Israel Rejects Egypt Plan to Reopen Suez Canal
Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir rejects Cairo’s bid to reopen the Suez Canal and the government denies reports of a rival plan. Overflight by two Egyptian Sukhoi 7 fighters is described as a cease-fire violation. Egyptian Foreign Minister Riad accuses Meir of contradictions while she warns against using the canal issue as leverage for an Egyptian Soviet settlement.
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Israel
Egypt
United Press International
Golda Meir
Suez Canal
United States
Mideast
Canal
Middle East
Yedioth Aharonoth
Israel Galili
Meir
Labor Party
Sinai
Gaza
Mahmoud Riad
Athens
Riad
North Vietnamese attack base near Laotian border
UPI reports North Vietnamese troops attacked Fire Base 6 near the Laos border in a large-scale operation. South Vietnamese forces with U.S. air support claimed 1 817 of 4 500 to 5 000 attackers killed since last Wednesday, with 71 Americans killed and 132 wounded. Two U.S. helicopters were shot down and nine South Vietnamese soldiers were killed in action.
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Saigon
UPI
Laos
Robert Sullivan
Fire Base 6
Central Highlands
Cambodia
da Nang
Frank O. Miller
Maitland
Fla
U.S. Army
52Nd Aviation Battalion
Sullivan
U.S
Hue
Mekong Delta
Phu Vinh
Sergeant Killed in Highway 101 Accident Near Gaviota Refugio
An Air Force sergeant, 22, Sgt. Alvin Warren Dixon of Vandenberg AFB, died early Saturday when his car skidded off Highway 101 between Gaviota and Refugio and overturned after swerving to avoid a parked car. Two female companions, Alma Coleman and Leona Brown, were injured. The crash sent all three to Goleta Valley Community Hospital.
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Gaviota
Refugio
Alvin Warren Dixon
Dixon
South Pacific
Goleta Valley Community Hospital
Lompoc- Casmalia Road
Constance Zimmerman
N. M St. Space
Janice Tidwell
Oceanview Ave
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Policeman shoots two colleagues in Cleveland radio room
Patrolman Thomas F. McLaughlin opened fire with two .38 revolvers in Central Police Headquarters radio room, killing Patrolman Thomas S. Hakaim and wounding Sgt. Sheldon B. Friedland before surrendering. Officials cite long awaited promotion and ribbing as possible triggers amid routine weather and town life notes.
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Cleveland
UPI
Thomas F. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Central Police
Thomas S. Hakaim
Sheldon B. Friedland
Supreme Court Upholds 1968 Firearms Registration Law
The Supreme Court unanimously upholds the 1968 firearms registration law. The ruling rejects claims of self incrimination and clarifies that registration is a regulatory measure for public safety. The decision centers on the transfer process requiring the transferer to register and pay, with information recorded for law enforcement.
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Supreme Court
Washington
UPI
Supreme Court Today
William O. Douglas
Los Angeles
Donald Freed
Shirley Jean Sutherland
District Court
Douglas
Treasury Secretary
Supreme Court declines to review California busing law
The Supreme Court refused to review a California statute barring bus transportation without parental consent, upholding a California Supreme Court ruling that the law is constitutional under a narrow interpretation. The case, tied to Park South desegregation, involved San Francisco schools and a planning officer, with parents seeking to intervene.
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Supreme Court
Washington
UPI
California
California Supreme Court
High Court
San Francisco
Park South
Donald Johnson
U. S. Supreme Court
North Carolina
Calley juror appeals for calm amid public unrest
Maj. Harvey G. Brown, one of six jurors who convicted Lt. William L. Calley Jr., urged Americans to stop and calm emotions after My Lai verdict. He called for reason to guide responses while noting jurors’ families faced threats and harassment. Gallup poll shows broad disapproval of the conviction and life sentence.
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FT. Benning, Ga
UPI
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Maj
Harvey G. Brown
Calley
Gallup
Brown
Columbus
Ledger-Enquirer
Miami
Nixon to review Calley case at White House
President Nixon plans to personally review Lt. William L. Calley Jr.’s life imprisonment verdict for the My Lai murder after standard military review. White House aides say the move shows concern for morale and soldiers in Vietnam, while stressing no comment on merits of the case.
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San Clemente
UPI
Nixon
William L. Calley Jr
White House
Calley
My Lai
John D. Ehrlichman
Englund
Christ
Priest proposes substitute prison term for Calley pardon
Lt. William Calley should be pardoned and at least 10 years of his life sentence served by volunteers from all denominations, urged by Dr. Harold Englund, senior pastor of Fremont Presbyterian Church. Englund proposed ministers serve weeks in prison to cover the years, citing unfocused guilt over the Vietnam War.
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Sacramento
UPI
William Calley
Nixon
Harold Englund
Fremont Presbyterian Church
England
Calley
Vietnam
Englund
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