Calley’s My Lai verdict moves to long appeal path
Lt. William L. Calley Jr., spared the death penalty, faces an automatic review that could last from a year to five years. The process begins at Fort Benning with a review by the commanding general and may reach higher military courts or civilian courts if needed. President Nixon could still grant clemency, and Calley likely will be confined at Fort Leavenworth pending further action.
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FT. Benning, Ga
William L. Calley Jr
Calley
My Lai
US S. Court of Military Appeals
Nixon
Latimer
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Caley
Ft. Benning
Ft. Benning Stockade
Orwin Talbott
North Vietnamese Attack Drives Saigon Troops From Frontier Fire Base
North Vietnamese forces crossed from Laos into central highlands South Vietnam and overran Firebase No 6 in a dawn assault by the 28th Regiment supported by heavy rocket barrages. U S air power including B 52 crews aided Saigon troops as helicopters evacuated the battlefield.
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Saigon
Laos
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U.S. Command
28Th
Ben Het
le Trung Hien
Hien
Rein
U.S
No. 6
Central Highlands
Dak To
Fron
Quang Tri
Namese
Elderly man dies in Ada house fire with wife burned
Odis E. Roberts aged 71 dies after fire consumes his Ada home. His wife Callie is hospitalized with first to third degree facial and arm burns after attempting to rescue him. Fire investigators have not yet determined a cause. Roberts was a partially paralyzed former farmer with a large family. Services set for Saturday at Criswell Funeral Home.
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Odis E. Roberts
W. 12Th
Roberts
Callie
Valley View Hospital
Paul Ryan
Criswell Funeral Home
Memorial Park Cemetery
Odis Elmo Roberts
Bebee
Luman
Houston
Joy
Granville
Ada
Ray
Stratford
Floyd Adams
Lois Haddon
Olan
Oris
Eght
Nixon Hones Jobs Plan With Scientists On Coast
President Nixon meets with Labor Secretary Hodgson scientist Edward David and 16 others to address unemployment among engineers and scientists tied to aerospace.Officials say about 65,000 engineers and scientists were jobless before Congress halted supersonic transport funding.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
James D. Hodgson
Edward David
Labor Department
Congress
Sunken Sub Threatens Florida Coast With Mercury Munitions
Federal officials report a sunken German U-boat, U166, lying off Florida may carry nearly 200 tons of mercury and munitions. Salvage hints the vessel could drift from New Orleans where it was sunk in 1942. Mercury value, risk to Gulf of Mexico, and secrecy cited.
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Atlanta, Ga
Florida
Howard Zeller
Southeastern
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Tampa Bay
Gaddy
Bahama Islands
Zeller
New Orleans
Food and Drug Administration
Gulf of Mexico
New York
Oklahoma Legislature Reapportions Ahead of Deadline
Oklahoma lawmakers approve and send both reapportionment plans to Gov. David Hall. Senate keeps 48 districts while House grows from 99 to 101, with gains for Oklahoma and Tulsa counties and their respective senators and representatives. a court test looms over the plans.
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Senate
House
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Oklahoma County
Tulsa County
Clarence Warner
GOP
Court
Enate
House Rejects Anti-Draft Bill in Congress Vote
The House defeated a bid to abolish the draft by 200 to 198, while a one year extension fell two votes short. Draft deferments for divinity students were approved 114 to 29, and a plan to halt draft manpower after next June was rejected 330 to 62. Lawmakers debated expanding a volunteer army and extending conscientious objector service.
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Washington
House
U.S
Indochina
Nixon
Charles W. Whalen Jr
Ohio
Volunteer Army
Congressional Review
State Official Aids Grand Jury In Investigation
An assistant state attorney general will join Ada on Friday to assist the grand jury as it investigates all county departments. District Attorney Gordon Melson has guided the jury, which has met daily since March 15. The judge warned jurors not to discuss investigations outside the jury room, and no new subpoenas were issued Wednesday.
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Maj
Walter Kinard
Kinard
Calley
My Lai
Lt. Calley
Tion
Samuel Goldwyn
Pacific
Camp Pendleton Marine Base
Aids Grand Jury
Ada
Grand Jury
Gordon Melson
D.A
Lee R. West
Funeral Homes Plan To Halt Ambulance Service
Ada and nearby areas will lose ambulance service on August 1 after Criswell and Smith Funeral Homes gave termination notices. The notice was sent to City Manager Jim Cook Valley View administrator Celeste Kimler and County Commission chair Rae Thomason. Officials plan a four month grace period to seek substitutes with a meeting to discuss options with hospital and county agencies.
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Ada
Criswell Funeral Home
Smith Funeral Home
Jim Cook
Celeste Kimler
Valley View
Rae Thomason
Board of County
Oklahoma
Ments
Cook
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White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
George Latimer
Ann
Talbott
Albert O’connor
3Rd Army
Ft. McPherson
Connor
Continental Army Command
Ft. Monroe
Cushing
Stanley Gertner
Richard Whalen
William Calley
Korea
Frontier Fire
Adan
Scientists
Jobs
Department of Housing and Urban Development
California
Oklahoma City
David Hall
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Bella S. Abzug
Dn.y
Warren J. Mitchell
Dmd
Southeast Asia
Charles S. Gubser
R-Calif
Funeral Homes
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