Abrams Confirmed For Army Leader In Vietnam Era Transition
Abrams was confirmed for a ten year term as Army chief amid plans to shrink to about 840,000 troops and complete the shift to an all volunteer force by next summer. He will oversee a major US Army reorganization with Haig set to replace Palmer as second in command, reshaping Pentagon command structures.
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Joh Stennis
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Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Pentagon
Army
Westmoreland
Bruce Palmer
Alexander M. Haig
Hewy Kissinger
White House
Palmer
U.S. Headiness Command
MacDill Air Force Base
Florida
Nixon makes surprise visit to PW kin amid peace talks
President Nixon met about 2,500 delegates in a hotel ballroom and refused to comment on ongoing negotiations. He set two conditions for peace in South Vietnam: no settlement imposing a Communist government and no abandonment of prisoners of war or missing in action. He urged restraint to avoid false hope and pledged to pray for loved ones.
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Haiplong
Hanoi
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Israeli air raid advances near Beirut and Damascus
An Israeli spokesman said targets in Lebanon near Sinik Dakifa and Dier el Astiayer and a guerrilla base at Ras el Naba were struck, with a Syrian training camp hit in Syria. Planes returned safely as rockets sounded in Beirut. Lebanese officials reported civilian casualties. Sadat urged Arab unity for a just peace, while Egypt seeks to mend Soviet ties.
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Anwar Sadat
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Gang tied to racially motivated killings shocks Illinois
Authorities linked a loosely organized gang to a string of racially motivated murders across Illinois. Investigators cited ballistic similarities from shootings at suburban Corbett estate, a rural Monee farm, a SIU student Gerehenson slaying on I 57, and other attacks near Highland Park and Chicago, with officials noting possible Vietnam ties among members.
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Vietnam
Corbett
Barrington Mills
Ralph Tummel
Monee
Stephen Hawtree
Gerehenson
Siu
West Frankfort
Highland Park
Chicago
Richter
Ft. Knox
Edens Expressway
Supreme Court Refuses Action on War Legality Question
The Supreme Court again declines to act on the legality of the war and related regulatory decisions. The piece covers Ohio auto insurance exemption from antitrust laws, a Georgia reapportionment case under the Voting Rights Act, DOJ veto power on state legislative maps, searches at courthouses, and welfare, jury fairness, and candidate filing fee issues.
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Ohio
Afl-Cio
Georgia
Justice Department
U.S
George Zarvett
Nashville
San Pedro youth shot on freeway
On the Freeway near Avalon Boulevard a robbery suspect leaped from a car. Samples, masked, brandished a shotgun through a window. Patrolman Modlac ducked, fired three shots, hitting Samples twice, killing him. Parents Wayne and (Mrs.) Samples were told after church. motive unclear. No ammunition found on suspect or in car.
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Avalon Boulevard
Modlac
Wayne Samples
Bomb scare grounds Braniff 747 en route to Hawaii
In Las Vegas a Braniff International 747 carrying 2486 passengers diverted after a telephoned bomb threat. Passengers were evacuated while crews searched over three hours. no device was found and the flight resumed to Hawaii.
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Une
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Nonalda
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Braniff
Hawaii
Estranged wife slain in marital triangle
A Lynwood woman Shylva Joan Cunningham was found stabbed to death in a parking lot behind an apartment complex after a dispute over a divorce. Her estranged husband Robert Lee Cunningham surrendered to police and faces murder and attempted murder charges. A male companion Abdulygani Dafallah was severely wounded and hospitalized.
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Robert Lee Cunningham
Murde
Lynswood J
Shylva Joan Cunningham
Missouri Ave
Lynwadd
Long Beach Blvd
Abduygani Dafallah
Apt. B
St. Frances Hospital
Lynwood
Cunningham
Frown Cunningham
US eyes breakup of giant IBM
U S antitrust actions seek division of IBM into several independent entities to foster competition in domestic and international markets. Judge Edelstein asked for clarity on relief sought, while the department notes further analysis may show other divestiture forms or injunctive relief could remedy monopolization effects.
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U.S. District Court
David N. Edelstein
Department
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