Coverup Charged On Viet Torture Coverup
Lt Colonel Anthony Herbert, a four times wounded Army officer, says he will file federal charges today against Maj General John Barnes and Col Ross Franklin for failing to investigate alleged torture and murder of Vietnamese civilians. He warns the Army fears the statute of limitations. The Army denies closing actions and says several investigations are ongoing.
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Washington
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Herbert
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Franklin
Vietnam
Stemme
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My Lai
Heminie
3Rd Army Headquarters
Korea
U.S
Poll backs Lind say switch to Democrat in NY Daily News polling
The Daily News polled over 23 000 readers and found 54 percent favor John V Lindays switch from Republican to Democrat not for a presidential run. Sixty eight percent opposed a Linday presidential bid, with Democrats more likely to view him as presidential timber.
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New York
The
Daily News
John V. Lindsay
Vietnamese seek security near Laos border amid Viet Nam push
South Vietnamese troops move toward the Vietnamese border near Sepone as they pull back from positions in Laos. In other items a four time wounded Army lieutenant colonel plans to file charges over alleged torture and murder of civilians, Nixon backs US textile interests against Japanese imports, envoys head to Vienna for SALT talks, Whitney M. Young Jr’s body to fly home, and Chief Justice Burger proposes a national center to help states avert sports congestion.
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Saigon
Laos
Senate
Booklet Of Help Agencies To Be Mailed
The Mexico Audrain County League of Women Voters will mail an 18 page booklet Health Education and Welfare in Audrain County to agencies organizations and individuals responsible for child care education health service employment homemaking and housing The booklet lists services funded and supervised by public funds and aims to boost cooperation for local improvements A condensed campaign pamphlet will follow Those needing extra copies or not on the mailing list may call Mrs Gantt at 681-3100 The class project by Mrs Mary Ann Finley Mexico Tech prepared the stencils duplicated and folded the sheets
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Audrain County
Mexico-Audrain County
Gantt
Mary Ann Finley
Mexico Tech
League of Women Voters
Mod Vestments For Californians
At Grace Cathedral San Francisco Episcopal robes transition from traditional to bright mod designs with butterflies and flowers designed by Vienna Anderson a former Broadway actress. Since October she has 100 orders including eight from bishops and five robes are in use. Cathedral dean Rev C Julian Bartlett says the colorful vestments have a salutary effect on most people.
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San Francisco
Grace Cathedral
Vienna Anderson
C. Julian Bartlett
Gypsy Rose Lee's Rolls-Royce Sells for 8250 at Auction
At Hollywood auction of Gypsy Rose Lee's Victorian furnishings her 1968 Rolls-Royce fetched 8250 dollars. Erik Preminger, born Erik Kirkland and Gypsy Rose Lee's son, attended, later revealing Otto Preminger adopted him as his father in New York Surrogate's Court. The late burlesque star died of cancer at 56.
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Hollywood
Gypsy Rose Lee
Jane Withers
Erik Preminger
New York
Miss Lee
Erik Kirkland
Alexander Kirkland
Miss. Lee
Erik
Otto Preminger
Gypsy
Preminger
Can't Tell Rap Mother’s Dead
In Baton Rouge the father of fugitive H Rap Brown says he cannot locate his son to inform him that his mother Thelma W Brown 59 died Wednesday of heart ailment Brown disappeared last year before his arson and rioting trial in Maryland Eddie C Brown said he does not know where his son is leaving the family seeking contact with H Rap Brown on the day of the death report.
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Baton Rouge, la
H. Rap Brown
Thelma W. Brown
Maryland
Eddie C. Brown
Senate Praises Oklahoma Woman for Courageous Action
Oklahoma City AP report says the Oklahoma Senate passed a resolution praising Mrs Keith Boyce for her brave act when she held her 9 month old baby and shot an ex convict who was breaking into her home. The measure declares that criminals are warned of the state’s stance against violence toward peaceful citizens.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Senate
Keith Boyce
Nerf Balls Prove Safe In FDA Test
FDA says initial tests found Nerf Balls not flammable while Consumers Union asserted the toy failed the ignition standard under the 1969 Toy Safety Act. Parker Bros. of Salem reported four million Nerf Balls sold last year with only one complaint about a ball stuck in a lamp.
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Food and Drug Administration
Consumers Union
Consumer Reports
Parker Brog., Inc
Salem
Mass
Randolph P. Barton
Samuel M. Hart
FDA Office of Product Safety
Barton
Parker Bros
Bellino Ailing as Senate Probe Faces Delay of General
Former General Earl Franklin Cole was set to answer 43 allegations about using his Army post in Vietnam to aid corrupt PX and service club sales. Bellino, a noted investigative accountant, fell ill with what associates call a heart attack, delaying the presentation of Bellino's months long review of Cole’s accounts and related figures. Jerome Adlerman, chief council, said the records would need weeks to unravel by another accountant.
