General Donaldson Charged in Vietnamese Civilian Slayings
Army announces Gen John W Donaldson a former Joint Chiefs planner is charged with murdering six Vietnamese civilians and assaulting two others in Vietnam. Maj Gen Samuel W Koster faces charges over My Lai investigation but not war crimes. Pentagon sources say probe began last November.
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FT. Meade, Md
John W. Donaldson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
West Point
U.S
Samuel W. Koster
My Lai
Donaldson
Pentagon
General Donaldson and Lt Col McCloskey Charged in Vietnam Killings
The Army filed murder charges against General Donaldson for allegedly firing on Vietnamese civilians from a helicopter over Quang Ngai in late 1968. Lt Col McCloskey faces murder charges for two deaths in March 1969. both are Americal Division officers not connected to the My Lai case.
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Donaldson
Army
William J. McCloskey
Americal Division
11Th Infantry Brigade
My Lai
William L. Calley Jr
First Army
Ft. Meade
Robert Pydasheff
McCloskey
Wilkes Barre
Oran K. Henderson
Ae Ngai
Sacre
Solons Pound Nixon Revenue Plan In Congress
President Nixon's revenue sharing proposal faced strong opposition in the Ways and Means Committee. Chairman Mills warned it may not reach House consideration as other options emerge for cities. Treasury Secretary Connally defended a $5 billion no-strings grant while critics argued the formula favors small towns over major cities.
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Washington
Nixon
Congressional
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means
Mills
Treasury
John B. Connally
Martha W. Griffiths
D-Mich
Secretary of the Treasury
Conally
Revenue sharing background explained in brief
Washington AP describes President Nixon's plan to channel 16.4 billion dollars of federal tax revenues to states and cities. About 5 billion would be general grants for local discretionary use while the remainder funds six broad areas of special revenue sharing programs.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Hijacker Returns to U S From Cuba Detention
A jetliner hijacked to Cuba by Ivan Garcia Landaeta with a small sharp instrument landed in Miami as 67 passengers remained unable to explain why they were held in Cuba for four days. The hijacking and detention followed a political refugee claim from Venezuela.
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Miami
Cuba
United States
Havana Radio
Ivan Garcia Landaeta
Vene
Hijacker Uses Nail Clipper On Pan Am Flight From Caracas
A Pan American jet bound for Miami from Caracas was hijacked by a man armed with a fingernail clipper. He seized 13 year old Eileen Story of Columbus, Ohio, and demanded Cuba or he would kill her. Crew and security police later escorted the hijacker and passenger to Cuba where the group toured Havana.
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Zuela
Arnold Serrata
Pan American Airways
Caracas
Miami
Eileen Story
Columbus
Ohio
Cuba
Serrata
Eileen
George Ashley
Ashley
Havana
Health planning grant approved for 11 counties
A $38,245 federal health planning grant for the Butte Helena Bozeman area was approved by the Denver office of HEW. Silver Bow County contributes $20,000 with in kind and cash. Counties Powell Deer Lodge Jefferson Beaverhead Madison Gallatin Broadwater Park Lewis and Clark join on population basis. The grant funds a two year organizational program and a five year operation to coordinate health services planning through the Southwestern Areawide Health Planning Council. Page 12 weather notes forecast 63 38.
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Butte-Helena- Bozeman
Denver
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Silver Bow County
Model City
Powell
Deer Lodge
Jefferson
Beaverhead
Madison
Gallatin
Broadwater
Manger
Park and Lewis and Clark
Southwestern Areawide Health Planning Council
Gerald Leavitt
St. Peter’s Hospital
Helena
Depew
Anaconda Labor Talks Resume Today
Labor contract talks between Anaconda Co. and unions in Butte Anaconda Great Falls East Helena resume today in the Thornton Building. Contracts expire June 30 and negotiations have been in recess since May 6.
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Anaconda Co
Butte, Anaconda
Great Falls
East Helena
Thornton Bldg
Couple die on hospital doorstep from drugs
In Elmhurst Queens Frederick Kraft 21 and Margaret Golup 16 died of overdoses at the hospital door after an anonymous call. Margaret's brother Peter 20 died from a similar overdose six weeks earlier. Police suspect a frightened friend transported them before calling for help. Margaret was a Sunnyside junior high student praised as pleasant and respectful.
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New York
Frederick Kraft
Margaret Golup
St. John’s Hospital
Elmhurst
Queens
Miss Golup
Charles Golup
Sunnyside
Margaret
Peter
al Perry
Woodside Junior High School
Solomon Ellman
Idaho crash kills ex Bozeman couple
Five people die in a two car crash on Interstate 15 near Dubois Idaho. Patricia Webb 27 and Rev H Frank Webb 28, former Bozeman residents, were among the deceased. Also killed were Michael Rippee 40 and Patricia Rippee 35 of Buhl Idaho. The Rippee car crossed into the Webb vehicle on a wet road.
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Frank H. Rippee
Buhl Buhl
Rippee
Butte Council Rules Livestock At Large After 29 Days
Butte city council approved an ordinance banning horses mules cattle sheep goats and swine running at large. The measure becomes effective 30 days after passage and adds to existing dog and cat restrictions. The same session updated the Uniform Building Code and authorized demolition of three unsafe private structures with demolition costs charged to the properties.
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Butte
Levy committee launches campaign
Page 2 notes the levy committee begins its campaign push with early organizing and public outreach. Page 3 reports Dave Holliday stepping aside from a leadership role.
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Levy Committee
Dave Holliday
Tech prepares for graduation at Montana Tech
A father son banquet opens the week of commencement events at Montana Tech. The senior luncheon is Saturday at the Butte Country Club followed by the class picture at the Library Museum Building. Rehearsal, alumni banquet, and the seventy first commencement conclude the weekend in Museum Hall.
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Montana Tech
Finlen Hotel
Butte Country Club
Library- Museum
Museum Hall
Elks Lodge
Penn Central plans $1.2 billion sale of Midtown Manhattan assets
Trustees of the bankrupt Penn Central announce a sale of 23 land parcels and several buildings in midtown Manhattan. The package includes landmarks such as the Waldorf Astoria and the Yale Club, with four hotels and two office buildings offered outright. Grand Central Terminal remains with the railroad. The full package is valued over $1.2 billion, land alone up to $450 million, with leaseholds on some properties extending into the 21st century. The deal depends on encumbrances and timing.
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New York
Penn Central Transportation Co
Midtown Manhattan
Yale Club
Pan American
Graybar
Barclay
Biltmore
Commodore
Roosevelt
Madison
Lexington
Avenues
Grand Central Terminal
Manhattan
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America
Jack McCarthy
Whitehall
Interstate 90
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I-15
al Carr
Beauticians
Barbers and Beauticians Union
Silver Bow Employers Association
John Sarsfield
Butte Weather
Anaconda
Idaho
Bozeman
Jim White
Construction Council
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