My Lai massacre court martial unfolds with witness claims
In Benning Georgia Lt William Calley Jr faces murder charges as witnesses allege Captain Ernest Medina directed the March 1968 assault on My Lai village. The testimony portrays Medina as orchestrating the events the day before the killings. A Boston Herald Traveler report notes a Coast Guard inquiry recommending court martial for a high ranking officer over a Lithuanian seaman defection attempt to a Coast Guard cutter.
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FT. Benning, Ga
William Calley Jr
Ernest Medina
My Lai
Charlie Company
Boston
Boston Herald Traveler
Coast Guard Board of Inquiry
Washington
Coast Guard
Delegates Threaten Revolt at White House Children Conference
Dissident delegates representing a significant minority of the 4000 delegates threaten revolt unless changes are made to the conference format. they plan to meet with conference chairman Stephen Hess to present their demands.
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Washington
White House
Traffic Fatalities See Early Decline Amid Auto Upgrades
Washington reports a projected drop of about 1 100 highway deaths in 1970 and perhaps 3 900 in the following year due to safer cars and other factors. Douglas W. Toms of the Transportation Department cites the significant trend since 1957 and credits auto improvements. In aviation news, NASA envisions a cheaper nonpolluting rival to the SST with a winged design for the Advanced Technology Experimental Transport, ATET, aiming to keep U S leadership in aircraft development.
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Washington
Douglas W. Toms
Transportation Department
National Highway Safety Bureau
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States
Griffin urges release of POWs and enemy captives
Senator Robert P. Griffin the Senate's No 2 Republican leader called for releasing all sick and wounded enemy prisoners and 1500 able bodied captured North Vietnamese troops to secure freedom for American POWs in a prepared Senate speech.
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Washington
Robert P. Griffin
Senate
Griffin
Senators Expect Tight Cambodian Aid Restriction Accord
A key House leader signals possible compromise as antiwar senators forecast victory with a White House nod. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee attached a new version of the restrictive amendment to the Nixon administration’s request for 225 million dollars in new Cambodia aid.
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Washington
House
White House
U.S
Cambodia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Welfare plan stymied as senators eye floor vote
Washington AP reports backers of President Nixon's welfare reform seek a Senate floor vote on their proposal as a controversial foreign trade quota measure is considered as a rider on the large Social Security bill. Majority Leader Mansfield signals possible debate this afternoon.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
Mike Mansfield
ACP Showdown Looms In Fresh Conservation Fight
Washington reports a possible clash between the Agricultural Conservation Program and the Nixon administration over funding. Since the 1930s the ACP has subsidized farmers for soil and water conservation, a frequent target of budget cuts but kept alive by congressional action.
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Washington
ACP
Congress
Ferry Sinking Feared in Korea Strait Disaster
The Namyung Ho ferry with 256 passengers and 20 crew aboard sank in the Korea Strait on its 14 hour voyage from Cheju Island to Pusan. More than 250 people were feared drowned as rescue efforts continued.
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Seoul
Korea Strait
Namyung Ho
Cheju Island
Korean Peninsula
Pusan
Connally Named Treasury Secretary in Nixon Move
Nixon taps former Texas governor John B. Connally as Treasury secretary in a bid to blunt Democratic critique of economic policy. The appointment, seen as political leverage, follows David Kennedy's resignation to become ambassador at large with international finance duties.
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Washington
Nixon
Texas
Jonh B. Connally
Treasury
Connally
Congress
David M. Kennedy
Chicago
Kennedy
State Department
John F. Kennedy
Connal
Ralph Yarborough
GOP
Yarborough
Vietnam troop withdrawals may slow ahead of Tet
U S officials expect potential Hanoi offensives during the Tet holiday to influence pullouts in Vietnam. As of Thursday 343700 U S personnel remained, down from 484000 a year earlier, with plans to reach 344000 by year end and 337000 by month’s end, possibly spreading subsequent cuts over the final months.
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Washington
U.S
Vietnam
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
Friedheim
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Saigon
Nixon
Hanoi
North Vietnam
One Shot Vaccine Aims at Measles Mumps German Measles
American and Soviet researchers report a promising one shot vaccine combining measles mumps and German measles vaccines. Early child trials show safety and potential effectiveness, with separate reports for an international conference on vaccines.
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Washington
A.a.smorodintsev
M.N. Nasibov
Leningrad Pasteur Institute
Maurice Hilleman
U S Plane Crashes In Vietnam Carrier Task Force Searches
A U S Navy courier plane from the carrier Ranger crashed in the Tonkin Gulf shortly after launch en route to Cubi Point with six passengers and four crew. Two bodies recovered and no survivors are confirmed. four Filipino repairmen aboard. Navy says it went down after normal catapult launch as ships and helicopters search the area. Also reports say 17 killed in a Mekong Delta Buddhist temple bombing.
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Saigon
Ranger
Tonkin Gulf
Navy
Philippines
Cubi Point Naval Air Station
Mekong Delta
GOP Governors Meet Agnew Over Connally Appointment
Republican governors at the winter NRGA conference in Sun Valley Idaho discuss dismay over President Nixon appointing Democrat Connally to succeed Kennedy. They press Nixon for tax revenue sharing talks and warn of a possible collapse in confidence in state and local governments if aid is delayed. Agnew planned to meet governors and speak at a banquet.
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Sun Valley
Idaho
Francis Sargent
Massachusetts
Connally
David F. Cargo
New Mexico
Texas
John B. Connally
Treasury
David Kennedy
Spiro T. Agnew
National Republican Governors Association
Nixon
Campagin
Don W. Samuelson
David F .Cargo
Washington
Rogers C. B. Morton
Congress
Cargo
Agnew
Senate Critics Of SST Revise Their Strategy
Senate critics of the supersonic transport revise strategy as the House moves to vote on a 210 million SST development appropriation. Wisconsin Democrats Proxmire and Nelson propose bypassing the SST item for quicker action on a 2.6 billion transportation bill, while allies file for a filibuster against the SST.
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Washington
Senate
House
White House
Wisconsin
William Proxmire
Gaylord Nelson
Congress
Proxmire
Nelson
Sen
Sam J. Ervin
D-N,c
America
Nixon
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
West of the Pecos Weather Update
Fair conditions persist west of the Pecos through Wednesday. Nights cool to the mid 20s to low 40s, then a warming trend with highs from 55 to 70 by Wednesday afternoon.
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The
Pecos
U S and Britain to Build Naval Facility on Diego Garcia
The United States and Britain announced plans to construct a naval communications facility on Diego Garcia in the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, expanding regional defense infrastructure.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Diego Garcia
Chagos
Indian Ocean
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