Former Mexican Leader Lazaro Cardenas Dies at 75
Lazaro Cardenas revolved Mexico’s policy by expelling foreign oil interests and distributing 40 million acres to peasants. He died of cancer in Mexico City at 75 after months of ill health. Tributes came from Emilio Portes Gil and oil workers.
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Lazaro Cardenas
Mexico
Cardenas
Oil Workers
Emilio Portes Gill
Latin America
Cuba
Soviet Union
Kunstler Urges Defense For Kent State Indictees
Attorney William Kunstler addressed about 1,000 students in Kent Ohio urging a common defense for 25 individuals indicted in connection with violence surrounding the May 4 Kent State incident that left four dead and nine wounded. Four defendants including the student body president and an associate professor were served with indictments Monday. Kunstler linked the indictments to power and law and called for organized legal support.
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Kent
Ohio
William Kunstler
Kent State University
Kunstler
Ohio National Guardsmen
Craig Morgan
Christ
Socrates
Fawzi Named Prime Minister in Egypt
Informants in Cairo say President Sadat chose Mahmoud Fawzi a 70 year old former foreign affairs adviser to be Egypts new prime minister. Al Ahram praised the decision citing his national and international stature as tensions flare over cease fire and Middle East talks with Israel.
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APESS
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Mahmoud Fawzi
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Fawzi
Farouk
Nasser
Nixon
U.S
Middle East
al Ahram
Sadat
Israel
Suez Canal Zone
Jerusalem Post
Zeev Schul
Voting Law Faces Supreme Court Battle Over 18-Year-Old Vote
States opposing the 1970 measure granting voting rights to 18 year olds tell the Supreme Court it shortcuts the Constitution and risks undermining the system. Arizona argues for amending age by Constitutional change while the Nixon administration defends the law amid suits from Texas Oregon and others.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Arizona
Gary K. Nelson
Nelson
U.S
Erwin N. Griswold
Solicitor General
Congress
Nixon
Justice Department
Idaho
Texas
Oregon
Graham Defends Moral Speech Amid Political Debate
Evangelist Billy Graham says he can criticize politicians on moral issues while staying out of politics. He spoke at a Baton Rouge news conference before a five day crusade and referenced Senator George McGovern’s support of a controversial antipornography report.
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Baton Rouge
Billy Graham
Graham
George McGovern
South Dakota
My Lai Testimony Details Fire Into Ditch
Former soldiers Dennis Conti and Charles Sledge testified that Sgt. David Mitchell and Lt. William Calley Jr fired short bursts from M16 rifles into a ditch filled with South Vietnamese civilians at My Lai in 1968. Conti and Sledge described watching people yelled and a woman’s head blown off as they were pushed into the ditch. Calley faces murder charges for the killings. Mitchell is charged with assault with intent to commit murder, with trial dates linked to Ft. Benning proceedings.
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Tex
David Mitchell
William Calley Jr
My Lai
Dennis Conti
Providence
R.I
Conti
Charles Sledge
Mitchell
Calley
Ft. Benning
St. Francisville
Sledge
Seale Case Dismissed After Outbursts at Trial
U S attorney William Bauer said charges against Bobby Seale of the Black Panthers were dropped following repeated courtroom disruptions during the 1968 Democratic National Convention trial. Seale faced separate counts including conspiracy and contempt, with the judge severing his case and sentencing him to four years in jail on contempt.
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William J. Bauer
U.S
Bobby G. Seale
Bauer
Hoffman
Black Panther Party
Seale
Nat Seale
Julius J. Hoffman
U.S. District Court
Sen B Hoth
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