Calley Jury Deliberations Delayed By Rehearing Witnesses
The My Lai murder trial jury at Fort Benning is allowed to rehear testimony from eight more witnesses, delaying a verdict after 11 days of deliberation. The jurors will review color slides of My Lai while helicopter pilots and gunners who served there testify again, despite defense objections.
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FT. Benning, Ga
My Lai
William Calley Jr
Calley
George Latimer
Col
Reid Kennedy
Mayor Turns Helper in Drive for Girl's Care
AMERICAN FALLS Idaho AP The mayor Ralph Wheeler Jr a druggist and president elect of the Association of Idaho Cities rents himself out to raise funds for Jeanette Davis 18 who has a brain tumor She is wheelchair bound and doctors oppose operation Plans call for a school for the physically handicapped where she can learn a trade More than 1100 has been raised in this southern Idaho town of 2847 over two days with a drive running through April 8 no stated goal involved Wheeler has raised 271 in two days and says Im having a ball
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Ralph Wheeler Jr
Wheeler
The
Association of Idaho Cities
Jeanette
Jeanette Davis
Cally
Idaho
Weekend Weather Brings Mild Sunday, Partly Cloudy Skies
Forecasters expect a pleasant Sunday with highs in the low 60s and a 30 percent rain chance. Skies will be partly cloudy tonight with lows in the upper 30s, and Monday looks partly sunny with highs in the 60s.
Hope For 2 Miners Fading In Buckeye Coal Mine
Rescuers drill deeper into an underground cavity where Richard Randolph 63 and Charles Gibson 61 are trapped 340 feet underground after a mine shaft fire at Buckeye Coal Co in Carmichaels Pennsylvania. Equipment failures hinder air hole creation and extraction. Officials hold little hope for survival.
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Buckeye Coal Co
Richard Randolph
Charles Gibson
Boy Finalists Named For Sebald Awards
Ten boys have been named finalists in this year’s Sebald Self-Reliance Awards competition. The note appears on page 25. Also mentioned is Anwar Sadat in Egypt and a discussion about whether a cultural movement called the Cultural Explosion ever existed, with references on pages 52 and 49.
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Sebald Self-Reliance
Anwar Sadat
Gamal Nasser
Egypt
New Day era tainted by kickbacks in Ohio government
AP analysis shows Gilligan era promises of reform clashing with graft in the Ohio agencies. Kickbacks to Democratic HQ from deputy registrars for license plates and drivers licenses and a $500 annual fee for liquor franchisees taint the governor’s image. Gilligan denies ordering or knowing of any.
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Perry Smith
Columbus, Ohio
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Liquor Department
John J. Gilligan
Gilligan
James A. Rhodes
Columbus
Rhodes
Richard Guggenheim
Democratic
Ohio Democratic Party
William Lavelle
Athens
GOP
Statehouse
Bloody fighting in Cambodia near Highway 4
Cambodian Captain Chan Sarin describes a brutal clash southwest of Phnom Penh on Highway 4 in which Cambodian troops repelled North Vietnamese forces. He says at least 100 enemy soldiers were killed, with 10 Cambodians wounded. He notes helmets and scarves hid fighters, and that Chinese and Korean soldiers were allegedly present.
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Robin Mannock Phaoc
Cambodia
Chan Sarin
Phnom Penh
Bombs Hit New Supplies In Laos North Vietnam Pushes Goods South
SAIGON AP U S B52 Stratofortresses pounded mountainous Ho Chi Minh Trail sections Saturday after reports of increased enemy movement indicating a late season rush to supply North Vietnamese forces in the South. U S air power damaged trail dumps during the Laos operation, while Khe Sanh near the border was hit but no casualties reported. Military sources expected the withdrawal from Khe Sanh to proceed within two weeks as fewer helicopter sorties were flown in the Laos campaign and more than 1,000 sorties had occurred on other days.
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Saigon
U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
South Vietnam
Cambodia
U.S. Command
Khe Sanh
Quang Tri
Two Die in Small Plane Crash near Thornville Ohio
Two people died when a single engine Piper aircraft crashed along Ohio 188 three miles south of Thornville in Perry County. Victims were Richard Dean Hathaway, 45, of Johnstown and Donald Clark Duff, 50, of Reynoldsburg. The plane had departed Port Columbus and was on a local flight.
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New Lexington, O
Ohio
Thornville
Perry County
Ohio Highway Patrol
Richard Dean Hathaway
Johnstown
Donald Clark Duff
Reynoldsburg
Port Columbus
Guerrilla ambush in Irbid leaves officers and soldiers dead
Palestinian guerrillas attacked in Irbid Jordan injuring and killing multiple security officers during renewed clashes with the army on Saturday. Government reports confirm casualties among two officers and three soldiers.
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Amman
Jordan
Hild
Irbid
Conflicting Reports on Civil War in East Pakistan
AP reports indicate Pakistan claims army control in East Pakistan while frontier sources say heavy fighting continues. censorship blackout limits verifiable details as rival broadcasts claim Sheik Mujibur Rahman’s arrest or continued leadership from Chittagong.
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Pakistan
New Delhi
India
The
Frontier
East
West Pakistan
Pakistan Radio Network
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Awami League
East Pakistan
Three Dayton Women Die In Car Crash Near Mount Gilead
Three Dayton women died when their car left Interstate 71 north of Ohio 314. The driver survived and was hospitalized. Deceased were Florence L. Evans 59 Janet R. Fiegley 46 and Gertrude T. Middleton 69 all of Dayton. Driver Angeline D. Broxey 42 of Dayton was injured and taken to Morrow County Hospital.
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Mount Gilead, Ohio
Dayton
Interstate 71
Ohio 314
Highway Patrol
Florence L. Evans
Ontario Ave
Janet R. Fiegley
Pall Drive
Gertrude T. Middleton
S. Smithville Road
Angeline D. Broxey
Suman Ave
Morrow County Hospital
Mt. Gilead
Newsmen expelled from Dacca in East Pakistan clash
State Department officials said on Saturday several newsmen were expelled from Dacca during the civil war and flown out via Colombo, Ceylon. The report notes the expulsion amid regional conflict and underscores U.S. concern over press access.
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Washington
State Department
Dacca
East Pakistan
Colombo
Ceylon
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Thomas Collins
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