Nixon promises troop withdrawal and My Lai stance
President Nixon pledged another pullout in two to three weeks and condemned the My Lai civilians massacre as certainly a massacre. He indicated withdrawal numbers depend on events and suggested up to 40 000 troops could depart, while officials pursue trials including Lt. William L. Calley.
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Reuters
Nixon
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My Lai
Paris
U.S
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Clues sought in wreckage of Greek air crash
Greek Olympic Airways DC-6B crashed near Mount Pan in heavy rain killing 90 aboard. Rescue found 85 passengers and five crew. investigations focus on causes amid judicial actions against army men.
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Athens
Reuters
Greek Olympic Airways
Chanea
Crete
Thatcher leads West in economy complaints
Otto Lang, federal minister for the Canadian Wheat Board, urged Farmers Union of Alberta delegates to tailor production to actual demand and reduce inventories. He called for cost cuts in transportation storage and handling to funnel savings to producers and warned against distress selling of feed grains while offering a quota option as a potential answer. Roy Atkinson of Saskatchewan urged unity with the National Farmers Union.
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Edmonton
Otto Lang
Canadian Wheat Board
Lang
Farmers’ Union of Alberta
Western provinces denounce Ottawa on taxes and rates
Premier Ross Thatcher of Saskatchewan led a Western push against Ottawa as Alberta and British Columbia backed his charge. He blasted rail freight rates on Saskatchewan potash, the prairie grain surplus and barriers to selling western oil east of the Ottawa River. He warned the white paper on taxation would be unacceptable in the West.
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Ross Thatcher
Alberta
British Columbia
Quebec
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Canada
Prairie Grain Sur
Ottawa River
Harry Strom
W. A. C. Bennett
War crimes trial opens in West Berlin
Three former Gestapo officials go on trial in West Berlin for alleged accomplice roles in the murder of at least 30,000 Berlin Jews. With 500 witnesses listed, the case could be the largest and longest wartime trial in the city. Defendants Bovensiepen, Venter, and Graustueck plead innocence and are charged with aiding deportation and murder of Jews sent to death camps.
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Berlin
Gestapo
West Berlin
Otto Bovensiepen
Kurt Venter
Max Grautstueck
Defense doubts fairness of Calley trial
The civilian lawyer for Lieut. William L. Calley Jr. argues a fair military trial is impossible due to widespread publicity and public passion. Latimer and Maj. Raby filed a motion to dismiss charges, noting prejudicial coverage surrounding the My Lai massacre. He cites television coverage and public comments as factors compromising due process.
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Fort Benning, Ga
William L. Calley Jr
George W. Latimer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Latimer
Calley
Maj
Kennedy A. Raby
Jury indicts five hippies in bizarre Tate murders
Los Angeles grand jury indicted three women and two men from a desert commune for the Tate killings and related murders of a grocer couple. The panel also charged the same five and another woman in the LaBianca slayings, with details naming Charles Manson and Susan Atkins among the defendants.
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Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Tate
Carles M. Manson
Susan Denisé Atkins
Charles D. Watson
Patricia Krenwinkel
Linda Kasabian
Leslie Lankston
Leon LaBianca
Rosemary
Watson
Miss Atkins
Miss Krenwinkel
Kasabian
Bel Air
Miss Tate
Roman Polanski
Jay Sebring
Woitych Frokowski
Abigail Folger
Steven Parent
Kasa
Hunger strike reaches day 12 in Sirhan case
Sirhan B. Sirhan remains on a hunger strike for the 12th day while serving a death sentence for the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. In Montreal a bomb hits Mario Barone’s home but causes no injuries. Ottawa sees negotiators awaiting a conciliation board report as a seven day countdown to a national air strike looms.
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San Quentin
Calif
Sirhan Bishara
Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Montreal
Mario Barone
St. Leonard’s
Ottawa
Thatcher says reform not priority at constitutional talks
Western leaders press Ottawa for more federal money and direct income support while signaling concern over the white paper. Ed Schreyer backs strong central government and Ottawa authority, saying consensus can be public rather than provincial.
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Thatcher
Canada
Manitoba
Ed Schreyer
Strom
Bennett
Ottawa
Prairies
Schreyer
Regionalism and welfare debates shake Canadian politics
Ottawa friction over federal jurisdiction surfaces as Mr. Strom and Mr. Bennett push for regional governance and a guaranteed income plan to replace equalization. Premier Thatcher backs strong central government while Mr. Schreyer notes his NDP is crafting constitutional positions. Streit centers on who should shape social services and welfare policy.
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Ottawa
Thatcher
Quebec
Canada
Bennett
Strom
Lems
B.C
Schreyer
NDP
Walter Weir
Sakatchewan
Police raid Panther den in Los Angeles siege wounds six
A four hour siege at the Black Panthers Los Angeles headquarters left six wounded including three officers as nearly 250 officers raided the building to seize weapons. Panthers and supporters called the raid part of a national police plot while officials said warrants for illegal weapons were served. The confrontation follows earlier Panther violence and deaths.
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Charles Garry
Panthers
Oakland
Pan
Thers
Cairo
Harold Gates
Gates
Panther
Mervyn M. Dymally
Panther Law Lyer
Black Panther Party
David Hilliard
Hilliard
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