Witness Calley Testimony Details Priest Murder In My Lai Case
The court martial hearing reveals Lt. Calley firing at a priest during the My Lai incident with Sledge testifying that a baby was seen in a ditch after the shooting. Witnesses discuss how many shots were fired and Calley’s actions as the trial progresses toward a verdict.
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UPI
Wiliam L. Calley Jr
Siedge
Calley
Daniel
My Lai
Mar
David
Capt
Aubrey M. Daniel UE
Jamal
Sledge
Jerash
Fof
Amman
Ajtoun
Reiles Northwad
Tenack Waa
Dennis I. Conti
Paul D. Meadle
Col
Reid W. Kennedy
Morton nominated to Interior post and pollution pledge
Interior Secretary nominee Walter J. Hickle backed Morton in a White House reveal and Morton vowed to lead the fight against pollution saying the President and I are united in our goal. He stressed cleaning up America for current and future generations.
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Walter J. Hickle
Morton
White House
America
League
Sant Rafael
California
Indiana Dunes
National Lakeshore
Florida Barge Canal
Case notes Nixon shift on presidential consultations
New York AP report cites Senator Clifford Case saying Congress shows a changed attitude toward presidential consultations on foreign affairs. He predicts bipartisan tension will ease in 1972 as the administration seeks Congress input. Case, facing re election, says intra party fighting will subside during Nixon’s bid for another term.
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Case
Nixon
New York
Les. Clifford Case
R-Mi
Congress
Charles Goodjell
Casal
Goodell
James L.buckley
Mideast Fighting In Jordan Continues
Jordanian forces launched a massive dawn artillery attack against Palestinian guerrilla bases in Northern Jordan, according to a guerrilla spokesman. The action marks ongoing clashes as authorities seek to curb insurgent activity along the border region.
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United Press International
Jordan
Ethel Kennedy Visits Chavez in Salinas Mass
Ethel Kennedy walked through taunts to meet Cesar Chavez in Salinas at an outdoor Mass near the jail. She spoke 15 minutes through a glass partition as guards watched. Chavez supporters in 3,000 to 4,000 crowd and 150 opponents rallied over the lettuce boycott and labor contracts.
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Salinas
Calif
UPI
Ethel Kennedy
Cesar Chavez
Robert F. Kennedy
Chavez
Monterey County
Ethel
Rose
Sherif
Rafer Jonson
Afi-Cio
United Farm Workers Organizing
Connniites
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Campbell
UFWOC
Salinas-area
Iettuce
States Back Tactic to Push Congress on Constitutional Convention
Washington (UPI) state legislatures show support for a push toward a constitutional convention to pressure Congress. They aim to force passage of Nixon’s 1969 plan to guarantee state and local governments a share of federal income taxes with no strings. House Ways and Means leaders Mills and Byrnes oppose the idea. Minnesota formally opposes the convention resolution. The National Conference of State Legislatures and National Legislative Conference have adopted similar positions.
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Congress
Xon
Nixon
House
Ways and Means
Wilbur D. Mills
Dd Ark
John W. Byres
Rwis
San Juan
Minnesota
National Legislative Conference
Las Vegas
Nev
Byrd Backs Beckley Sites for $2 Million Mine Institute
Senator Robert C. Byrd announced the Bureau of Mines is weighing Beckley locations for a $2 million Mine Health and Safety Institute. Possible sites include Raleigh County Airport and land beside Pinecrest Sanitarium. Byrd secured planning funds and supports WV as ideal for the facility.
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Robert C. Byrd
Bureau of Mines
Beckley Area
Byrd
West Virginia
Raleigh County
Pinecrest
Senate
Beckley
Raleish County
Explosion rocks Indochina plant causing massive blast
An Indochina refinery explosion sent a 1000 foot fireball into the sky and shattered windows across Linden Elizabeth and Staten Island. At least 29 people were injured and 7 of 1125 workers required hospital care as the fire was brought under control. Officials investigated causes amid reports of looting and shock.
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Humbie
Linden
New York
Peam Chilang
Jmortars
Elizabeth
Staten Island
Lwins
New York City
United Socialist
Revolutionary Front
Westmoreland’s 1968 order to destroy village in Vietnam revealed
A high ranking US source recounts General Westmoreland ordered a South Vietnamese village leveled in 1968 to cut Viet Cong support. An infantry division commander reportedly persuaded him to delay and pursue less destructive tactics. The village later came under South Vietnamese control and was deemed pacified.
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Saigon
UPD
William C Westmoreland
Westmoreland
No Furces
U.S
Vietnam
Hei
South Vietnam
Cambodian Command reports heavy casualties and transport woes
Cambodian forces suffer severe casualties on both sides as six U S Huey helicopters stay out of service for maintenance. Troops along Highways 6 and 7 burn battlefield dead and wait up to four days for evacuation due to missing air support. Viet Cong harassment hits Highway 1 near Phnom Penh. A naval army task force advances to Kompong Thom but highway 6 remains blocked.
