End of Testimony in Kehrli Drug Trial Ends Defense In Key Witnesses
In Saigon the Air Force court martial of Col. Gerald V. Kehrli wraps up testimony as the defense calls witnesses attesting to his high moral character and denying any advocacy of marijuana use. Lt. Peter C. Jackson testified Kehrli discussed drug culture and claimed occasional personal use, saying marijuana was not a problem and that officers and enlisted men used it more than alcohol.
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Saigon
Air Force
Gerald V. Kehrli
Kehrli
U.S
Vietnam
Frum
Texas
Willmar
Minn
Peter C. Jackson
Chicago
Army
Jackson
Negro officer corps declines across services prompt study
Senior Army officers study methods to increase recruitment of black and minority officer candidates after statistics show black officers at 2.6 percent of the force as of September 1970, down from 3.4 percent in 1969 and a high of 3.8 percent in 1965, with 2nd lieutenants down to 1.2 percent. Similar declines affected Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, especially in junior ranks.
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Washigton
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
NAACP urges freer grievance channels for Black servicemen
NAACP official Nathaniel R. Jones urged higher authorities be reachable by Black soldiers facing bias. He criticized unit commanders for insensitive handling and proposed civil attorney advisers overseas for courts martial cases. Jones, back from a two week tour of bases in West Germany, cited housing discrimination and unequal treatment by junior officers. He noted Berlin brigade progress under Brig Gen Harold Hayward with a Black captain investigating complaints. A 1971 report for Roy Wilkins will be prepared and sent to Army Air Force and Defense departments.
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West
Germany
Remely
Jones
Berlin Brigade
Harold Hayward
NAACP
Roy Wilkins
Army
Air Force
Defense
Fragmented quotes on drugs and trial notes
The text presents scattered remarks about marijuana and cigarettes, a postcard from Kehrli while on leave, and remarks by Air Force officials. It references a mistrial request by Lt. Col. Donald C. Paar and fragmentary dialogue from Jaykeen and Kehrli regarding marijuana and a supposed “saroration gap.”
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San Antonio, Tex
Negro Officer Corps
New York
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Nathaniel FR. Jones
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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Lakewood Blvd
PCO
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BankAmericard
5 Harbor Blvd
Warner
W. Warner
Santa Ana
Eee Ge Tts
Donald C. Paar
Dubuque
Jaws
Jaykeen
Tit
Tie
James Cash Penney
J. C. Penney Stores
Apte
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