Administration Faces Scrutiny Over Green Beret Murder Case
The Green Beret murder case has unsettled the Nixon administration and strained Army CIA relations. Six officers including Col. Rheault face noncapital trials, while two others remain in abeyance. The affair raises questions about military justice and potential CIA scapegoating amid fault lines within the defense establishment.
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Blast Rocks Federal Office in New York
An explosion on the 40th floor of a lower Manhattan federal building caused extensive damage but no injuries. The 41 story structure was ordered closed at 7:45 a.m. The blast occurred around 2 a.m. and may have been a homemade bomb though sewer gas in a shaft is also considered. Offices of the Commerce Department were damaged and the 20th floor Selective Service System offices sustained damage.
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Berets Trial Looms for Vietnam Special Forces Officers
Gov ernment plans immunity talks in Saigon as Gov Robert A. Rheault 43 of Vineyard Haven Mass commands the Vietnam Special Forces unit whose agent vanished. Six officers face murder and conspiracy charges in an Army court trial while Boyle and Smith remain on parole at Long Binh base.
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Jefferson, D.C
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Bloomfield
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Army
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Saigon
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Long Vinh
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Civil Rights Leader Attacks Haynsworth Nomination
Washington civil rights spokesman Joseph Rauh Jr urged defeat of Judge Clement Haynsworth's Supreme Court nomination, arguing his civil rights rulings favor segregation. AFL-CIO President George Meany joined in criticizing Haynsworth, labeling his record anti labor and ethically questionable.
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Prince Beard
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Los Angeles Teachers Seek Salary Hike and More Funds
A-1 reports Ransom and Robert Un cuhe chairing the teachers negotiating committee presented demands to Supt. Jack Crowther and President Arthur Gardner. They seek raising the salary scale from 7,000 to 16,000 with tenure, double sessions where needed, smaller classes, better working conditions, more materials, and a special legislative session to boost L A funds. Gardner backs legislative action. Crowther notes a massive money infusion is needed.
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Robert Uncuhe
Jack [. Crowther
Arthur Gardner
Los Angeles
House Votes to Abolish the Electoral College
The House backed direct presidential election with an electoral college repeal while the Senate Judiciary Committee weighs overhaul plans. Senate leaders set the measure for floor action after Supreme Court hearings and a preservation act debate, with a two thirds hurdle in each chamber to advance to the states. A district vote plan failed in the House by 162 to 245 as rivals contest the path to amendment.
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Draft reform and moving age group proposed to adjust 1969 calls
The administration weighs an executive action to replace a classic lottery with a moving age group system for 19 year olds if Congress stalls. Nixon seeks changes amid a 60,000 troop cut in Vietnam and a 289,000 draft total for 1969, with Mansfield skeptical of quick action but says Nixon has White House support for executive moves. By month’s end inductions may reach 280,000, with 296,000 for the year target.
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Car-Dope Hunt at Border Intercept Campaign to Start
Customs inspectors currently check autos at a rapid rate of about three per minute with only cursory questions. When the Intercept campaign begins officials say it will take a full minute to check each car. Suspect vehicles will be pulled over for more extensive examinations.
Gromyko rejects Nixon plea at United Nations
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko dismissed President Nixon's call for UN aid to press Hanoi toward a negotiated settlement of Vietnam and for a Middle East arms embargo. He blamed Israel for regional hostilities and urged the UN to help build a world security system while Nixon urged 126 nations to press Hanoi toward peace talks.
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Moonmen to tour world aboard presidential jet
The White House announced Apollo astronauts Michael Collins Edwin Aldrin and Neil Armstrong will begin a 23 nation world tour aboard the presidential jet starting Sept 20. The trip includes Yugoslavia Guam and Hawaii with Ottawa and Montreal planned in December. The itinerary features Mexico City Bogota Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro Las Palmas Canary Islands Madrid Paris Amsterdam Brussels Oslo Cologne Berlin London Rome Belgrade Ankara Kinshasa Terhan Bangkok Dacca Jakarta Bangkok Darwin Sydney Seoul Tokyo Honolulu St Louis Australia and more with a stop in Honolulu and a return to Houston Nov 5. Senator Proxmire urged adding a Soviet cosmonaut to the moon flight program.
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Belgrade
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Apotts
Four Teens Die In California Auto Crash
Four teenagers were killed and two injured when a speeding southbound car ran off California Route 65 and struck a tree, reports from the Yuba County sheriff. The victims include 19 year old driverarry Tray Thompson and 18 year old Sharon Gail Braxton along with Avanelle Marie Sargent 7 and Silas Melvyn Melcalf Ji 7, all listed as dead on arrival at Yuba Naval Hospital.
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