Ellsberg Indicted For Leaking Pentagon Papers
Daniel Ellsberg surrendered to federal officials in Boston and was indicted by a grand jury in Los Angeles on charges of theft of government property and possession of national defense documents. The two counts cover illegal possession of xeroxed copies of 47 and 18 volumes of the United States Vietnam Relations study from 1945 to 1967.
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Boston
UPI
Daniel Ellsberg
New York Times
Los Angeles
Elisberg
Center For International Studies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
North Vietnam halt in progress portends lull before big push
UPI reports quiet on the DMZ with only minor shelling at fire bases along 20 miles of the DMZ as intelligence warns of a larger North Vietnamese offensive aimed at disrupting South Vietnam’s election. Ellsberg documents case details include grand jury actions, charges of retaining and converting government papers with penalties up to 10 years and $10,000 fines.
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Saigon
UPI
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Fuller
Camp Carroll
Warmer and Humid With Possible Thundershowers Today
Weather outlook shows a modest warmup and higher humidity through today and Wednesday with variable cloudiness and a chance of late afternoon storms both days. Highs will be in the low to mid 80s, with tonight's lows in the 60s and winds from south to southeast 5 to 15 mph shifting to southwesterly Wednesday.
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Middletown
Monticello
Rostow defends Johnson on Pentagon report in Vietnam
Walt W Rostow, adviser to President Johnson and UT professor, argues the Pentagon report on Vietnam war distorted the scope of government decisions. He says if a student produced such gaps between evidence and conclusions he would be flunked. He contends Johnson did not deceive the public.
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Washington
Pentagon
Indochina
Walt W. Rostow
Johnson
University of Texas
Allies Launch Major Drug Crackdown in Vietnam War Zone
Allied forces in Da Nang plan a three month crackdown in Military Region I to curb drug flow to U S servicemen. The campaign will seal air terminals bases and harbors and involve American and South Vietnamese troops militia and civilian authorities. Joint patrols will search bases and surrounding areas.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
Military Region I
U.S
Region I
Quang Ngai
Quang Tin
Quang Nam
Thua Thien
Quant Tri
Canadians Push China Trade Talks Open Door to Wheat and Skies
A 33 member Canadian trade delegation heads for China to meet Premier Chou En Lai and Chinese officials. They focus on wheat sales and a potential aviation route. Canada and China established formal relations last October and opened a Canadian embassy in Peking earlier this year. The other item reports the U S Supreme Court overruling Richard Speck’s death sentence for the 1966 eight murder case, with appeals and publicity cited as grounds for the reversal.
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Hong Kong
Canada
China
Chou En- Lai
Peking
Washington
Supreme Court
Richard Speck
Eight Speck
Illinois State Penitentiary
Joliet
Speck
Gerald Getty
Corazon Amarao
South Chicago Hospital
Chicago
Peoria
Deaths in Trenton engine room blast at Guantanamo Bay
Four men killed and seven injured when an explosion hit the USS Trenton during a shakedown near Guantanamo Bay Cuba. The ship returned to port under its own power as investigators probe the cause. Six injured were air evacuated to the Guantanamo Bay naval hospital. one was treated aboard.
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Norfolk
Trenton
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Naval Station
Naval Hospital
Middletown Daily Newspaper Circulation Figures May 1971
Orange County Publications division reports Middletown News daily circulation at 46,920 for May 1971, up from 45,036 in May 1970. Rates list home delivery 90 cents per week, newsstand single copy 15 cents, Sunday Record 20 cents.
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Middletown
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