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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...innocent civilians whatsoever." He also declared: "I did not receive any reports of any atrocity or any shooting of civilians inside the village." The orders he gave his men before the assault, he said, were those he had received from Lieut. Colonel Frank A. Barker Jr., commander of the task force under which Charlie Company was operating. They were, Medina explained, "instructions to destroy the village, to kill the livestock and to engage the 48th V.C. Battalion. I did not give any orders to massacre or shoot any women and children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: PROBING THE MASSACRE PROBE | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

...ranking of urgent domestic priorities, dealing with inflation is clearly first. For the moment at least, it is more urgent than even the task of providing urban housing or filling other social needs. For that reason, probably the last thing the U.S. needs right now is a tax cut, however popular the idea. A cut would stimulate consumer spending, probably deny the Nixon Administration a budget surplus as a means of cooling off the economy, and throw the whole burden of combatting inflation onto a continued tight-money policy-to the distress of both home buyers and businessmen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taxes: The Christmas Tree Bill | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

...different from other Government-sponsored meetings in the past, promised Richard Nixon. This time, he said, there would be action, not just talk. But many of the 3,000 delegates gathered last week in Washington's Sheraton-Park Hotel were not convinced. With its 26 study groups, eight task forces and diffuse agenda, the massive meeting lacked coherence. The urgency and anger felt by the representatives of the poor often seemed in danger of drowning in a sea of professional expertise. Yet out of the potential chaos came a clear-cut demand to end hunger now, which the Administration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Poverty: Food as the First Priority | 12/12/1969 | See Source »

Yovicsin's task will be to convince corporations and other organizations that Suffolk Downs is a good place to entertain visitors and customers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yovicsin to Help Out At Local Race Track | 12/10/1969 | See Source »

While Dean Ford is in Europe on his sabbatical. President Pusey will face the tough task of picking up a new chief officer for a sharply divided Faculty

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Dean Will Serve Brief Term | 12/10/1969 | See Source »

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