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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1971
Page
2
United Press International reports tornadoes hit the southern Midwest ripping through Kentucky and Illinois. At least 11 dead and 35 injured as three twisters damaged homes, knocked out power lines, and destroyed trailers near Columbia Kentucky and Thompsonville Illinois.
A military court heard Capt. Eugene M. Kotouc admit using an element of fear during interrogation of a Viet Cong suspect after the My Lai sweep. The defense emphasized his character as a trusted officer while presenting witnesses in his favor.
A diesel spill exceeding 200000 gallons foulled North Puget Sound killing at least 200 waterfowl and endangering many more. Volunteers and 24 hour rescue crews operate along Guemes Island beaches while tugboats and an oil skimmer concentrate the slick for absorption.
Governor Reagan established a volunteer Ecology Corps for conscientious objectors willing to work on environmental tasks. Three centers with 80 men each will start July 1 in Northern California, paying $15 monthly plus room and uniforms to perform stream clearing habitat work and firefighting.
Angela Davis pretrial hearing postponed amid a shouted confrontation with co defendant Judge Alan Lindsay. Defense accuses Lindsay of racism while Magee presses to dismiss court appointed counsel. The Aug 7 Marin County courthouse shootout leaves four dead including a judge.
In Charleston, Mendel Davis, 28, a longtime aide to Rep. L Mendel Rivers, won the first congressional district race defeating Dr. James Edwards and Victoria Defee after Rivers died last December. Davis secured 37 857 votes to Edwards 32 632 and Defee 7 972, with write in Elsie von Kautz Carroll garnering a few votes. Davis credited Rivers as his mentor and plans to follow his guidance in Congress.
A US Court of Appeals panel sent a 1970 suit back to District Court ordering full hearings on whether the Army overstepped authority spying on civil disturbances and civilian political activity. The Central Commission for Conscientious Objectors alleged unconstitutional surveillance by Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird.
EDF witness William H. Rodgers Jr. told FTC that industry spends 225 for every federal research dollar on detergents pollution. He urged labeling warnings and cited big three advertisers as spending over 452 million in 1969. In Detroit, police officer Donald Bender was wounded when his pistol discharged while bending to pick up a bowling ball.
A former Green Beret testified that 12 Viet Cong prisoners were dropped to their deaths from helicopters and others were threatened by a python during interrogation. He and four others alleged torture and murder of POWs by US and ARVN troops, fueling calls for a full House probe into wartime atrocities.
Park Chunghee was re-elected to a third four year presidency in South Korea, leading Kim Dae-jung by over one million votes with about three quarters of ballots counted. Park vows modernization and a hard line toward North Korea, while Kim urged peaceful contacts and a four power peace guarantee.
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