Nixon Pledges Review Of Calley Case
A White House official says Nixon will have a cabinet review of Lt. Calley’s case after he ordered Calley moved from the stockade to quarters. Ehrlichman cites broad presidential prero gatives and notes thousands urge clemency, while stressing no merit judgment.
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Nixon
Bly
Citizens’ Committee
White House
Vietnam
Ehrlichman
Ney
Calley
Elliot L. Richardson
Massachusetts
Treasury
John N. Connally
Robert H. Finch
California
Sec. of
Melvin R. Laird
John N.mitchell
Washington
Ft. Benning
Cal Ley
Secretary of the Army
Uniform Code of Military Justice
My Lai
Annaway Muet Nat Ha
Mapping Ecological Studies Planned For Spacemen
The Associated Press reports officials propose a four year program to fill a 1973 gap in manned flights with four Apollo surplus missions. Astronauts would map the United States study earth resources and combat pollution from orbit.
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Associated Pres
Houston
America
United States
Apollo
NASA plans Tracy to Skylab and Saturn projects amid budget cuts
A NASA official warns funding needs from Congress as Apollo ends with three more flights and Skylab planned for 1973. Chris Kraft says two man crews could map U S Alaska and study earth resources using space program sensors while Soviet space station hopes rise and budget falls from 5.9 to 3.5 billion.
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Dale Myers
NASA
Manned Space Flight
Congress
Chris Kraft
Manned Spacecraft Center
United States
Kraft
Alaska
Traffic toll rises with multiple area crashes this week
In Levelland Vasquez dies in a crash raising the South Plains death toll to 32 and the first in Hockley County this year. A Shallowater father and son die in a car train collision. a Slaton man dies in a crash south of Posey.
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Vasquez
George Price
Levelland
South Plains
Hockley County
Area
Shallowater
Posey
U.S
Lubbock County
Jack Crowther
Carl
Quinennes Sory
Jerry Wagner
Stuart
Fla
Santa Fe
NASA
Central Highlands
Pleiku
Offansiva
Tat
B52s Repel Communist Assaults on Fire Base Fights
U S and South Vietnamese forces repelled two assaults by Communist troops on a fire base. Total casualties reported include 242 enemy dead in the first clash and 15 in the second. Government losses were seven dead and 22 wounded, with most communist dead attributed to air support.
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U.S
Tion
Sul Ross
Vicumanese Unis
Wil
Ngo Dzu
Fire Base 6
Saigon
Lang Vei
South Vietnam
Duc Duc
Driskill Hotel fate hinges on $1.65 million plan review
Historic Austin landmark Driskill Hotel may reopen or be torn down as Highland Resources plans a $1.65 million renovation funded by $50,000 cash and stock sales. The option includes borrowing $700,000 and selling stock to raise funds with key local architects and officials backing preservation.
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Driskill Hotel
Austin
Houston
Stilljliam P. Hobby
Miriam Fergurets
Dan Moody
Pat Neff
Ima Hogg
University Lot Texas
James P. ‘Hart
Highland Resources, Inc
Theowners
Highland Resources
Driskill Hotel Corp
R. Max Brooks
C. C. Small Jr
Charles Herring
W W. Heath
Sweden
George Christian
White House
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Daniel Jones
Driskill
George Brown
Brown and Root Construction Co
Texas lawmakers face rising taxes to fund 1972 spending
In Austin AP report, Lt Governor Barnes says the Senate Finance Committee projects the two year general appropriations bill will need 550 to 780 million dollars in new revenue. Welfare costs loom as a major variable and may shape the final tax bill due after Easter.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
House
Ben Barnes
Senate Finance Committee
Barnes
Preston Smith
Congress
Washington
Smith
Senate State Affairs Committee
Jurors Call for Easing Long Texas Sentences
Wade cites Dallas County policy of denying bond to gun offenders and says heavy sentences burden the courts. He notes a reduction in violent crime but critics say extreme terms ridicule justice. Percy Foreman cites eight murders in December and January as context.
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Houston
Administration of Justice
Wade
Dallas County
Jan
Percy Foreman
Green
Texas
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Benefit
George Beto
Texas Department of Corrections
Beto
Burnett
Foreman
Flores
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Stan Dull
Tor
Court of Criminal Appeals
Shamblin
Solons say Lottery Law for Texas Not Likely to Pass
Senators debate a Texas lottery, with Sen. Charles Wilson opposing, noting distrust of lottery gains. Reports from New York and New Jersey show education funding from lotteries, while Texas voters already fear crime and prefer strict penalties.
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Texas
Senate
Charles Wilson
Lufkin
Constitutional Amendments Committee
Wilson
New York
New Jersey
New York City
I's
New Hampshire
Hightower Honored Quiet Texan Serves Governor For A Day
Texas Senator Jack Hightower, a longtime Vernon leader, acts as governor for a day in Austin. The 44 year old, elected to the Senate in 1964 and named president pro tempore for the 62nd legislature, presided during the ceremony with a 19 gun salute and public reception at the Municipal Auditorium. The tradition allows the acting governor to perform duties when the elected governor and lieutenant governor are out of state.
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Lyndon Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Ben Barnes
Driskill
Houston
White House
Johnson
LBJ Ranch
Green
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Pat Bullock
Austin
Texas
Bullock
Jack Highwéwer
Vernon
Wichita Falls
Hanoi
Jing
Leon Douglas
Court of
Dak
Ben Het
Nasouthwest
Ofto Duc Lap
Bu Prang
Senate
Hightower
House of Representatives
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Gma
Joe Grab
Rt. 1
Slaton
Union
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Cambodia
Laos
R. B. McAlister
Lubbock
Atiean
Solons
Ponte Eeeree
Jim Bates
Edinburg
William T. Moore
Bryan
Sen
A. R. Schwartz
Galveston
Schwartz
State Attorney General’s Office
Rehovot
Israel
Ravid
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