Prosecution Sought Over My Lai Case Media Coverage
Military judge in the Calley trial orders a Justice Department probe into possible violations of a ban on discussing the case by witnesses and media. He cited Herbert Carter Ronald Haeberle and outlets including the Houston Chronicle The Associated Press Life Time NBC and others and set hearings for January 20.
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Fort Benning, GA
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Reid W. Kennedy
Justice Department
Calley
Kennedy
Carter
Houston Chronicle
Associated Press
Chronicle
U.S. Atty
John N. Mitchell
Viet Losses Mounting As Share Of War Shifts
Saigon reports seven month battlefield deaths totaling higher for South Vietnamese forces than American troops. Government casualties reach 11,450, with 4,907 Americans killed, reflecting Thieu's view of the rising Vietnamese role in the war.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Desertion Rate In South Viet Nam Forces Rising
Washington AP reports South Viet Namese forces show a rising desertion rate this fall, from 9 to 10 per 1000 men in September to October. With over one million troops, that equates to about 10,000 desertions monthly. Defense Secretary Laird ranks desertion as a top wartime problem second only to leadership development amid ongoing Vietnamization efforts. In the Mekong Delta, a 500 man South Vietnamese battalion suffered 20 dead and 63 wounded in a sunset engagement after helicopter insertion, while two Viet Cong fatalities were reported.
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Washington
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Congress
U.S
Mekong
Florida to put Seminoles in alligator farming scheme
Florida's Indian Affairs Commission proposes placing Seminoles and Miccosukees on four reservations to raise income and curb alligator poaching by 1970. The plan, backed by Gov. Kirk and tribal leaders, would start with authorized keepers, then expand to breeding and restocking the Everglades.
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Tallahassee, Fla
State Indian Affairs Commission
Florida
Ross Allen
Commission
Claude Kirk
Joe Dan Osceola
Buffalo Tiger
Brighton
Miccosukee
Dania
Big Cypress
Allen
Everglades
Old Navy Vet Hails Great White Fleet Return
In San Diego 62 years after the Great White Fleet departure 1907 Harry Morris 82 a former Kearsarge crewman and Great White Fleet Association head says another such voyage would be the greatest thing though many oppose it. He notes the 48 000 mile cruise ordered by President Roosevelt proved U S military strength and kept peace for years.
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San Diego
Calif
Harry Morris
U.S. Grant Hotel
Morris
Great White Fleet Association
Kearsarge
Navy
Theodore Roosevelt
U.S
Senate Vote Due Today On Free Senate Federal Power Over Schools
A southern driven fight over federal powers in school desegregation nears a Senate decision. The debate centers on an appropriations bill amendment to ban federal funds for school shutdowns busing or pupil assignment against parental wishes. Senator Scott offered a constitutional exception language with Finch backing, while Southern Democrats call it weakening the original measure. Senators Holland and Stennis oppose, aligning with President Nixon’s campaign stance.
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Washington
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Health, Education and Welfare
Robert H. Finch
Scott
Finch
Nixon
Spessard L. Holland
D-Fla
John Stennis
D-Miss
Economic Development Group seeks six month surtax extension
The Committee for Economic Development urged Congress to extend the income surtax by six months to support a budget surplus aimed at curbing inflation. The 18 member program committee called for spending and tax balance, proposing a $6 to $9 billion surplus but allowing reduction if activity falters. It also urged cuts in space, farm subsidies, and highway construction with redirected military savings toward urban, racial, and poverty issues.
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Washington
Congress
Committee For Economic Development
CED
Tax Bill Stalls Hinge On Oil Depletion Change
House and Senate conferees have settled about half their differences in tax reform while unresolved issues include the oil depletion allowance and the personal income tax exemption. Rep. Wilbur Mills says negotiations are ahead of schedule with final decisions possible by Thursday night and a House vote by Saturday or Monday. Senate action is expected to end the session so lawmakers can go home for Christmas after an 11 hour conference session observed under secrecy.
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Washington
House
Senate
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Arms Hold Key To Aid Issue
Washington reports unbudgeted aid items total 104.5 million dollars for Formosa planes and Korea funds. both authorization and appropriations bills face conflicts between Senate and House as they head toward year end. If one item is dropped in conference, the measures risk being killed for the year due to lack of authorized funds.
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Washington
Formosa
South Korea
Congress
Senate
House
Korea
Appropriations Committee
Middletown Weather Update Calls for Clearing Skies Tonight
The forecast for Middletown and vicinity calls for partial cloudy skies today to clearing later this evening. Tonight's lows will be in the low to mid 20s. Increasing cloudiness and warmer temperatures on Thursday. Highs will be in the 40s. Yesterday's high was 32 with this morning's low at a cold 23.
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Middletown
Hayakawa Still Has School War
San Francisco State College faces lingering conflict a year after campus riots. The BSU pushes for revolution and exposure of inequality while faculty fear a volatile campus, and 460 students attend the new Black Studies Department led by a mixed faculty as Dr. Hayakawa labels militant activity a reign of terror.
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SAN Francisco
San Francisco State College
Black Students Union
BSU
America
Ies
S.J. Hayakawa
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