Calley Case Reveals Difficult Questions On Battlefield Justice
The Calley trial exposes deep tensions in military justice and public opinion. Latimer questions whether targeting one lieutenant propitiates the Army’s image or if broader abuses occurred with other soldiers in My Lai. The piece notes orders, firepower, and unit quality as enduring issues in wartime accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Calley
Robert D. Hein Jr
Alliance
Calley
Latimer
My Lai
George W. Latimer
Judge Latimer
U. S
Nurenberg
We Must Not Forget Prisoners Of War In Vietnam
A column urges continued press against North Vietnam to secure the release of about 1500 to 1600 American POWs. It cites failed letter campaigns, notes Astronaut Frank Borman’s proposal to release 1600 South Vietnamese prisoners, and stresses the public must stay engaged despite slow progress and limited levers for bargaining.
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Paris
Frank Borman
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Russia's consumer woes under Brezhnev Kosygin regime
The piece compares Soviet stagnation and shortages to the West, noting rising expectations among Russian consumers. It cites food price protests in Poland under Gomulka, shifts toward reform by Gierek, and warns Moscow to heed lessons from Eastern Europe while acknowledging gradual improvements in living standards.
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London
Russia
America
Poland
Kremlin
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Moscow
Soviet Union
Gomulka
Edward Gierek
Europe
Pentagon credibility and Nixon era revelations summary
A political column highlights alleged government misstatements on Cambodia and Laos raids by MACSOG and COSVN, plus a probe into Defense and Nixon era communications. It notes covert casualty figures, secret operations, and internal White House dynamics from Ehrlichman to Haldeman and Nixon’s brother.
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Laos
Macsog
Salem House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
John Ehrlichman
Bob Haldeman
Haldeman
Hank
Ron Ziegler
Disneyland
Richard Nixon
J. Walter Thompson
Ron
Herb Klein
Romantic purchase links to High Point nuptial path
A newly formed romance stems from the Amos residence purchase on Rockford Road where Martha Ross met Bob Amos. Handel’s Messiah featured at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church with soloists and instruments highlighted. The piece notes local civic gates, a Canadian official’s visit, a High Point College figure, and a 1941 High Point High School reunion planned for June 19 with 300 alumni invited. Kathy Jane Valentine advances to the North Carolina Student Nurse of the Year finals, representing High Point Memorial Hospital School of Nursing.
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R. T. Amos Jr
E. W. Freeze
Rockford Road
Martha Ross
High Point
Bob Amos
Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
W. Howard Coble
Betty Sue Johnson
Robert Bundy
George P. Clark
Edward R. Hardin
Vanna McAnally
Elizabeth Fouts
Carolyn McGuinn
David Garrett
Ruby Woolf
Charles Medlin
Massie Johnson
High Point High School
Gloria Siderson
Bill Currie
Chloe
Kathy Jane Valentine
Lester Valentine
Greenwood Drive
North Carolina
Student Nurses Association
A & T University
UNCG
Rockingham Community College
GTI
High Point Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Kathy
High Point Memorial
HPMH
Beth Jones
Greensboro
High Point Central Hgh School
John Umstead Hospital
Butner
N.C
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U.S
Vietnam
Washington
Pentagon
Cambodia
COSVN
Defense
Mel Laird
Creighton Abrams
Abrams
Defense Department
Talla
Lieve
Nixon
American Psychiatric Association
Congress
APA
Arnold Hutschnecker
Edith Green
D-Ore
Oregon
Edward
Puget Sound
Merry
By Jack Anderson
Ood
Jack Horner
Charles Barbour
State Travel and Promotion Bureau
Ed Kemp
N. C. Conservation and Development
Furniture Exposition
C. E. McIntosh Jr
Treasury Department
Walter P. Johnson
Denver
Gene
Pierre Asselin
Canada
New Orleans
Duke University
Association of Canadian Studies
Harold E. Conrad
High Point College
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