Runaway MIAMS Report On Tragic Jail Death
Rev Calvin Cook a Church of God minister with a part time electrical business in a small South Caronna town travels with wife Irene to Miami to assist their arrested son. They plan to bury him in Piedmont DC after his strangulation in a jail cell. Police charge two armed robbers, Johnnie Lee Jones 20 and Melvill Shelton 19, with murder as the case unfolds. The son left home weeks ago with little money and unknown fate.
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UPI
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Cook
Irene
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Piedmont
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Johnnie Lee Jones
Melvill Shelton
Goyce
Cloyce
Jon. Jr
Josephine Paschetti
Jie
Titusville
Florida
Dade County
James Rainwater
Tragic Death in Jail After Car Theft and Plea for Help
Cloyce, a young man with troubled recent past, died by hanging in a Miami jail cell after being jailed with 19 others for crimes from murder to drug peddling. He had just returned from Titusville with charges unresolved. Racial slurs alleged between inmates and two alleged murderers followed an altercation over sleeping arrangements. Judge Paul Baker ordered dates and 40 to cover Cloyce's funeral costs.
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Cook
Clayce
Miami
Ami
Criminal Court
Paul Baker
Grenades Kill 10 in Holiday Crowd Near Saigon
UPI reports Communist terrorists threw three hand grenades into a holiday crowd in An Nhon near Saigon, killing 10 and wounding 19 as a Tet cease-fire expired. Civilians and two militiamen died. the incident marked a violation of the truce.
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An Whon
7th Air Force to Withdraw From Vietnam by 1973
SAIGON UPS reports the U S 7th Air Force will leave combat in South Vietnam by end 1972 with only advisers remaining by early 1973. Currently about 42,000 airmen operate in country as bombing of the Ho Chi Minh Trail continues. Three conditions cited: South Vietnamese training level, effective Trail bombing, and North Vietnamese military position. A senior source says by 1973 US air squadrons may be absent from Vietnam though overall support could persist.
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7Th Air Force
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Republic of Vietnam
War Death Toll Rises In Vietnam In Week Of U.S. Losses
UPI reports a weekly spike in U.S. combat deaths with 50 Americans killed in action in Vietnam, the highest weekly total in over two months. The casualty figure brings the 1961 war death toll to 44,335, amid aircraft incident concerns and rising wounded numbers totaling 204,118. Noncombat deaths reached 9,145.
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Sihanouk urges raids as Phnom Penh stays elusive
Prince Norodom Sihanouk told the Indian Express that Cambodian Communist forces will continue raids on Phnom Penh for a year or two until the city falls. He claimed his National United Front of Cambodia totals 40,000 fighters against Lon Nol’s 200,000 plus South Vietnamese and American support.
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UPI
Norodom
Sihanouk
Cambodia Cayls
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Peking
Wester
T Hat
Sihanuk
National United Front of
Cambodia
Nixon
Sthanoux
Senate Scrutiny of U.S. Involvement in Cambodia
The Foreign Relations Committee summoned Secretary Rogers to discuss U S actions in Cambodia amid reports of Americans on the ground. Defense Secretary Laird testified to the Armed Services Committee, while Sen Stennis backed Laird and Sen Symington urged caution, with talks touching on the Cooper Church Amendment and possible air support needs.
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Defense
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U.S
Senate Armed Services Committee
Long
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Cambodia
Laird
Rogers
Solners
Emory G. Swank
Phnom Penh
Sendle
John C
Stennis
Armed Services Committee
Lne
Buta
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Vietnam
Symington
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Agnew Sees Tough Path for Revenue Sharing Plan
Vice President Spiro Agnew says Nixon faces a rough time pushing the 6 billion dollar revenue sharing program through Congress. He cites Gallup showing about 77 percent public support and expects persuading Congress to move the fast program. Agnew campaigned for the proposal in Atlanta and Kansas City meetings of the National Association of Counties.
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National Association of Counties
Atlanta
U S Command Confirms Bomber Strikes on Cambodia Drive
U S military command confirms two B52 bombing missions supporting the South Vietnamese push along Highway 4 in Cambodia between Jan 13 and Jan 23. Details on exact dates, locations, and strike sizes were not released. Also disclosed is the loss of an Army Cobra helicopter gunship in a takeoff accident from the USS Kingsport and note that ships Cleveland and Iwo Jima provided air support from offshore and offshore Phu Quoc Island base.
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