Calley defense to stress savageness of Vietnam war
At Fort Benning the Calley defense outlines a war weary defense stressing battlefield horror and reprisal instincts. The case hinges on orders legality and the Tet offensive's savagery preceding the My Lai massacre. The six officer jury will hear arguments linking fear, wartime atmosphere, and perceived Vietnamese atrocities to Calley's actions.
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Calley
FT. Benning, Ga
UPI
William L. Calley
My Lai
Vietnam
Col
Reid W. Kennedy
Daniel E. Hill
Billings
Mont
George W. Lattimer
48Th
Latimer
Ernest Medina
Charley
Chrysler layoffs threaten UAW contract talks in Detroit
Chrysler Corporation has laid off more than 3,000 workers and plans plant shutdowns over the holiday period, risking the pace of contract talks with the United Auto Workers. UAW vice president Douglas Fraser criticized the moves as aimed at avoiding holiday pay, while Chrysler officials cited production scheduling and inventory needs. Negotiations target December 18 for a tentative settlement, with no Christmas strike deadline.
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Detroit
UPI
Chrysler Corporation
United Auto Workers
Douglas Fraser
UAW
Chrysler
Fraser
John D. Leary
Baker weighs another bid to unseat Scott as Senate GOP leader
Senator Howard Baker Jr of Tennessee quietly tests GOP sentiment to challenge Senator Hugh Scott for the Senate Republican leadership. Baker has not decided but says he is probing support after the 1969 rematch in which Scott won 23 to 20. Other whispers link Robert Dole to different roles, possibly Nixon naming him RNC chairman.
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Baker
Scott
Senate
Washington
UPI
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tennessee
Hugh Scott
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Robert J. Dole
Kansas
Kidnapped U.S. Expert Pleads in Letter From Captivity
Claude L. Fly, a 65-year-old American soil scientist from Fort Collins, Colo., held by Uruguayan Tupamaros for four months, writes from a small cell asking to be free to work and be with family. He was abducted from his lab near Montevideo on August 7, with the government of President Jorge Pacheco Areco continuing to refuse negotiation.
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Montevideo
UPI
Claude L. Fly
United Press International
Fry
Fort Collins
Colo
Jorge Pacheco Areco
Aloysio Dias Gomide
Fly
National Liberation Movement
Tupamaros
Dias Gomide
Dan Mitrione
Richmond
Ind
Three Local Theatres Decked With Beatles Stars
Tonight offers a Beatles double feature at Williamstown College Cinema and a Brooklyn voice star at the Harte Theatre, plus Barbra Streisand with Yves Montand in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. Also showing Move at Cinema Theatre in Manchester, rated R, described as pure Gould by Fox but mocked as trash by critics.
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Elliott Gould
Barbra Streisand
Williamstown
College
Harte Theatre
Miss Streisand
Yves Montand
Chevalier
20Th Century-Fox
Gould
Cinema
Manchester
Extended New England Forecast From NWS
Boston area forecast cloudy with a chance of rain or snow in the south and snow to the north on Sunday. Snow tapers to flurries Monday. Daytime highs Saturday to Monday range from the mid 20s in the north to the upper 30s along the southern coast.
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Boston
UPI
New England
National Weather Service
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