Richard LaBelle Found Guilty in Rape Slaying Trial
Richard M. LaBelle was found guilty as charged by a 12 jurors in the Rensselaer County Court after a four hour and 53 minute deliberation over the Rosemary Sway murder case. Judge John J. McCall scheduled sentencing for Wednesday while Public Defender Thomas J. O'Connor weighed an appeal. The courtroom included emotional reactions from the victim’s mother, Mrs. Francis Snay, amid the verdict.
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Rensselaer County
Richard M. LaBelle
Rosemary Sway
Thomas J. O’connor
Tom
John J. McCall
LaBelle
O’connor
Richard la
Kalkbrenner
H. Irving Moore
Fach
Richard LaBelle
McCall
PD O'Connor
Francis Snay
O'Con
Doughney Withdraws Bid for GOP Chairman Post
Former Troy City Council member John J. Doughney withdrew from the race for Rensselaer County Republican Committee chairman and endorsed George Nuttall. The move bolsters Nuttall’s drive to succeed Joseph F. Casey, a GOP leader facing waning popularity amid shifting party sentiment.
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Troy City
John J. Doughney
Rensselaer County Re
George Nuttall
Doughney
Nuttall
Joseph F. Casey
GOP
Troy
Casey
Republican
Rensselaer County
Republican Committee
Murder Indictments Sought Against Manson Leader
Los Angeles prosecutors say murder and conspiracy indictments will be sought against Charles M Manson amid testimony from Susan Atkins detailing Tate case killings. Deputy D A Vincent Bugliosi cited vicarious liability as a basis for murder charges for conspirators. Atkins defense cites temporary insanity under hypnotic influence by Manson as she provided two hours of testimony.
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Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Charles M. Manson
Susan Denise Atkins
Miss Tate
Manson
Vincent Bugliosi
Los Angeles County Grand Jury
Miss Atkins
Richard Caballero
Grand Jury
Los Angeles Hall of Justice
Hoosick Falls Man Dies In Car Crash
A 79 year old East Hoosick man died when his pickup collided head on with another car on Route 22 Hoosick Road in North Hoosick. He was identified as Roscoe C. Austin and two Hoosick Falls students were injured in the crash.
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East Hoosick
Route
North Hoosick Road
Mahar
Hoosick Falls
Roy A. Sullivan
Hoosick Falls Central School
Route 22
Hoosick
Calley Testifies In Utter Secrecy At Pentagon
Lt. William L. Calley Jr testified in secrecy before a Pentagon board about the Song My massacre while his lawyer said he must not discuss the case. Calley, facing court martial on premeditated murder charges, used Fifth Amendment protection and left for Fort Benning after the session.
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Calley
Maj
Kenneth Rady
Washington
Pentagon
Ft. Benning
Latimer
U.S. Court of Military Appeals
My Lai
Special Board
William R. Peers
Raby
Saigon Rejects Christmas Truce and Extends War
Saigon rejects a three day Viet Cong cease fire for Christmas and New Year. President Thieu says no extensions to match the VC standdowns. U.S. supports Saigon, but fighting continues in the Mekong Delta with a helicopter shot down and four crew injured.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Siayan
Sol
Thieu
Two Israelis Free After 99 Days In Syrian Jail
Israelis Shlomo Samueloff and Salah Muallem were released in Damascus after 99 days in a Syrian captivity. They flew to Athens then Tel Aviv aboard a hijacked TWA plane, exchanged for 13 Syrians. Samueloff said the jailers treated them harshly and compared their confinement to a small bird in a cage.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Golda Meir
TWA
Damascus
Athens
Shlomo Samueloff
Hebrew University
Salah Muallem
Samueloff
Stock Market Falls to New 1969 Low in Downward Drift
The Dow Jones average slipped 3.50 points to 793.03 marking a new 1969 low as moderate trading continued. The AP 60-stock average declined 1.2 points to 272.5, also a fresh year low.
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New York
Dow
Associated Press
Senate approves $100 minimum Social Security payment
The Senate voted 48 to 41 to nearly double minimum Social Security benefits and boost all payments 15 percent as part of a tax reform rider. The plan would cost about $6.2 billion, raise the taxable wage base to $12,000 by 1973, and raise the $55 minimum to $100 and the $75 minimum pair to $100 starting January with enlarged checks in April.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
House
Ways and Means
Finance Committee
Russell B. Long
Dla
Nixon
House Senate Conference Committee
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Griffin
Gold Prices In Europe Plunge To Record Low
European free markets in London Zurich and Frankfurt show gold at new lows near 35 dollars an ounce. The slide threatens the two tier system as central banks may buy cheap on the market and sell at the official rate, prompting US talks with European finance leaders.
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London
Europe
U.S
David M. Kennedy
Zurich
Frankfurt
United States
NATO Allies Propose Mutual Reductions in Central Europe
In Brussels the United States and NATO allies offered to negotiate mutual troop reductions in central Europe while promising to keep current forces and readiness. The move strengthens a prior Reykjavik 1968 push for balanced force withdrawals and disarmament talks, with France abstaining on the decline.
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United States
Atlantic Alliance
Europe
NATO
U.S
Warsaw Pact
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Iceland
Moscow
Pact
France
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O'Connor
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Tate
Bugliosi
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Robert Higgins
Petersburgh
Austin
Fred H. Harter
Wayne Vincent Tracy
White Creek
Michael Durkin
Tracy
Mary McClellan Hospital
Cambridge
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Mekong Delta
Muallem
Abba Eban
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