Calley Faces Verdict On My Lai Killings
Lt. William Calley Jr. awaits a jury verdict after a four month court martial for My Lai killings. He is convicted of killing 20 Vietnamese, one monk, and assaulting a child. Sentencing to follow as appeals loom. He says war is hell but hopes My Lai opens world eyes.
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Rusty Calley
My Lai
Lai
William L. Calley Jr
Col
Clifford Ford
U.S
Ford
Calley
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Jets Hit Gun Batteries In Northern DMZ
Four American jet fighters struck North Vietnamese artillery in the northern DMZ zone across Ben Hai River. The mission returned safely with no confirmation of hits. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacks on a South Vietnamese HQ near Cambodia caused heavy losses, while Fire Base Mary Ann near Da Nang faced shelling with American casualties. Farther north, a Khe Sanh unit was ambushed during pullout operations as U.S. ground forces withdraw by week’s end.
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Ben Hai
An Coux
U.S
McNamara Line
Big Chup Planation
Cambodia
Khe Sanh
Laos
Rebels Claim Victories In Pakistan
New Delhi AP reports East Pakistani rebel radio says a liberation army nearing Dacca after marching 140 miles from Chittagong. Yahya Khan government broadcasts from West Pakistan say the situation is under control as Awami League forces allegedly rout many army units.
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Liberation Army
Dacca
Chittagong
Presidnt
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
West Pakistan
Pakistan
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Awami League
Hijacked Philippine Plane Bound for Red China
Five young men hijacked a Philippine BACN11 twin engine airliner carrying 25 others en route to Canton. Four Americans aboard were identified as passengers. The hijackers reportedly demanded ideological motives and used 22 caliber pistols and scissors. The aircraft stopped in Hong Kong for fuel before expected return to Manila or Davao.
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China
Mainland
Philippines
Manila
Davao
Mindanao
U.S
Russell E. Ebersole
Jersey City
N.J
George W. Drysdale
Waukegan
Ill
Eldred Fewkes
Burley
Idaho
Death sentences for Manson and three women in Tate-LaBianca case
Jurors from the Tate-LaBianca murder trial received death sentences for Charles Manson Patricia Krenwinkel Leslie Van Houten and Susan Atkins. They chose the gas chamber over life imprisonment and await formal sentencing on April 19. Prosecutors and defense lawyers reacted with mixed views as the verdicts were read.
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Los Angeles
Charles Manson
Tate-LaBianca
Manson
Patricia Krewinkel
Leslie van Houten
Charles Older
State Supreme Court
Atty
Vincent Bugliosi
U.S. Supreme Court
Hall of Justice
Paul Fitzgerald
Mensmen
Fitzgerald
Miss Krenwinkel
Miss Atkins
Miss van Houten
Army Plans Full Honors For Mule Hambone Dies
Army retirement of service No. 5911 follows the death of Hambone the veteran mule aged 38 at Fort Carson Colorado He served two World War I tours in Germany and was buried after a heart attack Hambone will receive full military honors later this week as the other surviving Army mule Trotter at West Point remains mascot of age 37.
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Colo
Army
Hamilton T. Bone
Hambone
Germany
Trotter
U.S. Military Academy
Sunny and Warmer Weather Forecast Tomorrow
Sunny and warmer conditions expected tomorrow with a high in the upper 50s after a cold night with a low in the 30s. Yesterday's high reached 45 degrees and this morning opened at 25 degrees.
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