Medina Case Jury Deliberations Build After Long My Lai Trial
Five officers face a life term on a premeditated murder count as jurors weigh the My Lai massacre verdict amid final arguments and a judge's forthcoming charge. Medina testified he fired at a moving woman, claiming fear. Lt. Calley awaits separate outcome. defense argues lack of knowledge of civilian killings. Also: Brookfield Zoo porpoises depart for Florida for a winter stay aboard a DC3 flight.
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FT. Mcpherson
U.S
Montrose
Colo
My Lai
William L. Calley Jr
Calley
Medina
Howard
Chicago
Vicky
Salty
Angie
Robby
Florida
Brookfield Zoo
Marine Mammals Enterprises
Key Largs
Herman Buttron
Weaver Williamson
Reports Mao Mao Dead or Ill Discounted by Japs
Tokyo AP reports Japanese correspondents in Peking dampened talk that Mao Tse-tung is dead or ill while French papers speculated on major Chinese events. Some said the Oct 1 National Day parade was canceled for local celebrations, others said it would occur. a Chinese Embassy spokesman in Paris called Mao in excellent health and confirmed parade cancellation.
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Tokyo
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
China
Paris
Mao
Kyodo
Communist Party
Agence France Presse
Taiwan
Central Committee
Chinese Communist Party
Chen Po-ta
Nixon
United States
U.S
Paul Dudley White
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Government rests case in Selb trial in Arkansas
In Little Rock, the government rested its case against Harry C. Bass Jr. of St. Louis, president of Selb Manufacturing Co., charged with conspiring to conceal defects in F-111 parts. Witnesses described unauthorized welds on plates and longerons, with about 85 percent of 1969 welds affected.
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Little Rock
Harry C. Bass Jr
St. Louis
Selb Manufacturing Co
Walnut Ridge
Selb
General Dynamics Corp
Dayne Haywood
Piggott
Blades Manufacturing Co
Rector
General Dynamics
Blades
Haywood
Fort Worth
Tex
Kenneth W. Hunn
Pocahontas
Hunn
Geneva Dynamics
Black Caucus targets two white congressmen in purge list
The Black Caucus announced a purge list naming Nick Galifianakis of North Carolina and Romano Mazzoli of Kentucky as lawmakers from closely divided districts who voted against a civil rights enforcement bill. The group says these members failed to back the measure and vows continued pressure.
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Black Caucus
John Beckler
Associated Press
Washington
Congressional Black Caucus
Nick Galifianakis
D-N.c
Romano Mazzoli
D-Ky
House
Galifianakis
Mazzoli
Senate
Prison Hostages Murdered as French Prison Riot Ended
API reports in ClauRVAux France that gendarmes stormed a prison hospital after a 20 hour takeover by mutineers Claude Buffet and Roger Bontemps. Two hostages, nurse Nicole Comte and guard Guy Giaradot, were found dead after a pipe explosive entry. The convicts, wounded, were captured amid six unaffected inmates evacuated. Mrs Harry Owen of Russellville retires after 33 years teaching English in Arkansas schools, previously at Blevins and Russellville.
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Claurvaux
France
API
Jean le Corno
Claude Buffet
Roger Bontemps
le Corne
Guy Giaradot
Nicole Comte
le Corno
Rene Pleven
Harry Owen
Russellville
Arkansas
Lors Roark
Near Bergman
Tommy Owen
Crocker
Owen
Blevins
Leachville Approves Bonds for City Improvements
Leachville Arkansas voters approved $107000 in general improvement bonds for water and sewer system upgrades and a new municipal office building. Office building vote 106 to 10 and water sewer improvements 100 to 11. Separately, two patients in a prison hospital seized control and tied guards to chairs, pressing for freedom via telephone negotiations.
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Leachville, Ark
Leachville
Giradot
Nuclear Bomb Lowered for Alaska Amchitka Test
Five megaton device lowered at least 300 feet into an underground Amchitka site in Alaska as the AEC furloughed workers. President Nixon had not approved the test. officials expected a possible blast between October 1 and 7, amid protests from Japan and Canada over earthquake, tidal wave, and radiation fears. Vic Hadfield named New York Rangers captain.
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Washington
Nixon
North America
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Alaska
Hirohito
Alexei Kosygin
Japan
Man Dies After Walking Into Tractor On I 40 Near Mayflower
Ronald W. Robinson a 19 year old resident near Bee Branch was killed when he walked into the path of a tractor on Interstate 40 near Mayflower Arkansas. He had pulled onto the road shoulder when his car ran out of gas and was struck by a tractor driven by Bobby Ford 44 of near Greenbrier.
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Mayflower, Ark
Ronald W. Robinson
Bee Branch
Interstate 40
Mayflower
Robinson
Bobby Ford
Greenbrier
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Hope Federal
HOPE
ARK
STAR
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Amchitka
Canada
Kosygin
Vic Hadfield
New York Rangers
Vatican
St. Peter's
Tornardis
Tet
Cyd Kant
Oldsmobile
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