My Lai Massacre and Nuremberg Defense Debate Rises
Western AP reports on whether U S soldiers can invoke superior orders as a defense in war crimes cases like My Lai. Lawyers cite Nuremberg precedents and the U C M J rules, noting responsibility rests on lawful orders and personal judgment under battlefield stress.
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Rofseman AP
Washington
My Lai
Vietnam
My Lal
U.S
Justtice Department
Manual For
Courts-Mar Ual
Selver
Priest Recalls Tate Suspect As Last Kid
AP report recalls Charles Manson as a troubled youth, once abandoned in Indianapolis, who later led a California hippie commune under investigation in the Sharon Tate slayings. Details recount his juvenile run-ins, schooling, and early delinquency while noting quotes from a priest who described him as a loving boy needing attention.
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Tate Suspect
Nianapolis
Charles Mr. Manson
Manson
California
Sharon Tate
Indianapolis
West Virginia
Gibault School For
Verre Haute
Ind
George Powers
New York Theological Seminary
Marion County
Boys Town
Manton
Nebraska Institution
Father Powers
Professor Predicts Optional Celibacy Within Five Years
A Notre Dame theology professor forecasts optional priestly celibacy within five years. Father O'Brien cites Vatican II shift toward vernacular liturgy and argues optional celibacy could aid healing within Catholic unity, reduce priestly frustration, and align with marriage rights noted in Papal writings.
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University of Notre Dame
Father O'Brien
Reader's Digest
United States
Church Leaders React To Speeches Of Nixon Agnew
A Boston coalition of Protestant Catholic and Jewish leaders launches a petition drive challenging President Nixon's silent majority frame. The group urges church and synagogue members to sign for ending the war, arguing the vocal minority now represents the silent majority and must choose the right path. The effort includes Episcopal Bishop Anson Phelps Stakes Rabbi David Weiss Rev Robert Fy Drinan and Dr Kristler Sttundahl from Harvard Divinity School.
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Haston
Episcopal
Anson Phelps
David Weiss
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Massachusetts Board of Rabbis
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Drinan
Boston College Law School
Amd
Kristler Sttndahl
Harvard Divinity School
Red Cross Reports Camille Relief Efforts In Mississippi
The Madison County Red Cross board heard Bert Galloway outline Mississippi relief after Hurricane Camille. He described unprecedented aid, with cases averaging thousands and totals exceeding 21 million dollars, funded by a national loan appeal and local chapter contributions.
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Madigan County
Red Cross
Mississippi
Camille
L Bert Galloway
Indianapolis
Galloway
Gallaway
Sen
Hoosier Field
Thed Cross
Ee Geen
Indicted Indianapolis cabbie in murder case
A Marion County grand jury indicted Joseph Reese, 27, an Indianapolis taxicab driver, on first degree murder charges. Police say he was found with credit cards belonging to Ivy Ghee, 7, of Indianapolis, when arrested on a minor traffic charge. Ghee was later found dead at her home from stab and beating wounds.
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Joseph Reese
Marion County Grand Jury
Ivy Ghee
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