Calley Seeks Freedom After Life Sentence for My Lai Killings
At Fort Benning the 27 year old William L Calley Jr was spared death and given life with hard labor for the My Lai massacre. Automatic review could take a year to five years before any parole or clemency. The case may go through military appeals then civil courts. President Nixon could pardon or shorten the sentence. Calley faces possible confinement at fort Leavenworth and a lengthy legal path to freedom.
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FT. Benning, Ga
William L. Calley Jr
Calley
My Lai
U.S. Court of Military Appeals
Nixon
White House
San Clemente
Calif
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Legislature Seeks Clemency for Lt. Calley in Senate
The Kansas Senate referred a House-passed clemency resolution for Lt. William Calley to the Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee. Sen. Ed Reilly favors the measure as debate turns to potential Friday consideration amid mixed endorsements and strong opposition from several senators. Calley was sentenced to life imprisonment as the House action prompted the clemency push amid national war reflection.
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Topeka
Kan
William Calley
Senate
House
Rynolds Shultz
Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
Ed Reilly
R-Leavenworth
Reilly
Docking Backs Spending Lid in Special Message
Gov Robert Docking urges the Kansas Legislature to consider his proposed spending lid a centerpiece of his campaign for a third term The plan would cap annual appropriations at the session’s start unless a special bill shows how extra revenue would be raised The measure was previously killed by the Senate committee and has not reached House committees
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Topeka
Senate
House
Robert Docking
Docking
State and Local Affairs Committee
Weather forecast for county with cool nights and mild days
Tonight clear to partly cloudy and colder with low in the upper 20s. Friday will be fair and cool with highs in the 40s. Wednesday high near 77 and today’s low around 37. Records show 90 for high in 1940 and 20 for low in 1924. Hourly data ending at 8 pm show varied readings across the day. Barometer reads 29.95 inches.
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Tam
Spm
City Commission Answers Key Questions at Ottawa Meeting
Ottawa residents heard why assessments on improvement projects like parking lots and streets fall to city at large. Mayor Ralph said bonds made it the obligation of benefit districts and residents at large. records show 1966 resolutions assigned city-wide assessments beyond benefit district owners. A public meeting on cable TV is planned and a 77,777 dollar water main contract was approved.
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Ottawa
Ottawa City Commission
Alfonso A. Mayes
S. Cherry
Stephen V. Ralph
Mayes
Ralph
Mages
Murphy
Harry Murphy
South
Hickory
Tom Gleason
Gleason
Orlin Smith
Smith
Commission
Ottawa Cablevision Inc
Ditch-N-Company
Neosho
Bob Moore
West Second
Legal ruling sought on valuation directives for farmland
Gov. Robert Docking asked Atty. Gen. Vern Miller to test the legality of directives from state property valuation director Ronald F. Dwyer that compel county assessors to change valuations on agricultural lands. The directives, issued last week, drew protests from county officials and some landowners. Docking said his office has been contacted by many county commissioners, assessors and attorneys affected by the orders.
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Topeka
Vern Miller
Robert Docking
Ronald F. Dwyer
Docking
Miller
Viet Regiment Drives Saigon Forces From Central Highlands Base
A North Vietnamese regiment attacked Firebase No. 6 in the central highlands crossing from Laos and expelled Saigon troops. The assault, part of a broader offensive, saw rocket barrages on two nearby bases near Laos, while a South Vietnamese commando raid on a North Vietnamese base on the Ho Chi Minh trail yielded minor gains. U.S. forces reported 58 Americans killed and 2 wounded in the weekend, the highest toll in a month.
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Saigon
Laos
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U.S
le Trung Hien
Hien
U S tolls in Vietnam show weekly and monthly losses
US Command reports 58 Americans killed in combat last week and 542 in a month with the largest toll in six months. South Vietnamese headquarters record 756 killed and 1,726 wounded as casualties rise, while allied commands claim enemy deaths drop to 3,574, well below the previous 5,819.
GOP Counterattacks Critics of Nixon Vietnam Policy
Washington AP Republicans led by Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott attack antiwar critics as using Indochina to score political points. Four freshman senators joined Scott in speeches backing Nixon policy while Democrats push for a 1972 withdrawal deadline and disengagement, prompting crossfire over war conduct. Brock also targeted non-Senate critics including John W. Gardner's Common Cause.
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Washington
Senate
Hugh Scott
Nixon
Robert Taft Jr
Ohio
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
Connecticut
J. Glenn Beal Jr
Maryland
William E. Brock
Tennessee
Scott
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Vietnam
House
Democrats
Indochina
White House
Carl Albert
D-Okla
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Democratic Caucus
U.S
Taft
Kennedy
Johnson
Brock
John W. Gardner
Parole Denial Ends Hoffa Era at Teamsters
U S Parole Board denies James Hoffa parole extending his 13 year reign at the Teamsters. Hoffa serves an eight year sentence for jury tampering and will likely be replaced at the July Miami Beach convention by acting president Frank E. Fitzsimmons. A revival of Hoffa’s influence could spur reintegration of the union into AFL CIO talks.
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Washington
Riddle Hoffa
Teamsters Union
U.S
Hoffa
Teamsters
Miami Beach
Fla
Afl-Cio
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Detroit
Fitzsimmona
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