Prison Term For Officer Too Harsh
Lt Henry Howes two year court martial sentence for antiwar protest in San Jacinto Plaza Nov 6 includes dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of pay. Defense calls it too harsh arguing First Amendment free speech as he wore civilian clothes off duty. Sentence awaits approval by the Armys Judge Advocate General with possible appeal to the Court of Military Appeals.
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EL Paso
Tex
UPI
Henry Howe
U.S
Viet Nam
Howe
Boulder
Cols
P. E. Cross
Thomas Bigley
San Jacinto Plaza
Johnson
Army
Judge Advocate General’s Office
Washington
Court of Military Appeals
Supreme Court of the Military
Oregon Soldier Convicted Of Conscientious Objection At Fort Ord
Pvt. James M. Taylor, 22, was found guilty by an Army General Court Martial of disobeying orders and sentenced to three years hard labor. Six officers deliberated 20 minutes before the verdict. Taylor also faces forfeiture of all pay and a dishonorable discharge after confinement. He was previously court-martialed in August for refusing orders to train, receiving one month in the stockade and forfeiture of two thirds of pay for three months.
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Monterey
Calif
Oregon
Ft. Ord
Army General Court
Pvt
James M. Taylor
Taylor
Ritz Brothers Split by Death Ends Comedy Team
Al Ritz died after a heart attack that followed a long illness. Harry and Jimmy Ritz carried on briefly, but local shows were canceled as the trio’s decade‑spanning act dissolved. Al leaves his widow and a long show business history across New Orleans Miami Beach and Las Vegas.
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New Orleans
Miami Beach
Las Vegas
al Ritz
Ritz Brothers
Harry
Jimmy
New Or
Leans
Los
Angeles
Kennedy Yule Cards Show Busy Family and Early Dance Career
Washington AP report notes Sen Robert Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy send crowded Christmas cards featuring nine children three dogs three horses an owl and a falcon. It recalls Alfred Ritz later Alfred Joaquin born Newark NJ and his brothers Jimmy Harry and others with early dance and show business beginnings from The Avenging Trail to vaudeville and Broadway.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Ethel
Ses Ur Yuna
Alfred Ritz
Alfred Joaquim
Newark, N.J
Jimmy
Harry
New York
al van
Vera Audrey
Alfred
Oberlin and Vanderbilt Divinity Schools to Merge in Nashville
Officials announce a merger of Oberlin College Graduate School of Theology with Vanderbilt Divinity School after this academic year. Oberlin’s 130 year old school with 113 students will move to Nashville where Vanderbilt Divinity School, with a capacity of 350 students, will absorb the programs.
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Nashville, Tenn
Graduate School of Theology
Oberlin
Ohio
Vanderbilt University Divinity School
Nashville
Vanderbilt School
Astronauts To Take A Few Days Off For Christmas
Gemini 7 crew Frank Borman and James Lovell plan a two day Christmas leave after a long space flight. They have visited family and completed post flight medicals and briefings at Cape Kennedy. Lovell teases about a fourth child due any time while the duo resumes work on Sunday and wraps up debriefings by December 30.
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Space
Borman
Lovell
Texas
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Ellington Air Force Base
Space Agency
Safety Director Holiday Drivers Told To Check Cars
AUSTIN UPI safety director Homer Garrison urges holiday drivers to inspect their cars and review driving behavior before trips. He notes the DPS will assign extra patrols to Texas highways during the holiday period to curb fatal accidents and promote safer travel.
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Austin
UPI
Homer Garrison
Department of Public Safety
Garrison
Sofia
Bulgaria
Texas
BTA
Water Law Comment Is Requested On Canyon Reservoir
The Texas Supreme Court asks San Antonio lawyers to comment on a new law barring river basin diversions without 50 year planning for the origin basin. Memorandums may be filed or argued Feb 23 as San Antonio appeals a Water Rights Commission order granting 50,000 acre feet to the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority. The reservoir holds 219,030 acre feet. no leakage signs reported.
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Austin
San Antonio
Canyon Reservoir
Texas Supreme Court
George Templin
S. A
G Bra
Water Rights Commission
Balcones
Two Killed in Dominican Battle near Santiago Hotel
In Santiago a six hour clash left fourteen dead after rebels visited a northern suburb hotel. The fighting began when a rebel motorcade disarmed a traffic officer and fired on a police army checkpoint triggering a battle that drew in an Inter-American Peace Force. The provisional government faces pressure from labor leaders for punishment of military leaders and elections next June may be affected.
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Santo Domingo
Domini
Can Republic
Juan Bosch
Theminican Revolutionary Party
Santiago
Organization of American States
Armed Forces
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