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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 20, 1969

Page

3

My Lai killings report prompts Army sergeant claims

Army sergeant Michael Bernhardt testified at Fort Dix that Company C of the Americal division slaughtered hundreds of South Vietnamese civilians in My Lai in March 1968 under an order from the company commander. The Cleveland Plain Dealer published photographs by Ronald Haeberle showing victims, while Lt. William Galley and Staff Sgt. David Mitchell faced murder and assault charges. Bernhardt recounted bodies, group executions, and alleged orders to destroy the village, as the Pentagon declined comment on the case.

Fort Dix My Lai Michael Bernhardt 20Th Infantry 11Th Brigade Cleveland Plain Dealer Ronald Haeberle Cleveland Haeberle Newsweek Magazine Calley Bernhardt Hempstead My Lai Four William Galley Miami David Mitchell St. Francisville Faa Uc Pentagon Washington Ronald Ridenhour California CID Associated Press C Company The Plain Dealer Michael Terry Oren Utah Brigham Young University Terry

Senate votes three presidential sites national historic designations

The Senate approved bills creating Lyndon B Johnson and William Howard Taft National Historical Sites and sent to the White House a bill authorizing 1,081,000 dollars for the Eisenhower National Historic Site in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. The Johnson birthplace and boyhood home in Texas will join the Johnson site area while Taft related properties in Cincinnati will be preserved as the Taft site.

Washington Senate Lyndon B Johnson William Howard Taft White House Eisenhower Gettysburg Texas Johnson Cincinnati Ohio Taft

Reformers push rules on convention representation

Washington AP reports Democratic leaders backed a reform commission to ensure minority, women, and youth representation in the 1972 convention. The panel, led by Senator George McGovern, delayed quotas until 1976 but urged future efforts to require minority groups. Voting 10 to 9, the commission also proposed similar requirements for women and young people in delegations and set guidelines for a reasonable relationship to state delegations.

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