House Debates Impeachment Call Over Justice Douglas
The House weighs an impeachment resolution and a 90 day inquiry into Justice William O Douglas amid questions about outside associations and possible bias. Speaker Ford backs a special committee while Rep Jacobs urges prompt action and reference to the Judiciary Committee. The dispute follows mentions of connections to Ralph Ginzburg and past public writings. NHL playoff notes close the item with results and upcoming games.
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Unique Bridge Squeeze Becomes Victory Over Jacoby
A January column hand reappears showing a criss cross squeeze that defeats a rubber bridge contract. South proceeds with heart diamond two spades diamond ruff then a heart, leaving East to blank and enabling South to ruff and cross to win. PFC John Uhlmann notes the line yields all but one diamond and three clubs, with South ultimately taking the final two tricks.
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Cambodia Knows Nothing About Bodies
Cambodian Army spokesman says he knows nothing about hundreds of Vietnamese corpses seen in the Mekong near Phnom Penh. He calls killings possibly punitive for Viet Cong attacks, while Vietnamese civilians are said to be rounded up for security checks as cross border fighting escalates with South Vietnamese troops involved.
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Associated Press
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Norodom Sihanouk
Neak Leung
Plain of Reeds
Parrot’s Beak
39 Witnesses Called for My Lai Trial
A House armed services subcommittee subpoenaed 39 military witnesses in the My Lai probe after Secretary Resor opposed voluntary testimony. The panel pressed for an independent study, while Capt. Ernest L. Medina, charged in the 1968 My Lai deaths, testified at a closed hearing amid defense claims of orders to defy subpoenas.
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Prison Plan Reasonable Judge Says
U S District Judge J Smith Henley ruled the state Board of Corrections plan to upgrade prisons reasonable moving toward ending unconstitutional conditions. He ordered further reports on isolation cells sanitary conditions yard supervision and progress on Cummins Prison Farm and Tucker Reformatory with May 10 and July 10 deadlines and noted funding implications from a recent legislative session.
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Bridge bidding puzzle from dealer with spade slam theme
In a bridge scenario the West North East South sequence ends with South holding HIT52 Y2 983 HAK 1087 and deciding the next bid after 5NT and 5 spade to 6 spades. As dealer with AK 1087 2983 BKIT52, determine the bid. Answer tomorrow from Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
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