Ex-GI Testifies Calley Supervised My Lai Killings
A former soldier testified Lt. William L. Calley Jr supervised the execution of groups of screaming Vietnamese civilians at My Lai during the March 16, 1968 attack. The witness was the prosecution’s last for now as two others failed to answer subpoenas and may be recalled. Calley, 27, faces possible death if convicted of premeditated murder of 102 unarmed villagers near My Lai.
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FT. Benning
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Aubrey Daniel
James Durst
Brooklyn
N.Y
Reid W
Birth announcements from Ab Ernathy area hospitals
A series of birth notices from Ab Ernathy and surrounding towns report newborns at various hospitals. Details include weights from 3 pounds 14 ounces to 9 pounds 14 ounces, times mostly in the morning or afternoon, and fathers employed by local farms, stores, the city, or the military. Several mothers are identified by maiden names. many entries note hospital names in Lubbock or Welch.
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Issney G. Harrell
Abernathy
Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital
Morgan Drive-Away
Amarilla
Phillip Reep
Shallowater
Methodist Hospital
Santay Ramirez
Tant Clinic
Texas
van E. Carr
Welch
Welch School System
Edward J. Mullikin
Wedny
West Texas Hospital
Labbock
Clerk Receives $72,000 Estate
Pueblo AP reports Joseph Pagano 85 died last January and left his entire $72,000 estate to clerk Leslie Morris after probate. Pagano, a stock market investor, had about $62,000 in stocks and left no close relatives. Morris, a grocery clerk for 21 years, was speechless at the inheritance.
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Pueblo
Colo
Joseph Pagano
Pagano
Leslie Morris
Morris
Kentucky to Cut Spending by Four Million Dollars
Frankfort officials say the state will reduce spending this fiscal year by 4 million dollars to keep the budget balanced. The revised total available for spending is 533 million dollars after the update to the prior optimistic outlook.
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Frankfort, Ky
My Lai massacre witness recounts order to shoot villagers
A soldier testified that Lt. Calley directed him to drive villagers to a ditch and start firing with M16 rifles. He described seeing Calley and Paul Meadle urge others to shoot while Meadle cried, and the execution of at least 15 villagers.
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Calley
Durst
Meadle
Dursi
Appeals Court Dissolves Temporary Festival Site Injunction
The 7th Court of Appeals dissolved a temporary injunction over a festival site in Dickens County. Judge Moore of Lubbock previously granted the injunction upon Conaway’s claim of no valid sublease. Brummett had subleased back to Conaway and then leased to promoters. The ruling required Conaway to post a $20,000 bond to cover potential damages.
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Dickens County
Moore
Lubbock
Conaway
Brummett
110Th District Court
L. “D. Ratlite
Spur
Young Liberal Peter Hain Leads Antiapartheid Push in Britain
Peter Hain, a 20 year old London University economics student, chairs Britain's Young Liberals and drives a campaign to force South Africa to abandon apartheid. The movement targets trade, supermarket stock, and skilled labor emigration to pressure governments to act.
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London
UPI
South Africa
Britain
SouthAfrica
Peter Hain
London University
Young Liberal Party
Hain
England
Africa
South
U.S.A
Europe
Mishap Victims In Critical Condition At Methodist Hospital
Three people injured in recent traffic incidents remain hospitalized at Methodist. Michelle McDonald two died? No. Wait.
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Methodist Hospital
Michelle McDonald
C. E. McDonald
Dimmitt
Larbuddie
Joe Swann
Artesia
N.M
Clovis Hospital
Fred Guteterrez
Cornell St
34Th Street
Avenue A
Former Chaplain Awarded Army Commendation Medal
The Rev. Jack E. Coward of Seagraves received the Army Commendation Medal for two years as chaplain at Irwin Army Hospital Fort Riley Kaw He is pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in Pueblo Colorado native of Crosbyton and Wayland Baptist College graduate with his wife
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Seagraves
Jack E. Coward
A. E. Coward
Coward
First Southern Baptist
Pueblo
Colo
Irwin
Army Hospital
Fort Riley
Kaw
Crosbyton
Wayland
Just College
Plainview
Kentucky to raise lodge rates at resort parks next spring
Frankfort officials announce higher room rates for state resort park lodges next spring to fund upgrades to modern facilities. Current lodges remain with variable aging amenities, prompting the planned price increase.
