Calley verdict ends My Lai trial in Benning Ga
Lt William L Calley Jr 27 was found guilty of killing 20 Vietnamese civilians at My Lai and one monk at a drainage ditch and of assault with intent to kill a child The jury set to determine his sentence will reconvene The court martial in Benning Ga marked the longest in US military history Calley spoke of war as a world eye opener and defended the need for a strong army.
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Benning
Rusty Calley
Lai
William L. Calley Jr
Col
Clifford Ford
U.S
Ford
Calley
Alty
Terview
My Lai
May Lai
Vietnam
Charlie Company
Flexible 6% Pay Hike For Builders
President Nixon set flexible wage and price boundaries for the inflation plagued construction industry by signing an executive order that creates craft by craft labor management review boards to oversee wages and prices. The system aims at about 6 percent yearly wage increases, backed by Davis Bacon Act enforcement on federal projects and a Construction Industry Stabilization Committee to supervise the process. A House vote approved standby authority extending through June 1, while a Senate plan floated a broad emergency price stabilization board.
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Washington
Nixon
James D. Hodgson
Administration
Craft
Union
Man
Construction Industry Stabilization Committee
Congress
House
Senate
Henry
Reuss
Fire damages big marina at Lake of the Ozarks
A early morning fire at Lake Park Marina near Camdenton Missouri destroyed two boat docks and seven house boats measuring 30 to 54 feet. The blaze was detected around 2:30 a.m. by a barking dog. Cause and damage estimate were not determined.
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Camdenton, Mo
Lake of the Ozarks
Lake Park Marina
Camdenton
Niangua
Calley faces life sentence in courtroom reprise
In Los Angeles Lt. William L. Calley returns for a life or death sentence with possible reviews. In California Charles Manson and three women were sentenced to die in the gas chamber for the Tate LaBianca murders. Appeals are automatic.
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Los Angeles
Charles Manson
Tate- LaBianca
Filipino Jet Hijacked To Red China
Five young men hijacked a Philippine Airlines BAC111 jet en route from Manila to Davao diverting to Communist China. The plane with 25 passengers and five crew landed in Hong Kong where 20 passengers were released. Four Americans were aboard the jet, and the hijackers demanded to go to China while maintaining a courteous demeanor.
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China
Red China
Antonio Misa
Canton
South China
Philippines
Manila
Davao
Mindanao
U.S
Russell E. Ebersole
Jersey City
N.J
George W. Dry
Petition for 500000 Pike County Hospital Bond Vote
A petition with over 800 signatures requests another general obligation hospital bond issue of 500000 to fund an intensive care unit at the new Pike County Hospital in Louisiana. The prior issue failed March 9 by 35 votes of the two thirds majority required.
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Bowling Green
Pike County Court
Pike County Hospital
Louisiana
Soviet Move Welcomed On Disarmament Talks
At Geneva the Soviet Union and its allies moved talks forward by accepting a Western proposal to ban biological weapons. A draft from seven Soviet bloc delegations calls for prohibiting development production and stockpiling of biological agents and toxins and their elimination. The United States and Britain welcomed the move while noting chemical weapon ban should be separate. James F. Leonard said the US welcomes the initiative and will study the draft.
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Soviet Union
U.S
United States
Britain
Soviet Community Party
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
James F. Leonard
Iraqi leader ousted last year assassinated in Kuwait
BeirUT Lebanon AP reports Hardan Takriti the Iraqi government figure ousted in October was assassinated in Kuwait today according to Egypt's Middle East News Agency.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Hardan Takriti
Kuwait
Egypt
Middle East
One Scenic Rivers Bill Dead in House Vote
In Jefferson City the House Parks and Recreation Committee rejected the Scenic Rivers bill 7-1, with committee chair James Skaggs reporting. The Senate companion, introduced by Sen. Ike Skelton, remains dormant after referral on March 8. The measure drew support from canoeists and conservationists and strong opposition from Show-Me Heritage Inc landowners who fear state control and land restrictions. Hearings drew crowds and previous sessions failed to pass the bill, amid threats of violence from campaign opponents after a bomb targeted a campaign leader’s car.
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Jefferson City
House Parks and Recreation Committee
James Skaggs
Dellington
Skaggs
J. Anthony Dill
Affton
Dill
Senate
Ike Skelton
Lexington
Senate Committee On Health, Welfare and Environment
Show- Me Heritage Inc
State Conservation Department
Ozark
House
Capitol
Roger Taylor
St. Charles
Dumps Need Regulation Says Missouri Official
Kansas City AP report quotes John Meyer chief of Missouri solid waste division on a two year survey showing 457 dumps operated by 355 cities pose health and safety hazards and pollution. He urges state regulation or replacement with sanitary landfills and notes only 19 of 114 counties have adopted the 1955 law and enforcement is weak. He cites residents produce 4.9 pounds of waste per person daily totaling about 4.2 million tons yearly.
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Kansas City
Missouri
John Meyer
State Division of Health
Meyer
Environmental Protection Agency
$3 Haircuts For St. Louis
AP reports prices for barbershops in the St. Louis area rising to 3 dollars for adults and 2.50 for children starting April 5 after Journeymen Barbers Local 102 approved the 25 cent increases by a 714 to 287 vote. County votes were scheduled in St. Charles Jefferson and Franklin counties on subsequent days.
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ST. Louts
St. Louis
Journeymen Barbers Local 102
St. Charles County
Jefferson County
Franklin County
Kansas City mayor and council races vote today
Kansas City voters go to 320 polling places in Jackson County 24 in Clay and seven in Platte for mayor and 12 council seats. Candidates include Dutton Brookfield supported by Citizens Association and independent Dr Charles B Wheeler Jr. Wheeler won the primary by 2387 votes as turnout nears 180000 registered voters.
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Kansas City
Jackson County
Clay
Platte County
Dutton Brookfield
Charles B. Wheeler Jr
Brookfield
Nonpartisan Citizens Association
Wheeler
Calley Family In Seclusion After Verdict
In Gainesville Mary Keesling and other Calley relatives retreat to their home after Lt. William L. Calley Jr. is convicted of premeditated murder for the My Lai massacre. Friends in Miami express shock and call him a sacrificial figure. attorneys offer mixed views on the verdict.
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Mrs. Keesling
Calley
Patricia
Dawn
Keesling
University of Florida
Calley faces extended review in massive Army case
The sentence phase may extend five years as Calley’s fate awaits military appeal, federal courts, and presidential approval. Latimer criticizes the system that steered Calley into war and now controls his outcome, with the My Lai massacre cases drawing wider scrutiny of accountability.
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