Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 80, No. 238, Ed. 1 Monday, November 24, 1969 Page: 1 of 52
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Army Orders Court Martial
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For GI in Alleged Massacre
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U.S., Russia Sign Nuclear Pact
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‘Cape Canaveral' Name Pushed
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Ail told, 43 nations must
sign to make the nonproli-
feration treaty effective.
The White House said 22
nations already had rati-
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In testimony prepared for the Senate Inte-
rior Committee, the two said their resolu-
tion to redesignate Cape Kennedy as Cape
Canaveral would in no way disturb the
name of the space facility on Merritt Island,
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WASHINGTON (AP) -
President Nixon signed to-
day the paper of ratifica-
tion for the treaty to pre-
vent the spread of nuclear
weapons. Russia simulta-
troversial, alleged massa-
cre of Vietnamese villag-
ers, will face a possible
penalty of death or life im-
prisonment if convicted,
the Army said.
Decision to proceed with
the trial was made by the
command at Ft. Benning,
Ga.. where Calley is now
stationed, and announced
for American heritage would want any ac-
tion which would deprive us of such a his-
toric name.”
unsuccessfully that John-
son, arrested while kneel-
ing in front of a garbage
truck, was not blocking
public traffic on West-
wood.
Municipal Judge Jerry
Blumenthal fined him $40,
The last defendant, Mrs.
Clara Robertson, was
found guilty of interfering
with a police officer. Mrs.
Robertson took a mega-
phone from strike leader
Cecil Williams moments
after Williams’ arrest.
Porter announced his in-
tention to appeal the Rob-
ertson verdict.
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shades of violet.”
“It has to be the most
spectacular sight of the
whole flight,” Conrad add-
ed. “The sun from around
about a quarter of the
earth is pure blue, .and
then it becomes pink for
have recently moved into
a state.
The court turned down
Richard V. Hall and his
wife, Christine, of Colora-
do Springs, on the techni-
cal grounds that the state
law has reduced the resi-
dence requirement in Colo-
rado to the point where
they would have been eli-
gible to vote, and because
jointly in Washington and
Georgia.
Only a short time earlier
the Army had announced
the assignment of Lt. Gen.
William R. Peers to find
out whether the brigade in-
volved in the alleged mass
killings had tried to cover
up the incident in its origi-
SPACE CENTER, Hous-
ton (AP) — Racing
through the final hours of
their voyage of discovery,
Apollo 12’s moon men
marveled at a spectacular
earthly eclipse of the sun
today and fired their jet
It's not a real flying dinosaur, just an inflated balloon which will fly in the
annual Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City. Workers at Akron, Ohio,
are giving the ‘beast’ a trial flight. It Is 60 feet tn length. (AP Wirephoto)
WASHINGTON (AP) -
The Army today ordered a
general court martial for
1st Lt. William L. Calley
Jr., accusing him of the
premeditated murder of at
least 109 men, women, and
children in Vietnam in
March 1968.
Calley, first American
soldier charged in the con-
fied the treaty. »
The instruments; of rati-
fication by the United
States also will be deposit-
ed in Moscow and London,
as the treaty requires,
within the next 10 days or
two weeks.
At that time, there may
be a joint Soviet-U.S. cere-
mony here at the State De-
partment to which former
President Lynden B.
Johnson and former Secre-
tary of State Dean Rusk
will be invited.
Nixon said in signing the
papers that the govern-
ment thus was completing
a ratification process for
“a major international
agreement designed to I
make our world a safer ’
home for all mankind.”
thrusters a brief burst to
lero in on their splash-
down target in the South
Pacific.
Charles "Pete” ^Conrad
Jr., Richard F. Gordon Jr.
and Alan L. Bean were in
good spirits as their Yan-
kee Clipper streaked fast-
er and faster toward their
home planet on a course
that would slam them into
the atmosphere 76 miles
high at a speed of 24,600
miles per hour.
Atmospheric friction and
parachutes were to slow
them to 22 m.p.h. in the fi-
nal minutes before Splash-
down, set for 2:58 p.m.
CST about 400 miles south-
east of American Samoa.
As Yankee Clipper ap-
proached the earth It was
on a slightly shallow path
that would cause it to land
long. A five-second firing
of the jets at 11:44 a.m.
steepened the angle to aim
the spaceship at a point
close to the aircraft car-
rier Hornet.
"Looks like a good
bum,” Mission Control
told Yankee Clipper.
The astronauts were
awed by a sight that can
be seen only by men flying
far from their home planet
—an eclipse of the sun by
the earth.
the 1968 election is over,
anyhow.
Justices William J.
Brennan Jr. and Thurgood
Marshall dissented, saying
the court should have
stretched its view of
"mootness” to reach the
important constitutional is-
sues raised by the Halls.
