Seven Policemen Shot and Killed in Weekend Toll
The Associated Press reports seven officers died across five cities over the weekend. Philadelphia police say civic protesters helped fuel the killings, including patrolman John McEntee. In St John Indiana marshal James Larimer and trooper John Streu were killed in a car parked shootout. In Greenville South Carolina officers Chasteen and Woodall were killed amid a gunfight with a suspect. In Silver Spring Maryland officer David Rose died when his partner’s kidnap suspect’s gun fired accidentally. Suspects include Anthony Hogan 15 and Marvin Bullock 18 in Philadelphia.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
St. John
Ind
Greenville
S.C
Miami
Silver Springs
Joseph F. O'Neill
Anthony Hogan
Marvin Bullock
John McEntee
McEntee
Joseph Kelly
Kelly
Roxborough
O'Neill
James Larimer
John Streu
Streu
Larimer
Lonnie D. Williams
Indiana State Farm
Putnamville
John R. Lee
Lee
W.F. Chasteen
B.A. Woodall
Chasteen
Woodall
Richard
Rose
Barron and wife to face bribery arraignment in Charleston
William Wallace Barron and his wife are to appear in U.S. District Court in Charleston on Wednesday to answer bribery charges accusing them of bribing the foreman of a federal jury that acquitted Barron in a 1968 ace conspiracy case.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
William Wallace Barron
U.S. District Court
Barron
Multiple World and U S News Digest Highlights
North Vietnamese attacks stall the South’s Laos push for a fifth day and supply routes westward remain active. The United States offers Europe a significant role in future space flights but stops short of a freehand satellite program. The government plans a revised alert system review after an error in a national broadcast. A U S health aide discusses a pilot genetic counseling program to combat sickle cell anemia. Israel demands new boundaries with Egypt met with Cairo’s hostile response. Brazilian Consul and wife released after seven months with Tuparamar guerrillas. captives include an American agronomist and the British ambassador still held. The Academy announces the nominees for the 43rd Oscars.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Aloysio Mares Dias Gomide
Brazil
Wage-Price Freeze Plan Indicated in Miami Beach
Secretary Hodgson tells Nixon an oral understanding exists with AFL-CIO building trades unions to obey the law if a construction wage-price freeze is imposed. Union leaders refuse to join a voluntary restraint but would accept labor representatives on a stabilization board if empaneled under federal law.
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Miami Beach
Fla
J. D. Hodgson
Nixon
Afl-Cio
White House
National Stabilization Board
Hodgson
Congress
Calley Has Things To Tell About War At My Lai Trial
Lt. William L. Calley Jr. set to testify as final defense witness after psychiatrist Wilbur Hamman completes cross examination. Since November 12, witnesses have recounted the March 16 1968 My Lai massacre, where villagers were killed by an American infantry unit. Calley faces charges of premeditated murder for 102 civilians. His defense contends he was following orders to destroy all living things in the village and that soldiers felt frustration from Viet Cong sniper fire and booby traps.
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Benning
My Lai
William L. Calley Jr
Calley
Wilbur Hamman
48Th
Nixons Dine Out For Celebration
Washington AP Nixon and Mrs Nixon dined with their two daughters at Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase Maryland to celebrate Tricia Nixon's 25th birthday. About 30 other diners filled the regular dining room as the presidential party enjoyed a quiet early evening meal. A White House spokesman said the family faced no interruptions and greeted the waiter and club manager on departure.
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Washington
Nixon
Columbia Country Club
Tricia Nixon
Chevy Chase
Congress
White House
General Coles $1000 A Month Ties Crum To Vietnam Scandal
A Senate panel heard that Brig. Gen. Earl F. Cole 61 received $1000 monthly from William J. Crum, aiding illicit Viet Nam ventures. Crum allegedly used military contacts to shield smuggling and manipulate post exchanges, with Cole ordered retired after a long career. The testimony described kickbacks, altered orders, and raids suppressed by investigators.
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Washington
Vietnam
U.S. Senate
Armed Services
Earl F. Cole
William J. Crum
Cole
Jack Bybee
Crum
Hong Kong
Bybee
Army Noncommissioned Officers Club
Army
Saigon
G¢n
Ceeene Tel
Long ‘Binh
Long Binh
CID
Sarl Electronics Co
Kienast quintuplets reach first birthday at Liberty Corners
Liberty Corners New Jersey AP report notes the Kienast quintuplets turn one year old on Wednesday. Parents Peggy Jo and family keep routine, with 55 diapers to change and 15 meals to prepare daily.
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Liberty Corners
Kienast
Peggy Jo
Kidney transplants swap kidneys between families in California
The second kidney from a California boy who died in a car wreck was transplanted into Bill Dierking, Long Beach. the other kidney went to 55 year old Mrs Perley Hale of San Diego. The donor was Gary Lee Goodrich's mother. The Ferrises and Dierking families, former Mexico school staff, reside in Escondido and Long Beach respectively.
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California
Bill Dierking
Edna Dierking
Hawthorne School
Ledger
Perley Hale
Las Vegas
Gary Lee Goodrich
Hale
San Diego
Long Beach
Ross D. Ferris
Mexico
Ferris
Dierking
Ferrises
Escondido
Santa Anna
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Barbara Kobush
Kathy’ Kilcoyne
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Richard Vance
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
State Department
U.S
Defense Department
Federal Communications Commission
Nison Administration
Jerusalem
Egypt
Israel
Cairo
Hollywood, Calif
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
George Latimer
Salt Lake City
Mackie Furniture
HIWAY
Ficer
Finley Crs
Calhoun
Liberty
Wadleigh-Maurice, Ltd
Warner Bras
Chia
Taras
MPL
Missouri Power AG Lght Company
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