Calley appeals for future soldiers honor at My Lai trial
Lieut. William L. Calley Jr addressing the court martial after being found guilty of slaying at My Lai argued he valued his troops’ lives over the enemy’s. He urged jurors not to strip future soldiers of honor and warned of broader costs of the war. He already faced possible life imprisonment or death.
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Fort Benning, Ga
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Calley
Southeast Asia
William Calley, Jr
Fort Benning
West Pakistan army faces stubborn East Pakistan resistance
West Pakistan troops push to restore central authority in East Pakistan but meet determined resistance. New Delhi reports united parliamentary demand to end force and mass killings. International talks among US, USSR, India and the UN are discussed amid murky casualty claims. Yugoslav evacuees say Dacca is quiet despite rebel broadcasts.
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New Delhi
Reuter
West Pakistan
East Pakistan
Pakistan
United States
Soviet Union
India
Associated Press
Washington
Moscow
United Nations
Dacca
Free Bengal Radio
Alberta House urges Ottawa to end railway tie up
The Alberta legislature held an emergency debate on the grain crippling railway tie up and unanimously urged federal action to stop enginemen’s walkout. Premier Strom asked Ottawa to intervene without delay and pledged to press for measures to get trains moving.
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Alberta House
Ottawa
Edmonton
Alberta
Ernest Lee
Sc—Dunvegan
Harry Strom
Trudeau
Henry Ruste
B.C
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railways
Everitt
Ruste
Gordon Taylor
Alberta legislature approves hospital commission and merger bills
The Alberta legislature gave final approval to three bills, including a hospital services commission and a merger of health and social development. The opposition Progressive Conservatives opposed both bills on third reading, 39 to 8, as Social Credit held 55 seats to Conservatives 10. An interim supply bill providing 350 million dollars for 1971 72 operations was also passed, with seven of 14 departmental spending estimates approved so far.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Health and Social Development
Social Credit
Conservatives
Industrial crisis threatens Hat
A rail shutdown in Medicine Hat threatens local industry with widespread layoffs. CP Rail cut 132 conductors trainmen and yard staff plus 33 customer service staff, while 30 shop employees and car men receive layoff notices to take effect Saturday. The Lethbridge Dayliner is out, and eastbound passenger service is uncertain. Local industries fear prolonged disruption will hit labor and business. Maple Leaf Flour Mills plans 40 to 50 further layoffs by week’s end. Short-term redeployment allowed for today.
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CP Rail
Medicine Hat
CPR
Lethbridge
CN Rail
Ralph Schlinker
Maple Leaf Flour Mills
BC parties split over liquor ad question
In Victoria the legislature split all three parties over liquor advertising, with Social Credit, NDP, and Liberal members voting on an amendment to delete the liquor advertising ban from the Statute Law Amendment Act. The House was tense as a division tallied 37 to 13 against the amendment, moved by NDP members Ernie Hall and Robert Williams.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Social Credit
New Democratic Party
Liberal
Ernie Hall
NDP
Surrey
Robert Williams
Vancouver East
Hijacked aircraft returns to Manila from China
A Filipino airliner hijacked to China returned to Manila with all 19 passengers and crew. Six hijackers were left behind in Canton as Chinese authorities released the group. An American passenger said officials treated the evacuees well. authorities noted possible explosives and hand grenades aboard.
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Hong Kong
Reuter
China
Manila
Canton
Eldric Fewkes
Huk
Felman
Philippines
Peking
No guaranteed farm raises says agriculture committee
Ottawa report says Farmers should not be guaranteed annual income raises as the Commons agriculture committee defeated a 14-11 amendment to Bill C-176. The plan would organize marketing under a national council and guarantee yearly income boosts, with opposition citing federal overreach and constitutional concerns.
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Ottawa
Commons Agriculture Committee
Jack Horner
Crowfoot
Horner
Jerry Pringle
Fraser Valley East
Manitoba
Hoffa Parole Decision Tests Teamsters Leader Fate
Washington plans parole ruling today on James R Hoffa of the Teamsters. A parole grant would likely let Hoffa resume control of the world’s largest union. In Belfast, Brian Faulkner announced an arms amnesty and police questioned a multinational group after a gasoline bomb incident. In Saigon, U S helicopters ferried a small force of South Vietnamese commandos to raid a North Vietnamese base in the Laotian panhandle.
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Washington
United States Parole Board
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Belfast
Reuter
Northern Ireland
Brian Faulkner
Saigon
United States
Laotian Panhandle
Soviets Propose Separate Ban on Germ Warfare at Geneva
At the Geneva disarmament conference the Soviet Union and allied nations offered a draft convention outlawing biological weapons and toxins without coupling them to chemical weapons, signaling a shift from insisting on a single ban. Negotiations aim to align with a Western draft to gain broad support before September, with US and Britain welcoming the move.
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Geneva
Reuter
Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev
Moscow
Russia
United States
Alexei A. Roshein
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