Viet Cong Claim On Crash Says Helicopters Off Course
Viet Cong claims a four nation ICCS crash investigation team signed a statement after visiting the site saying the helicopter veered from its prearranged route. Maj. Gen. Duncan McAlpine said the helicopter was shot down by a heat seeking missile during an authorized mission in Quang Tri Province. All nine aboard were killed. a second ICCS helicopter was damaged but its crew unharmed.
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Saigon
Viet Cong
Duncan McAlpine
Quang Tri Province
ICCS
U.S
McAlpine
Thailand
United States
Cambodia
Judge Rules Nixon Plan To End OEO Programs Illegal
A federal judge in Washington found the Nixon administration acted illegally in its plan to quickly terminate Office of Economic Opportunity programs and personnel. The ruling halted further action by acting director Howard Phillips, while a Missouri redevelopment group and a government workers union pursue suits. In Chicago, another judge declined to pause the plan, saying OEO would continue unless Congress acts to discontinue or funds through 1973. Phillip R. Kete, union president, hailed the decision amid supporters at OEO headquarters.
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Congress
Missouri Rural Redevelopment Corporation
Chicago
U.S. District Court
James B. Parsons
Parsons
OEO
White House
Phillip R. Kete
Government Union
Washington
United States
Senate OKs Vietnam War Memorial Plan in D C
The Senate approved by voice vote a measure authorizing the erection of a monument in Washington D C to Americans who served in the Vietnam war. The decision was sent to the House without dissent.
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Washington
Senate
House
Washington, D.C
Nixon seeks federal floor for unemployment benefits
President Nixon asked Congress to set minimum unemployment insurance standards so workers receive at least half their average weekly wage. He also urged extending coverage to about 635000 agricultural workers with safeguards to aid migrant workers.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Fits
Beating at Syracuse State School Injures Boy
Jerry Wilbur, 10, suffered a ruptured intestine after an apparent beating at the Syracuse State School. He was listed in fair condition at State University Hospital following surgery. Officials said a male attendant reported seeing another boy dunking Wilbur’s head in a basin of water Sunday night, while the cause and perpetrator remain under investigation.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Syracuse State School
Jerry Wilbur
State University Hospital
Theodore J. DiBuono
Sistant
Wilbur
George Buchholtz
Queens D. A. Arrested in Get-Sick-Quick Scheme
New York Queens District Attorney Thomas J. Mackell was arrested and charged with multiple misdemeanors tied to an alleged get-sick-quick scheme. Also charged were his son-in-law Assistant District Attorney James D. Robertson and former staff detective Frank DaPaola.
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New York
Queens
Thomas J. Mackell
Mackell
Asst. Dist
James D. Robertson
Frank DaPaola
Beach Street
Con Ed Owes Taxes, Coalition Says
A taxpayers group asserts Consolidated Edison owes the federal government 300 million dollars in income taxes excused from 1967 to 1971. A Con Ed spokesman confirms no federal income tax paid in that period, noting 1.2 billion dollars in other taxes locally and nationally and warning higher taxes would raise customer rates.
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NEW York
Consolidated Edison Co
Con Ed
Agnew Attacks Journalists For Sides In News
Vice President Spiro Agnew blasted journalists who take sides in stories saying the media tries to steer public reaction rather than report events. He spoke in advance of a speech for the April Freedom Forum at Harding College in Searcy Arkansas.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Today
Agnew
Harding College
Searcy, Ark
GOP Spying Probe Reaches Beyond Demondars
The Watergate grand jury digs into allegations of Republican spying and disruption beyond the break in. Former White House aides Dwight Chapin Gordon Strachan and California lawyer Donald Segretti testified amid reports of illicit funding and recruitment for political espionage against the Democrats. McCord and Liddy were cited by outlets as linking Mitchell to a list of bugging priorities. Anne Armstrong and Barry Goldwater urged truth and accountability to protect the GOP.
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Washington
Watergate Grand Jury
White House
Dwight Chapin
Gordon Strachan
California
Donald Segretti
Chapin
Strachan
Segretti
FBI
Senate
W. McCord Jr
Grand Jury
Atty
John N. Mitchell
McCord
G. Gordon ‘Liddy
Mitchell
Anne Armstrong
Nixon
Barry Goldwater
Indict Boston Man on Third Murder Charge
Anthony Jackson, 33, of Dorchester Boston, already indicted for two murders, was indicted by a Suffolk County grand jury on a third murder charge. Reich, 19, Emerson College student, found in a nailed-up closet last November. Jackson pleads innocent to the Hamilton and Gillespie deaths.
