First draft lottery places Sept 14 birth date at head of line
In Washington the first draft lottery in 27 years set September 14 as the initial birth date drawn by Rep. Alexander Pirnie ranking on the draft subcommittee. Others follow in birth-date order for the 1970 call to men aged 19 to 26, with only 1-A or 1-A-0 classifications expected to be drafted while deferments preserve existing order.
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Washington
Alexander Pirnie
R-N.y
House
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Daniel O. Omer
Lucky Birthday Draw Sets Draft Order By Birthdays
The 366 capsules and a glass jar opened at 8 p.m. to start the lottery directing next year’s draft order by birthday. The procedure ends at 9 37 p.m. with a list showing dates and numbers guiding draft boards from January onward. Young protesters outside denounced the process as a joke while some advisers objected to excluding two individuals from drawing.
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Pirnie
Selective Service System
District of Columbia
David L. Fowler
Larry McKibben
Iowa
Michigan
Alaska
Selective Service
Hippies Charged In 5 Deaths In Tate Slayings
Two women and a man from a nomadic hippie colony were named in murder warrants in the Sharon Tate killings at her Bel Air estate and in the slayings of a wealthy couple a day later. Police said they are linked to the related murders and remain the focus of the investigation.
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Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Bel-Air
Edward M. Davis
County Grand Jury
Tate
Charles D. Watson
Patricia Kernwinkel
Watson
McKinney
Texas
Miss Kernwinkel
Linda Louise Kasabian
New Mexico
Miss Tate
Roman Polanski
Jay Sebring
Abigail Folger
Wiatych Frokowsky
Steven Parent
Tate Estate
Sebring
Ments
Pentagon
Senate Cuts Oil Writeoff in Tax Reform Move
Washington Senate votes Monday to reduce the oil and gas depletion allowance from 27 percent to 23 percent as part of a broader push for tax reform. The change reverses a long standing industry favored deduction and signals a major fiscal policy shift.
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Washington
Senate
Mondey
Chamber
John J. Williams
R-Del
Finance Committee
Senate House Conference
Nixon
Congress
Williams
Ellender
Brewster Indicted In Bribe
Former Sen. Daniel Brewster of Maryland is indicted on bribery charges along with Spiegel Inc. of Chicago and Cyrus T. Anderson for allegedly receiving 24500 dollars for votes on postage rate legislation. The case stems from FBI and grand jury investigations in Baltimore and Washington.
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Washington
Daniel B. Brewster
D-Md
National
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Brewster
Spiegel Inc
Chicago
Cyrus T. Anderson
Senate
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Charles Mathias
Mitchell
FBI
Baltimore
Spiegel and Anderson
Snow Slickens Troy Area Highways After Evening Freeze
Light snow and subfreezing temperatures left Troy area roads slick Tuesday night with dozens of fender-bender crashes and no serious injuries. City and county crews worked through the night applying sand and salt to main routes as drivers faced icy hills and increasing wind.
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Troy
J. Leo Quigley
Quigley
Maynard J. Dixon
West Germans Back Britain for Common Market Entry
Chancellor Willy Brandt urged rapid talks on enlarging the Common Market and proposed a European reserve fund and faster economic union. He insisted Britain Ireland Norway and Denmark begin negotiations next spring as the six member nations seek a concrete enlargement plan. Pompidou echoed calls for farm price financing talks and cautioned against upsetting the community. Italy's Rumor backed Brandt as March offers a window to set preconditions for negotiations.
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the Hague
Willy Brandt
West Germany
Great Britain
Brandt
Europe
Georges Pompidou
France
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Germany
Britain
Ireland
Norway
Denmark
Pompidou
Mariano Rumor
Brother Alleges Edward LaBelle Killed Miss Snay
Richard M. LaBelle testified in Rensselaer County Court that his brother Edward F. LaBelle raped 15 year old Rosemary Snay on Thanksgiving night 1963 and then killed her with a tool near an old bus in Melrose. He described assaults, a clawhammer in the car, and the body dumped into Melrose Creek with threats lingering over him.
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Rosemary Snay
Edward F. LaBelle
Richard M. LaBelle
Rensselaer County Court
Dist. Atty
Con G. Cholakis
Cohoes
John J. McCall
LaBelle
Richard
Sway
Melrose
Charles Palmer
Edward
Melrose Creek
Richard LaBelle
Medina No Butcher Says F Lee Bailey
Atty F Lee Bailey for Captain Ernest L Medina says Medina neither gave nor received orders to butcher anyone during the My Lai sweep on March 16 1968. Bailey notes the company commander received no orders to kill women and children and Medina has remained silent at Fort Benning Georgia while men under him face scrutiny.
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Associated Press
F. Lee Bailey
Ernest L. Medina
Medina
My Lai
Bailey
Ft. Benning, Ga
My Lai Effects On Policy Aired
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird said the My Lai massacre allegations are unlikely to derail Nixon policy. He noted continued U.S. support for Vietnamization and CBW limits, while acknowledging possible propaganda setbacks. Congress moves to allow trials of discharged servicemen. Fulbright to send investigators to Vietnam.
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My Lai
Washington
Melvin R. Laird
U.S
Nixon
Laird
Vietnam
Pentagon
Medina
William L. Calley Jr
Calley
U.S. Court of Military Appeals
Congress
Sam J. Ervin, Jr
Dn.c
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Westmoreland and Laird discuss Vietnam policy in secret hearing
Army chief of staff General William Westmoreland and Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird told a House appropriations subcommittee that halting bombing may extend the war. Laird warned Vietnamization could win time, but he did not rule out renewed escalation short of nuclear weapons if peace talks fail.
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Washington
North Vietnam
Nixon
Melvin R. Laird
U.S
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Army
Laird
House Appropriations
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
Beach Settlement Reached With 15000 Laundry Workers
A settlement was reached Monday on a new contract for 15 000 laundry workers who had threatened to strike across the metropolitan area.
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New York
UPS
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Louisiana
Senate Finance Committee
Collin County
Tex
Mobile
Ala
By Leonard Stuart
Syracuse
Buffalo
Weather Bureau
Tom Montgomery
Montgomery
Capeville
California
C.D. Watson
Bonn
Edward LaBelle
Snay
Bob Brier
Bernard Cohen
Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCS
Fulbright
Aubrey M. Daniel III
White House
South Vietnamese National Assembly
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