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Frankfort
Fire at Spa Athletic Club Causes Heavy Damage
Fire broke out shortly after 4 a.m. Tuesday at the Spa Athletic Club on 1520 Texas Ave. Five Lubbock units fought the blaze in the laundry and storage area. Fire Marshal A. C. Black called the damage severe with baskets clothing and towels destroyed. Heavy smoke and window damage reported. cause under investigation.
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Spa Athletic Club
Texas Ave
Lubbock Fire Department
A. C. Black
Black
Lubbock Students Joined Alpha Chi at McMurry College
Two Lubbock students, Janice Hardaway and Carl Hudson, were initiated into Alpha Chi at McMurry College Abilene. Hardaway, daughter of Rev. Cecil C. Hardaway, majors in music education. Hudson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Carl Hudson, majors in chemistry with a minor in English. Both are juniors.
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Lubbock
Alpha Chi
McMurry College
Abilene
Janice Hardaway
Cecil C. Hardaway
37Th St
Carl Hudson
J. Carl Hudson
43Rd St
Hardaway
Hudson
Woman Joins Abernathy Post Office Staff
Mrs. Leona Smith has joined the Abernathy post office staff replacing L. G. Deering who resigned. She is the first woman post office worker in Abernathy since 1962 per Postmaster Herman Lambert.
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Abernathy
Leona Smith
Herman Lambert
L. G. Deering
Smith
Gilligan Proposes Volunteer Youth Corps For Ohio
Governor elect John Gilligan vows to curb campus violence and create a volunteer corps of youth to engage in state government. He criticizes ROTC and National Guard use on campuses and supports stronger civil order while discussing Kent State shootings and a local college aid plan.
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Ohio
Volunteer Corps of Youth
Kent, Ohio
UPI
John J. Gilligan
Sudents
Kent State University
Kent
Gilligan
National
National Guard
Grand Jury
Ohio National Guardsmen
University
Kent City
Fire alarms, grass fires report damage on several streets
Firefighters were dispatched at 5 12 p m Tuesday to Walker s Auto Chinke et 2908 EB Main and st asnne Stoke s cables on battery and eins The Ww scane K Car listed as owned by Allen tetra Damage estimated at more n afire to two trailers at Acutt Gross Main renters at Acu Camees estimated a more than m Grass fire at home of Percy Hines at mold Birch St Ave spread to fence burning at 0 feet of it and house Damage estimated at more than 100 nee 3 oe e Bll pam Grass re at 28th Street and Avenue FP No damage
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Walker
Main &T
Eaene
Battery
Eins
Allentetra
Acutt Gross
Acu
Camees
Percy
Hines
Mold Birch
Damase
28Th Street
Avenue
Six Charged In Plot To Bomb Nixon's Former Law Firm
Six people face grand jury indictments in New York for conspiracy to commit arson and related crimes tied to a Weather Underground style operation. Charged are Sharon Krebs Joyce Plewis Claudia Conine Martin Lewis Christopher Trenkle and Richard Palmer. They allegedly planned to bomb the law offices of Mudge Rose Guthrie and Alexander in Manhattan and to target police stations the Bolivian consulate and New York University. The group, described as Weather men, denies links to the radical organization and has filed a $1 million civil suit over alleged police misidentification. They were arrested while about to carry out a bombing attack and allegedly carried sledge hammers and gasoline-filled bottles. Palmer is identified as a 40-year-old.
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NEW York
Nixon
Manhattan
Weatherman
Laws
Mudge
Rose
Guthrie
Alexander
Letty
John N. Mitchell l
New York University
Richard
Robin" Palmer
Kress Lions Club Hosts Free Immunization Clinic
The Kress Lions Club will sponsor a free immunization clinic at 1 p.m. today in Kress Elementary School offering smallpox polio rubella and diphtheria inoculations along with a tuberculosis test.
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KRESS
Kress Lions Club
Suspects Sought In Clothes Theft at Levine's Store
Police seek a Negro man and a Negro woman in a clothing theft at Levine's Department Store, 13109 E. 4th St. Manager Al Carson said the woman exited at 6:45 p.m. with several items while the pair fled in a car after a confrontation. four suits and 13 sport coats valued at $625 missing.
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Levine's
E. 4Th St
al Carson
Carson
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