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Vietnam
Senate
Earl Franklin Cole
Carmine Bellino
Bellino
White House
John F. Kennedy
Cole
William J. Crum
Pxs
Jerome Adlerman
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Adlerman
Second Bible Study At Christian Church
A second session of the Bible study entitled Making the Bible Your Own will be held Sunday night from 5 to 7 at the Fellowship Hall of First Christian Church. Dr George Oliver Taylor of Missouri School of Religion will lead. A carry-in sandwich supper precedes the study and a nursery is provided.
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Fellowship Hall
The
First Christian Church
George Oliver Taylor
Missouri School of Religion, Columbia
Golden Gate Bridge May Get Second Deck
San Francisco AP reports Golden Gate Bridge directors approved a plan to add a second deck for a bus rapid transit system linking San Francisco and Marin County. Estimated cost 66.5 million for the deck plus 204 million total with tunnels. approval by California Legislature and local funding needed. Bridge engineers estimate five years to complete the lower deck and subway approaches for buses.
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Golden Gate
Marin County
California
Golden Gate Bridge
North Coast
Robert Shields
Mills Pushes For Textile Settlement
Rep Wilbur D Millsinsatz leads Ways and Means against Nixon on textile imports as the two clash over quotas and trade policy. Mills backs negotiated settlement with Japan and other textile producers, arguing against a broad statutory program for just one industry while facing Byrnes in opposition to revenue sharing.
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Nixon
U.S
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Wilbur D. Mills
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Ways and Means Committee
Reb
Congress
Arkansas Democrat
Ways and Means
Mills
Maurice H. Stans
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Byrnes
Girl Scouts Visit Missouri Capitol in Government Tour
Twenty four Mexico Cadette Troop 270 girls and leaders toured Missouri government in Jefferson City on a Thursday morning. They visited the Governor's mansion and state capitol, sat in the Senate gallery to view the session, and met Sen. Norman Merrell and Rep. Charles H. Dickkey Jr. They returned to Mexico for afternoon classes.
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Cadette Troop
Jefferson City
Missouri
F. M. Maupin
Kenneth Bingham
Governor’s
Warren Hearnes
Marge Estes
Missouri State Auditor's
Christopher
Kit) Bond
Bond
Senate
Missouri Senate
Norman Merrell
Charles H. Dickkey Jr
Paul Hoover
Ralph Nelson
Harold Lankford
Ray Uriarte
Cindy Bingham
Delores Clark
Brenda Eikel
Carolyn Gish
Sue Ellen Godager
Mary Ellen Groves
Mary Hawkins
Barbara
Beverly Hoover
Ann Lankford
Carol Nelson
Mary Merritt
Lynn Newell
Holly Nielsen
Jene O'Connor
Kathy Roe
Ann Seigfield
Pris Singleton
Soveta Smith
Kimberly Taylor
Carol Tillman
Anita Uriarte
Tonya Wheatley
Nancy Woods
Burger Seeks National Center to Help State Courts
Chief Justice Warren Burger urged forming a national center to aid state courts facing congestion and delayed justice. He warned of deferred maintenance in courts and long civil suit waits, proposing cooperation with legal groups and a model similar to the federal system. Nixon backed reforms and funding for court modernization.
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Warren
Burger
American Bar Association
Nixon
America
Judges urged to curb delays in civil cases
Burgert calls for tighter court costs and faster settlements to reduce multi year civil claims. He warns lawyers could face penalties for failing to settle and urges reforms to ensure cases reach trial only after exhausting settlement options.
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Burgert
Danforth Urges Crime Law Reforms in Missouri
Cape Girardeau Missouri Attorney General John C Danforth urged the Missouri Legislature to pass two measures granting witnesses immunity in felony conspiracy cases and creating a Missouri Bureau of Investigation. Speaking at Lincoln Day events he criticized the 75th General Assembly for failing to enact major law enforcement laws and urged decisive action against organized crime.
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Cape Girardeau, Mo
John C. Danforth
Missouri
Missouri Bureau of Investigation
Danforth
75Th General Assembly
Mexica Ledger Publication and postal details
Mexica Ledger lists daily publication with offices at 300 N Washington St Mexico Missouri excluding Sundays and holidays. Pricing includes 1c single copy, monthly rates 2.00 local, annual mail rates 12 in Audrain and nearby counties, 18 elsewhere, and military subscriptions 1 per month. Office hours 8:00 to 5:20 weekdays 8 to 3 Saturday.
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Washington St
Mexico
Audrain
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