Melville Protests Lead to Multi Year Prison Sentences
Tom and Marjorie Melville, former Maryknoll members, begin prison terms for their May 1966 Catonsville draft office arson protest. Melville receives three years, wife two, both citing opposition to U.S. global involvement. Meanwhile a San Francisco trucker survives after 18 hours trapped in a dump truck wreck near Candlestick Park.
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Tom
Marjorie Melville
Melvilles
Maryknoll
American University
Washington, DC
Melville
Selective Service System
Catonsville
U.S
Latin America
George A. Worrall
San Francisco
Vincent J. Ferrando
Worrall
Candlestick Park
Tideland
Ferrando
Nebel faults Apollo 14 plan with space station idea
Rudolf Nebel, early rocket pioneer, warned in Portmund that Apollo 14 problems stemmed from space scientists’ approach and proposed a manned space station supplying oxygen and water to an Apollo 19 capsule. He argued the astronauts could avoid complex landings by ending missions at the station. Nebel cautioned space travel risks will rise with time.
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Rudolf Nebel
Hermann Oberth
Webel
Portmund
Germany
Nebel
House Unit Calls 39 on My Lai Massacre Probe
A House Armed Services subcommittee subpoenas 39 Army witnesses in the My Lai inquiry. Secretary Resor opposes testifying, fearing prejudice to defendants, while Rep Hebert pushes for an independent congressional study. Medina testifies. his attorney denounces a Tarper’s Magazine article as prejudicial to a fair trial.
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Washington
House
Patel
My Lai Massatra
Stanley R. Resor
Resor
Special House Armed Services
Rep
F. Edward Hebert
D-Lin
Congress
Ernest L. Medina
My Lai
Medina
Pico Rivera
Calif
Y. Lee Bailey
Army
Tarper’s Magazine
Bailey
Medine
Hobart
Hirteen
House Committee OKs Third ARM Site Expansion
The House Armed Services Committee approved Nixon’s bid to add a third Safeguard antiballistic missile site, signaling easy passage in the House though the Senate is expected to resist. Chairman I Mendel Rivers led the push with hints of faster Navy shipbuilding funding in exchange. In Tokyo, former Vice President Humphrey arrived for a six day visit with his wife, to tour Expo 70 in Osaka.
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Washington
UPT
House Armed Services Committee
Nixon
House
Senate
Rep. I. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
Rivers
White House
Congress
Tokyo
Hubert H. Humphrey
Osaka
Cambodia Laos Fate in Hinman Murder Trial
Cambodia the jury weighs the defendent Laos fault in the Hinman murder case as the U S rejects communist charges of US responsibility in a Phnom Penh talks session. Habib and Phong urge negotiation while Vietnam and Viet Cong accuse US plotted a coup and violate sovereignty in Cambodia and Laos. about 40 000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers operate near Cambodia’s eastern and southern borders.
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Cambodia
Laos
Hinman
Paris
UPI
United States
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Dlamne
Nguyen Minh Vy
Dinh Ba Thi
Vietnam
Philip C. Habib
Tabib
South Vietnam
Thi
Norodom 5i
Deliberations Begin in Beausoleil Torture Murder Case
A five woman LA Superior Court jury deliberates the fate of 22 year old Robert Beausoleil in the Gary Hinman murder in Topanga Canyon. Corroboration of Mary Brunner testimony is emphasized and focus remains on first and second degree murder definitions. The defense argues witnesses were rewarded and misused, while Beausoleil claims he was present but not involved.
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Seysaman
Robert Beausoleil
Los Angeles
Dep. Dist
Alty
Burton Katz
DeCarla
Hell
Salter
Mary Brunner
Danny DeCarlo
Saigon Bomb Explodes in Cholon Killing Two
A homemade bomb on a three wheeled motorcycle van exploded during rush hour in Saigon's Cholon district, killing two people and injuring seven. The blast, part of a week of attacks, followed a Viet Cong booby trap that killed 14 American soldiers and wounded 32. U.S. air raids inside Cambodia occurred the same day in retaliation for a North Vietnamese mortar strike.
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Saigon
UPI
Cholon
U.S
Cambodia
Vietnam
Army Post Exchange
South Vietnam
42Nd Infantry Regiment
Dak Fleang
Green Beret
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