Witnesses Link Mitchell To My Lai Slayings
Two ex soldiers testified that Sgt. David Mitchell and 1st Lt. William Calley Jr. fired on a ditch full of Vietnamese civilians at My Lai in 1968. Dennis Conti and Charles Sledge described seeing short bursts from M16 rifles and a woman’s fatal head wound. Calley faces court martial on 102 murders, with trial set for Ft. Benning on Nov. 16. Mitchell is charged with assault with intent to murder.
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Robert Heard
Associated Press
Hood
Tex
David Mitchell
William Calley Jr
My Lai
Dennis Conti
Providence
R.I
Conti
Charles Sledge
Mitchell
Calley
Matic
Ft. Benning
St. Francisville
Weather and civic notes amid regional forecast and events
Weather Amal reports 24 hours ending 7 a.m. Tuesday with high 63, low 46, precip .03 inch. Arkansas fair through Wednesday. tonight clear and cool with fog east portion. High Wednesday in 60s, lows in 40s. Phi Beta Lambda at Red River Vocational Tech School donated cookout camping gear to Webeloes Pack 62, with no outside funding. first use October 24 at Cypress Slough. Pack 62 aims to grow to 25–30 boys. leaders Anderson and Sweesy. Equipment listed includes skillets, ovens, barbecues, lanterns, axes, rope. project motto promotes community service and citizenship. Major international and domestic political notes follow: Fawzi cabinet selection. Sadat pledge. Israeli accusations of Egyptian missiles near Suez. Soviet missiles and troops in Egypt. UN talks stalled. Qubec Liberation Front actions in Montreal lead to extensive raids. Laporte murder detail. FLQ cell tied to Chenier group. suspects Rose and Carbonneau named.
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Arkansas
Rho Epsilon
Phi Beta Lambda
Red River Vocational Technical School
Garland School Pta
Webeloes
Cypress Slough
Millwood
Fair Park
Jess Anderson
Milo Sweesy
Anderson
Pat Walker
Tho Epsilon Chapter
Fawzi
Sadat
Israel
Egypt
Suez Canal Zone
Jerusalem Post
Zeev Schul
Schul
Middle East
United Nations
Charges Dropped at Texarkana Drive-In Incident
Texarkana Arkansas AP reports 15 youths aged 12 to 17 were arrested at a drive-in for violating a new city ordinance restricting under 18 from X rated movies. Bonds of 34.25 each were refunded, with 90 days good behavior. charges against theater owner Ray T. Allen and clerk Mrs Sible Ann Wittington were continued.
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Texarkana, Ark
Bert Larey
Larey
Ray T. Allen
Sible Ann Wittington
B&PW Kick-off Breakfast During National Week Observes Era of Responsibility
The Hope B&PW Club held its National Business Women's Week kick-off breakfast on Monday October 19 at the Diamond. The program focused on the Era of Responsibility with two minute talks on seven topics including Environmental Quality Cultural Progress An International Experience United Nations and You in 1970 Sex Roles Crime Prevention Drugs and a prize necklace awarded to Dolores McBride. 32 attendees included special welcomes to Miss Beryl Henry and former member Mrs Frances Reynerson along with Nike Club officers Pat Huckabee Nancy Porter Sarah Schenck Susan Stevens and Melissa Mahon. The Marie Celeste mystery is noted as a classic ship fate discovered in December 1872 between the Azores and Portugal.
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Hope B&pw Club
the Diamond
Donna Smith
Opal Hervey
Norma Jean Delaney
United Nations
You
Martha Stephenson
Dolores McBride
Opal Daniel
LaVeta Mouser
Beryl Henry
Benton
The
Hope Club
Frances Reynerson
Amarillo
Tex
Nike Club
Pat Huckabee
Nancy Porter
Sarah Schenck
Susan Stevens
Melissa Mahon
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Elsie Huckabee
Rho Epsilon Chapter
Webste den
David Russell
Randy Hartness
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Michael Sweesy
Sandy Huckabee
Joey Thompson
Travis Kidd
Mark Petersimes
David Berry
Dennis Pletcher
Tommy Bryant
Allen Haddix
Harold Poindexter
Nasser Man
Qubec Liberation Front
FLQ
Quebec Liberation Front
Cross
Laporte
Montreal
Quebec
Canada
St. Hubert
Albert Lisacek
Chenier
Paul Rose
Marc Carbonneau
Taxi Liberation Movement
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MR. Purcell
Business
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Joe Purcell
Rockefeller
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Margaret Kolb
Texarkana
Page Nine
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Azores
Portugal
Hope B&pw
Diamond
L To R. LaVeta Mouser
Dee McMurrough
Mary Andrews
Oterty
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M.O
Addrans City
Helder
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