Calley Case Reflects Washington Fallout From My Lai
Washington debate centers on Lt William Calley’s trial and Nixon and Wallace responses. The piece compares U S wartime actions to Nazi trials and questions public blame on a single officer for broader policy and atrocity coverage.
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Observance of Benjamin Franklin Birthday Advocated By Admirers
Daybook notes a call for January 17 to mark Franklin's Birthday and to oppose removing his image from coinage. It lauds his role in thrift, independence, free press, higher education, public services, and abolitionist stance, while recounting personal family tensions and legacy.
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Calley Case and Nixon’s Uncertain Justice View
The author denounces President Nixon's plan to decide Calley’s fate, arguing it taints justice with politics. The piece asserts Calley admitted killing 22 My Lai victims and questions whether his conviction for premeditated murder will stand. The writer calls for a new trial with McNamara and Westmoreland as witnesses.
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Westmoreland Defends Calley Like Yamashita Justice
The speaker compares Lt. Calley’s crimes to Yamashita’s in the Philippines and questions who should bear guilt. He proposes bringing Fulbright Warren Johnson Truman and Johnson to explain wartime decisions and argues for broad accountability in a controversial trial scenario. He ends with a provocative, ironical claim about giving them something for the lions.
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Tomoyuki Yamashita
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