Vet Admits Killing About Ten in Vietnam Raid
In a reluctant admission, 22 year old veteran Varnado Simpson described killing about ten people and a woman during the Song My operation on March 16, 1968. He said orders came to destroy property and people, and that he later questioned the actions. Captain Medina declined to discuss his role at Fort Benning.
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Medina
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Brooks
Song My
Capt. Medina
Ft. Benning
Nixon Hosts Feast for 235 Oldsters at White House
President Nixon and his family host the largest sit down Thanksgiving dinner in the White House for 235 elderly residents from Washington area rest homes. The 20 turkeys weigh 2 pounds each and the meal is served at 34 round tables before the Nixons depart for Key Biscayne. Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York and a Gimbels parade in Pittsburgh are also set.
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Nixon
White House
Washington Area
Nixons
Key Biscayne
Fla
New York City
Macy's
Independent Classified Teases Ads In Sunday Edition
The snippet shows a classified page from a newspaper with contact numbers 435-116 and 432-5959. It notes a publication date around Thursday November 27 and references Los Angeles County and a carrier delivery rate of 3.50 dollars with annual 42 dollar price.
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Los Angeles County
Vallejo Police Seek Black Suspect in Slaying Ambush
Vallejo police seek a Negro man seen leaving the scene of an ambush that killed a white merchant seaman. Ralphael N. Calor, 56, died in Napa hospital after being shot five times with a 9mm pistol in Vallejo the night before. Police note the Zodiac killer has boasted of five local killings but is believed by survivors to be white, and that the 9mm pistol is inexpensive and common.
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Vallejo
Ralphael N. Calor
Napa
Zodiac
Ed Rust
Pentagon to Trim Forces and Cut Consular Posts
The Pentagon plans to reduce military personnel by 15 000 and the White House will close 19 consular posts 17 in the western hemisphere to ease the balance of payments issue. Defense Secretary Melvin Laird says about 3825 civilian foreign-area jobs will also be eliminated saving roughly 50 million dollars annually.
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Washington
Pentagon
White House
Western Hemisphere
Melvin Laird
Lieutenant Suspected in POW Death in Vietnam
In Saigon a U.S. Army officer is under investigation for the alleged murder of a Viet Cong prisoner of war in Quang Ngai Province on August 7. First Lieutenant Frank B. Bonvillian, 23, of La Porte Texas, with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, remains with his unit as the inquiry proceeds.
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Army
Frank B. Bonvillian
la Porte
Texas
U.S. 173Rd Airborne Brigade
Quang Ngai
U.S. Americal Division
Song My
Resor
Laird
Congress
Ronald Ridenhour
Court martial for Lt Calley over Song My killings
Lt William L Calley Jr faces a court martial on charges of premeditated murder of at least 109 villagers at Song My. Capt Ernest L Medina, commander of the assaulting company, is also at Ft. Benning with Calley. Pentagon comment awaited on charges. White House and senators react to what Resor calls an atrocious massacre with broad calls for accountability.
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Song My
William L Calley Jr
Ft. Benning
Calley
Ernest L. Medina
Springer, N
White House
Ziegler
U.S
Resor
Stephen Young
Ohio
Vietnam
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Protest Dissenters Firm on Moratorium Day Activities
Medics and young officers led the protest, forming the Spec 4 John Turkey Movement after Moratorium Day. They sent a petition to President Nixon urging an end to a “senseless war,” while some dissented from the line about having little to be thankful for. Other participants fasted hoping the war could be won with more force.
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Nixon
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