My Lai Testimony Recounts Orders to Kill Villagers
Witness Meadle of Weyre Haute Ind testifies Capt Medina ordered kill everything in the village. He describes emotional strain and fear carrying out orders while insisting many villagers were Viet Cong or sympathizers. He cites immunity incentives and fears of jail if he refused.
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Medina
Aubrey Daniel 134
Meadle
Weyre Haute
Ind
Reid Kennedy
U.S
Mendis
Court Told Colonel's OK of Massacre at My Lai
A court martial heard Sgt Charles E Hutto testimony that Col Frank Barker watched the My Lai operation from a helicopter and said things were going fine He noted Barker witnessed the slaughter as Lennis R B Vasquez testified that Holly 22 of Tallulah La followed orders on March 16 1988 Barker died in a helicopter crash months later and faced charges of overall responsibility for My Lai Medina faced related accusations as captain
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McPherson
UPI
Charles E. Hutto
Frank Barker
My Lai
Lennis RB
Vasquez
Germany
Holly
Tallulah
My Lei
Huli
Barker
Ernest L. Medina
Wat
Illegal Use of State Vet Funds Charged
Sacramento UPS reports that the State Veterans of Foreign Wars sued Cal-Vet Home Loum Mund administration over alleged misappropriation of 34.5 million dollars in nine years. Superior Court action sought restoration of the funds. Judge Adyar Tale Wood V Gibbert charged that 162 500,000 has been taken annually to cover state costs for County Veterans Service offices across California.
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Sacramento
UPS
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Cal-Vet Home
Loum Mund
Superior Court
VEW
Adyar Tale Wood V. Gibbert
California
General Turner Indicted In Major Graft Case
Senate hearings in 1949 reveal General Turner admitting to selling weapons and embezzling donated arms. He faced charges for converting 124 firearms, possessing unregistered guns, and underpaying taxes by 46 647 dollars across 1965 to 1968. Accused of perjury in Army graft probes, he clashed with witnesses over NCO club siphoning in Germany, the U S and Vietnam.
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Turner
Germany
United States
Vietnam
Army
Abraham Ribicoff
Dconn
Subcommittee
William ©. Wooldridge
Wooldridge
NCO Club
Military
Sale Robber Leaves Fingers as Evidence
A man attempted to rob a 1000 pound safe at a coal company store and left three and a half fingers as evidence. A warrant was issued for Frederick Whitehead, 22, of Dayton, Ohio after he checked into Charleston Hospital seven miles north of here.
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Trace
W.va
Frederick Whitehead
Dayton Ohio
Charleston Hospital
Here
Mme
Explosion Near Gas Truck Along I-81 Spooks Driver
Wilkes Barre report says a gasoline truck exploded beside Interstate 81 injuring no one. Driver Allen Root escaped, halted the vehicle, which carried about 4,200 gallons. The blast reportedly followed his sighting of a small black box with a wire on the road.
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Wilkes-Barre
Allen Root
Root
Big Business Hails Tax Break During Nixon Plan
Business leaders praise the presidents tax reform, while hearings on the plan are slated after the new Congress convenes. NAM president W P Gallander calls the move a needed shift toward depreciation policies aligning with foreign competitors. Executives from DuPont Pan American Airways and U S Steel say only time will show effects, GM notes long term forecasts drive spending. Litigation begins as two attorneys challenge changes without hearings, with hearings set for January 21 in U S District Court. Treasury details project revenue declines of 800 million in 1971, 2.7 billion next year, rising to 4.1 billion in 1976 before tapering.
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W. P. Gallander
National Association of Manufacturers
E. 1. Dupont Co
Pan American Airways
U.S. Steel
General Motors Corp
Vice War Holdup Suspects Arrested in Long Beach Case
Three men Evans Zaffing and Hill were captured after a shootout with Jim Harris’s relative in a swamp near Rolling Hills Estates. Mrs Harris allegedly ran two prostitution shops from home directing vice operations. Detectives explore a broader mob war over control of vice in the region. Authorities said one suspect used a false name and hid coins worth little in cash.
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Harris
Public Safety Building
Marvin Park
Dep. Dist. Atty
David Feltiman
Evans, Zaffing
Hill
Evans
U.S
Win A. Haynes
Long Beach
ACTION LINE dog and insurance disputes summarized
Action Line reports on Miss Raye not being a registered nurse per Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. A refund dispute with Premier Insurance Co. through Consolidated Administrators Insurance Co. involves a May auto policy canceled by July 16. A Long Beach basset hound case with King's Pet Shop ends with veterinary costs disputed after the shop offers remedies in the contract.
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Miss Raye
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Los Angeles
Action Line
Premier Insurance Co
Consolidated Administrators Insurance Co
Calif
Premier
Bellflower. A
King’s Pet Shop
Long Beach
I.B
Roberta Keener
State AG ruling on hitchhiking sparks city stance shifts
Reader asks if Seal Beach will lift anti hitchhiking rules after an AG ruling. Officials say Seal Beach will keep enforcing its ordinance while case tests in court proceed. Action Line cites police and city staff. Bail for hitchhiking cited at three dollars.
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State Attorney General
Seal Beach
C.R
Huntington Beach
Police UI
Robert Garza
James van der Ayden
Building reading skills with word power systems
A noisy ad touts an audio visual approach to boost children reading and speaking by introducing high interest Worden Che muldemedia a browbeat style. It markets a publisher and a program by Dr Bergen Egar WW, promising rapid understanding gains for students from elementary to junior high through targeted main problem words.
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America
Bergen Egar
Essen
Worden
Muldemedia
Diversey
Dent
SHIRE
Chicauns
Nuclear Desalt Plant Feasibility Tied to Diablo Canyon Site
Pac ific Gas and Electric proposes a nuclear powered desalting facility at Diablo Canyon. Studies with the U S Office of Saline Water aim to finalize within a year and seek legislative approval for construction by 1974 and operation by 1978. Potential service areas include San Luis Obispo Santa Barbara counties with Diablo Canyon as the primary site.
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Diablo Canyon
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Pg&e
John R. Teerink
State Department of Water Resources
U.S
California
Congress
San Luis Obispo
Santa Barbara
San Mateo
Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz-Monterey
Ventura
Orange
San Diego
Pacific Ocean
AFT asks Nixon to pro claim MLK Jr holiday
The American Federation of Teachers urged President Nixon to proclaim Friday January 15 as a national holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. The request seeks federal recognition of King’s birthday.
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Washington
UPI
The
American Federation of Teachers
Nixon
Martin Luther King Jr
Reagan Pledges No Tax Hike in Balanced Budget
Governor Reagan vows no tax increase while seeking a balanced budget. He urges executive legislative cooperation to cut government costs, audit priorities, and expand welfare reform with automated pensions and job training. He targets welfare eligibility limits, confidentiality limits, and Medi Cal revisions to align with other health plans.
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Reagan
Mike Cullen
D-Long Beach
Department of Human Resources Development
Human Resources Development
Department of Rehabilitation
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