Children Conference Ends Amid War Protest and Reform Demands
The White House Conference on Children concluded after a tense breakout session where about 1,000 delegates demanded an end to the Vietnam War. They approved 10 overriding issues including end to hunger and a federal child health care program. Resolutions called for guaranteed income levels, expanded Head Start, and a Cabinet level office for family and child services. An earlier chaos over race and gender advocacy was led by Ariene Harris Taylor before order was restored.
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Washington
White House
Vietnam
Nixon
Verse
Ariene Harris Taylor
The
Baltimore College of Bible
Central Asia
Scandinavia
Manson refuses lawyer in new murder case
Los Angeles AP Charles Manson on arraignment for a ninth murder charge refused legal representation saying no man can speak for him. He appeared barefoot in blue denim with Bruce Davis also charged in the disappearance and presumed dismemberment of stuntman Donald Shea from Spahn Ranch. The case may be consolidated with the Hinman slaying.
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Los Angeles
Charles Manson
Manson
Bruce Davis
Donald J
Shorty
Shea
Spahn Movie Ranch
Sharon
Tate
Davis
Gary Hinman
District Attorney’s
Hinman
Medina Attorney Blames Faulty Intelligence For My Lai Massacre
Attorney F Lee Bailey said faulty intelligence given to Army Captain Ernest Medina led him to believe civilians were absent in My Lai. The briefing source Captain Eugene Kotouc faced no comment as proceedings continue. Discovery of the raid also involves Lt. William Calley Jr on trial for premeditated murder, while Kotouc faces related charges and an Army investigation proceeds under Lt Gen Albert Connor.
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FT. Mcpherson
Ernest Medina
Medina
My Lai
F. Lee Bailey
Eugene M. Kotouc
Bailey
Kotouc
Charley Company
South China Sea
William Calley Jr
Miami
Fla
Ft Benning Ga
Milford, Neb
Albert ©. Connor
3Rd Army
General Mills halts Betty Crocker coupons for lifesaving devices
Minneapolis AP General Mills ends redeeming Betty Crocker coupons for life saving devices amid charges the firm profited from misfortune. Nonprofit groups had used the program to obtain cash for dialysis machines iron lungs heart pacers and heart monitors for hospitals. The company cites misunderstandings and public sympathy as reasons and will stop as of Dec 1 with no redemptions after May 31.
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Minneapolis
General Mills
Betty Crocker
Thalidomide Trial Ends Without Formal Verdict
In Alsdorf Germany the Aachen State Court terminated the 214 year trial without a verdict while finding a clear link between West German thalidomide sales from 1957 to 1961 and thousands of malformed births. The case involved five Gruenenthal personnel and covered compensation already pledged by the company and German government totaling over 40 million marks for families of affected children and adults.
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Alsdorf
Germany
Aachen
Benno Dietz
Chemie Gruenenthal
Frances Kelsey
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
United States
Schulte-Hilles
Gruenenthal
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Roger Young
Craig Rice
Larry Cullen
Marlin Douglas
Dale Ausherman
Dennis Miller
Crena Spencer
Cedric H. Smith
Potomac Edison
Allegheny Power System
Wray
Arerive
Karl-Hermann Schulte-Hillen
West Germany
Gruenen Thal
Japan
Viet Cong
Hong Kong
South Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
HP Products, Inc
AT & Cooling
Frederick
Colonial Joreclors
W. Patrick ST. Frederick, MD
Will. Hurwitz
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