Army Board to Hear Lt Calley in My Lai Case
An Army board prepares to hear testimony from 1st Lt William L Calley Jr charged with mass murder of at least 109 Vietnamese civilians at My Lai. Capt Ernest Medina testified he did not order a massacre and did not see one, as the panel probes field investigation findings.
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William L. Calley Jr
Calley
Ernest Medina
My Lai
Special Army
Medina
William R. Peers
Bailey
Cailey
Vietnam
Sen
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Pentagon
Percy
Anthony Martin-Trigona
Champaign
Ill
Jack Anderson
New York Post
Maj
Charles Robb
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robb
Las Vegas
Nev
CWO
Hugh C. Thompson
Thompson
Army
F. Lee Bailey
Welfare Plans Move Forward in Douglas County Meeting
Douglas County commissioners discussed proposed welfare office plans at Woodlawn School in Perry Street area with 32 outside parking spaces and landscaping. A five year lease is proposed subject to state welfare and Finance Council approvals. A second potential site above Sam’s Produce Market in New Hampshire is not yet drawn. They approved buying a Stevenson Mark Six Radar unit for 1215 from Law Enforcement Equipment Co and approved closing a township road near Baldwin Historical Park description 30 feet west of es line of section 12 township 15 south range 20.
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Finance Council
State Department of Welfare
New Hampshire
Sam’s
Douglas County Sheriff's Department
Law Enforcement Equipment Co
Kansas City
Palmyra
Baldwin Historical Park
Township 15
Gifts Sought For Vietnamese Orphans By Pleasant View Grange
Members of Pleasant View Junior Grange appeal for clothing toys and money to aid 240 Vietnamese orphans aged from infants to 10 years. Items include baby clothing and powdered milk. contributions due by December 10 and can be arranged by calling 842 4374.
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Pleasant View
Junior Grange
Grange
NATO to press Russia on troop reduction talks
Fourteen NATO foreign ministers agreed to challenge the Soviet bloc to discuss mutual troop reductions as a test of sincerity for a European security conference. France, not in NATO's military command, opposed joining in reductions and a broader bloc-based Europe.
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Russia
Brussels
North Atlantic Alliance
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO Council of Foreign Ministers
Maurice Schumann
Moscow
Schumann
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Czechoslovakia
Norway
Denmark
Iceland
Canada
Poul Hartling
Andrei Gromyko
Rogers
Defense
Melvin Laird
United States
Alliance
Tate slayings tie to Manson group indictments
Deputy Dist. Atty. Stovitz said a grand jury will be asked to indict Charles Manson for conspiracy to commit murder and pursue murder and conspiracy charges against at least five others. Read includes Tate and LaBianca killings with notes on suspects and testimonies.
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Aaron Stovitz
Manson
Lawrence Education Board Reviews Haskell Institute Accreditation
A 10 member Kansas education group from state and local offices completed a two day accreditation review of the Haskell Institute program. Superintendent Wallace Galluzzi said the evaluation seeks Kansas junior college community status. A second item notes switch on downtown Christmas lights delayed to Tuesday night with 4000 feet of wiring arriving and two days needed for installation.
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State Department of Public Instruction
Haskell Institute
Haskell
Ellis King
Lawrence Electrical
Martin Owens
Chamber of Commerce
Accident injures mother and child in Lawrence
Patricia A. Kennedy 28 and Kevin P. Kennedy 3 of 704 Forrest Ave were treated and released at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a collision at 11:03 a.m. Thursday at 13th and Massachusetts. The northbound Yellow Cab driven by Charles L. Davidson 33 collided with Dorothy K. Slavens 51 of 1427 Prairie Ave. Damage was $200 to the car and $400 to the cab. Police logged eight other minor- damage accidents that day. The first potato crop in the United States was planted in New Hampshire in 1719.
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Kevin P. Kennedy
Forrest Ave
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
13Th
Massachusetts
Yellow Cab Co
N. J
Charles L. Davidson
Sunflower Village
Dorothy K. Slavens
Prairie Ave Lawrence
Architect Gives Views Christmas Date On Tax Package
Washington AP report notes Rep Wilbur Mills says Congress will finish tax reform and send it to the President before Christmas. He highlights a 5 percent surtax through mid 1970 and a Gore amendment raising the personal exemption, with possible compromise on rates and exemptions.
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House
Senate
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Auto Strikes Rear of Plow on Armstrong Road
A car driven by William Hudson aged 47 from Rt. 2 collided with a tractor drawn plow operated by Richard Armstrong aged 42 of 1712 Ky. The crash occurred at 6 p.m. on Armstrong Road one mile southeast of Lawrence city limits. Damage was about 500 dollars to the car and 800 dollars to the plow.
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William §. Hudson
Rt. 2
Richard A. Armstrong
Armstrong Road
Lawrence
Douglas County
This Day in History December Five
On this date in 1933 Utah ratified the 21st Amendment ending Prohibition. Other events include Phi Beta Kappa organized in 1776 and Van Buren born in 1782.
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Utah
U.S
Phi Beta Kappa
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg
Martin van Buren
Kinderhook
N.Y
James Polk
California
Britain
Finland
Rumania
Hungary
Overseas Aid Faces Threat of Fund Cuts
In Washington the House appropriations subcommittee slashed the foreign aid program toward an estimated 1.6 billion, well under Nixon’s 2.6 billion request. Major economic aid components were trimmed, including development loans and Alliance for Progress funding, while options to restore Korea aid and fighter plane support for Nationalist China faced further House and Senate actions.
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Nixon
House
Senate
Otto E. Passman
Dla
China
Subcommittee
U.S
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
Theft charges after motorcycle theft arrest
Paula Maude Dolbier and Larry Dean Smith, both charged with grand larceny, posted 1500 bonds after allegedly stealing a 1952 motorcycle from Frederick W. Lipper on Nov 21. Preliminary hearings set for Dolbier Tuesday and Smith Wednesday in Douglas County Court. Ernest E. Marks bound over for district court on illegal marijuana possession after Nov 25 shoplifting arrest.
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Paula Maude Dolbier
Rt. 1
Larry Dean Smith
Frederick W. Lipper
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