Henderson defense argues cover up of My Lai massacre
In a lengthy My Lai court martial, Brig. Gen. Samuel Koster testified Col. Oran Henderson told him only 20 civilians died and that a pilot's reports of larger casualties were imagined. The Pentagon learned of the incident a year later after a GI letter to congressmen. Henderson faces charges of concealing war crimes and lying to an Army probe.
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U.S
My Lai
Samuel W. Koster
Col. Henderson
Koster
Carroll J. Tichenor
Henry Rothblatt
Secretary of the Army
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Ben-Gurion Treated for Inflamed Joints in Israel
Former Israeli premier David Ben-Gurion is under treatment for inflamed joints. A government spokesman says there is no cause for alarm and that his 85th birthday celebrations will be scaled back, though he will make a brief appearance at 25 scheduled events.
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SDE Boqer
Israel
David Ben- Gurion
Ben-Gurion
Graduated Tax Emerges as Ohio Budget Compromise
A new graduated tax plan appears as a compromise option in Ohio. It proposes 5 to 4 percent personal income tax, 4 percent corporate tax under 25000 and 7 4 percent above, plus limited property tax relief. House-Senate talks push toward an $8.1 billion biennial funding package as lawmakers return to bargaining.
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Organized Labor
House-Senate
House
John Gilligan
Senate
Rep
A. G. Lancione
Bellaire
Monroe Band to Perform at Circleville Pumpkin Festival
The Lemon Monroe marching band will entertain Circleville at the annual Pumpkin Festival on Wednesday. Director Tom Buchanan says the concert features show tunes rock and Chicago tunes from the group Chicago Transit Authority. The band will also march in the festival parade.
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Tom Buchanan
Chicago
Buchanan
Chicago Transit Authority
Disc Jockeys Attend Convention and Opry Birthday
Fred A. Slezak of Middletown and Luther Tipton of Fairfield attend the Country Western Music Disc Jockey Convention and the 46th Grand Old Opry Birthday Celebration in Nashville. Slezak represents WCNW Radio Fairfield. Tipton, a past winner in 1964, is also featured as an honoree and the event will announce the Disc Jockey of the Year award.
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Fred A. Slezak
Middletown
Luther “Pappy” Tipton
Fairfield
Wcnw Radio
Nashville
Lenn
Slezak
Wildwood
Fewick High School
International School of Broadcasting
Tipton
YMCA to Sponsor Bridge Lessons This Week
The YMCA announces a six week bridge course starting Monday at 7 30 p m with Glen Selby as instructor. Topics include values point counts bidding trumps and responses. Fee is 5 for Y members and 10 for nonmembers. Register at the Y.
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YMCA
Glen Selby
Ohioans win national FFA production and business honors
Kansas City AP report notes two Ohio recipients among 15 awarded at the Future Farmers of America 44th annual convention. Merle Gregg of Cable Champaign County earned recognition in forest management and David Phimmer of Carroll Fairfield County in ornamental horticulture.
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Kansas City
Future Farmers of America
Merle Gregg
Cable
Champaign County
David Phimmer
Carroll
Fairfield County
Tax Supporter Wavering on Personal Income Tax
Rep. E. W. Lampson of Jefferson, long a key backer of a personal income tax, shows signs of wavering after pushing a House bill against strong opposition. The Senate preferred a sales tax increase, and Lampson, also a weekly newspaper publisher, warned in a local editorial that Gilligan’s redistricting plan could doom the income tax and other admin programs amid partisan tensions.
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House
Rep
E. W.lampson
Jefferson
Lampson
Senate
Gilligan
General Assembly
Senators Urge Nixon Action Over School Lunch Guidelines
Fifty nine senators urged President Nixon to stop the Agriculture Department from enacting unlawful lunch guidelines that could cut more than one million children from federal school lunch aid. The letter followed House Education and Labor Committee action backing a bill to halt the guidelines amid the ongoing dispute over funding levels.
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Washington
Nixon
Agriculture Department
Imillion
House Education and Labor Committee
Congress
Department
Senate panel votes to end all aid to Pakistan
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to terminate all aid to Pakistan and earmark 85 million for Israel while cutting overall military aid from 705 million to 565 million. The panel also cut development loans and Alliance for Progress funds, delaying final action on Nixon's 3.5 billion foreign aid request until House action next week. Senator Church hinted at a Vietnam withdrawal plan linked to the broader aid bill.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pakistan
Israel
Nixon
U.S
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Congress
Indian Subcontinent
Alliance For Progress In
Latin America
House
Church
Foreign Relations Committee
Board Candidates At Jefferson Elementary PTA Meeting
Middletown Board of Education candidates will appear at the Jefferson Elementary School PTA meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m for a question and answer session. An executive session begins at 7 p m preceding candidate introductions Arthur M Lennie Mrs Joan Compton Howard Schueller The Rev Frank M Hampton and the Rev James Holloman. An open house will follow.
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Middletown Board of Education
Jefferson Elementary School
PTA
Arthur M. Lennie
Joan Compton
Howard Schueller
Frank M. Hampton
James Holloman
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