National and World Briefs From 1974 Newswire
Washington Chief Justice Warren Burger leaves Bethesda Naval Hospital for further therapy after a bicycle accident and will preside at the start of the 1974 76 term. John Glenn laments voter apathy after New York primary results. Pamela Jo Baker named 1975 Easter Seal child, to meet President Ford. Michigan names Gerald R Ford Freeway replacing Jr. Vatican Pope Paul VI marks birthday with routine duties. A mallard disrupts Gen Mitchell Field, then departs. David Bruce named new permanent US representative to NATO in Brussels, succeeding Donald Rumsfeld. George Bush to fill Bruce’s Peking post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Warren E. Hurger
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Supreme Court
Burger
Arlington
Wheeling
W.va
Pamela JO Baker
Pamela
Herbert Baker
Wellsburg
West Virginia
Ford
Las Vegas
Nev
Peter Falk
David Bruce
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Brussels
UPT
Bruce
France
Great Britain
Peking
Donald Rumsfeld
George Bush
Republican National Committee
East St. Louis school boss, two others charged in murder plot
Charles Merritts Sr known as the boss on the East St. Louis school board and Donald Hodges were indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of conspiring to murder Clyde Jordan, publisher of the Monitor. They allegedly arranged a $2,500 payment for the hit, with an undercover FBI agent named as the supposed killer. Both suspects were held on $250,000 bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East ST. Louis
Charles Merritts Sr
St. Clair County
Merritts
Donald Hodges
Clyde Jordan
Hodges
St. Louis Sentinel
Jordan
Weekly Monitor
U.S
Police tie ex-convict to Mt Lookout kidnapping case
Cincinnati police say ex-convict Frank Wiechman was a principal in a conspiracy to kidnap 7 year old Alli son Mechem, though he did not personally abduct her. Authorities seek a man and a woman linked to the ransom plot of 128000, which police recovered. The girl was found unharmed in a motel a day after the abduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cinginnati
UPI
Frank Joseph Wiechman
Allison Mechem
Taft Broadcasting Co. Board
Charles §. Mechem Jr
Mt. Lookout
Wiechman
Joseph Luebbers
Wieehman
James Daley
Irl
Daley
Joseph Start
James
Allison
Mechent
Judge Justifies Calley Release With Historic Anecdotes
A U S District Court judge reverses William L Calleys My Lai conviction and uses historical parallels from Jericho to World War II to argue war kills civilians are common and presses bias. He cites Sherman Churchill Eisenhower Truman and argues Calley was denied a fair trial and fair coverage. The panel ends with the space lab Salyut 3 mission report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.S. District Court
J. Robert Eliott
William L. Calley
My Lai
Elliott
Joshua
Jericho
Polotsk
Ivan the Terrible
Aliott
Churchill
Eisenhower
Truman
Hiroshima
William T. Sherman
Georgia
Sherman
Eliott
Calley case prompts demand for equal treatment
Former Lt. William Calley faces a delay in release from Fort Leavenworth after a federal judge overturned his My Lai murder conviction. Army officials plan an appeal and seek a stay, while critics say deserters and draft dodgers received faster actions. Kenneth Henson of Columbus urges parity in clemency handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calley
Kenneth Henson
Columbus
Army
Washington
My Lai
Leavenworth
Henson
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wHos — Sin News
John Glenn
Youngstown
Ohio
U.S. Senate
Glenn
New York State
Lansing
Mich
Michigan State Senate
Senate
State Department of Highways and Transportation
Grand Rapids
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Paul
Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican
Page Paul
Concesio
Brescia
Giovanni Battisa Montini
Duck
Milwaukee
Gen. Mitchell Field
United Airlines
United
Herman
North Central
NATO
Indianapolis
Davd Brown
By Kathryn Johnson
Department of Justice
Soviet Space Lab
Moscow
Salyut 3
Tass
Soviet Union
Ft. Leavenworth
Kaw
Maku
Aim Lakewood
Triday
Amy Adams
Dacron
Lady Bullock
Lakewood
Fridiys
Bullock’s
Hakewood
Clark Ave
Lakewond
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