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United States
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Saison
Neak Leang
Kompong Thom
Tonle Sap
Tang Kauk
Preparation H Provides Quick Relief for Hemorrhoidal Itch
Doctors tested Preparation H on hundreds of patients and found prompt temporary relief from pain and itching. The ointment and suppositories also helped shrink swollen hemorrhoidal tissues.
Khrushchev Memoirs Claim Soviet Power Struggles Revealed
Excerpt from Khrushchev memoirs discusses Beria arrest and execution after Stalin’s death. It notes Malenkov’s rise and Kosygin’s narrow survival, citing Khrushchev’s portrayal of pre 1953 Kremlin power shifts and purges.
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uEy Vyren
Josef
Stalin
Beria
Stalinist
New Attorney Appointed To Manson Case Defense
Ronald Hughes substitute attorney Lashe Van Houten defense was summoned to judge Maxwell Keith to estimate time to study the 18 000 page trial transcript. Hughes had been missing over a week after companions left him in a wilderness area amid heavy rains and floods. An air search was abandoned with no clues. Keith may reopen the defense for Van Houten as final arguments were approaching.
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UPI
Minate
Ronald Hughes
Charles Manson
Charles
Maxwell Keith
Hughes
Cocowssel
Lashe Vani Houten
Keith
Miss van Houten
Deaths and Funerals for Benjamin Franklin Bern May 33
Finitorites for Benjamin Franklin Bern May 33 of unmerlee will be held at 2 pant at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill with Rev Phillip Hooser in charge Burial in Bays Cemetery Sunmerlee. Survived by wife Sadie Treadway May two brothers Samuel Scarbro and four sisters Ethel Nubert Pearl Mason Sadie Blake all of Summerlee and Edna Warrick Oak Hill. Friends may cel Tom 7 pum to W p.m. today.
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Benjamin Frankin
Bern May
Unmerlee
Tyree
Oak Hill
Phillip Hooser
Bays Cemetery
Sunmerlee
Odo Aan
Sumnerlee
Sadie
Treadway
May
Samuel
Scarbro
Ethel Nubert
Pearl Mason
Sadie Blake
Summerlee
Edna Warrick
Joseph P Solomon Requiem Set At Holy Rosary
Requiem high mass for Joseph Paul Solomon 72 of 140 Rexford Street Sistersville will be sung at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church with Father Paul Schwarten officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. He died Saturday in a Sistersville hospital. He was the father of Mrs. Edward Corey of Beckley. Friends may call at Eccless Funeral Home in Sistersville today.
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Joseph Paul Solomon
Rexford St
Sistersville
Holy Rosary Catholic Church
Paul ‘Schwarten
Greenwood Cemetery
Edward
Rose Mary) Corey
Beckiey
Eccles
Will New Landlord Evict RCCAA From Their Home
A garbled Raleigh County report hints that RCCAA faces eviction from its Mabscott home. Mentions include ACCAA director Simeon, State Sen. Tracy Hylton, and Mullens resident Dylton, with unclear claims about ownership, talks, and needed improvements.
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RCCAA
Raleigh County
Heck's Merger With Epko Shoes Is Called Off
Negotiations to merge Heck's Inc and Epko Shoes Inc have been discontinued. Heck's, led by Fred Haddad, runs discount stores in Beckley and multiple regions, while Epko operates a Beckley Pie Way Shoe store and other outlets. Arthur M. Epstein is Epko president.
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Heck’s Inc
Epko Shoes Inc
Heck’s
Epico Common
Fred Haddad
Beckley
Kidnaping Exchanges Highlight Diplomatic Tensions
The article notes multiple high profile kidnapings and exchanges. Nobuo Okuchi the Japanese consul in Sao Paulo was kidnapped and exchanged for five prisoners. West German Ambassador Ehrenfried von Holleben was seized and exchanged for forty political prisoners.
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Sao Paulo
Nobuo Okuchi
Ehrenfried von Holleben
Nelsons Bill Would Prohibit All SSTs
UPI reports Senator Gaylord Nelson introduced legislation to outlaw all supersonic transports both domestic and foreign. The move targets the North Atlantic run and the Hughes Tool Co case linked to Trans World Airlines, amid broader tax and development funding disputes.
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Washington
UPI
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
United States
Hughes
Nelson
Davis
New York
Congress
Trans World
Airlines
House
Senate
Maheu
Franklin
Yablonski appeals deadline and extradition cases update
Yablonski filed by the Sent. 25 deadline while Vealey had 10 days to answer an Oct. 22 dismissal motion but offered no rebuttal. Vealey Martin and Gilly pursued extradition hearings in Ohio and all appealed after attempts to block extradition were denied. Sprague said Martin is in a similar position to Vealey. Gilly has filed some things. Mrs. Gilly faces a Dec 13 hearing. Huddleston sits awaiting Ohio Gov. Rhodes to start extradition. The prosecutor asked for dismissal motions once delinquency appears. appeals court cited a case backlog.
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Vealey
Sprague
Martin
Gilly
Ohio
Huddleston Sit
James Rhodes
Cuyahoga County
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