Calley to argue orders justified in My Lai killings trial
Lt. William Calley will testify that he followed orders during the My Lai raid on March 16 1968 and that his men were reacting to Viet Cong atrocities and Tet offensive events. Defense contends legality of orders and battlefield pressures are central to the case as prosecutors complete their presentation.
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FT. Benning
William Calley
My Lai
Kenneth Raby
Calley
FBI
48Th
George Latimer
Tet
Raby
Company C
Lt. Calley
Latimer
Fair Share Campaign Raises $32 258 Toward Goal
Harold R. Callahan reports the 1970 Civic Association Fair Share Campaign has raised $32 258, 146.6 percent of the year’s goal, with $29 084 posted at campaign end in October. He calls the result tremendous amid drives that failed or extended. The note also mentions the Grey Friars, Black Friars, and Carmelites as Friars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold R. Callahan
Civic Association
Callahan
Finch predicts U S forces to leave Vietnam in 14 months
Presidential adviser Robert Finch told a University of the Pacific forum that all U S military forces would be withdrawn from Vietnam within 14 months. He said the period includes ground air and advisory personnel and cited a peacetime recovery plan converting defense plants to environmental projects to offset unemployment from defense cutbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
Calif
United States
Vietnam
Robert Finch
Finch
University of the Pacific
Middletonian Draws 2 More Terms
A 37-year-old Middletown man Frank Brown already serving 10 to 20 years for armed robbery was sentenced by a three-judge panel to additional terms. He received 1 to 20 years for shooting with intent to kill and 1 to 15 years for breaking and entering, to run consecutively after the armed robbery term. He broke into the home of a 36-year-old widow near Waynesville and shot her three times. Brown was returned to prison after the beating robbery of a paraplegic Middletown accountant last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Middletown
Ohio State Penitentiary
Frank Brown
Brown
Sarah Gephart
Waynesville
75-Man Venire For Murder Trial In Hamilton
A 75 member venire has been ordered to select a jury for James Findley 23 of Cincinnati charged with first degree murder. Trial tentatively set Jan. 18 in Common Pleas Court before Judge Fred B Cramer for the slaying of 16 year old Chevy Ann Segal of Roselawn whose nude mutilated body was found near Gregory Creek along Ohio 129 last Oct. 18.
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Hamilton
James Findley
Red Bank Road
Cincinnati
Findley
Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Chevy Ann Segal
Sun‘field Drive
Roselawn
Gregory Creek
Ohio 129
Here
News Conference Set Tonight By President Nixon
ASHINGTON AP Nixon calls a news conference for tonight at 7 00 P M to discuss the rail strike and national issues. Press secretary Aggier defends Nixon stance that conferences should aid the public not press or the President. Networks plan live coverage with limited post show commentary from CBS and NBC summaries.
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Ashington
Nixon
Ronald L. Aggier
Terest
Ziegler
Mutual Broadcasting System
Mutual
ABC
CBS
NBC
Dayton City Commission Holds Short Meeting
Dayton Ohio AP reports the City Commission met briefly with only the clerk and five men present. Clerk Don Crawford called roll but no response indicated a lack of quorum. the adjournment lasted 55 seconds as commissioners attended the National Conference of the League in Atlanta.
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Dayton, Ohio
Don Crawford
May
League of S
Atlanta
Local Girl Leader Named For Miami Chest Drive
Sharon Rose Fening a Miami University sophomore majoring in American diplomacy will co chair T shirt sales for the annual Miami Chest campaign to begin after Christmas recess. Lynda Green and Mark B Rosenberg announced the 1971 drive co chairmen. The Chest funds aid disadvantaged students locally and beyond through student faculty solicitations and campus fund raising stunts.
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Sharon Rose Fening
Rosedale Road
Miam University
Miami
Miss Fening
Lynda Green
Columbus
Mark B. Rosenberg
Athens
Miami Chest
Chest
Miami-South College
Fund For Negro
The
World University Service
Miami Undergraduate Research Fund
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da Nang
iCalley
Col
Reid W. Kennedy
John Partin
Montana
Carmelites
U.S
Middletonian
Venire
Red
Jr. World
Dacron
Thriftmode Coats
Mabley
Cag
SPA
Central Ave
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