Senate Democrats urge US withdrawal from Indochina by time certain
Senate Democrats adopted a resolution urging Nixon to withdraw all U S forces from Indochina within a time certain not fixed to a date, with debate over whether the deadline would be Dec 31 1972. The measure passed 31 to 8 at a closed party meeting.
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Senate
Democrats
Nixon
U.S
Indochina
Senate Democrats
Senate Democratic Policy Committee
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Mike Mansfield
Planners Reject Nuisance Ordinance In City Hearing
Planning Commission votes 6 to 1 to reject the proposed nuisance ordinance as nearly 200 residents fill the hearing. Commissioner Vernon Copeland dissenting cites problems in the community that the measure would not solve.
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Planning Commission
Robert Kranig
Vernon Copeland
Kranig
George Barnes
Novato kidnapping case continues as hostage sought
A Bakersfield case involving James Harvey escalates with Mrs. Gary Stansfield and her two children released unharmed while a fourth hostage Cheryl Smith remains captive. Novato police report Harvey may be far from Bakersfield as officers chase leads and the search for the remaining hostage continues.
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Bakersfield
UPI
Novato
San Quentin
Gary Stansfield
Robert
Suzanne Yvonne
Salad Bowl
Harvey
Reagan Wins First Medi-Cal Fight In California
Governor Reagan defeated a Democratic bid to rescind Medi-Cal economy cutbacks as the first major clash with the new legislature. He plans a March 3 joint session to unveil welfare reform proposals while Burton seeks a reconsideration of the defeated bill and Duffy notes ongoing concerns.
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Sacramento
Reagan
Assembly
John L. Burton
San Francisco
Sanger
Robert T. Monagan
Tracy
Burton
Duffy
Medi-Cal
Mississippi Delta Tornado Toll Hits Eighty
Rescue crews pressed a 250 mile search for missing people after devastating tornadoes across the Mississippi Delta. The death toll reached 80 with 74 in Mississippi and 6 in Louisiana, thousands homeless, and damages in the millions. President Nixon declared the area a national disaster area.
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Inverness
Miss
UPI
Mississippi Delta
Mississippi
Louisiana
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Nixon
Jesse Hudson
Cary
John Stennis
California
Iverness
Pugh City
Little Yazoo
Delta City
Sharkey County
Maurice Phillips
Calley testifies orders commanded My Lai killings during raid
Lt. William L. Calley Jr. testifies that five orders from his commander directed him to kill women and children in My Lai on March 16, 1968. He says he relayed the orders and joined in firing. he also admits shooting villagers in four separate instances. He cites Capt. Medina's guidance to “waste” civilians if they cannot be moved, while the defense argues soldiers treated villagers as enemies and obeyed harsh codes. Calley faces charges of premeditated murder of 102 civilians.
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UPI
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
George W. Latimer
Ernest L. Medina
Calley
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