Evans Signal Mixup in Melbourne Evans Collision Hearings
Testimony recounts a radio and rudder miscommunication between the Evans and the Melbourne before a predawn collision. Officers disputed message order and timing as 74 sailors died. Rescue efforts left questions about how many could have been saved and the aftermath in Singapore.
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Evans
Melbourne
Stevens
Roger
James E. Keyes
Everett
F. Larson
U.S. Navy
Royal Australian Navy
John P. Stevenson
Stevenson
South China Sea
Garrior
U.S
Singapore
Three Teenagers Fatally Ejected From Car Crash
Whittier authorities reported three teenagers killed when thrown from a car traveling at about 100 miles per hour. Witnesses described a center divider impact as the vehicle apparently split apart. The victims were identified as Redal Silvett, 19, Cindy Macho, 18, and Ma McKinney, 17.
Clifford Urges U.S. to Withdraw From Vietnam
Former Pentagon adviser Clifford writes in Foreign Affairs that the United States should begin disengaging from Vietnam and withdraw up to 100,000 troops this year. He argues Saigon must take primary defense, notes geopolitical shifts since 1965, and says a phased withdrawal by end of 1970 is needed to push negotiations and show seriousness.
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Council On Foreign Relations
Penatagon
Clifford
North Vietnam
Johnson
South
U.S
Nikita S. Khruschev
Moscow
United States
Nixon
Vietnam
Washington
Sen
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
George D. Aiken
Hoe Clifford
Paris
Saigon
Hanoi
Pompidou Officially Takes Over France Presidency
The Constitutional Council proclaims Georges Pompidou the winner over Alain Poher in Sunday's election. Pompidou, not present at the reading, is to travel to the Elysee Palace Friday for the formal transfer of power and the government resignation of Premier Maurice Couve de Maurville. Jacques Chaban-Delmas is expected to be named premier after talks with leaders.
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Paris
Gorges Pompidou
Charles de Gaulle
France
Constitutional Council
Pompidou
Gaston Palewski
Council
Alain Poher
Senate
Palewski
Ile St. Louis
Ex IRS supervisor among four indicted in tax bribe case
A federal grand jury charged a former IRS group supervisor and three executives with conspiracy and bribery relating to an alleged attempt to influence audits of Tradyne and Taral Mason. Liberatore and Cilino faced bribery counts, with other executives named for conspiracy and offers to IRS personnel. If convicted, they face up to five years in prison and fines up to ten thousand dollars.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
John On. Mitchell
Newark
IRS
Trodyne Carp
Taral Ma~son Contractors
Tne
Mitchell
Peter Ciotino
Tradyne
Colline
Vincent R. Liberadere
Tradine
Peterboro
Nab
John Mania
Taral Mason
Harkensack
Morton Lesser
Cl Ton
NGI
Accauntant
Liberitare
Wits
Cilino
Liberatore
Mania
Eagle
Slowdown Hits New York Air Traffic Control
Air traffic controllers in New York began a slowdown to protest safety emphasis and pay. Only 12 inbound and 12 outbound flights per hour were allowed across the three New York airports as illness and absence reduced staff. The FAA reported nearly 48 of 112 controllers at the New York Center had called in sick or left by noon.
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Bers
Controllers’ Professional Association
New York Fields
New Airways Air
Professional
Federal Aviation Administration
New York
U S and Vietnams Say Reds Undermining Talks
The United States and South Vietnam accused North Vietnam and the Viet Cong backed provisional government of undermining peace talks in Paris. Walsh argued for full mutual troop withdrawal and rejected a one sided outcome. Lam pressed for replacements and questioned de Americanization as a pretext while Ha Van Lau denounced U S withdrawal as a tactic. Mexico City subway test runs, set to open next month, will carry 15 million riders daily across three routes.
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Paris
United States
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Saigon
Lawrence E. Walsh
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
North Vietnam
Pham Dang Lam
Walsh
Terent
Sam
Hanoi
Provisional Government
Lam
Republic of Vietnam
Mexico City
Mexico
Latin America
Ogilvie Orders 70-Man State Police Detachment in Cairo
Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie directs a 70 man state police unit to take over patrols in Cairo amid racial unrest. He calls on officials to end the deputizing of white hat citizen councils as vigilantes have been blamed for patrols and clashes, with arson fires and a state police car shot at nearby Pyramid Courts.
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Cairo
UPI
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois State Police
Springfield
James McGuire
Illinois Advisory Committee
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
McGuire
Gaid
Lee
Ogilvie
Pyramid Courts
Lewis Edwards
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Sid
Destroyers
Albert S. McLomoe
Vallejo
Viet
Oakland
UPR
Fast Bay
Beng Sant
N.Y
Ha van Lau
Xuan Thuy
Thieu-Ky-Huong
Nguyen van Thieu
Neuryen Cao Ky
Tran van Huong
Ilinois
Walkers
Long Beach
Imperial Label
Victoria
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