Army rests in My Lai case shocks defense at Ft Hood
The Mitch ell court martial heard just three Army witnesses before resting its case shocking his attorney Ossie Brown. Mitchell 30 of St Francisville La is charged with assault with intent to murder for allegedly firing on 30 South Vietnamese civilians in My Lai on March 16 1968. The defense contemplates calling up to 48 subpoenaed witnesses as the trial schedule remains unsettled with defense testimony possible today or Thursday.
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Robert Heard
Associated Press
FT. Hood
Mitchell
St. Francisville
Army
My Lair
Michael Swan
Washington
Walker School crisis overrides pace as students return
In Wabbaseka Arkansas School Supt Joe Simpson set an Oct 29 deadline for students at J S Walker School to return to class without expulsion for the year after about 150 pupils walked out to protest the dismissal of two Black teachers. The day also notes a Golden Age Club gathering with Texarkana and Blevins members, a Christmas gift demo, a devotional, a wills talk, and Mr Pod Rogers sharing melon publicity trips.
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Wabbaseka
Ark
Joe Simpson
J. S. Walker School
Simpson
Golden Age Club
Texarkana Club
Dorothy Baker
Senior Citizens Service
Blevins
Dolores McBride
Hempstead County
Eva McKinney
Larry Patterson
GOP Chairman Renominates Agnew for 1972 and 1976
GOP chairman Rogers C Morton says he plans to renominate Spiro T Agnew for vice president in 1972 and intends to nominate him for the presidency four years later. Agnew told Republicans at a Baltimore fundraiser that no one has done more for the United States. He and Morton appeared beside Maryland Governor hopefuls and reiterated Agnew’s mixed stance on a White House bid.
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H. L. Schwartz
Associated Press
Baltimore
Rogers C. B. Morton
Spiro T. Agnew
Morton
United States
Agnew
GOP
Maryland
U.S
Rog
Charles Goodell
Goodell
Chicago
White House
Nixon
C. Stanley Blair
Senate
Glenn Beall
Washington
Illinois
Iowa
Arizona
Connecticut
Uncle Sam
ABC
Frank Reynolds
New York
TV ads under fire in CBS Reports analysis
CBS Reports dissected television political commercials noting their role in packaging and selling politicians. John Glenn blamed TV time as decisive in his Ohio Senate bid while Mike Wallace stressed television reshapes politics. Also reviewed ABC Movie of the Week Wild Women as uneven Western adventure with Hugh O’Brian leading a caravan.
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New York
CBS Reports
Mike Wallace
United States
Wallace
John Glenn
Ohio
Glenn
ABC
Hugh O'Brian
Texas
Prosecutor Eyed More Witnesses in Mitchell Case
Brown said the prosecution has seven more witnesses ready to testify, including at least three members of Mitchell's company. He expected the case to run through the rest of the week. Swan responded with a firm negative.
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Swan
Brown
Mitchell
Bumpers Linked to Old Guard by the GOP
Arkansas Governor candidate Dale Bumpers faces Republican claims that Sen. Guy Jones of Conway helped his campaign in Faulkner and Conway counties. Jones and Bumpers supporters deny formal involvement while recounting a breakfast ticket sale and a photo at a Toad Suck bridge dedication that sparked the controversy. Jones says he supported Faubus earlier but sided with Bumpers after results and had no official campaign role.
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John R. Starr
Associated Press
Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Guy F. Jones
Conway
Dale Bumpers
Conway County
Payton Kolb
Cochairman
Democrats - Independents
Rockefeller
Jones
Bumpers
Conway Log Cabin Democrat
Robert M. Childs III
Faulkner County
Childs
Phil Stratton
Matt Jones
Stratton
Bob Wilcox
Orval E. Faubus
Sen. Jones
Faubus
Paul van Dalsem
Toad Luck Ferry
Jack Jackson
Wilcox
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Texarkana Group
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G.W. Graham
Mary Ellen McCollum
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MAA
Ventire
Old Guard
Young Dobbs
Dobbs
Evaspieil
Dobbs Shaped
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