Roswell Man Beats Teen in Parking Lot Incident
A large Texan and his wife parked at Roswell Post Office. After a boy in a nearby pickup allegedly insulted the woman, the man disciplined the youth with a belt, then drove off. The witness warned against civil rights arrest. Also noted is Rev. Hartfelder’s Vietnam slides for Roswell Rotarians and local tributes from the House of Art. former Roswell resident Harry Haselby named Alamogordo recreation director. advertised services for Working Mother's Day Nursery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roswell Post Office
Texas
Larry Hartfelder
First Presbyterian Church
Roswell
Vietnam
U.S. Army
Signal Battalion
Hartfelder
Harry Haselby
Alamogordo
Haselby
Walker Air Force Base
Pope Paul VI Reaches Colombo on Asia Journey
Pope Paul VI arrives in Colombo from Hong Kong for a two hour stopover. Thousands greet the pontiff as his chartered jet lands beside a coconut plantation and Mass is held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Colombo
Ceylon
Paul VI
Hong Kong
British Envoy Cross Freed After 60 Days in Quebec Hold
British envoy James Richard Cross is released after 60 days held in a windowless room by FLQ separatists in Montreal. Doctors report him in excellent condition aside from a 22 pound weight loss. Cross was flown to Europe as Cuban intermediaries brokered the release at Expo 67 site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
James Richard Cross
Quebec
Cross
Cuba
Jewish General Hospital
Robert Bourassa
Europe
Expo Site
FLQ
Quebec Liberation Front
Damaging Testimony Links Calley to My Lai Massacre
Pfc Dennis Conti testified that Lt William Calley fired point blank into groups of screaming Vietnamese civilians. Conti described severed heads and exposed flesh as Calley urged killings after Meadle refused to testify, costing the Army a key witness in the Calley case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Rosenthal
Associated Press
FT. Benning
William Calley
My Lai
Calley
Pfc
Dennis Conti
Providence, RJ
Conti
Paul David Meadle
Terre Haute
Ind
Meadle
Lt. Calley
U.S. District Court
Army
Oil Slick Drags Out to Sea as Winds Shift
Navy reports the main oil slick 50 miles offshore and shrinking to 13 miles long and 2.5 miles wide while winds push the gooey mass farther from Florida shores. Harmon Shields of the Florida Marine Resources Department says danger to beaches could pass at any time, though not yet certain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Harmon Shields
Florida Marine Resources Department
Shields
Navy
Ponte Vedra Beach
Weatherman bomb plot foiled outside Manhattan bank
Police halted six suspects including three women outside a Madison Avenue bank as they planned to bomb the bank, celebrate Black Panther deaths, and ignite four gasoline milk bottles. The group faced multiple counts including arson and conspiracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Boudreaux
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Weatherman
East Side
Chicago
Fred Hampton
New York City
Nixon
Hampton
National Association of Manufacturers
First National City Bank
Madison Avenue
East 91St Street
Richard Palmer
Joyce Plecha
Sharon Krebs
Claudia Conine
Martin Lewis
Christopher Trenkel
Grant Still Sought in Slayings at Placitas Commune
Police seek Ulysses S. Grant alias Donald Waskey in connection with gunshot deaths of Robert Copeland and George Ornas at a Placitas area commune. Officers pursue rumors and consider Albuquerque or elsewhere as potential locations. Grant known for attempts to run for governor in New Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant
Robert Copeland
George Joseph Ornas
Placitas
James Butler
Donald Waskey
Baltimore
November Jobless count rises to 5.8 percent economy
Unemployment rose to 5.8 percent in November the highest in 712 years according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Average weekly earnings fell 66 cents to 121.07 dollars for about 45 million workers while inflation eroded purchasing power. Total employment declined 165000 to 78.7 million amid GM strikes and transport industry declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Gilbride
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
General Motors
Panel urges independent agency to lead national cancer effort
A 26 member panel calls for a new government body to coordinate cancer research clinics grants and information amid estimates of one in four Americans affected. The plan would cost up to 1 billion annually within five years and aims to accelerate progress against a disease causing 329000 deaths last year and a 15 percent potential death-rate reduction if actions halt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Committee On Labor and Public Welfare
National Cancer Institute
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
American Cancer Society
Ner
American Public Health Association
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
AL Stubbs
Art
Loretta Aiello
House of Art
Aiellos
Mother's Day Nursery
New York
Third Avenue
Brussels
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Soviet Union
West
West Berlin
Berlin
East Germany
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Bern
Switzerland
London
James Cross
UPI Telephoto
Coast Guard
Martha's Vineyard
Mass
Vigilant
Ralph W. Eustis
William B. Ellis
1St Coast Guard District
Fletcher W. Brown
1St District
Lai
NY Police
Illinois Panther
Mark Clark
Peoria
Ill
West Side
Cook County
Panthers
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