Top brass won't have to testify in My Lai case
A military judge denied Col. Oran Henderson's bid to compel testimony from Gen. William Westmoreland and Secretary Stanley Resor in his court martial over the My Lai cover up. The ruling blocks live testimony but allows out of court interviews, with potential reconsideration if new evidence appears.
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Judge drops charges against Seale and Huggins
In New Haven the Superior Court dismisses conspiracy charges against Bobby Seale and Ericka Huggins after ruling a jury could not be unbiased. Huggins freed. Seale remains jailed pending bail review by the U.S. Court of Appeals.
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Former officer vents on Pentagon budget and waste
Edward L. King a disillusioned former soldier testified before Senator Allen J. Ellender criticizing the Pentagon budget and military waste. He cited high pay in noncombat roles, low combat percentages, and outdated gear, urging analysis before budget approval. Ellender showed interest in examining the combat to noncombat ratio.
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UPI
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Senate Appropriations Committee
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Airline pays but bomb hoax shocks Sydney flight
Qantas paid 560000 to a man threatening to blow up a Sydney Hong Kong bound Boeing 707 with 120 aboard. The hoax prompted seven hours of bomb searches as officers pursued a masked caller. The assailant fled after receiving the ransom, described as English with a hooked nose and dark glasses. A second incident reports a dental accident in Saint Genis Terre Noire where a stray bullet grazed a woman in a dentist chair.
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UPI
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Reagan backs 250 million loan for Lockheed
Gov. Ronald Reagan endorses a federally underwritten 250 million loan for Lockheed but opposes Cranston's call for a clean sweep of top management. He warns against “Republican Socialism” while pressing tighter controls and efficiency measures at the ailing airline.
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UPI
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Lockheed Airline Corp
Reagan
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Alan Cranston
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Judge blocks Reagan plan cutting welfare families in California
A Superior Court judge barred the Reagan administration from removing 27 500 AFDC families from California welfare rolls. Judge William Gallagher ordered immediate rescission of the work incentive rule, citing grave irreparable injury unless the injunction stands. A June 10 hearing will address making the order permanent and potential federal fund implications.
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UPI
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Welfare Rights Organization
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Reagan
Alameda County Superior
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Nixon Praised on Southern Hospitality in Alabama
President Nixon drew cheering crowds in Mobile and Birmingham as he praised Southern progress on school desegregation and criticized Northern critics. He cited 38 percent of black children in the South in integrated schools versus 28 percent in the North and dedicated the Alabama-Tombigbee Waterway, a $386 million project. An estimated 80,000 lined Mobile's Main Street for the visit, the first presidential trip there in 58 years.
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