Henderson Court Martial Opens First My Lai Postwar Trial
Henderson court martial begins at Fort Meade with high ranking officers in the jury and potential witness list including Gen. Westmoreland. Col. Oran K. Henderson faces charges of failing to investigate massacre reports and lying to a military inquiry, amid calls to examine the wider coverup and aftermath.
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FT. Meade, Md
Oran K. Henderson
My Lai
Army
Carroll J. Tichenor
Henderson
Henry Rothblatt
Vietnam
William Westmoreland
Blue Ribbon Army
Ernest Medina
Georgia
William L. Calley Jr
Americal Division
Barker
Calley
My Lai 4
New Courses At KU Expand Offerings For Fall Enrollment
Kansas University launches 34 new courses across 15 departments for undergraduates. New topics include pop art in art history, fairy tale studies in English, and African history and music in African studies. Additional offerings cover Greek drama, environmental studies, and current problems like population dynamics and environmental law. Orientation begins Sunday with registration Tuesday, classes start August 30.
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Kansas University
United States
Department of American Studies
History of Agriculture
Department of English
J. R. R. Tolkien
Department of Anthropology
Lawrence
Soldier killed in Manhattan car crash linked to June incident
Spec 5 Lopoldo Huerena Gallegos from Albuquerque died when thrown from a car in a Manhattan crash after a June 7 Turnpike rollover near Lawrence. Driver Richard Shar had minor injuries. Pfc Rodney Vogt faced prior car theft and marijuana charges. Vogt was convicted on joyriding and marijuana counts. Gallegos had not been arraigned before transfer to Ft. Riley.
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Ft. Riley
Kansas Turnpike
Lawrence
Manhattan
Lopoldo Huerena Gallegos
Albuquerque
N.M
Richard Lee Shar
Gallegos
Pfc
Rodney R. Vogt
Houston
Tex
Vogt
Douglas County
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Dick Martin Weds Actress Dolly Read
Dick Martin of Laugh-In married British actress Dolly Read in a private ceremony in Honolulu. The unannounced service was presided over by Circuit Court Judge Allen Hawkins in a hotel presidential suite. Martin’s 14-year-old son Cary gave the bride away. Read is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Read of Bristol, England.
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Honolulu
Dick Martin
Dolly Read
Circuit Court
Allen Hawkins
Martin
Cary
Jack Read
Bristol
England
El Fatah Goes Underground in Lebanon and Jordan
A spokesman says the largest Palestinian guerrilla group El Fatah will close all offices in Lebanon and Jordan as leadership adopts a new secretive strategy for all guerrilla activities.
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Beirut
Lebanon
el Fatah
Jordan
Fatah
Cold farewell for Lindsay
The Republican Party ridiculed New York Mayor John Lindsay as he plans to switch to the Democratic banner. The RNC newsletter says Lindsay left the GOP for ego and ambition, not policy, and it predicts his move will hurt Senator George McGovern’s presidential hopes.
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Washington
New York
John Lindsay
George McGovern
Republican National Committee
Lindsay
Republican Party
Wallace Warns of 1972 Reckoning Over School Busing
Alabama Governor George Wallace told NBC Meet the Press that a political reckoning in 1972 would follow if President Nixon does not halt mass busing of school children. He pledged more executive orders challenging federal court busing and school closing decrees, and did not confirm plans to run as a third party candidate.
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Washington
George Wallace
Alabama
Nixon
Wallace
NBC
Meet the Press
Today in History highlights for August 23 1971
On this date events from 1775 1500 1858 1869 1944 1947 ten years ago five years ago and one year ago are noted. Notable items include King George IIIs proclamation of rebellion in America Columba mus arrest in Haiti Eddy church charter in Lynn Mass Marseille fall during WWII Truman daughter concert Hollywood Bowl and Red Guards in China.
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George III
England
Christopher Columbus
Haiti
Spain
National Theatre
New York
Mary Baker Eddy
Lynn
Mass
Church of Christ, Scientist
France
Marseille
Harry S. Truman
Margaret
Cape Canaveral
Fla
China
Red Guard
Communist Party
Israel
Abba Khan
Middle East
James Mason secretly wed Australian actress Clarissa Kaye
James Mason aged 62 secretly married Clarissa Kaye 39 in a registry office in Corshaux Surveey Switzerland on August 13. Friends of the British star reported the wedding occurred in a village registry overlooking Lake Geneva.
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CORSHAUX + SURVEYEY
Switzerland
James Mason
Clarissa Kaye
Friends of the
British Star
Mason
Miss Kaye
Lake Geneva
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