Witness Testifies Calley Ordered Fire on Civilians at My Lai
Lt. Calley’s platoon member Robert Maples testified he saw Calley herd unarmed Vietnamese toward a ditch and fire on them. Maples said Calley asked him to shoot, but he refused. Maples and Bernard Davies described villagers, including women and children, being herded and killed during the My Lai attack on March 16, 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
FT. Benning
Maples
Freehold
N.J
Meadle
Zerre Haute
Ind
Calley
My Lai
Bernard Davies
Fort Worth
Tex
Davies
Arkansas Weather Forecast for 24 Hours Ending Ward
Weather report from the station shows a 24 hour period ending at 7 am Wednesday with a high of 77 and a low of 60. Considerable cloudiness south and fair and mild elsewhere through Thursday with lows in the 40s north to the low 60s south and highs in the 70s Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Experiment Station
Arkansas
Conway County Hospital Bomb Threat Reward Offered
Conway County Sheriff Marlin Hawkins offered a $2,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction after a bomb threat called into Conway County Hospital around 3 30 p m. A police search found no bomb as hospital staff and officers checked the area.
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Morriston
Ark
Conway County
Marlin Hawkins
Hawkins
Crossett Man Shot to Death
Crossett Arkansas William E Cruise Jr 28 of North Crossett was shot to death Tuesday at a home about 10 miles north of here. Ashley County Sheriff Bill Furlow said two men and a woman were being held in the Ashley County Jail in connection with the shooting.
State Officials Seek Higher Budgets in Arkansas
State Auditor Jimmie Red Jones requests 265 242 for 1971 72 and 275 992 for 1972 73 plus a 1200 raise for the speaker’s public relations. State Treasurer Nancy Hall seeks 275 925 in 1971 72 and 299 680 in 1972 73. Educational Television Commission asks 90 377 for color telecasting and a total 610 903 for 1971 72 with 548 998 for 1972 73. State Administration seeks 1 656 002 and 1 712 753 respectively, up from 1 188 527.
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Little Rock
Jimmie “Red” Jones
Arkansas Legislative Council
Jones
Arkansas House
Nancy Hall
Educational Television Commission
Educational Television
Conway
State Administration Department
Credibility Trails Laird Over Pentagon Doubts
Washington AP reports Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird faces lingering credibility questions at the Pentagon two years into his term. He cites on the record briefings and fewer undisclosed backstories, yet controversies over Cambodia air raids Laos advisory forces and a dramatic Hanoi raid reveal gaps between stated aims and actions. Laird defends candor, saying he answers only asked questions, and maintains forthrightness in addressing inquiries.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Pentagon
Laird
Defense Department
Lyndon Johnson
U.S
Cambodia
Laos
Hanoi
Southeast Asia
South Vietnam
United States
Nixon
NATO Burden Sharing Plans Face British Skepticism
NATO talks in East Berlin as seven Warsaw Pact nations align on a five year burden sharing program. Britain balks at cash contributions, arguing it already bears a heavy share while Germany and Italy join in funding air shelters and a military comms network. The plan includes transfer planes to Turkey and rising European expenses, with France and Portugal largely absent.
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NATO
East Berlin
Europe
Manlio Brosio
U.S. Congress
Laird
Brussels
Britain
West Germany
Turkey
Helmut Schmidt
Lord Carrington
Ark Royal
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Norway
Denmark
Greece
France
Portugal
Iceland
Emory Psychologists Tie Fate Belief to Academic Success
Two Emory University psychologists report that students who feel in control of their lives, or internalize fate, tend to be better students and leaders. externals believe luck dominates and lag in achievement. The Nowicki Strickland survey on public school pupils suggests implications for teaching and early intervention.
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William L. Chaze
Associated Press
Atlanta, Ga
Emory University
Bonnie Strickland
Steve Nowicki
Atlanta
Strickland
Nowicki
Nowicki-Strickland
Development Center Aims to Aid Pine Bluff Minority Firms
The Economic Development Center at Arkansas AM&N College in Pine Bluff seeks to advise and help minority businessmen in Southeast Arkansas to compete more equitably. Organized by the University of Arkansas Industrial Research and Extension Center in Little Rock, the center operates under a federal Economic Development Administration grant with Dr. R. C. Davis and T. R. Betton directing activities.
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Pine Bluff, Ark
Arkansas Am&n College
Pine Bluff
Arkansas
University of Arkansas’ Industrial Research and Extension Center
Little Rock
Federal Economic Development Administration
R. C. Davis
Arkansas Am&n
T. R. Betton
T. R. Betton, Agriculture Extension Specialist At the Extension Center
Winds and tides end big oil spill near Florida reef
Winds and tides broke up an oil spill threatening a coral reef along the Florida Keys shoreline. The slick spread up to 75 miles long and half a mile wide before dispersing. a Florida Marine Patrol aircraft traced the source to an Italian tanker, the Gelesine.
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Key Largo
Fla
Florida Marine Patrol
Harmon Shields
The
Keys
Obituary Notes for McWilliams and Other Dignitaries
Paul Ray McWilliams 18 died December 1 in a Benton hospital. Survivors include his parents and four Benton sisters. grandparents from Hope. funeral and burial set for December 2 in Benton. Alfred P Shaw a Chicago architect died at 76. designer of city landmarks and bases. former AI A director and head of his firm. Willard Shelton 65, Washington columnist and editor for 42 years, died Tuesday. wrote for union publications including the Guild Reporter.
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Paul 8. McWilliams
Paul Ray McWilliams
Benton Hospital
Lee McWilliams
Betty English
Mary Gail Blackburn
Gwen Wilson
Mickey Ramsey
Benton
Mia
J. J. Bennett
Bertie Mae Bennett
Hope
Chicago
Alfred P. Shew
Spain
Bermuda
American Institute of Architects
Alfred Shaw and Associates
Washington
Willard Shelton
Guild Reporter
The
American Newspaper Guild
Life Blocks Found in Meteorite
Scientists at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View report amino acids detected in the Murchison meteorite that fell near Murchison Australia on September 28 1969 The find is described as likely the first conclusive proof of extraterrestrial chemical evolution and could rewrite timelines for the origin of life in Earth and the universe The amino acids appear not to be of biological origin suggesting chemical evolution earlier in cosmic history born from energy driven synthesis dated to about 4 95 billion years ago when Earth was part of a gaseous interstellar cloud
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Washington
Earth
Murchison
Australia
Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ames Research Center
Mountain View
Calif
Cyril Ponnamperuma
Fouir Dero
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