13 Oct 1971
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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1971
Page
1
Sen. Birch Bayh of Indiana announced he is withdrawing from the Democratic nomination to stay beside his wife Marvella who is recovering from cancer surgery. He cited her health and his family as his top priority, ending a high-profile bid after visiting 47 states.
A US Army unit, Bravo Company, was transferred from Fire Base Pace to Fire Base Timbuktu 50 miles northeast of Saigon after some soldiers reportedly refused patrol duty. An additional company replaced it at Pace to protect morale. الغرب
U S vows unilateral action on Asian textile imports if no mutual accord by Oct 15, while 2,500 railroad workers idle amid coal miners strike across 20 states. Moratorium Day protests planned nationwide against Vietnam involvement. Nixon seeks authority to fast track wage price appeals, and a House subcommittee approves restoring federally subsidized school lunch aid for over a million children. At Fort Meade, Judge tightens restrictions in the My Lai court martial as witness Colburn is barred from stating seeing Henderson tag details.
Governor Reagan has revised his itinerary at the White House request and will fly to Saigon Friday to lunch with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu. Paul Beck said Reagan would spend several hours in Saigon, a decision made Sunday while the party was in Taipei for Nationalist China’s National Day celebrations. Reagan arrived in Singapore Tuesday from Taiwan.
After more than 16 years in Communist captivity, Sgt John Sexton Jr. arrives on American soil at Hickam Air Force Base Hawaii. The 22 year old Warren, Ohio native is released by the Viet Cong and walks slowly from a C-141 aided by a doctor and nurse, wearing white pajamas and a blue robe, expressing happiness at being home.
Lt. Gen. Lewis Chesty Puller, noted for wartime command, will be buried with full military honors at Christ Church in Virginia. He died of pneumonia Monday night at 73. The body will lie in state in the Christ Episcopal Church nave for 24 hours before noon Thursday services, with four Marines guarding the casket.
Richard Carson 19 son of television star Johnny Carson received unsupervised probation for two years in Providence Alabama after pleading no contest to illegal possession of marijuana.
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