Calley Jury Deliberations Drag On In My Lai Case
AP reports Lt. William L. Calley Jr. faces a long jury deliberation in the My Lai murder trial as officers request fresh laundry and March pay, while key testimony recounts orders to move villagers to a ditch and fire. The panel has spent 34 hours discussing the charges, with members recalling testimony and seeking details of the events at the trail intersection.
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Benning
United States
William L. Catley Jr
My Lai
Calley
May Lai
Leutenant
James Dursi
Brooklyn
Dursi
Catfey
Meadle
Catley
Meadleto
Calkey
Massive Maryland gambling raids net 52 arrests
FBI agents and Baltimore city and county police seized guns and betting evidence across 56 locations in a 54 hour sweep that busted an estimated 22 million dollar gambling conspiracy. The operation, the largest in Maryland, involved four months of joint work by the FBI and the Organized Crime Strike Force with Victor Turyn and George Beall noting multi million dollar gains. All 52 arrestees were arraigned and released on bond.
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Baltimore
Maryland
FBI
Victor Turyn
U.S
Turyn
Privy Declared State Shrine in Clayton Missouri
Neighborhood protests over a historic han ley House outhouse receded after support from the American Privy Preservation Society and state Sen Maurice Schechter. The Missouri Senate passed a resolution designating the privy a state shrine, preserving its site ten feet from a public sidewalk in an affluent area.
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Clayton, Mo
Hy Waltuch
Hanley House
American Privy Preservation Society
Maurice Schechter
Schechter
Missouri Senate
Protestants Pick Faulkner As Premier
In Belfast the Protestant Unionist party elected Brian Faulkner 40 to be Northern Ireland premier by a 26 to 4 vote over William Craig who favored internment camps for suspected IRA terrorists. Craig may win party leadership Monday as Chichester Clark’s resignation followed the British refusal to approve harsher measures against exiled Republican militants. The IRA Provisional wing claimed responsibility for toppled leaders and pledged continued retaliation against British forces amid a deadly campaign.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Unionist Party
Brian Faulkner
Party
Faulkner
William Craig
James Chichester-Clark
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Ultramilitant Provisional
Chichester- Clark
Terence O’neill
Light Speed Measured By New Device AtBU
Boston University professor Dr Dean Edmons Jr and student Raymond Smith built a low cost device to measure light speed. Using borrowed parts a laser mirrors and a high speed motor they demonstrated a 200 meter beam path and earned a merit award at a physics meeting.
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Boston
Boston University
Galileo
University of Chicago
Albert Michelson
Dean S. Edmons Jr
Edmons
Raymond V. Smith
Quincy
American Institute of Physics
New York
Edmonds
Solons Lash Rogers Plan In Mid East Debate
Washington senators Javits and Jackson assail Secretary Rogers proposed mixed American Soviet border guards as Israel protection. Eban rejects external guarantees as substitute for defensible borders. Jackson warns plan could legitimize Soviet forces and risk wider war. advocates Israeli led defense with secure borders.
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Solons
Lash Rogers
Mid-East
Washington
Nixon
Israel
Jacob K. Javits
Javits
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Senate
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Abba Eban
Jackson
Middle East
Alcoholism Rehabilitation Training Course Offered
The Institute of Alcohol Studies will be held at Loyola College Baltimore this year offering training for those who work with alcoholics. Last year 14 Frederick County residents attended Hood College program. The six day course covers causes impacts and treatment resources with dates June 13 to 18 and applications due April 7 at the Alcoholism Control Unit 500 W Patrick St.
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Loyola College
Baltimore
Frederick County
Hood College
Alcoholism Control Unit
Mental Health Services
W. Patrick St
Body Of Landslide Victim Recovered In New Guinea
In Port Moresby heavy equipment and rescuers uncovered the body of Kerry Steinkraus, a child and daughter of American linguistics researcher Walter Steinkraus. The mudslide buried four from the family and seven locals. Kerry’s body was found as crews continued to search for the others.
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Port Moresby
Walter Steinkraus
Gladwin
Mich
Lavonne
Kerry
Kathy
Gandhi outlines vow to end poverty in India
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi announced the new government's central goal is the abolition of poverty while pledging nonalignment and opposing foreign military bases in the Indian Ocean. She also proposed constitutional reforms to abolish royal privileges for 278 maharajas as part of a broad program after New Congress won 350 of 515 seats. Australia reports 185,099 immigrants in fiscal 1970.
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New Delhi
Indira Gandhi
New Congress Party
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