Calley trial opens with claim of ordered killings at My Lai
AP reports Lt William L Calley Jr faced a court martial at Fort Benning as prosecutor Capt Aubrey M Daniel III described Calley ordering the execution of unarmed civilians during the March 16 1968 My Lai massacre. Daniel said Calley led a search and destroy mission and directed executions including a child and an elderly man, with over 70 killed in an irrigation ditch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Benning, Ga
William L. Calley Jr
Calley
My Lai
Aubrey M. Daniel III
Daniel
My Lal
South China Sea
Wom
Ronald L. Haeberle
CWO
Hugh C. Thompson
Tack
Record Golf and Swim Programs At Mexico City Parks
Major Joe Bailey reports record Red Cross swimming enrollment and Arthur Hills Golf Course membership. In summer, 3,165 swam at Garfield and Plunkett pools. 27,329 swam overall. Arthur Hills Golf Course had 115 members with 9 hole play totaling 9,419 golfers. Total 38 city staff assisted programs. August attendance fell due to bad weather. various activity totals are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Red Cross
Arthur Hills
Joe Bailey
Maj. Bailey
Mexico Park Board
Plunkett
Garfield
Plunkett Park
Bailey
Hardin
Green Field
McMillan Playground
Moderate Missouri quake felt across five states
A tremor described as moderate by seismologist Father William Stauder was felt from Poplar Bluff Missouri to Helena Arkansas and Jackson Tennessee. The 4 to 4.5 magnitude quake struck about 140 miles south of St Louis at 8 14 p m CST with two distinct tremors reported near Memphis and no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplar Bluff
Missouri
Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi
St. Louis University
William Stauder
Stauder
St. Louis
Helena
Ark
Jackson
Charleton Gibbs
Memphis
Merrill Dan
Dan
Jim Zollweg
St. Louis University Geophysics Department
New Madrid
Chest 39 Percent of Community Chest Goal Reached
Community Chest leaders report 39.6 percent or 20606.60 dollars raised toward a 51966.10 goal to date. Campaign chairman Murray Purcell told this morning's weekly meeting that he was delighted with the response and hopeful of reaching the goal as divisions were urged to submit all collections by Navy 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Chest
Murray Purcell
Glenn Hatfield
Don Manning
Bill Mihalic
J. T. Williams
Jack Viar
Eldon Burgess
Norm Genthon
Walter Staley
Luna 17 lands on Moon and deploys Lunokhod 1 rover
Tass reports Luna 17 made a soft lunar landing and discharged Lunokhod 1, an eight wheel self propelled module moving 65 feet from the mothership. The French reflector for laser location is aboard, and all systems are functioning. The mission marks a new unmanned Soviet use of a second module after landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Tass
Moon
Bochum Observatory
West Germany
Heinz Kaminski
Earth
Soviet Union
United States
U.S
Hot Line Wiring Raises Eavesdropping Fears
Gov Mandel and Delaware governor Peterson face questions after reports that their hot line telephones linked to Civil Defense networks were wired to allow eavesdropping. A Pentagon spokesman and telephone officials deny any risk, calling the issue an overblown hoax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis Md
Marvin Mandel
National Civil Defense Headquarters
Mandel
Delaware
Russell W. Peterson
Baltimore Stars
Parhe
Annapolis
Dover
Del
Pentagon
Sunpapers
Department of Defense
White House
Pete White
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Wife Stops Bulldozer Defense Wins Courageous Stand
Terence Round 27 stole a 42 ton bulldozer and damaged sheds lamp posts railings pavements and lawns en route to his mother in law. His wife Hilda blocked the machine and the court later heard his claim that her action was courageous. He pleaded guilty to theft and property damage and received a 24 year sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Terence Round
Hilda
Terence
Fire destroys historic market records in Missouri blaze
A flash fire at the Central Missouri Livestock Market Center around 4:20 pm damaged the northeast room where 1960 records, checks, bills of sale, and scale tickets stored in boxes burned. An explosion likely from a propane line sparked the blaze, with two steel doors blown open. Fire crews limited damage, salvaging some records as minimal loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Missouri Livestock Market Center
Conrad Harrison
Tom Merritt
Harrison
Merritt
Livestock Center
4H Youngsters Given Awards at Audrain County Night
The Audrain County 4 H Club recognition night honored numerous youths with Key Awards to Susan Coose Susan Powell Steven Lierheimer Jerry Duff and Jean Rudasill while Janet Brown Cheryl McBride Joann Helwig Dwight Bohlmeyer Jim Powell and Marty Silver received first year member awards The event featured livestock judging conservation poster and public speaking honors among a long list of category awards given by various presenters including Gil Rhodes Vernon Duffy and Mrs Harvey Turner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrain County
Gil Rhodes
Susan Coose
Susan Powell
Steven Lierheimer
Jerry Duff
Jean Rudasill
Vernon Duffy
Ledger
Janet Brown
Cheryl McBride
Joann Helwig
Dwight Bohlmeyer
Jim Powell
Marty Silver
Martha Sims
Harvey Turner
Clyfte Brown
Becky Swartz
Jeff Rudasill
Newton Davis Sr
Laura Bishop
Alan Fisher
Nelson Willingham
Consolidated Electric Cooperative
Claude Westfall
Scott Sanders
Jean Rudasinl
Philip Adams
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
David Hartgrove
Hammer Schremp
Penny Heitmeyer
Sherry Sanders
Jean Duff
David Duff
Paula Harshbarger
Kim Haverstick
Keena Bryson
Teresa Brown
Justin Woolfolk
Bruce Bryson
Dedra Willingham
Gina Holsheiser
Debra A. Brown
Sarah Wilfley
Janet Woolfolk
Debra Lynn Brown
ADA
Carl Taliaferro
Keena
Morris Asks Bankers Aid In State Plan
Kansas City AP Lt Gov William S Morris urged bankers to back a Missouri plan during a Missouri Bankers Association conference headline pushing to halt blame and secure federal funds for the sick elderly and schools He urged withdrawing state funds from political influence and asked bankers to urge association officers to aid in finding an equitable solution as the conference runs through Wednesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
William S. Morris
Missouri
Warren E. Hearnes
Missouri Bankers Association
Morris
General Assembly
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Paul Meadle
Pfe
Dennis Conti
Meadle
Conti
Ben Elliott
Ben C. Elliott
Audrain Medical Center
Arnold Funeral Home
Frank L. Park
First Baptist Church
Elmwood Cemetery
T. L. Marshall
Elliott
Grace Marshall
Mayview
Higbee
McMillan High School
E. Monroe St
Billiott
Audrain Hospital
King's Daughters and Sons
Minnie Marshall
Hope
Hollywood
Bob Hope
England
6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Thailand
South Vietnam
Korea
Alaska
Richard Vance
the Ledger
4-H Center
Chevyl McBride
Bankers
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