Potluck supper topics honor overseas service in Military Wives Club
Anita Schrodt reports tomorrow on a potluck where members discuss husbands serving abroad. A bedridden Vietnam veteran in New London defies odds, with Helen Payne telling the story. A pair of horses haul sap in Wakeman guided by Mrs. George Dalton. Norma Jones describes an operation with chief photographer John Kenney in pictures. Mrs Norman Goldstein finds concerts aid youth. June graduates face bleak employment while returning servicemen seek work. Connie Davis previews Easter corsage fashions in Family Feature pages.
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Military Wives Club
Anita Schrodt
Wakeman
George Dalton
Lincoln Road
Norma Jones
John Kenney
Connie Davis
Army chief backs Calley conviction amid public support
Public support for Lt. William L. Calley Jr. persists as the Army and Chief of Staff Gen. William C. Westmoreland defend the prosecution and his 1968 My Lai massacre conviction. Calley, jailed at Ft. Benning, was released from the stockade after President Nixon ordered a stay pending appeal. the ACLU issued a statement backing the release.
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William C. Westmoreland
My Lai
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Houston
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U.S
Vietnam
Weather Outlook and Vietnam War Debate
Variable clouds keep today cool with a few snow flurries possible. Highs in the upper 30s to lower 40s with tonight’s lows around 20s. Precipitation chances 40 percent today and 20 percent tonight and tomorrow. Also notes Ramsey Clark urging caution on Calley clemency and Westmoreland defending actions, while the Army outlines investigations under Geneva Convention rules.
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Nixon
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Clark
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Nixon to personally review Calley case decision
President Nixon announced he would personally review Lt. William Calley Jr. and make the final sentence decision. Aides said the move, not normal, comes from public concern and questions about handling. Calley faces life imprisonment after a court martial for premeditated murder in the My Lai killings.
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Calley
San Clemente
Calif
William Calley Jr
John D. Ehrlichman
My Lai
Ehrlichman
White House
Calley clemency rally draws Wallace Maddox support
At Fort Benning Georgia about 3000 people attended a rally urging President Nixon to grant clemency to Lt William L Calley Jr condemned for a court martial murder of unarmed Vietnamese civilians. Gov George Wallace and Lt Gov Lester Maddox led the push with donations collected for Calley.
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Wpi
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Lester G. Maddox
Georgia
Calley
Nixon
William L. Calley Jr
American Legion
Columbus
Municipal Auditorium
Mosher leads drive to end Vietnam war gains momentum
U S Representative Charles A Mosher and four other Republicans mobilize support for a 1971 withdrawal from Vietnam Laos and Cambodia. Signatures on a statement urge a Dec 31 1971 withdrawal date and have grown to 13 with two Democrats among the latest backers. Mosher cites impact on House hearings and notes additional signers will be announced next week.
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U.S
Charles A. Mosher
Robertin
Vietnam
Mosher
House
Saigon
Laos
Cambodia
Indochina
Paul N. McCloskey
California
Nixon
McCloskey
Thomas Morgan
D-Pa
House Foreign Affairs Committee
F. Bradford Morse
Massachusetts
Gilbert Gude
Maryland
R. Lawrence Coughlin
Pennsylvania
Marvin L. Esch
Michigan
Insect Hormones May Yield New Bug Killer
Phoenix AP reports Texas scientist Dr. Walter Burdette of the University of Texas at Houston says newly found insect hormones could enable a powerful, DD T free control method. Hormones from silkworms, house and blow flies may sterilize females or disrupt growth, potentially reducing resistance and avoiding risks to humans and pets. The research, supported by the USDA and drug firms, seeks practical deployment.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Texas
Walter J. Burdette
University of Texas At Houston
Burdette
Science Writers
American Cancer Society
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Consumer safety urged as injuries from products rise
Virginia H. Knauer, Nixon's consumer affairs adviser, warns voluntary measures fail to shield shoppers. Reports show millions injured yearly by toys, kitchen gadgets, cosmetics, ladders, and lawn equipment. crib deaths from bars. calls for a new HEW product safety agency and congressional action to set standards and ban unsafe items.
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Virginia H. Knauer
Nixon
Congress
HEW
Embarrassed robber snatches bag of money and eggplant
Cincinnati police seek a robber who fled after taking a paper bag containing a 15 cent eggplant and more than $6,000 from bartender Harry Deister of Harold's Grill. Deister, 65, was returning from a bank when stopped in a parking lot. he handed over the bag and the robber escaped.
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