Marshall, in an opinion
(See VOTING—Page 2)
about 20 degrees of arc
and then it turns back to
blue again. And it’s blue
all the way around the bot-
tom, to where it turns pink
again and then it turns
blue again.”
’the astronauts photo-
graphed the eclipse and
tried to picture numerous
lightning flashes they spot-
the atmosphere
The spacemen awakened
at 4:30 a.m. after 9’j
hours rest and told the
ground: “Good morning.
We’re just getting ready to
eat breakfast.”
“Very good,” said Mis-
sion Control. “You ready
for the big day?”
“I don’t know. What’s
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida’s two sen-
ators, noting that space shots are no longer
made frtfTh-Qape Kennedy, said today the
nam* of the historic spot should be changed
back to Cape Canaveral.
Democratic Sen. Spessard L. Holland and
By Hugh Hall
Hie State Board
Equalization set a $261
million limit on the 1970
legislature’s appropria-
tions today and apparently
guaranteed a lawsuit by
1 would like to know the value of an original Mickey
Mouse watch. This watch belongs to a friend and baa the
picture of Mickey Mouse on the front. Mrs. L.K.S., Elk
City.
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Well, we started with a
SPACE CENTER, Hous-
ton (AP) — Astronaut
Paul Weitz kidded the
Apollo 12 crew Monday
saying ground controllers
were still checking “to see
whether or not to give you
a ‘go’ for entry.”
“Stop the world!” Bean
replied. “I want to get
off.”
“We’re gonna let you
come back, so I have an
entry pad (information)
for you," Weitz said min-
utes later.
"Okay, gosh you guys
are all right today,” Bean
said.
known as John F. Kennedy Space Center.
Earlier space shots were made from pads
at the Cape, but the current moon shots are
launched from Merritt Island.
The senators said their proposal was de-
neously took similar action fice.
in Moscow.
Nixon penned his signa-
ture on four different docu-
ments at the ceremony in
the presidential oval of-
happening?” CoriFad said"
in mock surprise.
"Oh. we’ve got a nice lit-
tle section of the South Pa-
cific reserved for you and
we’ve got most of the
Navy standing by ‘to pick
you up.”
* The ground reported
weather conditions were
good in the recovery area,
females of various ages,
whose names are un-
known . .
Washington officials said
the first four specifications
were included in charges
originally posed for the
pretrial investigation. The
other two specifications
were brought during the
pretrial investigation to
determine whether a
court-martial was in or-
der.
Lt. Gen. William R.
Peers was instructed “tq
determine the adequacy of
both the investigation and
its subsequent review.”
The 11th Infantry Bri-
gade, which made the in-
vestigation and the deci-
sion last year, “developed
nothing to indicate any dis-
ciplinary action or to, war-
rant further investiga-
te TRIAL—Page $>
not less than 70, males and jeweler and found out that
such firms don’t traffic in
MM watches and likely
never have. This leaves us
with antique or novelty
dealers.
Turns out that a real one
(not the new copies recent-
ly put into production) is
worth a lot more than the
$3 to $10 it originally cost
WASHINGTON (AP) —
The Supreme Court kept
alive today state laws that
require a minimum resi-
dence period for voting for
President and vice presi-
dent. .
The 6-2 ruling turned
down a young Colorado
c o u p 1 e’s argument that
residence requirements
discriminate without good
reason against voters who
Forty-four leaders and
participants in the Oklaho-
ma City sanitation strike
were found guilty today of
violating municipal ordi-
nances at the Westwood
garbage compound.
Municipal Judge Phil
Lambert heard attorneys
for the city and the defend-
ants stipulate that 42 of the
defendants had stepped in
front of* garbage trucks
last October and refused to
disperse.
Lambert fined them $20
each for obstructing city
traffic and, on recommen-
dation of the city attorney,
suspended fines for failure
to disperse charges.
Included in the group
were the Rev. W.K. Jack-
son, Rev. Oree Broom-
field, and Rev. Norbert
Kabelitz. Also in the group
were William C. Wood-
ward, former sanitation
worker, and Roland Betts,
Southern Christian Leader-
ship Conference field or-
ganizer.
V i s a n 1 o Johnson de-
manded a separate trial on
his complaints of obstruct-
ing city street and failure
to disperse.
His attorney, State Sen.
Melvin Porter, argued
nal low level investigation
of the operation.
The Army charged Cal-
ley with 6 specifications of
premeditated murder of
“Oriental human beings”
during a U.S. military op-
eration at the village of
My Lai in Quang Ngai
Providence about March
16,1968.
Each specification ac-
cused Calley of killing the
villagers with a rifle.
One specification said he
shot “not less than 70
males and females of var-
ious ages.”
Another specification
charged him with killing a
child, about two years old.
