saving Lockheed Aircraft Corp with 250 million in loan guarantees to finish the TriStar jet, while Deputy Secretary David Packard opposes broad loan guarantees for all major firms. The dispute shapes Senate and House debates as Treasury orchestrates the push.
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Washington
Melvin Laird
Laird
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
David Packard
House Banking Committee
Lockheed
Senate
House
Treasury
John Connally
Packard
Pentagon
Banking
Wright Patman
D-Texas
Airline hijacker shot after hostage drama at three airports
Richard A. Obergfell, 27, a former United Airlines mechanic, hijacked a Trans World Airlines jet after passing airport security at LaGuardia. He held stewardess Idie Maria Concepcion hostage during a nine mile truck shuttle to Kennedy, where FBI agents shot him dead. Concepcion was unhurt.
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New York
Trans
Milan
Italy
Trans World Airlines
LaGuardia
TWA
Chicago
la Guardia
Kennedy Airport
FBI
Kenneth Levin
Richard A. Obergfell
Clifton
N.J
Newark
United Airlines
Obergfell
United States
Idie Maria Concepcion
John F. Malone
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Yamashita
F. Lee Bailey
Ernest Medina
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Etekesman
Eat
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Houston Belt & Terminal
Duluth
Mesabi & Iron Range
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern
Hessemer
Lake Erie
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Cairo
Israel
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Ieland
Irish Republic
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Bernadette Devlin
Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
H. L. Schwartz
Miss Concepcion
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Hawes
Kennedy
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Br Ua
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