State News-Tuesday

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Several Vietnam War veterans who sued over adocumentary about John Kerry's anti-war activities have droppedtheir libel suits against a Harrisburg-area filmmaker. That leavesjust one lawsuit pending over the 2004 film "Stolen Honor: WoundsThat Never Heal." Filmmaker Carlton Sherwood says the lawsuits were filed by Kerryoperatives to try to block the film's release in the final weeks ofthe presidential race. The 42-minute film charges that Kerry's actions as an anti-waractivist after his tour in Vietnam harmed American prisoners ofwar. Sherwood continues to press his defamation suit against Kerryand a campaign aide. It charges they conspired to block the film'srelease by labeling him a "disgraced journalist" and "Bushhack."