Calley Convicted of Premeditated Murder At My Lai
Lt. William L. Calley Jr. was found guilty by a six-man jury of premeditated murder for the My Lai killings. The verdict, reached after 14 deliberations, triggers mandatory life or death sentencing, with further hearings to determine the final punishment. Latimer, 70, said he would appeal. continuation noted on Page 14.
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FT. Benning, Ga
UPI
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
48Th
Aubrey M. Daniel Ill
Vietnam
Korea
United States Army
George W. Latimer
Latimer
Pvt
John Bennett
United States
Calley
Military Court
Varied Reactions After Calley Verdict Across US and Germany
The Calley murder conviction drew mixed responses from US officials veterans and others. In Athens Georgia local draft board members threatened to resign citing conscience and supporters backed a free Calley campaign. International reactions ranged from praise by some German jurists to shock at superiors not testifying.
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Athens
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Vietnam
Framingham
Mass
Philip A Hart
D-Mich
Calley
Hart
George Pugh
Selective Service System
Tinue
Pugh
Cailey
Beckley
W Va
Robert Cadle
Nixon
White House
Cadle
Germany
U.S
Nuernberg
Alfred Seidl
Hitler
Rudolf Hess
Robert M. W. Kempner
International Tribunal
Hasso von Menteuffel
Wilmington
WHSL
Soviet Leader Proposes Grand Disarmament Conference Plan
In a keynote at the 24th Communist Party Congress, Leonid Brezhnev urged a meeting of the five major powers including China to outlaw nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. He called for a world disarmament conference, the end of tests, and reductions in military spending, plus a settlement approach for Southeast Asia and the Middle East. He backed European collective security, UN decolonization, and environment cooperation, while criticizing U.S. policy in Indochina and the Middle East. Brezhnev promised Arab support and continued aid to North Vietnam, opposing Vietnamization and broader American military action.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Communist China
Communist Party
Leonid L. Brzhnev
Kremlin
United States
Britain
France
China
Southeast Asia
Middle East
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Alliance
Warsaw Pact
Brezhnev
Indochina
U.S
Union
North Vietnam
Railroads Seek Large Government Subsidy Expansion
Washington AP reports railroads ask Congress for 36 billion dollars a year to avert full nationalization and restore parity with other transport. George Smathers warns erosion of service and earnings could force bankruptcies. nationalization could cost 27 to 60 billion. Committee probe opens into Penn Central failures and ASTRO study backs 55 billion in federal help over five years.
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Washington
Congress
George Smathers
Florida
Association of American Railroads
Smathers
Senate
France
West Germany
Japan
Vance Hartke
Sass
Penn Central
Smashers
America
Sound ‘Transportation Review
ASTRO
Manson and Women Sentenced to Death in 1969 Murders
A Los Angeles jury sentenced Charles Manson and three female followers to death on all 27 counts after a nine and a half month trial for the Tate and related killings in August 1969. The panel, which took 10 days to reach verdicts, found them guilty of murder and conspiracy with no remorse shown by the defendants.
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Los Angeles
UPN
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
Manson
Susan Atkins
Patricia Krenwinkel
Leslie van Houten
Marie Mesmer
Miss Atkins
Miss Krenwinkel
Miss van Houten
Gene
Darow
Superior Court
Charles H. Older
California Supreme Court
Weather advisory hints warmer night with rain likely
The forecast warns of mostly clear skies turning warmer tonight with a chance of rain. Overnight temperatures are expected to dip into the 30s across Iowa as readers are directed to Page 14 for full details.
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Cieucy
Nixon Sets Flexible Wage and Price Limits
President Nixon announces flexible wage and price boundaries for the inflationary construction industry. An executive order creates craft-by-craft labor management boards to regulate wages around a 6 percent yearly average, reinstating the Davis Bacon Act to ensure union-scale pay on federal projects. A 12-member Construction Industry Stabilization Committee oversees the process with union, management, and public representatives.
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Washington
Nixon
Labor
James D. Hodgson
Craft
Construction Industry Stabilization Committee
Lucey Threatens Veto Over Higher Education Merger
Gov Pat Lucey warned he will veto higher education appropriations unless the legislature backs his plan to merge the two university systems. He announced two appointees to the Wisconsin State University Board of Regents and urged quick Senate confirmation. He argues merger would save about 1 million in admin costs and wants a 16 member single board, with transition to take several years. Continued on Page 14, Col i.
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Lucey
Coordinating Council For Higher Education
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