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Boston (Ap
Anthony Jackson
Boston
Dorchester
Middlesex County
Suffolk County
Jackson
Cambridge
Mass
Ruth Ann Hamilton
Winthrop
Damaris Synge Gillespie
Ellen Reich
Emerson College
Hamilton
Gillispie
Robert H. Quinn
Wagner declines bid for New York mayor in 1965
Robert F. Wagner announced he would not run for mayor this year. The 63 year old Democrat said he lacks the overriding desire for the job. He had hoped to run as a fusion candidate with GOP and Liberal backing but rejected the Republican designation and Democratic primary, ending the plan.
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NEW York
Robert F. Wagner
New York City
Wagner
Nelson A.rockefeller
Alex Rose
Rampaging Waves Hit Oswego Shore Near Route 89
Dramatic lake surge pounds the Oswego shoreline with stones and debris washing over a retaining wall near Route 89. Ice coated brush glints above as Niagara Mohawk Power stacks loom in the background and waves reach 25 to 30 feet against walls. Onlookers report lake spray crossing the road Wednesday afternoon. The photo faces toward the city.
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Niagara Mohawk Power
Route 89
Oswego
U S Quietly Seeks Release Of Two Thai POWs
Washington officials press quietly for the release of two Thai prisoners of war held by North Vietnam. The two men, likely Thai Army members, are the last known POWs of the Indochina war. Chai Cham Harnavee is seen as a hero and a key link in the Hanoi Hilton network. the second, Corporal Nanop Dam Wang Chom, was captured in Laos in October 1972.
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Washington
US S
Chai Cham Harnavee
Hanoi Hilton
Napodam Wang Chom
Laos
Picasso Family Donates Contemporaries Collection to France
Paris AP Pablo Picasso’s family announces the donation of a valuable collection of paintings by contemporaries such as Matisse Modigliani Dufy Braque and Rousseau to the French nation. The works will hang together in the Louvre per the donor’s condition.
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Picasso
Paris
Pablo Picasso
Roland Dumas
Mougins
French Riviera
Matisse
Modigliani
Dufy
Braque
Rousseau
Dumas
Louvre
Paulo
Jacqueline
Senate Support Rises for Ban on Cambodia Bombing
Washington AP Senate support grows for a ban on continued U S bombing in Cambodia. Senator Javits withdraws exemption for present hostilities while a dozen Democrats co sponsor separate bills to cut off funds unless Congress approves military action. Bills limit presidential war powers to 30 days with specific justifications. House hearings on parallel bills proceed as lawmakers seek stronger oversight.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Cambodia
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Congress
Javits
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vietnam
United States
House
House of Congress
NYS Insurance Cos May Lose Power to Set Rates
The New York State Senate approved a bill that would require insurance companies to submit proposed automobile insurance rate changes to the State Insurance Department for approval. Authority to set rates for homeowners and liability would be extended for two years. State Senator John M. Dunne noted the department should regain supervisory control.
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NYS Insurance Cos
Albany
N.Y
New York State
State Senate
Sembly
State Insurance Department
Surance
John M. Dunne
Garden City
Insurance Department
Arabs Seek American Said Involved in Raid on Beirut
Palestinian guerrilla leaders reportedly search for an American they believe aided the Israeli raid on Beirut. A French national was said captured as authorities accuse European passport holders of renting six cars used in the attack. Yasir Arafat says some elements stayed behind to plan more attacks while U S officials deny the involvement. Police reinforce security as funerals for three slain leaders prompt protests near the U S Embassy.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Yasir Arafat
al Fatah
Arafat
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Washington
William P. Rogers
U.S
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
United States
Mohammed Yussef Najsar
Kargal Nasser
Kammal Adwan
U.S. Information Agency
Ex American Hotels Corp President Dies
Fort Myers, AP. Retired Army Brig. Gen. James L. Kincaid, 88, who led the American Hotels Corp from 1924 to 1960, died Tuesday.
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American Hotels Corp
Fort Myers, Fla
James L. Kincaid
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