Army Panel Deliberating Before Sentencing Mutiny Convictions
A five man Army court martial panel weighs penalties for 12 soldiers found guilty of mutiny for a sit down protest at San Francisco Presidio stockade. Two other enlisted men were convicted on lesser charges. The 14 were part of 27 charged last Oct 14. The protest followed a guard shooting during an alleged escape attempt. The panel heard extenuation and mitigation arguments.
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Calif
Stockade
San Francisco
Presidio
Terence Hallinan
Nixon Thieu Plan Midway Talks On Vietnam Policy
President Nixon heads toward Midway Island for three two hour meetings with South Vietnam's Nguyen Van Thieu to discuss troop levels de Americanization and the pace of peace efforts. Officials indicate no firm withdrawal plan yet but troop strength and South Vietnamese combat role loom large.
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Associated Press
San Clemente
Calif
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Pacific
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Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
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Los Angeles
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Vietnam
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William P. Rogers
Midway
Thuusday
White House
Toop
Thousands Mourn Kennedy On Anniversary Of Death
Arlington witnesses a candlelit memorial a year after Robert F Kennedy's assassination. Edward Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy lead mourners as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis attends near Kennedy graves. Cardinal Cooke presides at a sunset Mass with 15 guitarists and 70 singers. Other services honor RFK nationwide.
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New York
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Spiro
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Terrence Cardinal Cooke
Last Day to Cast Straw Vote on Tax Increase
Interest in the straw ballot on raising Georgia sales tax grows as readers vote. A special ballot box awaits in the Times Enterprise front office for readers to approve or disapprove the proposed tax hike. Gov Maddox has called a special session of the General Assembly to consider a four percent sales tax hike.
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Georgia
Times-Enterprise
Maddox
General Assembly
Memorial Visit for Kennedy Kin at Arlington
John Kennedy Jr departs Arlington National Cemetery after paying respects at President John F. Kennedy's grave. Mrs Onassis attends a memorial mass for the late Robert F. Kennedy buried beside his brother.
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John Kennedy Jr
Arlington National Cemetery
John F. Kennedy
Onassis
Robert F. Kennedy
UPI
Cong Offensive Intensifies Into Second Day Of Shelling
The AP reports heavy fighting and artillery duels across South Vietnam into a second day with about 1000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed in 48 hours. U.S. casualties exceed 60 dead and 200 wounded, with South Vietnamese losses at 107 killed and 379 wounded. Generals Abrams and Bunker head toward the Midway conference as fighting persists near the Cambodian border.
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George Esper
Saigon
South Vietnam
Midway Island
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
Fourteen Year Old Augusta Boy Held For Manslaughter
A 14 year old Augusta boy is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the drowning of 11 year old Joe Thomas Upshaw. Witnesses say Upshaw was pushed into a pond after another youth insulted him. the pond had a past fatal history and a weakened fence allowing access.
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Augusta
Joe Thomas Upshaw
Upshaw
Survivors Spotted In Area Search For Missing SAC RC135
Anchorage reports a search for the RC135 reconnaissance plane missing Thursday with 19 aboard. Japanese vessel Shuyo Maru briefly sighted a possible liferaft, later found to be an orange crab float, as Coast Guard and Russian ships join the hunt amid 26 knot winds and eight foot seas.
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Alaska
API
Strategic Air Command
North Pacific Rescue Coordination Center
Juneau
Shuyo Maru
Coast Guard
Balsam
SAC
Shemya
Aleutian Island
Cha‘1
Eielson Air Force Base
Fairbanks
Sibeerian
Pentagon
Morning exchange over a $5 aid to a bum
A brief line notes a person giving five dollars to a homeless man this morning and asks what another person’s husband said about it. The reply is a simple thanks.
Courts Overrule Hershey Advice On Draft Deferments
A federal appeals court rules draft boards cannot strip deferments from antiwar protesters based on Hershey guidance even if protests are illegal. The decision bars using nonstatutory acts as grounds for reclassification while permitting deferment loss for lawful violations like burning draft cards.
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Frank Murray
Associated Press
Washington
Lewis B
Hershey
Selective Service
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