South Vietnamese Deny Massacre Reports Amid My Lai Review
Reports of a massacre in Son My Village are called completely inaccurate by the South Vietnamese Defense Ministry. U.S. air strikes and artillery reportedly killed about 20 civilians in a battle with 125 Viet Cong. The U.S. Army prosecutes several soldiers for alleged My Lai killings, while investigations extend to 24 more ex-GIs.
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Quang Ngai Province
My Lai
Washington
Hoang Xuan Lam
Quang Ngai
Nguyen van Thieu
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Son My Village
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U S
Pentagon
da Nang
South China Sea
Vietnam
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Duc Lap
Nixon Appeals to U S Businessmen in Washington
President Nixon addressing about 2,000 business leaders in Washington appeals to them to help restore American prosperity and the nation’s standing as it was at the start, amid signs inflation is easing.
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Malik sees Japan as a growing Asian security concern
Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik warns Japan could become a major military power and a source of envy and fear in Asia. He argues Japan’s economy makes it a potential security bulwark if peaceful, but warns against relying on Japan or the United States for protection and urges Southeast Asian nations to unite as a third force after China and Japan.
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Adam Malik
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China
Asia Magazine
Malik
Asia
United States
Southeast Asia
Ex-POW recounts abuse and US press isolation in Vietnam
Navy Lt. Robert Frishman, 28, a former prisoner of war from San Diego area, says captors in North Vietnam beat him and used ropes on his shattered arm. He complains of brutal US media coverage and isolation during 21 months of captivity, while noting Nixon era inflation briefing and a Spain birth of quintuplets near Madrid.
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Navy
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Robert Dietrich
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Martin Luther King
Haynsworth Debates Future After Senate Vote
Judge Clement E. Haynsworth Jr. faces a two week choice about remaining on the U.S. Court of Appeals after losing a Senate confirmation to the Supreme Court. He weighs possibly returning to private life while acknowledging the Senate’s power over appointments.
Nixon vows new effort to restore balance on Supreme Court
President Nixon says he will press to restore balance on the Supreme Court after the Senate rejected his nomination of Clement Haynsworth Jr. He will wait until congress reconvenes in January to submit another candidate, with a lapse possible if not confirmed before adjournment. The vote marked a rare and bitter defeat for Nixon and highlighted party and regional splits on judicial ethics and philosophy.
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John J. Parker
GOP
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Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Haynsworth
Mike Gravel
Alaska
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Robert C. Byrd
Jennings Randolph
Greenville
S.C
U.S. 4Th Court of Appeals
Roman L. Hruska
Rneb
Hruska
Apollo 12 crew near Earth return after lunar mission
Apollo 12 commanded by Charles Conrad Jr Richard Gordon Jr and Alan Bean nears splashdown in the Pacific Ocean as earth gravity pulls the Yankee Clipper toward home. The astronauts slept after a Friday lunar burn and described walking on the moon with lighter gravity and easy movements.
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Check Case Probed Here
Winchester Police investigate 52 stolen forged checks totaling about 6000 dollars. A book of blank business checks was stolen Oct 22 from Old Dominion Body Shop. forged signature Lansing Anderson pays Robert John McConchee of Vienna, Virginia. Some checks cashed in Harrisonburg Front Royal and DC area. Also probed is a Front Royal Supply Co break in with tools stolen including a Thorsen labeled buffer spray gun and air impact wrench.
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Robert John McConchee
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Pete” Conrad
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