The decision on the court
martial was made by
Maj. Gen. Orwin C. Tal-
bott, who as commanding
general at Ft. Benning was
the convening authority in
the case.
The Army said the trial
will be held at Ft. Ben-
ning. No date has been set.
The Army said it would
take at least a month for
the defense and prosecu-
tion to prepare for the
trial.
Each of the specifica-
tions accused Calley of
killing the victims “by
means of shooting them
with a rifle.”
At the Pentagon, De-
fense department spokes-
man Richard Capen said
the charges mean he is ac-
cused of doing the shoot-
ing.
However, published in-
terviews of other soldiers
have reported that Calley
also issued orders for Viet-
namese to be killed. Army
legal experts said Calley
could be charged with pre-
meditated murder if he is-
sued orders which led to a
killing.
The text of the charges
were essentially the same
except for the numbers of
victims in each instance.
The first specification
said Calley “did, at My
Lai 4, Quang Ngai Prov-
ince, Republic of South
Vietnam, on or about 16
March 1968, with premedi-
tation, murder four Orien-
tal human beings, occu-
pants of the village of My
Lai 4, whose names and
sexes are unknown, by
means of shooting them
with a rifle.”
The following five speci-
fications held that Calley
murdered:
—“Not less than 30 Ori-
ental human beings, males
and females of various
ages, whose names are
unknown...."
—"Three Oriental hu-
man beings whose names
and sexes are un-
known . . .”
—‘‘One Oriental male
human being...
—‘‘One Oriental human
being ... approximately
two years old, whose name
and sex is unknown.”
—“An unknown number
of Oriental human beings,
with a forecast of Mat-
tered cloudy, easterly
winds up to 10 knots, 10
miles visibility and waves
three feet, with swells of
five feet.
“If you’ve remembered
to pack your lava lavas, it
should be a lovely day In
(See APOLLO^-Page 2)
“W hat a spectacular can’t see any features on
view,” Gordon commented-^tt, All you can see is a sort
from an altitude of 29,000 cf purple blue with some
miles. “It’s unbelievable/?
"Fantastic sight,” Bean
said. "The sun is illumi-
nating the whole atmos-
phere all the way around.
Really looks pretty. Yod
can’t see any earth. It’s
black, just like space. You
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Prices
Gurney said newspaper polls in Florida
_ show that 92.8 per cent of the residents of
M that state favor the redesignation.
Republican Sen. Edward J. Gurney made signed to restore the cape’s historic name,
their plea as the latest moon-walking astro- whlch showed on maps as far back as 1530. 71,6 name change from Cape Canaveral to
nauts—who took off from Merritt Island ’. Cape Kennedy came shortly after President
near Cape Kennedy in Florida—headed for “TN* may well be the oldest geographic Kennedy’s assassination in 1963.
a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. point in the United States, certainly onthe _ .. .. . . . . .
Ban Omt,". Gurney UM. "It wM recorded G“rne7 «« there had been no hearings
before the names <d Cape Cod and James- on ,he ProP°saL ■"T*1"' °(***
town it rior Department s board of geographic
names to act on It. And, he added, the
He said he doesn't believe that the late change brought heavy protests from Flori-
President Kennedy “with his appreciation
Local: Mild and warm-
er, turning cooler late
Tuesday. I™ ' Geraldine Meade of Ute
In the mid 30 s. Highs 708 NW ■
Tuesday near 60. IDeUUs o valQe
aRe mostly on the watch’s age
and condition.
Mrs. Doris Camire. of
the Browse & Prowl Shop, 9509 N Western, thinks $50 is
a fair price in this region. But Mary Miles Clanton of
Clanton Galleries estimates $100 for one in good condi-
A
(See ACTION UNE-Pagr 2)
in its
The amount of money
the board estimated the
1970 session could appro-
priate is almost $29 million
more than this year, but
that was lost in an issue
raised by Bill Latting, Tul-
sa, former legislator.
•I Insist... *
Latting called on the
board — headed by Gov.
Bartlett — to include esti-
mated revenue from the
sales tax in its general es-
timate of revenue the state
will collect in fiscal 1971.
“I would like to see the
board do what the consti-
tution says,” Latting said.
“In fact, I Insist on It”
“Aren’t you asking this
board to unearmark taxes
the legislature has already
earmarked?” posed Rob-
ert Lollar, one of the gov-
ernor’s aides.
Lag Possible
Latting denied he would
be asking such, but con-
. ceded the effect would be
somewhat traumatic.
The sales tax, now ear-
marked for welfare, is col-
lected as it is spent each
year.
Atty. Gen. G. T. Blan-
kenship, member of the
equalization board, ex-
plained there would be a
lag in sales tax available
for welfare if Latting’s re-
(See BOARD—Page 2)
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