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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1971
Page
4
The four U.S. airmen freed after a hostage drama in Turkey were reported safe as Turkish and American officials described the kidnappers as leftist bandits. Police scoured Ankara for the captors, while informants noted negotiations and phone contacts. Families in the United States expressed relief and gratitude as diplomats confirmed the men’s release and return.
Witness Bergt testified Calley oversaw a well killing of a Vietnamese man during a blocking force operation near My Lai. Earlier testimonies described a subordinate's call to kill and a final shot. Prosecutors claim Calley conspired in the My Lai massacre with Medina facing court-martial for similar killings.
Reports from Saigon and Washington describe North Vietnamese resistance in Laos and a rising truck flow toward Laos. Saigon Rangers claimed 78 Communists killed near Lao Bao with 12 casualties. 15 more killed nearby. Nixon faced a 18-point drop in public confidence on the war, amidst his Cambodia and Laos actions described as reducing casualties and pledging troop withdrawals. Military sources note continued heavy U S air sorties and a mass South Vietnamese push toward Sepone, with potential counteroffensive fears and China’s Chou En Lai visit cited as context.
Mike Drazovich and Stanley Stame were booked on armed robbery charges after a $110 holdup at Huff's Restaurant in Long Beach. Detectives linked them to six other South Bay restaurant robberies totaling about $4,000. Stame reportedly swallowed a fake moustache while being taken into custody.
During a court martial, Calley testified that he ordered a mass killing at the irrigation ditch east of My Lai. He identified Capt. Medina as the one who gave that order. Medina has been ordered to appear as a witness Wednesday. Only four of 28 originally charged face court martial. others have been acquitted or dismissed. Other trials involve Capt. Tugene Kotoue and Col. Oran Henderson for related charges.
Four boys, including a diabetic, were rescued Monday from Arroyo Seco Canyon north of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena after a weekend hike. A Los Angeles County Sheriff helicopter spotted them and brought them to safety. none required hospitalization. The youths, Jeff Porter, Clinton Terling, Curtis Stull, and Phillip Stull, had been missing since Sunday night, with about 30 rescuers joining the ground search.
Secretary of State William Rogers told the Veterans of Foreign Wars he sees no reason to restrict South Vietnam’s battle plans against North Vietnam while noting his remarks apply to Laos and Cambodia, not North Vietnam. He stressed South Vietnam’s strength and a safe haven for North Vietnamese operations remains unjustified.
An inmate at San Quentin, Wayne Dennis Williams, 24, serving a life sentence for Alameda County kidnapping, was stabbed three times in the back Monday as prisoners returned to cells. He was treated in the prison hospital in good condition with wounds near the right shoulder blade. a guard detained an unidentified suspect. no weapon was found. The attack followed a previous stabbing of a condemned inmate by a death row prisoner using a improvised dagger.
A 16 year old mobile Alabama student seized National Airlines flight 745 at Mobile, forced a Montreal destination, released 38 passengers and 4 crew, then steered to Miami where he surrendered. Pilot Robert L. Carter called him nervous and said the boy cited home problems and poor grades as his motive.
A fire at Southern California Edison’s Carson pumping plant started when a maintenance worker cut a fuel line with a blowtorch. The 2:30 p.m. blaze at 1007 E Lomita Blvd. burned for 15 minutes, with firefighters damming oil to prevent 20 gallons from entering storm drains.
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