GI Bodies Used Heroin Smuggling Trial Begins
Thomas J. Southerland, 31, of Castle Hayne North Carolina, on trial on charges linked to a scheme to smuggle heroin into the United States hidden in the corpses of GI war dead. Prosecutors say a plane carrying two war dead and 62 passengers was diverted to Andrews Air Force Base search found no heroin. Authorities allege heroin bought in Thailand for 1700 per kilo and sold for 20000 in the United States. Southerland wore a fake Army sergeant uniform with forged documents. he never served in the military. Bail requested to rise to 500000 citing danger to the defendant.
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Longest Held POW To Be Released
Saigon reports the Viet Cong will release 32 prisoners including Maj Floyd Thompson the longest held American captive. Also to be freed is Philip Manhard the top US civilian, Pfc Ronald Ridgeway believed dead then buried, Sgt Michael Branch Maj Floyd Kushner and others.
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Hue
McLean
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Khe Sanh
Ridgeway
United States
Mildred A. Ridgeway
Houston
Tex
Michael Patrick Branch
Highland
Radio Hamm
Floyd Kushner
Danville
Alfonso Riate
Bell Gardens
Calif
Commuters Riot at Ageo Station Near Tokyo
About 10 000 commuters enraged by union slowdowns surged at Ageo station 21 miles from Tokyo. They stoned trains occupied the station for hours, injuring two rioters and three railway officials, with seven arrests and widespread service disruption into Ueno. Riot police restored order by noon.
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Kennedy Aides Say JFK Aimed to Withdraw Troops by 1965
Los Angeles AP report notes Schlesinger and Bundy contest government fear that Ellsberg and Russo endangered the nation by copying the Pentagon papers. They argue Kennedy sought troop withdrawal by 1965 and that disclosure then could have altered Vietnam debates, with Schlesinger noting the volume’s potential to reveal Kennedy’s reservations. Bundy adds a March 1968 Times piece harmed US interests but would have been moot a year later.
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John F. Kennedy
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
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John Kenneth Galbraith
Russo
Ellsberg
Kennedy
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
McGeorge Bundy
Vietnam
U.S
Schlesinger
City College of New York
United States
Bundy
New York Times
Agnew Warns on Federal Spending and Inflation
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew told about 3,000 delegates at the Associated General Contractors of America convention that large federal spending increases risk new inflation. He urged swift bipartisan action to balance fiscal policy and stabilize the economy, aiming to cut inflation to 25 percent or less by year-end 1973.
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Spiro T. Agnew
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Agnew
Associated General Contractors of America
Witness Alleges Link Between FBI and Nixon Campaign
A Nixon campaign worker, Judith Hoback, swore she was confronted 48 hours after privately meeting the FBI during the Watergate probe. The affidavit notes she and two others sought private FBI interviews amid campaign lawyer scrutiny. Dean’s handling of those interviews faces Judiciary Committee questions as L. Patrick Gray III nomination moves forward.
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Hungarian Sergeant Seeks Asylum in Australia
A 22-year-old Hungarian army sergeant serving with the International Commission defected in Saigon over the weekend and was granted asylum in Australia. The Australian Embassy reported that the Hungarian national asked for emigration assistance and the embassy arranged it.
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International Commission of Control and Supervision
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