Gainesville Six Confess To War Crimes In Court
In Gainesville six Vietnam Veterans Against the War members testified in court confessing to war crimes as part of Winter Soldier investigations. They later pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring to disrupt the Republican Convention with gunfire and explosives.
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Gainesville
Fla
U.S
Indochina
William J. Patterson
Hallandale
Scott Camil
Miami
Alton C. Foss
John W. Kniffin
Austin
Tex
Peter Mahoney
New York City
Donald P. Perdue
David L. Middlebrooks
Middlebrooks
VVAW
Federal Building
Tallahassee
Miami Beach
Vietnam Veterans
VWAW
Detroit Area Busing Plan Delayed Amid Appeal
A desegregation plan for the Detroit area schools will not start with the fall term due to deliberations on an appeal before the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The plan would have bused about 40,000 students across district lines involving 52 districts, while the state’s purchase of 295 buses remains halted until the appeal is resolved. The delay follows a long testimony and cites the plan’s size and complexity as reasons for postponement.
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Cincinnati
Detroit
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court
Stephen J. Roth
Flint
Mich
Roth
State of Michigan
Harry Phillips
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Michigan
Nixon
George Edwards
NAACP
Algerian stance on hijackers eyed as ransom return showcased
Delta Air Lines officials report signs Algeria may crack down on hijackers seeking refuge there after recovering 1 million dollars from five men who hijacked a Miami bound jet. Officials credit Algerian authorities and Air Algerie for cooperation during the ransom return and discuss potential consequences for future extortion.
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Washington
Algiers
Black Panthers
Delta Air Lines
Delta
Pulles International
Western Air Lines
Algeria
Air Algerie
Shelby Dement
Neutercanes New Tool In Forecasting
MIAMI Fla AP sharp eyed satellite identifies a new sea storm type called neutercane half hurricane half tornado. Neutercane Bravo located 600 miles northeast of Bermuda with 40 mph winds and 10 mph movement may not hit land but could evolve into a hurricane or tropical storm. Forecaster notes satellites reveal compact circular storms at sea and threaten shipping. Alpha previously struck Georgia. neutercane season will add new names challenging forecasters not to mock windsomeness.
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Miami
Fla
National Hurricane Center
North Atlantic
Bermuda
Joe Pellissier
ATS3
Center
Robert Simpson
Georgia
Simpson
Grand Banks
Charlie
Juliet
Milk price supports rise linked to Nixon campaign donations
Washington Post reports that large dairy group contributions to Nixon’s 1972 reelection allegedly influenced the March 25 1971 decision to raise federal milk price supports from 4.66 to 4.93 per hundredweight, boosting industry payments by up to 700 million. The letters, in a lawsuit by the National Farmers Organization, are under DOJ review.
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Washington Post
the Post
Post
National Farmers Organization
National Dairy
NFO
Ward Rowley
Atty
Richard Kleindienst
White House
United States
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Powell
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Birmingham
Ala
George C. Wallace
GOP
U.S. Senate
Alabama
Winton M. Blount
Spain Rehabilitation Center
Sam Vines
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Odessans
Automobile
Mtniral Jim
Henderson-Parker Agency
Baby
Canutillo
el Paso
Navy
Ransom
Eugene Stewart
Delta Airlines
Shelby Bement
Dulles International Airport
Sion
Eugene H. Stewart
Agriculture Department
Stewart
Atlantic
Dement
Washington Post Reports
Justice Department
Senate
William A. Powell
Mid-America Dairymen, Inc
Republican
Buster Brown
Barnes & Pelletier
Odessa Reproduction Co
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