My Lai Probe Trials and Charley Company Action
The report notes the ongoing My Lai related trial proceedings involving Henderson and others, with testimony and pretrial motions shaping the case. It also mentions Capt. Ernest Medina and Charley Company standing down at Chu Lai before redeploying, marking a tense moment in the Americal Division’s operations.
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Henderson
Himr
Lawrence
Colburn
Willam R. Peers
My Lai
Peers
Charley
Chu Eai
Vietnam
Ernest Medina
Charley Company
Chu ‘Lai
Americal Division
Medina Quits Service After 28 Years in Army
Medina announces resignation from the Army following a court martial acquittal over the 1968 My Lai massacre in Vietnam. He says sorrow and regret as he leaves with his family’s support and plans to join an aerial firm with attorney Lee Bailey guiding the final action. He will become a corporate executive with Bailey’s helicopter company in Menominee, Michigan.
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My Lair
Medina
Mark Kaddish
Colo
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Department of the Army
Lee Bailey
Vietnam
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Bailey
Medina 4
Bailey Heads
Menominee
Mich
Hijacking Probe Gathers Details From Nashville to Florida
FBI probes the Jacksonville hijacking while several people including pilot Brent Downs and passenger Susan Gitte die in the crash aftermath. Authorities say the gunfire and failed fuel refueling led to a fatal confrontation as the hijacker Mallory Gitte Jr. and accomplice Bobby Wallace were killed. Witnesses describe the hijackers forcing the craft to depart from Nashville bound for the Bahamas.
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Nashville
Gifle
Crump
TBI
Bahamas
Mack Brothers Jr
Tean
W. H. Alexander
Randall S. Crump
Bobby Wayne Wallace
Jim O'Connor
Trate
Mallory Gitte! Jr
Susan Luich Gitte
Brent Downs
Giffe
FDI
Brothers
Lold
Gilfe
Chattanooga
Big
Wallace
Atlanta
Downs
Mother's Plight Draws Attention South San Francisco News
In a sensational UPI report a welfare mother's plight draws global attention from President Nixon to a world of protests while a Jordanian airliner incident unfolds. A female assailant aboard a Beirut Amman flight produced a grenade but was overpowered. a Palestinian-born man with a Jordanian passport was detained for suspected collusion. The article notes past hijack attempts and a Wells Fargo fund aiding victims' children of Baden's Disease, with thousands of letters and a fund reaching several thousand dollars. Canada honors Laporte with commemorative stamps honoring murdered Quebec labor minister Pierre Laporte, amid FLQ tensions.
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Nixon
Beirut
Amman
Tewfik Hussein Zidan
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Nablus
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Libya
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Jacqueline
Callum
al Fatah
Wells Farge
Crystal
Charles
Kathleen
Patricia Ron
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