Suspects Say Tony Financed Yablonski Killings
Claude Vealey pleaded guilty to murder in the 1969 Yablonski slayings and said the killings were paid for by a man named Tony. Vealey described stalking Yablonski, breaking into his home, and a bungled fatal moment as prosecutors read his 15 page statement to jurors.
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Tony
Ashington
Claude E. Vealey
United Mine Workers
Joseph A
Jock” Yablonski
Thea Vealey
FBI
Joseph Masterson
Cleveland
Vealey
Yablonski
Paul Gilly
Gilly
Kenneth
Joseph Yablonski
Joseph
Nixon to Make Pentagon War Documents Available to Congress
The Sun-Times reports partial Pentagon materials from a 1963 South Vietnam crisis. The paper says officials discuss Diem's fate with the State Department urging support for him. Authorities plan a review of the 47 volume study for possible declassification, amid legal actions between papers.
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Nixon
Pentagon
Congress
The
Sun-Times
State Department
Ngo Dinh Diem
Showe
Diem
Urgde Ts
Ohe Peon
United States
Welfare Reform OKd By House
The House approved a broad welfare reform package including a federally guaranteed minimum family income and major Social Security changes. The bill, backed by Nixon aides and Democratic leaders, now goes to the Senate for action later in the year.
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Washington
House
Senate
Nixon
White House
Sams Jr. gets life for Rackley murder in Seale case
George Sams Jr the key witness in the Seale kidnap murder case was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to second degree murder in the 1969 killing of Alex Rackley. The trial highlighted tensions within the Black Panther era.
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New Haven, Conn
George Sams Jr
Connecticut
Black Panther
Bobby G. Seale
Sams
Alex Rackley
New York
Seale
Fourth of July Picnic At Fort Sill Spotlight Fireworks
The 13th annual Fort Sill Fourth of July picnic sponsored by the Southwest Oklahoma Chapter of AUSA features entertainment by the U S Army Band Eisenhower High School ROTC drill team and a parachute club exhibition. Kids contests and a grand prize drawing lead to a grand fireworks display after dark with over 200 aerial and ground shows. Tickets cost 1.00 for adults and .75 for children.
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Fort Sill
Southwest Oklahoma
The
Association of the United States Army
AUSA
Lawton-Fort Sill
Landing Strip No. 15
U.S. Army Band
Eisenhower High School
Patton
Fort Sill Sport Parachute Club
77Th U.S. Army
Grantic
Don Bentley
Bernard Kern
Charles Stiles
Pike Strike Still Up In The Air State
McKillan legal counsel for the toll authority met as turnpike workers threaten a strike. Union leaders planned picket lines at 2 p.m. across one turnpike unless union recognition and safer toll booth measures are provided. C. W. Clark and Elmer Koontz conferred in a motel without comment as talks continue.
Nixon to release top secret Pentagon papers to Congress
President Nixon announced he will provide Congress with the full 47 volumes of the Pentagon study on U.S. involvement in Vietnam on a top secret basis. The documents remain under secrecy pending declassification review by Defense Secretary Laird. Two congressmen filed suit seeking release of the 47 volumes, with newspapers defending their use of excerpts.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Pentagon
U.S
White House
Fairness
Ziegler
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Tonkin Gulf
Justice Department
Ogden Reid
R-N.y
John Moss
D-Calif
Benny Kass
Washington Post
New York Times
Senate Cuts Off Draft Bill Talk
The Senate voted 65 to 27 to limit debate on a bill to extend the draft and require a total U.S. withdrawal from Indochina in nine months if American prisoners are freed. Cloture passage improves chances for Senate approval, though antiwar lawmakers may seek to block action if House conferees alter the measure.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Indochina
Senate House
Desegregation Edict Prompts HEW Contact With Oklahoma Schools
Lawton Ardmore and Sapulpa among 39 districts nationwide to receive HEW letters guiding further desegregation under the Swann and Davis rulings. Lawton officials expect personal contact within a day or so as HEW signals possible actions to ensure unitary school systems.
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Awton
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
HEW
Washington
D.C
Lawton
Ardmore
Sapulpa
Supreme Court
Hugh Bish
Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Swann
Davis
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Joey Kirkland
Cleveland Elementary School
Clayton Alexander
UMW
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Boyle
Chicago Sun
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Times
the Post
Post
Chicago
Kentucky
Hyden
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Finley Coal Co
Charles Finley
U.S. District Court
Pikesville
FT. Mcpherson, Ga
Robert E. Miller
Army
Military Justice Division
Ernest Medina
Pike
Ronald L. Ziegler
Mike Mansfield
By Donna Barron
J. Stanley Pot
Lee School
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