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Newspaper
The Times Herald Record
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1971
Page
3
A crew of firemen brace for a new attempt to reach the 17 trapped workers inside the San Fernando water tunnel after a Thursday explosion and fire. Only one man was rescued on Friday as flames persisted. UPI Telephoto.
Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban denounced Dayan and Weizman for forecasting inevitable war. He warned against aggressive plans such as occupying Cairo. Meir warned Israel faces internal split greater than Arab threats while eight Arab guerrillas were killed in the Golan Heights in two clashes.
UPI reports Capt. Ernest L. Medina of Montrose Colorado had murder charges not dismissed and the Army reclassified his case from capital to non capital to allow potential life sentence and possible depositions in Vietnam. Medina faces 102 murders at My Lai on March 16 1968. Lt. William Calley has 22 murders verdict under appeal. Judge Col Kenneth A. Howard found no command influence after four days of testimony.
South Vietnam airlifted thousands of reinforcements near the DMZ to blunt a North Vietnamese summer offensive. A 2,500-man Marine regiment moved to Landing Zone Sarge and an infantry regiment to Dong Ha, as Fuller base was retaken after overnight fighting. U.S. B52s and Camp Carroll artillery pounded slopes while U.S. F100 fighters began withdrawal as Phase VIII of Nixon’s pullout started.
UPI reports U.S. soldiers in the Mekong Delta confined to bases indefinitely as part of the largest narcotics crackdown of the Vietnam War. A 5:30 am shakedown found significant narcotics with a follow up search. Maj. Gen. Cushman ordered the action and offered amnesty.
The United States begins phase eight of troop withdrawals in Vietnam, sending 1,700 men and 70 planes from the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing home. With their departure, only two fighter bomber wings remain in country, down from six at peak, as Phase VIII runs until August 31 and cuts total forces by about 300,000.
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