Jurors weigh evidence in Black Panther case verdict awaited
In New Haven the case against Black Panther Chairman Bobby Seale and Ericka Huggins moves toward a verdict after a 36 hour jury review. The trial centers on capital charges of kidnapping resulting in death and murder, plus conspiracy, tied to the Rackley killing in New York City.
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New York City
Harold M. Mulvey
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George Sams Jr
Warren Kimbro
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Sams
Mulvey
Huggins
Army Demotes Koster Over My Lai Probe
Washington AP: The Army demotes and censures Major General Samuel W. Koster for not thoroughly investigating the My Lai massacre while commanding Americal Division in March 1968. Brig. Gen. George H. Young Jr. is also censured with his DSM revoked but allowed to keep rank. Koster plans to appeal in federal court. Sullivan says motive was political scapegoating.
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Stanley R. Resor
Koster
My Lai
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George H. Young Jr
Resor
William C. Westmoreland
Sullivan
Fr. Meade
West Point
Washington
Edward Bennett Williams
McCormacks Win Spellman Award at Sparkill ceremony
Former House Speaker John W. McCormack and his wife Harriet receive the Cardinal Spellman Award from St. Thomas Aquinas College at commencement in Sparkill New York. Archbishop Terence Cardinal Cooke presents the honor as the couple, noted for shared lifelong fidelity, remain in Boston due to Harriet’s illness.
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McCormack
Lynda Robb Gives Tricia Nixon Wedding Advice
New York AP report describes Lynda Bird Robb advising Tricia Nixon on leaving the White House after her June 12 wedding to Edward F. Cox. Robb, Lyndon B. Johnson’s daughter, called the tips the best wedding gift, noting how to exit discreetly without press attention.
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Lynda Bird Robb
Tricia Nixon
White House
Baltimore Block Area Raided Again
Federal agents swept the Baltimore Block section for liquor tax stamp violations. Twelve bars were visited with no arrests or closures, but five refills found and small quantities of narcotics two firearms and an illegal starter pistol seized. The strike force cites organized crime links and widespread noncompliance. Also nine Block clubs ordered closed pending charges. Intelligence quotients vary from 140 to 180 or more.
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James Jeffries
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Criminal Division
Jeffries
George Beall
U.S
Maryland
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sadat rejects canal concessions demand firm on timetable
In a National Assembly address, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat restated conditions to reopen the Suez Canal. He insisted Egyptian troops reach the canal's east bank and Israel withdraw with a clear timetable from all territories occupied in 1967, rejecting open ended ceasefires while any Israeli presence remains.
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