Pentagon boards new My Lai witnesses in 1969 probe
A Pentagon board summoned Maj Frederick Watke and Capt Dennis R. Johnson for secret testimony as part of a probe into possible cover up of the My Lai massacre. The officials may discuss ground control duties and faulty intelligence tied to the March 16 1968 operation that killed civilians in Song My village.
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United Press International
Pentagon
U.S
My Lai
Frederick Watke
123Rd Aviation Battalion
Song My Village
Dennis R. Johnson
Watke
Johnson
My Lair
Ernest L. Me
Dina
Nixon
Saigon
Sen
Tranh van Don
Senate
Don
Washington
Rep
Richard H. Sc
Hord
D-Mo
Hue
Ichord
John Stennis
Senate Armed Services Committee
Mississippi
Democrat
Stennis
Issues and Answers
ABC
Pentagon Board of In
Quiry
Americans say Peking prepping for war and mobilization
Two Americans Simeon Baldwin and Bessie Hope Donald report China is mobilizing for war with the United States and the Soviet Union. They were detained from February 16 to April 3 during a pleasure cruise, held in solitary confinement and later released near Macao and Canton.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Peking
Soviet Union
United States
Simeon Baldwin
Laguna Beach
Calif
Bessie Hope Donald
Bristol
Baldwin
Donald
Macao
Portugese
Here
Canton University
China
Heung Chau
Happy People’s
Canton
Red Star People’s Commune
Sirhan Sirhan Begins Hunger Strike At San Quentin
Sirhan B. Sirhan, condemned for the Kennedy assassination, is on a hunger strike in his death row cell at San Quentin after 60 months waiting on appeals. He refused food starting November 28, calling the prison worse than a concentration camp. No execution date is set. automatic reviews could take about six more months.
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Sirhan Sirhan
SAN Quentin
UPI
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
San Quentin State Prison
Sirhan
Kennedy
Ambassador Hotel
Los Angeles
Louis Nelson
Mrs Grossman Named to Santa Barbara County School Board
Mrs Lawrence Grossman wife of a Lompoc attorney has been appointed to the Santa Barbara County School board of trustees replacing Mrs Ethel Bailey who resigned. Mrs Bailey 72 served on the board for nearly fifty years. Grossman of 648 University Drive active in community affairs including AAUW and scholarship work. Bailey appointed in early 1920s and elected to two four year terms the past eight years. Prior to elections members were appointed by the County Board of Supervisors.
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Lawrence Grossman
Lompoc
Santa Barbara County
Massive 12 Foot Waves Flood Southern California Beach Cities
High waves up to 12 feet pound Rincon and other beach communities flooding homes and streets. The Rincon Fire Station evacuated as sandbags and pumps battled water. Surfside Colony and Seal Beach each reported 50 flooded homes. Pacific Coast Highway was buried in sand and seaweed. residents built sand walls while Oxnard crews used bulldozers to hold back the surge.
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Ventura
UPI
California
Rincon Beach
Here
Oxnard
Weather Outlook With Tides and Temperatures
Cloudy conditions with a chance of rain this morning, turning to showers tonight. Tuesday will be partly cloudy with highs around 60 and lows in the 40s. Light winds and coastal tides peak at 7 feet at 8 56 a.m. and 3 8 feet at 11 02 p.m. Low tides reach 2.2 feet at 2 32 a.m. and 1.5 feet at 4 26 p.m.
U S Forces Cut as North Viet Namese Move in Mekong Delta
U S headquarters said 8 800 GIs left Vietnam in addition to 60 000 in Nixon pullout, lowering U S troop strength to 475 000, the lowest in 25 months. A third North Vietnamese regiment about 3 000 men moved into the Mekong Delta, giving Hanoi a full division there.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
Mekong Delta
Hanoi
White House
Defense
David Packard
U.S. Coast Guard
South China Sea
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Hunger plans may reduce incentive to work
Charles B. Shuman president of the American Farm Bureau Federation warned at the 51st annual convention that hunger campaigns could lower work effort as people seek food stamps. He urged a transition to a market economy and opposed extending farm support payments, warning of permanent poverty for farmers and welfare stigma.
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Washington
UPI
American Farm Bureau Federation
Charles B. Shuman
AFBF
Shuman
Added
Alcatraz Indians Receive Large Food and Goods Haul
San Francisco reports a surge of donated food and goods for the Alcatraz occupation. American Jewish Congress members delivered Hanukkah foods by fishing-boat crossing to the island, while the occupation grows with over 400 occupiers. A security force restricts visitors to dock areas.
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San Francisco
UPI
American Jewish Congress
Alcatraz
San Francisco Bay
Steven Faffin
Jerusalem
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Helmut Allardt
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