Three Year Term For Myers In Heroin Case
William Blair Myers 23 of 439 Handley Ave was found guilty of possession of heroin and received a three year term in state penitentiary. The verdict followed an hour and forty minute jury deliberation. Myers testified to daily heroin use and described withdrawal pain and addiction. Funeral? (sic) The text also reports on an unrelated Vietnam war update involving Operation Lam Son 719 and a Huey/Laos raid with casualties and damage near Duc Duc southwest of Da Nang.
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U.S
Laos
Duc Duc
da Nang
Nguyen van Thieu
Don Ha
William Blair Myers
Handley Ave
State Penitentiary
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Winchester
Lam Son
Vietnam
Hac Bao
Black Panther
101St Airborne Division
Ho Chi Minh Trail
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Morrall Named Sports Marshal for Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival
Colts quarterback Earl Morrall will be the 44th Sports Marshal in Shenandoah Valley for May 7 8 events. He will speak at the Sports Breakfast May 8, sponsored by F M Schaefer Brewing and S F Distributors. Morrall led Baltimore to a 13 1 season with 2909 yards 26 TDs after replacing the injured Unitas.
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Earl Morrall
Baltimore Colts
Colts
F.M. Schaefer Brewing Company
S&f Distributors
Morrall
Lee-Jackson
Len Dawson
Jesse Owens
Fran Tarkenton
Jack Dempsey
Sammy Baugh
Dizzy Dean
Otto Graham
Baltimore
John Unitas
Unitas
Associated Press
Butch Wilson
New York Giants
Jim Ward
Four Die In Boston Fire Across Five-Story Building
An early morning blaze at a five story Boston apartment building claimed four lives and left 12 injured with others missing. The fire, labeled of suspicious origin, damaged the block housing many students and elderly residents as about 150 escaped or were rescued. Firefighters arrived after 12 30 a.m. and saved about 40 people from windows while others fled smoky hallways and fire escapes.
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Boston
George Lee
Fire Department
Lee
Stewart Thayer
Protest Over Lt Calley Conviction Draws National Support
Reactions to Army Lt. William L Calley Jr verdict flood in from officials and citizens who oppose the conviction. Veterans note wartime orders and justify actions while calls for clemency or pardon grow in several states. Telegrams flood Ft Benning as jurors prepare to deliberate.
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William L. Calley Jr
Calley
My Lai
Herb Haas
Cincinnati
Raymond Hufft
Hufft
New Orleans
Rhine River
Nuernberg
U.S
William L. Dickenson
R-Ala
House
Alabama
Mississippi Senate
Rules Committee
Ft. Benning
Hawthorne
N.Y
Hang Calley
Korea
Cushing
Okla
Dutton Sees Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Grow Strong
Festival president Ben B. Dutton Jr. says the 44th annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival is “really going strong” with a volunteer-driven effort. The Grand Feature Parade will have about 206 units including 105 bands and 36 floats, while 75 bands perform in the Firemen’s Parade from over 70 fire companies. Miss Juliana Shepard will crown Queen Shenandoah XLIV, and Earl Morrall will serve as Sports Marshal alongside appearances by Miss America and Clydesdale horses. The lineup also features a Country Music Jubilee a Firemen’s Ball and a Queen’s Cup Horse Show.
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Morrall
Ben Dutton
Detroit
Shenandoah Valley
Ben B. Dutton, Jr
Shenandoah XLIV
Juliana Shepard
James R. Wilkins, Jr
Earl Morrall
Baltimore Colts
Mr. Dutton
Faith From a Prison and Bonhoeffer’s Moral Stand
The piece highlights Dietrich Bonhoeffer as a pivotal 20th century Christian figure who resisted Nazism, went underground, and stood firm on biblical truth. It notes his execution, writings, and influence on peers like the Berrigan brothers, as described in Eberhard Bethge’s Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
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David Poling
D.D
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Hitler
Bonhoeffer
Berrigan Brothers
Eberhard Bethge
Christ
Karl
Rudiger Schleicher
Calley pleads for future soldiers as court-martial verdict looms
Lt. William L. Calley Jr., convicted of My Lai killings, tells jurors he valued his troops’ lives over the enemy and begs not to strip future soldiers of honor. He says he would accept imprisonment if found guilty, while jurors prepare to choose between life in prison or death.
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FT. Benning, Ga
William L. Calley Jr
My Lai
Calley
Southeast Asia
United States
North Vietnam
Hoffa Parole Decision Due From U S Parole Board
The U S Parole Board will decide today whether Teamsters President James R Hoffa is released or remains imprisoned. The hearing follows a morning session with two Hoffa lawyers. The Justice Department will not oppose parole for the 58 year old head of the 2 million member Teamsters Union.
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Washington
U.S. Parole Board
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
George J. Reed
Justice Department
Department
Teamsters Union
Virginia warms as high pressure ridge shifts in
A warming trend develops in Virginia with a high pressure ridge moving over the state. Thursday should bring higher temperatures with highs in the 60s to low 70s. A separate ad notes a $50 reward for information on a maroon car involved in a hit and run with an orange car on North Ave last Saturday night in Winchester.
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Richmond
Virginia
North Ave
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