Long Beach Ex-GI disputes My Lai massacre claims
William Kern a 22 year old ex sergeant from Long Beach says he was there in March 1968 near My Lai and questions the killings of 109 South Vietnamese villagers. He describes landing via helicopter and states he did not see bodies and doubts a massacre occurred.
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Long Beach
William L. Calley
William Kern
62Nd Place
Long Beach City College
Kern
20Th Infantry
0Th Light Infantry
Daltle
My Lai
Pinkville
Kem
Calley
Plattoon
Ernest Medina
Song My Hamlet
Meadlo
New York
Song My
Meadle
Solon denounces massacre trial in Meade incident
Senator Dominick denounces a March1966 massacre interview as jeopardizing Calley and Meadle rights while Army probes Meadle and 25 others in the Song My killings. Meadle recalls firing 60 to 70 rounds at villagers and describes orders to kill.
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Dominiek
Meadle
Calley
Dominick
Hie
AllNight Terror Gunman Holds Family at Torrance Home
Plainclothes officers confront Price at 2569 W 235th St as he fires at a curtain and briefly endangers his estranged wife Tammy Lynn 9 and Rick 16. Sheriff deputy James Sokalski persuades Price to surrender after officers seize three guns two silencers and a briefcase of ammo.
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Tammy Lynn
Rick
Price
Sgt
James Sokalski
County
Torrance
Nixon Renounces Germ War and Calls Geneva Pact Support
President Nixon renounces first use of deadly chemical and bacteriological weapons and extends bans to incapacitating agents. He urges Senate ratification of the 1925 Geneva treaty while noting that the US follows its spirit. The announcement follows a bipartisan briefing and a Security Council review.
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Nixon
U.S
Senate
United States
Chine
Nisan
Three Moonmen Rest Undergo Quarantine After Moon Mission
Apollo 12 crew Conrad Bean and Gordon begin quarantine at Manned Spacecraft Center. They will be moved to Ellington after preflight medical checks and film/tape transfers. Officials split the lunar gems cargo into two lots to minimize loss and have them flown to Pago Pago then Elington, Hawaii for quarantine. Nixon congratulated the astronauts and invited them to dine at the White House after quarantine ends. Apollo 13 currently targeted for March 2 launch to repeat a bullseye landing.
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Manned Spacecraft Center
Lunar Receiving Laboratory
Pago Pago
American Samoa
Elington
Hawaii
Ellington
Lunar Laboratory
Fran Mauro
Conrad
Bean
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Jolf T
William) Calley
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Navy
Gordon
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Clarence Jermiga
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Randy” Stone
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