Fog Delays Operations on Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos
Fog and low clouds slow actions in the Laotian Panhandle as South Vietnamese troops fortify Sepone 25 miles west of the border under a mobility tactic. U.S. bombers hit the trail with 46 strikes while a U21 transport disappeared with five aboard near Quang Tri Province.
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Saigon
Sepone
Laos
Route 9
Cambodia
U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U.S. Command
Quang Tri
South Vietnam
Ex-General Testifies In Probe
In Washington retired Army Col. Earl Franklin Cole is called to testify amid allegations he shielded illicit sales to U S military clubs. He was stripped of his general’s star, demoted to colonel, and faced claims of accepting bribes linked to Vietnam era PX operations.
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Washington
Vietnam
Earl Franklin Cole
Senate
U.S
Cole
Army PX and Club Systems
William J. Crum
Harley L. Moore
U.S. Army
Europe
Moore
Army Air Force Exchange Service
Hong Kong
Heidelburg
Frankfurt
Munich
James H. Polk
Pentagon
United States
Army
Schools Hard Hit For Cash
Washington AP reports taxpayer protests and shrinking federal aid threaten public schools with layoffs and strikes. NEA Executive Secretary Sam Lambert says the 1.1 million member union is drafting guidelines to resist teacher dismissals and larger class sizes as state boards cut pay and programs. Federal aid could ease the financial squeeze amid high property taxes and cuts to health services for low income families.
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Washington
National Education Association
NEA
Sam Lambert
Lambert
Allan M. West
Nixon Proposes 1.1 Billion Rural Aid Plan
President Nixon called on Congress to approve 1.1 billion dollars in no strings rural development aid for next year. The program, part of a 16 billion dollar federal revenue plan, would reallocate 921 million from existing programs and add 179 million in new money to bolster farm life and curb urban migration.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
America
Medina Takes Stand in Calley Trial at Fort Benning
Capt. Ernest Medina testifies as a witness for Lt. William L. Calley Jr in the My Lai case at Fort Benning. The trial's jury considers charges of murders in My Lai with debates over premeditated or unpremeditated intent and possible penalties.
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Benning
Ernest Medina
Charlie Company
My Lai
William L. Calley Jr
Medina
Calley
F. Lee Bailey
Bailey
Cailey
Col
Oran K. Henderson
S. Set
David Mitchell
Mitchell
Aubrey Daniel
George Latimer
Vietnam
Reid Kennedy
Daniel
Court Rules Property Ownership Required to Vote on School Bonds
Texas Supreme Court held it constitutional to require property ownership to vote in a school bond election. The ruling upholds Atty. Gen. Crawford Martin's denial of a $450,000 bond, noting the majority rejected the issue. The Montgomery ISD bond election of Oct 17, 1970, featured dual ballots for property taxpayers and general residents.
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Austin
Texas Supreme Court
High Court
Atty
Crawford Martin
Martin
Montgomery Independent
Houston
Texas
Sweden Moves to End Strike as Government Orders Return
Sweden’s Social Democrats announced a back-to-work law to recall thousands of striking civil servants and end government lockouts. The measure lifts pressure on wage talks tied to a January 28 strike, with armed forces officers spared from renewed disruption and mediators given more time to seek settlements.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Olof Palme
Department For Collective Bargaining
Army
Navy
Air Force
Stig Synnergren
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Palme
McMahon Becomes Australia’s Prime Minister After Gorton Ousted
Foreign Minister William McMahon sworn in as prime minister after Liberal party vote of 33 to 33 led to John Gorton stepping down. Governor General Sir Paul Hasluck commissioned McMahon, who plans coalition talks with Industry Minister Douglas Anthony to form a new cabinet and review Gorton era policies including Vietnam involvement. McMahon, 63, vows anti-Communist stance and has long served in Parliament.
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Canberra
Australia
William McMahon
Liberal Party
John Grey Gorton
Paul Hasluck
McMahon
Douglas Anthony
Country Party
Gorton
United States
Vietnam
Credit Fraser
Gordon
Yarborough warns on tuition hike in Texas
Former Senator Ralph Yarborough denounces a plan to double college tuition as a tax on the poor. He says Texas ranks 30nd nationally in education and higher prices will reduce college enrollment, hurting families who sacrifice to send their children to school. He spoke to the Bexar County Democratic Women’s Club and criticized lawmakers for catering to special interests.
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San Antonio
Ralph Yarborough
Texas
Yarborough
Bexar County
Democratic Women’s Club
House
Protesting Within Law Wells Seeks Supreme Court War Ruling
Rev John M Wells a Massachusetts minister and author of a bill challenging the Vietnam war says dissent within the system is harder than bomb throwing He advocates a legal route to force a Supreme Court ruling on whether Congress can authorize war without a formal declaration The Massachusetts measure would require the attorney general to sue to protect citizens drafted in foreign hostilities absent a declaration and has led to multiple suits in New York California and Boston information from AP datelined Washington.
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Washington
Massachusetts
John M. Wells
Supreme Court
U.S
Wells
Capitol
High Court
Congress
First Parish Unitarian
Lexington
Mass
H. James Shea
Massachusetts Atty
Robert H. Quinn
U.S. District Court
Boston
New York
California
Top U.S. General Warns Soviets Could Gain Military Edge
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Thomas H Moorer warned that the Soviet Union could achieve military superiority within five years unless the United States maintains a strong strategic nuclear deterrent. He urged prudent action now to hedge against a potential failure of arms control.
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Washington
Soviet Union
United States
Ad. Thomas H. Moorer
International Moratorium On SST Brushed Aside
Washington reports that the Nixon administration rejected a global pause on SSTs without consulting other nations. Meany argues SSTs could create jobs and reverse the U.S. trade deficit, while officials warn of climate and polar boundary effects requiring more study.
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Nixon
Transportation Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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