Bayh and Taft clash over Nixon Calley intervention
Senate debate over President Nixon's involvement in the My Lai Calley case widens. Bayh accuses Nixon of politics and undermining impartial review, while Taft defends the intervention as necessary to reassure the public and protect military morale. Other lawmakers weigh in on judicial process and potential precedent.
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Military executions in US wars show civilian crimes count
Review of Defense Department records finds that during World War I seventeen U.S. servicemen were executed for civilian-type crimes, with fifty three victims being American service members and seventy five allied civilians among the targets. In Vietnam, through December 31, 15 servicemen were tried for murder of civilians, with 54 convicted, 21 for lesser offenses, and 35 acquitted, and no executions recorded.
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