Controversy Over 9th Infantry in Vietnam Killings
UPI reports U.S. advisers in My Tho province condemn the 9th Infantry Division for indiscriminate killings and inflated body counts. Song My massacre observers flee as artillery echoes near South Vietnamese lawmakers. Attorney F. Lee Bailey seeks immediate meeting for Army Captain Ernest Medina amid vilification claims.
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Joyner Bids Tucsonians To Aid With City Problems
Tucson Council's new GOP majority launches Task Force 70 inviting citizens to help solve long range city issues. Joyner praises growth, proposes sales tax referendum, annexation talks, and continued funding for a $15 million Community Center while boosting traffic, transit, libraries and parks.
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Nixon completes 60,000 troop pullout from Vietnam
The U S military reports that withdrawal of 60,000 troops is finished reducing the war zone tally to 479,500 the lowest since December 1967. A Marine division's phase two departure accounts for much of the decline as Deputy Defense Secretary Packard reviews further withdrawals with President Nixon considering options in Vietnam.
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Constitutional referendum seeks nonowner voting in school bonds
Senator Douglas Holsclaw will introduce a constitutional referendum to allow non property owners to vote in public school and junior college bond elections and to raise the bond interest ceiling to 7 percent for education bonds. He notes legal challenges abroad and in Phoenix prompt quick action before November elections.
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First Draft Lottery Draw Begins Tonight for Vietnam Era Reach
Washington UPI reports the first postwar draft lottery starts at 6 p.m. Tucson time as 56 youth representatives draw one of 366 capsules at Selective Service. Capsules contain birth dates including Feb 29 and will determine induction order. from 1971 the pool includes those turning 19 or whose deferments are removed.
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Tucson Weather Forecast Turns Wet With Rainlikely
The Tucson area expects cooler, wetter conditions with a 30 percent chance of rain tomorrow. Light showers sprinkled the city Saturday, totals at the airport and other sites ranged around a tenth of an inch, with mild temperatures and humidity near 37 percent in the afternoon. Climate readings show similar patterns citywide as the full weather report appears on Page 20.
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Senate votes to cut oil and gas tax depletion rate
The Senate rejected an amendment to retain the 274 percent depletion allowance and votes pointed toward a 23 percent rate instead, while the House had approved a 20 percent cut. Separately, former Senator Daniel Brewster and a former lobbyist were indicted on bribery charges by a federal grand jury in Washington.
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Chinese attack on Soviet policy threatens Sino Soviet talks
Chinese Premier Chou En-lai sharply attacked Kremlin policy in an address marking Albania’s liberation anniversary, signaling urgency in Sino Soviet talks in Peking. Reports say the discussions reached stalemate with walkouts by East European diplomats and accusations that the USSR aids Japan rearmament and the US helps Japan build nuclear weapons.
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