Hebert vows secrecy over My Lai testimony vows even if trials halt
Chairman F Edward Hebert says he will not release the secret My Lai testimony given to his House subcommittee. He asserts witnesses under subpoena will not have their statements disclosed and that Congress committees cannot be compelled by courts to break confidence.
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Washington
F. Edward Hebert
My Lai
House Subcommittee
U.S
Hebert
Congress
Killer in custody escape ends in police shooting
Gene R. Lewis, 27, condemned for a 1968 guard murder, tried to escape from the Criminal Courts Building in Chicago after a hearing. He fired pistols at hostages, using a gun smuggled in a book. Police shot him dead during the confrontation.
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Chicago
Gene R. Lewis
Criminal Courts
Lewis
Capote Fined and Detained for Court Contempt
Author Truman Capote was ordered to pay a $500 fine and serve three days in jail for failing to appear as a witness at a penalty hearing for a murder convict. Authorities spent three months locating Capote after Superior Court Judge Byron K. McMillan issued a bench warrant for contempt of court.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Truman Capote
Capote
Superior Court
Byron K. McMillan
Gromyko to See Nixon in Washington Thursday
Secretary of State Rogers and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko finished two talks at the United Nations with a scheduled Nixon meeting in Washington Thursday morning. Rogers said the dinner session was more cordial than the first and Nixon granted Gromyko's request for talks.
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United Nations, N.Y
William P. Rogers
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Nixon
Washington
Rogers
Israel
Middle East
United Nations
Egypt
Amman
Jordan
States oppose 18 year old vote law before Supreme Court
Arizona Atty. Gen. Gary K. Nelson led opponents arguing the 1970 law lowering the voting age to 18 undermines the constitutional framework. He said the change should come through a constitutional amendment, warning such shortcuts threaten governance.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Arizona
Atty
Gary K. Nelson
Nelson
Pediatricians endorse national health insurance plan study
The executive board of the American Academy of Pediatrics endorses a two year study urging all U S children be covered by a national health insurance program. Dr Carl C Fisher said current programs make child health care far too costly for millions of families.
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San Francisco
Almst
Carl C. Fisher
Philadelphia
American Academy of Pediatrics
Cardenas Dies at 75 in Mexico City
Mexico City AP reports former president Lazaro Cardenas died of cancer at his home after months of illness. He led Mexico from 1934 to 1940, nationalized oil and distributed 40 million acres to peasants.
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Mexico City
Lazaro Cardenas
Mexico
Cardenas
Kunstler Urges Kent State Support Over Indictments
Attorney William Kunstler spoke to about 1,000 students in Kent Ohio urging a united defense for 25 people indicted in connection with May 4 campus violence at Kent State University. The indictments followed the deaths of four students and nine wounded in clashes with Ohio National Guardsmen.
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Kent
Ohio
William Kunstler
Kent State University
Kunstler
Ohio National Guardsmen
Nixon aides face suit over nondiscrimination in federal aid
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration is charged with widespread willful failure to enforce nondiscrimination in federal aid to education. Named defendants in U S District Court include Elliott Richardson, secretary of Health Education and Welfare, and civil rights chief J Stanley Pottinger.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Elliott Richardson
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
J. Stanley Pottinger
California Family Murdered in Hilltop Home
A Santa Cruz doctor his wife two sons and a secretary were found shot and bound in the pool area of their fire damaged hilltop home near Monterey Bay. Police believe multiple killers staged the scene with scarves, and the fire was lit after the slayings to cover the crime. The victims included Dr Victor M. Ohta his wife Virginia and their children Derik and Taggart, along with Dorothy Cadwallader the secretary. Investigators noted a possible motive unknown and no notes were found. The case remains under investigation as dawn searches spread over the hillside.
