Calley’s My Lai account under sharp cross examination
Lt. William L. Calley Jr completed his My Lai testimony in Benning and faced intense cross examination by prosecutor Aubrey Daniel. Daniel pressed Calley on orders and disobedience, highlighting Meadle’s delay and Calley’s insistence that he was acting under command. The trial resumes with further questioning expected Wednesday and possibly Thursday.
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UPL
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Calley
Aubrey M. Daniel
Meadle
Daniel
Master park plan promises balance of environment and costs
Crutcher outlined a park plan balancing wildlife protection with a marina and public use. A 1964 feasibility study cited by Wilsey Hamood Blair guides options, while new Corps cost shifts could raise annual maintenance to about 257000 dollars.
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Turing
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Corps
Wilsey
Hamood Blair
Park District
Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
Newark school board faces funding squeeze next year
The Newark school board warned of serious funding problems next year while approving printing 500 brochures to attract applicants for a retiring superintendent. The brochure outlines preferred qualifications including graduate training in administration and public finance and a doctoral degree as desirable.
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John MacGregor
Former cop to face assault rap in Fremont shooting
A former Fremont police reserves member, Donald G. Thoma, 27, was bound over to superior court after a preliminary hearing for assault with a deadly weapon. The Dec 14 incident left a 15 year old wounded while driving a dune buggy near a vacant site on Fremont Boulevard Jamieson Avenue. Michael A Potts 15 Granada Ave Fremont was hit in the abdomen as the buggy traveled with Allen Dutra 17 at the wheel. The youths were chasing rabbits when the gunfire erupted.
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Superior Court
Donald G. Thoma
Ashton Flace
Thoma
Fremont Boulevard
Jamieson Avenue
Michael A. Potts
Granada Ave
Allen R. Dutra
Diego Drive
Zielke files for Newark Unified School Board seat
Newark resident Frank E. Zielke, food technology equipment sales manager, filed to run in the April 20 Newark Unified School District board election. Zielke, chair of the Lake Area Residents Association, will vacate his post on March 31. Remaining incumbents include Anne Graf, Lewie L. Roche, and Elwood A. Woody Ballard. Graf is the only other candidate to file so far. Filing deadline is 5 p.m. tomorrow.
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Irving Hird
New Memorial High School
Newark
Stuart Carpenter
Frank E. Zielke
Scarborough Drive
Newark Unified School District Board
Zielke
The
Lake Area Residents Association
Anne Graf
Lewie L. Roche
Elwood A
Four nominees file for Fremont New Ark CCD trustee
Four candidates have filed nomination papers for the Fremont Newark Community College District trustee race. Three seats are on the April 20 ballot. Incumbents Abe Hochler and Joe McCord join challengers Donald F. Drolsman and Kenneth L. Lucas, with filings due by 5 p.m. at the county superintendent of schools office in the Winton Avenue county courthouse.
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Fremont
Fremont-Newark Community College
Abe Hochler
Joe McCord
Donald F. Drolsman
Kenneth L. Lucas
Winton Avenue
Mexican Supreme Court OKs limited marijuana possession
Mexico City Korea? No. The Mexican Supreme Court ruled that a person may carry up to three marijuana cigarettes totaling 40 grams without committing a crime, setting a precedent on cannabis possession.
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Mexico City
UPI
Supreme Court
Leary Renounces Drugs With Cleaver in Algeria
Dr. Timothy Leary says he has mended his rift with the Black Panthers and now agrees drug use is wrong for revolutionaries. In an interview conducted in Algeria, Leary and Eldridge Cleaver condemn hallucinogens, urge radicals to organize, and criticize Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin for not taking the revolution seriously.
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California
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Harvard
Rosemary
Abbie Hoffman
Jerry Rubin
Nixon
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J. Edgar Hoover
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Angell
Algiers
KPHA
Berkeley
Israel drafts maps for troop withdrawals from occupied Arab lands
United Press International reports that a high level Israeli committee completed maps for potential troop pullbacks from territories occupied since 1967. Ma ariv and Haaretz say the six member panel handed max and min withdrawal plans to Prime Minister Meir. Public opinion in Tel Aviv showed 54.4 percent oppose any withdrawal without a referendum. Israel insists on secure and recognized borders and will not give up Sharm el Sheikh, Jerusalem, or the Golan Heights.
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Neta
Meir
Abba Eban
Taare
Sharm el-Sheikh
Sinai
Gulf of Aqaba
Arab Jerusalem
Syria
Golan Heights
Newark Planning Commission to Review General Plan
Newark Planning Commissioners decided to review the city plan after their March 9 meeting. Vice Chairman Sha ney Abraham proposed the timing while directing a housing report for different economic segments. The panel also rezoned a 1.5 acre Thorn ton Ave parcel from single family to office use at the request of Emily Duarte and Marie Soares.
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Newark
Commission
Shaney Abraham
Charles Cashmark
Thornton Avenue
Newark Pavilion
Emily Duarte
Marie Soares
Model trailer furniture stolen in Fremont burglary
Fremont police reported theft of about 1100 dollars in furniture from five model house trailers at the Instant Housing Co. on 4455 Williams St. Items including drapes tables lamps refrigerators and bed spreads were taken. Detectives said burglars used a master key and a truck to haul away the material.
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Fremont
Pol Ice
Thomas M. Dutcher
Instant Housing Co
Williams St
Man charged with assaulting officer held over in Newark hearing
Newark municipal court overflowed into city chambers for a day long prelim hearing of Union City man Mary Alcorcha 25 bound over to superior court on charges of attacking two Union City policemen with a soda bottle during a car search on Sept 10. His brother Richard 21 faces a separate trial in March.
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Union City
W. Blair Rixon
Delta Judicial District
Mary Alcorcha
Superior Court
Alcorcha
Eighth
St. Union City
Richard Alcorcha
Rory
Richard
Fremont trustees to hear advisory report on school finance
Fremont Unified School District trustees tonight will receive the citizens advisory committee's recommendations on school finance adopted last week. Dr. Hugh Block will present at 7 30 in district offices. The district teachers associations back the plan and urge a June tax election to fund the 1971 72 year.
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Fremont
Fremont Unified
Citizens’ Advisory Committee
Hugh Block
Fremont Blvd
Citizens’ Advisory Committee On
No new witnesses in Fremont robbery case
William Joseph Neal, 29, faced a second preliminary hearing on a $1,900 gunpoint robbery at the P&X market on Thornton Avenue last Oct. 15. No witnesses were added as the case was submitted on the previous transcript. Judge Roy G. Pucci will rule March 19 after defense replies to arguments.
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Neal
Roy G. Pucci
Penkington
Ohlone College selects new student leaders in campus vote
Incumbent Val Bettencourt won 119 of 233 votes to be reelected president of the Ohlone College student body. Other winners include John Moseley Joplin as executive secretary, Lee Supulveda as treasurer, Terry Timmekus as commissioner of academic affairs, and Irene Helm as representative at large. Winners begin terms Feb 42 per the report to trustees.
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Lee Supulveda
Terry Tmmekus
Irene Helm
Ohlone
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