Paroled wife killer Finch to be released from Chino prison
Bernard Finch, key figure in the 1959 West Covina wife murder case, is approved for parole and will leave California Institute for Men at Chino on December 6. Despite some board reservations, Finch plans to pursue work in Missouri, Nebraska, Maryland or California. Carole Tregoff, his accomplice, was paroled earlier.
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Bernard Finch
Cartle Tregon
Finch
California
Charles McFadden
Associated Press
Sacramento
Calif
Parole Board
California Institute For Men
Chino
Missouri
Nebraska
Maryland
Henry Kerr
California Adult Authority
Carole Tregoli
Eagle
Los Angeles
Bartram Griggs
Las Vegas
Miss Tregoff
Barbara Finch
Angeles
West Covina
Sirs
Owen
Medina witnesses fail to place him at My Lai death scene
Nine Charlie Company members testified at Capt. Ernest L. Medina's court martial but none placed him at a My Lai massacre death scene. Witnesses Charles Sledge and Thomas Turner corroborated related testimony from Lt. William Calley Jr's trial, describing Medina firing over a prisoner and directing villagers into a ditch. Turner testified Calley finished shooting before Medina arrived.
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Medina
My Lai
Kathryn Johnson
Associated Press
FP. McPherson
Charlie Company
Ernest L. Medina
Any My Lai
Charles Sledge
Thomas W. Turner
William L. Calley Jr
Montrése
Cotp
Calley
Sledge
Turner
Fran Bellque
Nel
Namese
Wih Cafley
Cally
Penalties Ordered In My Lai Massacre Case
Five officers and four enlisted men cleared of criminal charges face disciplinary action, with letters sent by Secretary of the Army Froehike. Some officers and enlisted men are to receive censures or reprimands, while others face honorable discharges or no action. Probes and reviews continue as Calley awaits verdict on his murder conviction appeal.
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Washington
My Lai
Pentagon
Learried Tuesday Triat
Army
Robert] F. Froehike
Myaf
Froehike
Army S
Froditke
Americal
Kenneth L. Vorlges
Dublin
Gaz Pin
Max D. Hulson
Attica
Ind
Kenneth Sehiel
Swartz Creek
Mich
Esequirt Torres
Brownsville
Tex
David Mitchell
St. Francisville
William L. Calley
My Lal Sti
Mitchell
Calley
Une der
Troops kill terrorist in dawn Londonderry clashes
British troops in Londonderry killed a gunman during dawn fighting as barricades came down in the Hogside district. Snipers from the Irish Republican Army fired on soldiers, the violence marking the 27th death in ten days of turmoil. An Irish group in London denounced army brutality.
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Hogside
Pritish
TRA
London
Belfast
Sy Lai
Arab Leaders Meet in Damascus to Plan Federation
Presidents Anwar Sadat of Egypt Muammar Kaddafi of Libya and Hafez Assad of Syria gather in Damascus to discuss forming the Federation of Arab Republics to be approved by plebiscite. Sudan joins plan, border conflicts with Jordan and Palestine tensions dominate talks.
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Eaypt
Libya
Syria
Damascus
Muammar Kaddafi
Hafez Assad
Anward Sadat
Egypt
Sadat
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Nasser
Assad
Kaddafi
Federation of Arab Renul
Ferlsa
U.N
Ansermbly
Israel
Jordan
Sedat
Hussein
Vatsal
Saudi Arabia
Huseein
Geevrilag
Jie
38 Americans Killed In Helicopter Crash Near Grafenwoehr
A U S Army transport helicopter with 328 aboard exploded in flight near Grafenwoehr training area in Bavaria killing 38 Americans and leaving no survivors. Witnesses reported the craft broke apart and the fiery wreckage fell near the woods between Grafenwoehr and Nuernberg Bertin and the Chinook was on a training flight from Regensburg.
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Pegnity
Germany
Grafenwoohr
Regensburg
Grafemyochr
Galbraith Urges Wage-Price Restraint For Stable Economy
Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith warns that ongoing wage and price limits are essential for a stable economy. He criticizes Nixon policies, favors tighter controls, and argues for some form of wage price restriction amid inflation pressures and shifting fiscal moves.
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Galbraith
William Morrissey
Associated Press
Townshend
Harvard
John Kenneth Galbraith
India
Kennedy
Wage-Pri
Boom Town Population Takes Drop
Los Angeles County suffers its first modern population decline, down 1,600 in the year ending June 30, with an estimated 7,024,600 residents. Outmigration driven by smog, crowding, and declining aerospace jobs contrasts with prior growth and a 1960s migration surge.
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Bill Stall
Associated Press
Sacramento
Calif
USA
Los Angeles County
Lane
Aerospace
California
Walter Holimann
Gov
Ronald Reagan
State Finance Department
Kollmann
Los Angles County
Hollmiinn
Los Angeles
Hollmann
Robert Marr
B52 Air Strikes Heaviest In Year
In Southeast Asia the B52 force carried out half of its missions today in the heaviest year long strikes along the DMZ. Cambodian forces report about 100 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed in southeastern Cambodia. Casualties include nine North Vietnamese and five South Vietnamese killed on the Vietnamese side. 17 wounded.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Southeast Asia
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Thhe Dmz
Cambodia
Thailand
Ba Ho
Fuller and
Sarge
Newregiment
Sab
Wat
Phum Heng
Phnom Penh
Navy and Marines match gains in 1971 enlistments
In 1971 Navy enlistments reached 102.2 percent of goal with 78,113 new sailors under Adm. Zumwalt, while Marines hit 101.2 percent with 64,828 new Leathernecks. Both services noted no compromise in training or lifestyle.
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Washington
Navy
Adm
Elma RK
Zumwalt
Naval Operations
Leonard F. Chapman
Marine Corps
Associated Press
Zunswalt
CNO
Stius
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