Army predicts charges for most My Lai suspects
Army sources expect charges against most of the 24 soldiers under inquiry for the My Lai massacre. The probe could take about four months as investigators chase leads and gather evidence. First Lt. William Calley awaits court martial for premeditated murder, while S. Sgt. David Mitchell faces possible trial for assault with intent to kill.
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Washington
My Lai
11Th Infantry Brigade
William L. Calley Jr
Ft. Benning, Ga
Calley
Vietnam
David Mitchell
Mitchell
Army
Justice Department
Pentagon
Supreme Court
Air Force
Peers Commission
Congressional
House
Rep. L. Mende
Rivers
D-S.c
U.S
Coalition Scores Dramatic Victory In Congress And Court
The article notes a political win by a Republican Democrat coalition on a voting rights bill and a proposal to shift antipoverty programs to the states opposed by President Nixon. It also covers unfinished action in Congress and probes into the My Lai military case with Riv ers denying a journalist’s unnamed source.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Donald Rumsfeld
William H. Ayres
Rohio
Office of Economic Opportunity
Coopera
Call for Abortion Standards in Kansas City Law Proposal
University of Kansas Medical Center counsel Lee Turner warns Kansas may face a reform driven abortion standard battle as the new law lacks residency rules boards or mandated public reporting. He notes the statute leaves adjudication to physicians and allows termination for health risks or fetal defects, including rape or incest.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
University of Kansas Medical Center
Lee Turner
Great Bend
Turner
Crime rate levels off but armed robberies rise in 1969 first nine months
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover reported an overall crime rate 11 percent higher in the first nine months of 1969, with robberies up 15 percent and armed holdups rising 18 percent. Street robberies were over half of all robberies, residential holdups up 22 percent, bank holdups down 4 percent. Regional contrasts and urban growth emphasized.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
South
North Central States
Double Meaning Helps Campaign Victory at Roosevelt Junior High
Luis Sanchez, 15, blind since age three, wins top student office at Roosevelt Junior High in San Diego. With 1,800 votes, he defeats the next challenger by 600 votes after a pre election speech that used a double meaning about being unseen. He notes pupils enjoyed the joke.
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San Diego
Calif
Luis Sanchez
Roosevelt Junior High
Luis
Sanchez
American Woman Escapes Mexican Prison With Help
Mrs Sharon Kinne from Independence Missouri slipped over the wall of a low security prison in daylight aided by a former Mexican secret service agent identified as Manuel Hernandez and fellow inmates. Police chase centered near the Guatemala border as Hernandez faces separate robbery and payroll theft charges.
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Mexico City
Sharon Kinne
Secret Service
Kinne
Independence
Manuel Hernandez
Mexico
Guatemala
Woodson Co-Op Project Progresses
YATES CENTER Harvey Klick, manager of the Woodson County Co-Op Association, reports a $170000 complex under construction is 60 percent complete and due for use by February. The facility will house a feed mill, elevator, storage, scale house and main office with a 60 ton scale and about 49000 bushels elevator capacity. Membership stands at 313, with Glen E. Weston as board chairman. The association also operates a Virgil store, warehouse and grain elevator after a prior fire destroyed a facility last year.
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Yates Center
Harvey Klick
Woodson County Co-Op Association
Glen E. Weston
Virgil
Ambulance Service Debate and Road Plans In Osage County
Yates Center city council discussed ambulance service with county officials and agreed to a 50 50 share if arrangements can be made. The council adopted an agreement to hire Wilson and Company to plan moving water and sewer lines on Mary Street for highway improvements. City recreation commission term extended for Jack Gibbs. A public hearing Jan 13 at Carbondale High School will review proposed U S 75 improvement in Osage County from south of the junction with U S 56 to the Osage Shawnee line.
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Yates Center
Woodson County
Adopn
Wilson and Company
Salina
Mary Street
US 54
Jack Gibbs
Topeka
Carbondale High School
Osage County
John Montgomery
Osage
Shawnee
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