Military court cases involve Laird testimony motion in My Lai case
In Fort McPherson Georgia a military judge weighs a motion to compel Defense Secretary Laird and others to testify in the court martial of a soldier tied to the My Lai massacre allegations. Col Hagan rejects motions to bar court martial of Sgt. Esequiel Torres for killing four Vietnamese civilians and trying to kill at least three others.
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Ft, Mcpherson, Ga
Melvin Laird
My Lai
James A. Hagan
Army
Esequiel Torres
Salad bowl unions end battle with field workers accord
Salinas California AP reports a sudden agreement ends a dispute over representation for field workers in the salad bowl. The pact with the Teamsters opens space for Cesar Chavez and the AFL CIO United Farm Workers Organizing Committee to broaden organizing efforts across the western United States and Canada.
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Salinas
Calif
Cesar Chavez
Afl-Cio United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
United States
Canada
GOP Not Worried Over Nixon Veto Override
A White House emissary told Republican campaigners not to fret if Congress overrides Nixon vetoes on education and housing spending bills. Democrats charge the move is a GOP strategy to blame inflation on Congress.
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Lake OF the Ozarks
White House
Congress
Nixon
Vietnam
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Chamber of Commerce
Education and
Veterans’ Organizations
Labor Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
ABM Foes Readying Final Push Against Safeguard
Foes of President Nixon’s Safeguard antiballistic missile system plan a final drive next week to curb expansion after losing twice in the Senate. Supporters say they can withstand any challenge and have the votes to oppose cuts.
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Washington
Nixon
Safeguard
Senate
Bill collecting profits rise as delinquencies surge
The American Collectors Association says delinquent accounts referred by businesses to its 2,600 member agencies rose 20 percent from a year earlier, marking the third highest monthly total in history. Analysts cite rising living costs tight credit and job insecurity as factors.
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New York
American Collectors Association
ACA
Boxcar Shortage Studied By Federal Officials And Railroads
Federal officials and railroad industry leaders study ways to fix an annual boxcar shortage as peak shipping season approaches. A shipper poll shows no current shortage, but the pattern suggests imbalance with three cars heading east for every one west.
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Washington
Oregon Lumberman
Kansas Wheat Grower
New England
Defense Asks Strange Questions In Tate Murder Trial
Linda Kasabian faced odd cross examination questions framed by Sharon Tate murder trial defendants. Ronald Hughes pressed about reality and God while the girls reportedly crafted the queries. Testimony noted her drug history and immunity while Manson’s group loomed over proceedings.
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Tate
Los Angeles
Linda Kasabian
Sharon Tate
Ronald Hughes
Hughes
Susan Atkins
Patricia Krenwinkel
Leslie van Houten
Charles Manson
Kasabian
Miss Tate
Manson
Irving Kanarek
Viet Cong Planned Offense to Undercut Pacification
Heavy fighting left more than 300 North Vietnamese dead as Viet Cong forces were believed to plan an offensive against pacification in the lowlands of Vietnam's two northern provinces. A dusk battle continued with NVA troops holed up in villages along the old Street Without Joy corridor. Field reports noted 17 South Vietnamese killed and 44 wounded, including Maj. Nguyen Van Van, commander of Fire Base O'Reilly, who died in a mortar attack.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Nguyen van van
O’reilly
Quang Tri
Thua Thien
Quang Tri City
FBI Reports Murders Rise Sharply in 1969 Data
FBI crime statistics show firearms used in the majority of murders and assaults in 1969 with 14 590 murders and non negligent manslaughters and 306 420 aggravated assaults nationwide. Handguns account for 51 percent of murders and gun use rose since 1964.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
United States
Newsweek Magazine
U.S
Weather West of the Pecos Forecast
West of the Pecos region remains fair and hot through Friday. Highs reach 83 in lower elevations and up to 105 in higher terrain. tonight lows dip to 52 at high elevations and about 72 elsewhere.
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Pecos
House votes loom on overriding Nixon veto
President Nixon faces a pivotal clash with the House over 22.4 billion in education housing and environmental funding. Democrats push two spending veto overrides, hoping for GOP support to exceed a two thirds margin.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Nuclear Effects Revealed at U N symposium
United Nations New York AP A member of the U S Atomic Energy Commission urged a priority effort to study the environmental impacts of both nuclear and fossil fuel power plants. The symposium heard a U S study on nuclear plants and on heated water discharge, noting data gaps in evaluating plant locations.
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United Nations
N,y
U.S. Atomic Entery Commission
James T. Ramey
U.N
International Atomic Energy Agency
AEC
Ramey
Egyptian Deny Cease-Fire Violation Near Suez Canal
Cairo officials rebut Israeli Radio claims that Egyptian SAM 2 and SAM 3 missiles moved within 12 to 18 miles of the Suez Canal. They say no military buildup occurred, only troop redeployments, and replacements would not violate the cease-fire terms.
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Cairo
Suez Canal
Tropical disturbance forms east of Puerto Rico
An area of tropical depression formed in the Caribbean about 300 miles east southeast of San Juan Puerto Rico. It drifted west and northwest toward the eastern Gulf of Mexico and could develop into a storm or hurricane.
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Miami
Caribbean
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Gulf of Mexico
Abernathy urges new Poor People's March on Washington
Reverend Ralph David Abernathy, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, calls for reconvening the Poor People’s Coalition to march on Washington D C and threaten occupation of the Pentagon and Justice Department. He envisions mobilization from Mississippi, Alabama, and Appalachia to demand true representation.
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Atlanta
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Washington
Congress
Justice Department
Pentagon
Ralph David Abernathy
Civil Rights
Poor People’s Coalition
Antipoor
Antipeace
Iouth
Washington,d.c
SCLC
Justice
Boy snags snake in mouth at hospital field trip
A 15-year-old patient at National Jewish Hospital hid a green snake in his mouth during a field trip. A nurse briefly checked his temperature and later found the reptile, prompting the hospital to withhold names. The hospital says the snake was harmless and the incident was unplanned.
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Denver
National Jewish Hospital
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
Ncessary
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Land of the Ozarks
Warren E. Hearnes
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Appalachia
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