LaBelle Gets Life For 1963 Cohoes Slaying
Richard Martin LaBelle was sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1963 murder of Rosemary Sway in Cohoes. Judge John J. McCall pronounced the term, and LaBelle expressed intent to appeal while claiming rights violations and urging pretrial testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Labelle
Bernard Cohen
Richard Martin LaBelle
Rosemary Sway
Cohoes
Clinton Prison
Danmemor
John J. McCall
LaBelle
Thomas J. O’connor
Mary Dolan Combs
Richard
O'Connor
Brothers LaBelle
Richard M. LaBelle
Rensselaer County Court
James Kelly
Sheriff's Office
Harry McKenna
Kopechne Autopsy Request Denied in Kopechne Case
A Pennsylvania judge refused to order exhumation of Mary Jo Kopechne for an autopsy, upholding the original finding of drowning. The ruling clears the way for further inquiry into her death linked to Senator Kennedy's car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
Bernard C. Brominski
Common Pleas Court
House Probe Not Convinced On Massacre At My Lai
In three days of hearings Rep. L Mendel Rivers said the House Armed Services Committee has heard nothing convincing that U S troops massacred Vietnamese civilians at My Lai. Witnesses included helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson Jr and Capt Ernest Medina who said they saw no massacre and could not confirm orders. A Pentagon adviser said no whitewash is evident but noted ongoing checks into potential cover up by lower officers.
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Lot
Subcommittee
Rivers
My Lai
Thompson
Ernest L. Medina
Medina
New York
Pentagon
Robert MacCrate
MacCrate
Vietnam
Saigon
U N Post Blasted As Israeli Arab Guns Blaze In Two Areas
On two fronts Arab and Israeli artillery rocked cease fire lines. A U N observation post in the Golan Heights was struck with observers unharmed. Syrian and Israeli sources reported casualties and clashes near Rafid and in the Jordan Valley amid renewed fighting.
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U.N. Post
Associated Press
United Nations
Syria
Israel
U.N
New York
Golan Heights
Suez Canal
Damascus
Rafid
Sea of Galilee
No Man’s Land
Amman
Jordan Valley
Public Talk Limits Pretrial Comment in Tate Case
Los Angeles AP report states Superior Court Judge William B. Keene imposed strict limits on pretrial public remarks by principals in the Sharon Tate slayings and related case. Violations would bring contempt of court as the judge seeks a fair trial for Sirhan B. Sirhan. Three young defendants waived arraignment amid the publicity order.
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Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Superior Court
William B. Keene
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Keene
Nixon Seeks 40 Million for Culture Program Expansion
President Nixon asked Congress to authorize a 40 million dollar culture program, doubling the current level, with 35 million for arts and humanities and 5 million from private gifts. Nancy Hanks said the plan would boost grants to states and support museums and symphonies, plus a humanities focus on race and generational divides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Congress
Nancy Hanks
National Foundation On the Arts and Humanities
Senate Approves Final Tax Reform Bill Amendments Cleared
Washington AP reports the Senate ended a long series of amendments on the tax reform bill and prepared it for a final floor vote expected today. The action concludes extensive changes before enactment.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
FDA Shakeup Ousts Commissioner Amid Reorganization
Secretary of Welfare Robert H. Finch announced a major FDA shakeup including the removal of Commissioner Herbert L. Ley Jr and two deputy leaders. Dr. Charles C. Edwards will replace Ley on February 1, 1970 as part of a department reorganization amid congressional criticism and industry pressure. Ley, Rankin, and Kirk are offered new roles within the department.
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Washington
Robert H. Finch
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Ley
Winton B. Rankin
J. Kenneth Kirk
Department
Congress
Consumer Advocates
Food and Drug Industries
John Veneman
North Vietnamese Reinforcements Hit Northeast of Saigon
North Vietnamese command sent 5,000 troops into coastal plains northeast of Saigon to reinforce Viet Cong units losing ground to Allied forces. Two regiments of the 3rd Division re-entered the northern 2nd Corps area. a river patrol was ambushed, killing two Americans and wounding 20. Air bases at Da Nang and Bien Hoa saw shelling with light damage. President Nixon planned to announce troop withdrawal as Saigon reported an 88,000 man rise in ARVN to 1,090,000 in six months.
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Vietnamese High Command
Saigon
U.S
Mekong
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
Bong Son
2Nd Corps
da Nang
Bien Hoa
Barry Goldwater
Air Force
U.S. Americal
Quang Ngai
South Vietnam
Nixon
Vietnam
Goldwater urges renewed bombing of North Vietnam
UPI reports Senator Barry Goldwater on a Vietnam visit called for resuming U S bombing of North Vietnam starting with Haiphong Harbor. He also urged strikes on power plants, rail lines from China, and Hanoi air bases to cut enemy supplies.
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DA Nang
South Vietnam
UPI
Barry M. Goldwater
R-Ariz
United States
North Vietnam
Haiphong Harbor
Vietnam
Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Goldwater
China
Hanoi
Speno Presses Senate Bid Amid Goodell Opposition
State Senator Edward J. Speno announced he will pursue a U S Senate nomination next year while remaining in the state committee race. Republican leaders in Troy report strong opposition to Charles Goodell's GOP nomination as Gov. Rockefeller backs Goodell.
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Speno
Senate
Troy Area
Goodell
Bob Fusco
Edward J. Speno
U. S. Senate
Troy
U. S
Charles Goodell
State Capitol
State Committee
Gov
Rockefeller
Sen. Goodell
Sen
Republican Party
New York State
Rensselaer County
GOP
Neil W. Kelleher
Troversial
Upstate
Kelleher
County
Joseph F. Casey
Casey
Stein
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Lice
McCall
Leo Barry
Barry
Donald Brandon
Third Department
Rensselaer County Dist. Atty
Con G. Cholakis
Conrad
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Alan L. Bean
Lunar Receiving Laboratory
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Bean
Kopechne
Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Massachusetts
Edmund Dinis
New Bedford
Mass
Joseph A. Kopechne
Berkeley Heights
N.J
House
Tate
Susan Atkins
Linda Kasabian
Leslie Louise van Houten
White House
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
North Viets
Cong
da Nang Air Force
New York City
Andrew Stein
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