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Doug Willis
Associated Press
Santa Cruz
Calif
Hill Top
Douglas James
James
Kenneth Pit
Tenger
Victor M. Ohta
Virginia
Derik
Taggart
Onta
Dorothy Cadwallader
Monterey Bay
Soquel
San Francisco
Shell
Pittenger
Dominican Santa Cruz Hospital
California 1
U.S. Army Units In Vietnam Cut Amid Nixon Plan
The U S Command says three more Army units totaling 520 troops are deactivated as part of Nixon's fifth round of cuts reducing American strength in Vietnam by 40 000 to an authorized ceiling of 344 000 by year end Typhoon Kate hits South China Sea after sweeping the southern Philippines killing over 100 with reports exceeding 130 and 29 missing Typhoon Joan plains central Philippines last Tuesday reportedly killed more than 620 persons
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Saigon
U.S
Nixon
Vietnam
Man LA
Kate
South China Sea
Phillippines
Joan
Philippines
Canada Seeks End To FLQ Kidnap Crisis
Parliament backs Trudeau’s measures as the War Measures Act returns, police round up FLQ members in Quebec. 1,627 raids and 341 arrests mark a growing crackdown while authorities probe Laporte's murder at a St Hubert hideout.
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Montreal
Canada
Quebec
Pierre Laporte
James R. Cross
Quebec Liberation Front
Laporte
House of Commons
Ottawa
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Commons
Allen MacEachen
Trudeau
House
New Democratic Party
New Democrats
FLQ
Cross and Laporte
St. Hubert
Albert Lisacek
Chenier
Paul Rose
Marc Carbonneau
Taxi Liberation Movement
U.S
Harrison Burgess
Andre Roy
Francois Lanctot
Claude Morency
Delegation Talks Boycott of UN Anniversary Dinner
At United Nations New York some presidents and premiers invited to President Nixon's 25th anniversary U N General Assembly dinner discuss boycotting the White House event. Zambia's Kenneth Kaunda leads a delegation of African and nonaligned nations, alleging snub by Nixon.
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United Nations, N.Y
Nixon
U.N. General Assembly
White House
Kenneth Kaunda
Zambia
Whch
Africa
Algeria
Cameroon
Kenya
Mali
Kaunda
U.N
Washington
Rome
General Assembly
Stocks Up Modestly On Midday Market Rally
New York stocks rose modestly in moderate trading after a morning dip. The noon Dow Jones average of 30 industrials stood at 758.49, up 1.99, following a small morning decline.
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New York
Nixon Turns Jeers Into Votes On Six-State Campaign
President Nixon uses heckler taunts as fuel for a Republican push in Tennessee Indiana and North Carolina while urging voters to back GOP Senate hopefuls and other candidates. He cites ballots in Columbus Grand Forks and Kansas City stressing a vote as the powerful four letter word.
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Kansas City
Nixon
Senate
Tennessee
Indiana
North Carolina
Columbus
Ohio
Grand Forks
N.C
Johnson City
Tenn
William Brock Ill
Albert Gore
Winfield K. Dunn
Asheville
D.C
New Egyptian Prime Minister Is Mahmoud Fawzi
Informants in Cairo say President Anwar Sadat chose 70 year old Mahmoud Faw zi a longtime adviser on foreign affairs to be Egypt's new prime minister. Fawzi led Egypt's foreign ministry 1952 54 and later served as Nasser's assistant for foreign affairs.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Mahmoud Fawzi
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Fawzi
Farouk
Nasser
Presi
Dent Nixon
U.S
Middle East
al Ahram
Sadat
Clash reports and siege at Da Nang area in Vietnam war
US and South Vietnamese forces say they killed 129 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong and captured 30 in clashes south of Da Nang while facing rocket and mortar attacks on a Special Forces camp and Thuong Duc. Four Americans were killed and 21 wounded in other actions as allied forces hit enemy positions with air and artillery.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Thuong Duc
Vietnam
Quang Tin Province
7Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
West of the Pecos Weather Outlook
Partly slow warming through Wednesday with warmer conditions. Tonight's low ranges 45 to 60. Wednesday high temperatures reach 72 to 88 degrees.
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Pecos
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