Colonel Kehrli Guilty of Drug Charges in Vietnam
SAIGON AP A US Air Force colonel with 28 years service was found guilty of seven marijuana charges by a general court martial. Col Gerald V Kehrli, 46, received three years in prison and a 15000 dollar fine, while acquitted on one count. He could have faced 35 years and dismissal. The verdict remains subject to automatic review.
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Saigon
Gerald V. Kehrli
Air Force
Kehril
Lucius D. Clay Jr
7Th Air Force
Washington
Clay
Kehrli
Vietnam
Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Portland
Ore
Willmar
Minn
Army
Peter C. Jackson
Chicago
Jackson
Col. Kehrli
AFL-CIO Slams Nixon Revenue Sharing Plan as Cop-Out
MIAMI BEACH AP AFL-CIO education director Walter Davis calls Nixon revenue sharing a cop-out that could starve funded education programs and leave decisions about school meals vocational education and other aid to local politicians The AFL-CIO council cites long funded but underfunded health education welfare housing and anti poverty programs George Meany terms the plan a gimmick and Davis warns it may rekindle church state disputes over aid to religious schools.
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Miami Beach
Afl-Cio
Nixon
Walter Davis
Davis
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Labor Department
Congress
Congressional
Andrew J. Biemiller
George Meany
Labor Federation
U P Newsman Dies in 2 Car Crash Albany
John H. Gilmore a 28 year old United Press International reporter for about five years was killed in a two car collision at a downtown Albany intersection while returning home from work. A Syracuse University graduate he had worked for the Syracuse Post Standard. He is survived by his wife Patricia Noonan and his parents Mr. and Mrs. John A. Gilmore.
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U. P
Albany
N. Y
John H. Gilmore
United Press International
Gilmore
Syracuse Post-Standard
Syracuse University
John A. Gilmore
Camillus
Patricia Noonan
Glens Falls
Senator Jordan Recovers From Colon Surgery at Duke
Sen B Everett Jordan 74 is awake and resting after a 34 hour operation to remove a malignant tumor from his colon at Duke University Medical Center Doctors said no spread was found He entered Duke Hospital for a physical in preparation for his 1972 bid and will be out for two to three weeks normally Officials declined to estimate return date Jordan appointed to the Senate in 1958 by Gov Hodges He chairs the Senate Rules Committee and is the second ranking Democrat on the Agriculture Committee.
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Jordan
Senate
Luther Hodges
W. Kerr Scott
Senate Rules Committee
Agriculture Committee
Concorde Grounded Over Engine Trouble
London AP reports the British-French Concorde has been grounded until mid March due to engine trouble. A test flight saw a fragment detach from an Olympus 593 engine and drop into the Atlantic. Rolls Royce and SNECMA develop the engine. The ministers will discuss the project in Paris Thursday.
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London
Brian Trubshaw
Atlantic
Rolls-Royce Ltd
Snecma
France
Corfield
Chamant
Paris
Aviation Ministry
US Command Reports Five Aircraft Lost in Vietnam Laos and Cambodia
The U S Command said five aircraft were lost across South Vietnam Laos and Cambodia with 22 Americans killed 22 wounded and one missing. A Chinook helicopter and an F4 Phantom fighter were downed in the Laotian panhandle as U S forces push to disrupt the Ho Chi Minh trail and bolster ground operations amid stiff enemy resistance.
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U. S. Command
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laotian Panhandle
Hoang Xuan Lam
Namese
National Can Co. Signs Pact With Steelworkers
National Can Co. and the United Steelworkers of America announced a three year contract that ends a nationwide strike by three rival firms. The deal covers wage gains for lowest paid workers of $11 per hour over three years plus a cost of living clause and enhanced pension Medicare and medical benefits. The agreement reflects a strong early settlement in major industry bargaining affecting about 650,000 workers across steel aluminum copper and can sectors.
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National Can Co
Fias
United Steelworkers of America
Steelworkers
I.W. Abel
National
American CK Co
Consolidated Can Co
Crown, Cork and Seal Co
Olivier to star in Guys and Dolls at National Theatre
London AP reports Sir Laurence Olivier will portray Nathan Detroit in a British National Theatre production of Guys and Dolls at the Old Vic opening next Navy 24. The show, delayed by Olivier illness, marks the British premiere 21 years after New York debut.
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London
Laurence Olivier
Nathan Detroit
British National Theater
Old Vic
Navy
National Theater
Olivier
New York
Ex-Con Rene Guzman Sought After Fatal Deputy Sheriffs Shootout
Dallas authorities hunt 33 year old Rene Adolfo Guzman for allegedly fatally shooting three of five deputy sheriffs and wounding another after they seized him during burglary investigation. Guzman, identified by Sheriff Clarence Jones, has prior burglary and assault records.
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Dallas
Tex
Clarence Jones
Dallas County
Rene Adolpho Guzman
Jones
Five officers shot in Dallas County ambush at Trinity River bottoms
Deputies Donnie Reese 30 Sam Infante 32 and A J Robertson 59 died after gunmen seized control at a West Dallas home. Deputy Wadell Dover 49 was wounded in the chest and listed as fair. A D McCurley 50 and Sweese aided, while Infante was forced to drive to the river and the victims were tied up before a fusillade. The attackers fled as the ambush unfolded with one man signaling to stop.
