Army witnesses ready for Henderson trial in My Lai case
AP dispatch from Meade Maryland notes fliers who saw bloodied women and children at My Lai will testify this week at Col. Cran K. Henderson's trial. The line of witnesses includes helicopter pilots and crew from earlier Calley proceedings. Tropical Storms Heidi and Edith threaten the Atlantic with heavy rains and potential Mexico impact while Ginger menaces shipping east of Bermuda.
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Bermuda
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Barbados
U S egg consumption tops 300 per person last year
Washington report from the Agriculture Department finds per capita egg consumption reached 319 with 34 from processed forms like cake mixes. The Economic Research Service notes egg intake rises around Thanksgiving and year end holidays.
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Agriculture Department
The
Economic Research Service
Cuban Fishermen Stranded at Port Aransas Coast
Seventy Cuban fishermen, driven to the Texas coast by Tropical Storm Fern, were stranded aboard disabled shrimp boats at Port Aransas. Four vessels grounded on the beach while three others waited at a pier for repairs. Coast Guard kept them under surveillance as Hurricane Edith thrived in the Gulf.
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Tex
Texas
Fern
Coast Guard
Gulf of Mexico
Trial opens to overturn 1969 UMW election
The Labor Department seeks to oust Tony Boyle as UMW president in a civil suit alleging intimidation, election fraud and misuse of union funds. The case before Judge William B. Bryant also threatens the jobs of Boyle’s top aides including Vice President George Titler and Secretary-Treasurer John Owens.
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W. A
Tony’’ Boyle
United Mine Workers of America
Labor Department
UMW
U. S. Dist
William B. Bryant
Boyle
George Titler
John Ownes
Nixon summons cabinet and business leaders for talks
President Nixon called in his Cabinet and spouses for an early morning briefing on anti inflation measures and planned a follow up with business leaders. At Capitol Hill the House Ways and Means Committee readied hearings on tax reduction proposals with Mills signaling broader relief for individuals.
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Washington
Nixon
Aflcio
George Meany
Capitol Hill
Capitol
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
San Juan Power Outage Blamed on Overloads Near Condado
Three loud reports disrupted Condado in San Juan and cut power for over an hour. Police say overloaded circuits caused the outage, not bombs. Fire units responded to a transformer plant near major tourist hotels as Agnew and governors met at the National Governors Conference nearby.
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Puerto Rico
Condado
Spiro T. Agnew
U S B52 Raids Press DMZ Laos Border as Vietnamese Forces Find Remnants
U S B52 bombers mounted fresh raids today along the demilitarized zone and Laos border. South Vietnamese troops uncovered enemy dead and three Soviet made artillery guns. Forces seized three trucks, 1500 gallons of gasoline, 200 mortar shells, 16000 feet of telephone wire and rice. The area appeared to be a North Vietnamese base camp with troops withdrawing toward Laos or across the DMZ ahead of raids.
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Demilitarized Zone
Laos
Connaissance
Dmz
Former premier interred at private Moscow burial
Nikita S. Khrushchev was buried without public ceremony after dying of a heart attack at 77. A private farewell occurred at the hospital mourning hall before the coffin was moved to Novodevichy Cemetery under gray autumn skies. About 150 mourners attended including Khrushchev’s widow Nine Petrovna and several children and relatives.
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Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Novodevischy Cemetry
Khrushchev
Nine Petrovna
Draft extension fight underway
The Senate planned to take up a two year draft extension with a $2.4 billion pay raise and a deadline for Vietnam withdrawal. Debates loom over tying the pay package to recruiting effects as senators consider sending the measure to conference.
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Senate
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
Mike Mansfield
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Sen
Gordon Allott
Colorado
Allott
House
Committee to review import tax feedback in Washington
The Senate Finance Committee summoned Nixon administration officials to discuss the 10 percent import surcharge. Paul Volcker and Nathan Samuels were to testify as the panel weighs potential foreign trade consequences and domestic pressure to extend the levy. Senator Paul Fannin supports the surcharge.
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Senate Finance Committee
Paul A. Volcker
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Treasury
Nathan Samuels
Finance
Agnew Defends Economic Freeze to Governors
Vice President Agnew urged governors to set aside petty bickering and help Nixon pursue a new prosperity without inflation. He defended the tax package, rejected freezing profits with wages and prices, and urged greater state federal cooperation as Nixon plans post freeze policy. He invited the governors’ executive committee to meet at the White House to shape the next phase of economic restraints.
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San Juan
P.R
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Agnew
White House
Warren E. Hearns
Missouri
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Washington
Hearnes
Nils A. Roe
South Dakota
U.S. Customs Court
Calley May Not Testify at Medina Trial
Lt. William L. Calley Jr has been advised by his attorney to refuse to testify as Medina's first defense witness in the My Lai case. Calley, confined at Fort Benning pending appeal, faced possible five years for refusing to testify if ordered. The trial follows Medina accused of killing a woman and directing the killings of civilians during the 1968 My Lai assault.
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William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Ernest L. Medina
Medina
Ft. Benning
Calley
George Latimer
Salt Lake City
Latimer
U.S. Military Court of Appeals
Col
Kenneth Howard
Montrose
Colo
Navy chief revisits costly nuclear submarine program
Secretary of the Navy John Chafee questions the high price tag of a new class of nuclear powered attack submarines. He challenges senior admirals arguing for faster, more complex ships and rejects the belief that long endurance requires all escorts to use nuclear engines.
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Washington (Ap
John Chafee
Chafee
San Francisco Guards School Bus Fleet in Historic Racial Integration
City police and sentry dogs guard a 130-bus fleet as San Francisco becomes the nation’s largest city to integrate public schools by court-ordered busing. The plan moves 26 000 students to new routes while 20 000 walk to neighborhood schools. A national view shows mixed support with a Gallup poll finding 18 percent favorable and 76 percent opposed.
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Associated Press
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Chinatown
Jackson
Miss
John Bell Williams
Williams
Common Market ministers map shift to new world monetary order
Brussels AP six finance ministers meet to consider devaluing the dollar and denationalizing the system, aiming to replace major currencies with IMF special drawing rights backed by gold. France resists while Italy’s Ferrari-Aggradi cautions that progress will be slow amid Franco German tensions.
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Nixon
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Group of Ten
Attica Prison Revolt Demands Amnesty and Boss Change
About 1,200 inmates at Attica State Prison pressed for full amnesty for crimes linked to the four day riot and the ouster of Superintendent Vincent Mancusi. Gov Rockefeller rejected amnesty as beyond his authority and mediation warned of possible massacre as hostages remained captive and discussions stalled.
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