Surprise in trial as Berrigan defendants rest case
In Harrisburg, Rev. Philip Berrigan and six codefendants ended their case without defense, shocking the court as defense attorneys abstained. They accuse the government of false charges while planning to present documents later. The group, including McAlister and Ahmad, vote 4 to 8 to let a nine woman three man jury decide.
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Harrisburg
Ramsey Clark
Philip Berrigan
Clark
Berrigan
Elizabeth McAlister
Eqbal Ahmad
Anthony Scoblick
Mary
Neil McLaughlin
Joseph Wenderoth
Henry A. Kissinger
Washington
Draft Board
U.S
Indochina
U.S. District Court
R. Dixon Herman
McAlister
McLaughlin
Herman
William Lynch
Lynch
US Jet and Two Helicopters Lost in Laos and Vietnam
SAIGON. The US Command said a supersonic F4 Phantom fighter bomber was lost over Laos and two medical evacuation helicopters were shot down on Vietnam's central coast Thursday. Both crewmen aboard the jet are listed as missing. No American casualties were reported aboard the helicopters.
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Saigon
Laos
South Vietnam
FBI Memo Controversy Hinders Kleindienst Nomination
Senators Bayh Stevenson Harris and McGovern oppose Kleindienst amid ITT GOP funding links. The FBI says a memo attributed to Dita Beard may originate from her office, while Beard, hospitalized for a heart condition, calls the memo a hoax. A Hart subcommittee heads to Denver to question her as the nomination debate intensifies.
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Dackers
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
Senate Judiciary Committee
Kleindienst
Justice Department
Nixon
Adlai E. Stevenson III
D-Ill
Senate
Fred Harris
D-Okla
George McGovern
D-S.d
Jack Anderson
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
ITT
FBI
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Anderson
Dita D. Beard
Beard
Denver
San Diego
J. Edgar Hoover
Special Judiciary
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Catholics Back Irish Peace Plan In Belfast Move
In Belfast William Whitelaw arrived as British secretary of state and was greeted by Catholic leaders pledging support for his peacemaker role. The SDLP urged an IRA halt to violence and called reforms first steps toward unification with the Republic, while protests and security measures intensified.
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Belfast
William Whitelaw
Northern Ireland
Social Democratic and Labor Party
SDLP
Londonderry
IRA
Brittan
Whitelaw
London
Irish Republic
Springfield Road
Irish Republican Army
Ulster
Britain
Provisional
Dublin
Provisional Army Council
Brian Faulkner
Faulkner
Maghera
Nielsen Heads State City Managers
J. Neil Nielsen, Mexico's city manager, was elected president of the Missouri City Manager's Association at the 11th annual training conference in Columbia. He has served as city manager for six years. Elected officers include Vernon Boxell Olivette first vice president Lyle Alberg Independence second vice president and Robert Metznger Joplin treasurer. Speakers were State Auditor Kit Bond Patterson president pro tem of the state Senate and Herbert Klemme director of Industrial Development for the Menninger Foundation of Topeka Kansas.
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J. Neil Nielsen
Mexico
Missouri
Pat) Patterson
State Senate
Herbert Klemme
Menninger Foundation
Topeka
Kansas
Nixon Blames Middlemen For High Food Costs
President Nixon blamed middlemen and hot farmers for rising food prices and pledged action if prices do not fall. He cited CPI increases, defended wage-price controls, and said he would curb middlemen while criticizing AFL-CIO chief Meany for quitting the Pay Board. He supported busing limits, reaffirmed Supreme Court decisions, and warned of further steps if inflation persists.
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Washington
Nixon
Camp David
Justice Department
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Supreme Court
Richard Kleindienst
Senate
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Pay Board
America
Vietnam
Cleanup Days Set for Mexico Spring Cleanup
City manager Neil Nielsen announced Mexico will hold annual spring-cleanup April 10 14. Residents should place materials at street edge the night before. Areas by sections and restrictions on prohibited items and bundles are outlined. Weather outlook predicts mild weekend with 50s 60s highs and chances of rain Tuesday Wednesday.
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Neil Nielsen
Mexico
Clark St
Clark T
Missouri
Joplin
Columbia
Kirksville
Laymen's Lenten Breakfasts Begin at Mexico Church
The annual Laymen's Lenten Breakfasts start Monday at Mexico United Methodist Church. Sponsored by the Mexico Jaycees, the breakfasts run each morning at 7 o clock through Holy Week with a different speaker daily. Orval Morris of Kaiser Refractories opens the series, programs ending by 7 45 to allow men to reach work.
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Mexico
Dollar stretches: America sends aid abroad and beyond
A Tabor Beacon-Enterprise column notes that a dollar today funds relief and curiosity worldwide. It highlights aid to Vietnam Formosa Pakistan South America the Philippines and ventures into outer space, underscoring global reach of U.S. spending and impact.
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Vietnam
Formosa
Pakistan
South America
Philippines
Outer Space
Tabor Beacon
Nixon explains why Paris talks halted and SALT outlook
President Nixon says he ordered the Paris peace talks suspended after North Vietnam used the talks for propaganda for three and a half years. He warns the move may not yield negotiations but aims to test Hanoi. He remains optimistic about Moscow summit and SALT prospects, yet doubts early agreement and highlights submarine-based missiles as a sticking point.
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Washington
Nixon
Paris
North Vietnam
Oval Office
White House
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
Brezhnev
Helsinki
Gerard Smith
Melvin R. Laird
State Department
Mexico High School Talent Show Winners Named
The Garretta Brooks led group won first prize for adaptations of Stand by Me and Shaft music at the Mexico High School Key Club talent show. Terry Toulson took second for an oral poetry reading, Vanessa Marshall with Kathy King third for I Don’t Know How to Love Him, with cash prizes for the top three. The auditorium was near full for the event and many other acts performed a variety of songs and skits.
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Garretta Brooks
John Reaven
Judy Davis
Marie Steele
Bob Sims
Lon Ellis
Monty Safford
Mexico
Shaft
Terry Toulson
Vanessa Marshall
Kathy King
Chicago
Pat VanHorn
Chuck Buckner
Bill Whalen
John Whalen
Stephanie White
Vicky Moss
Mark Bussen
Susan Friedberg
Jim Forbis
Beth Smiley
Patti Brown
Salfeggietto
Tom Stuart
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Charlie Brown
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Raymond Cheatum
Tim Lankford
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