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Jones
Trinity River
Dallas County
Donnie Reese
Sam Infante
Ellis County
A. J. Robertson
Waxahachie
Wadell Dover
A. D. McCurley
Infante, Robertson
Dover
Dallas
Dallas County Sheriff's Office
Sweese
McCurley
Reese
Infatte
Infante
USAF Officer Kidnapped by Leftist Turks Held 17 Hours
Sgt. Jimmy Ray Finley a 24 year old air policeman from Fort Worth Texas was kidnapped in Ankara by suspected leftist extremists and held for 17 hours before being returned to his base. Turkish police hunted the abductors as U.S. officials disclosed minimal details of the interrogation.
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Ankara
Turkey
Texas
U.S. Air Force
Jimmy Ray Finley
Fort Worth
Tex
Air Face
Istanbul University
Deniz Germis
Finley
Eee
U S Marine patrol freed five then fired on them in 1969
Boston Globe reports a U S Marine patrol released five wanted American servicemen at Da Nang in 1969 then opened fire as they jogged away. The case cites a court martial of Pvt. Michael D. Maynard who pleaded guilty to mutiny and escape, with one man killed and others wounded. Maynard is serving a three year term at Portsmouth naval brig.
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Boston
Boston Globe
U.S
Vietnam
Newpaper
Michael D. Maynard
Jordan
Utah
da Nang
Maynard
Portsmouth, N.H
The
Globe
Marine Aircraft Group UH
Governor Proposes Ban on Discrimination Against Women
Albany Gov Rockefeller asks Legislature to ban discrimination against women in bars and public places extending New York City's local law statewide. Civil rights law violations could face up to 500 dollars in damages. tavern licenses could be revoked. The proposal is part of five civil rights measures amid budget hearings and tax-raising debates.
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Rockefeller
Albany
N.Y
New York City
Capitol
Senate
Assembly
Buffalo
Indict Author For Murder In GI's Death
Humboldt Tenn AP author Jesse Hill Ford indicted for first degree murder in the Nov 16 shooting death of Pvt George H Doaks Jr 21 of Trenton The author 42 remains free on a 20000 bond He faces a 250000 lawsuit by Doaks widow Doaks a Negro was shot in Ford s driveway Ally V Andrews distant relative present Ford says he feared harm to his son after Doaks arrived Ford notes harassment after publishing The Liberation of Lord Byron Jones linking to community tensions
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Humboldt, Tenn
Jesse Hill Ford
Ford
George H. Doaks Jr
Trenton
Doaks
Allie V. Andrews
Lord Byron Jones
Four NY banks cut prime rate to 5 percent
Four major New York banks led by Bankers Trust Co and Chase Manhattan reduced their prime lending rate by one quarter point to 5 percent from 6 percent. The move followed Federal Reserve Board approval of a discount rate cut to 4 percent from 5 percent across 11 of 12 district banks.
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New York
Bankers Trust Co
Chase Manhattan
First National City
Chemical
Federal Reserve Board
Suspended deputy charged with murder in Lockport shooting
James W. Nicholson 31 was arrested after his wife Rita 30 was killed with a revolver at their Lockport home. Deputies said Nicholson called the sheriff to report the incident and was taken into custody shortly after midnight.
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Lockport
N. Y
Niagara County
James W. Nicholson
Rita
Nicholson
Sheriff's Office
Protesters in Spy Costumes Rally Outside Laird Home
Eleven members of the SANE antiwar group staged a 40 minute street theater outside Defense Secretary Melvin Laird’s Bethesda home. The demonstration, near the Pentagon, involved trench coats dark glasses and pulled down hats to protest military surveillance of peace groups by Army intelligence.
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Bethesda, Md
SANE
Melvin Laird
Laird
Pentagon
Army
Calley Declared Normal in Mental Examination at Fort Benning
In a Fort Benning proceeding Lt. William L. Calley Jr. was found normal in every respect by a judge after a month-long psychiatric examination. Judge Reid W. Kennedy announced the ruling amid a dispute over defense witnesses.
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FT. Benning, Ga
My Lai
William L. Calley Jr
Reid W. Kennedy
Chichester-Clark warns of more trouble in Northern Ireland
Prime Minister James Chichester-Clark returned from London talks with Edward Heath and other British leaders predicting further serious trouble for Northern Ireland. He travelled to discuss last week's bloody fighting that left at least 12 dead.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
James Chichester-Clark
Edward Heath
London
Chester-Irk
Deserter Balch Held in East German Jail
The United States Army reports Ronald Balch, 24, of Huntsville Alabama, is jailed in East Germany serving two years and eight months after going AWOL in Bamberg Germany on March 9 1961. A spokesman confirmed Balch as the deserter.
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Berlin
East Germany
Gll
Ronald Balch
Huntsville
Ala
Bamberg
Germany
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