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Lt. Col. Howard
Retires From Army
Lt. Col. Jack L. Howard, who
retired from the Army on Dec.
31, 1969, after more than 26
years of service, has been
presented the Meritorious Ser
vice Medal for his exceptional
services as chief of the Opera-
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tions Branch, Plans and Opera
tions Division, in the Office of
the Deputy Chief of Staff,
Operations and Training
(DCSO&T), Third U. S. Army.
The medal and certificate
were presented to Colonel
Howard by Colonel J. E. Pack
man, who is the Assistant
Deputy Chief of Staff, Opera
tions and Training at this head
quarters.
A native of Griffin, Ga., Col.
Howard entered the Army at Ft.
McPherson in July 1943.
During his Army career Col.
Howard has received many
decorations and awards.
Among them are two awards of
the Combat Infantryman
Badge; the Bronze Star Medal;
the Army Commendation
Medal; the Republic of Vietnam
Honor Medal and the Republic
of Vietnam Gallantry Cross. His
assignment before coming to
Ft. McPherson with DCSO&T
was Military Affairs Advisor,
Phong Dinh Province in Viet
nam.
Col. Howard is married to the
former Eloise Bentley, also a
native of Griffin. They are the
parents of three children, Jack
Jr., 14, Jean 12 and Ann 8, and
reside in East Point, Ga., at 2791
Dresden Trail. Jean and Ann
attended the ceremony with
their parents.
The Colonel’s mother, Mrs.
Ava Gunn McLoughlin, lives in
Orlando, Fl?.
Freedom Rally
Speakers
Were Divided
MACON, Ga. (UPI) - State
Sen. Oliver Bateman of Macon,
who sat in on a “freedom of
choice” rally against court-en
forced school integration Sun
day, is scheduled to meet with
President Nixon today.
Bateman is expected to be
joined by Rep. Carr Dodson,
also of Macon, and they likely
will relate their experiences at
the Macon rally in which Mayor
Ronnie Thompson urged young
people to take the lead in a
fight against “senseless and dis
criminatory ’’ Supreme Court de
cisions.
Thompson told the nearly
4,000 parents and students that
adults had “sold our education
to the highest bidder — namely
the federal government.”
One of the speakers, Dr. Earl
Lewis, president of the local
board of education, was booed
from the stage when he urged
cooperation with the court edict
that Bibb County fully integrae
all schools by Feb. 1.
Gov. Lester Maddox, an out
spoken critics of the court ac
tion, originally was invited to
speak, but Thompson asked him
to come at a later date in order
to keep Sunday’s meeting on a
local level.
Larry Fountain, 18, president
of the Mark-Smith High School
Student Council and head of the
new “Students for Freedom of
Chtice’” told the tense crowd
that the problem “is not a racial
issue.”
“There is not a soul here to
day who cannot say that free
dom of choice is the only way”
he said.
But one disagreed. Furdicia
Raines, a Negro girl from Mil
er Junior High School, spoke
for the court ruling. She also
was booed from the stage.
Bibb County’s problem is
somewhat unique in that its
white schools are segregated by
sex. Black schools are coedu
cational.
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Military Meets
To Decide
On Galley Case
FT. BENNING, Ga. (UPI)—
Military authorities meet today
to decide whether there is
enough evidence to try Ist Lt.
William L. Calley Jr. for the
murder of a Vietnamese civil
ian - an incident apparently un
related to the alleged My Lai
massacre, for which he faces a
court martial.
Attorneys for the young infan
try officer will argue Tuesday
for dismissal of charges that he
slaughtered 109 civilians at the
South Vietnamese hamlet of My
on March 16, 1968. They
also will seek to have the sec
ond charge dropped. Outcome
of today’s closed door meeting
may not be known for days.
Defense attorneys George W.
Latimer and Maj. Kenneth A.
Raby have six motions to be
heard Tuesday before Lt. Col.
Reid Kennedy, the trial judge.
Two of the motions ask that the
original charge be dismissed on
grounds Calley cannot get a fair
trial because of prejudicial
statements.
Another claims Calley’s con
stitutional rights were violated
because he was held over in the
Army past his Sept. 5,1969, dis
charge date while the My Lai
investigation was under way.
Latimer, who wants the trial
moved to a civilian court, al
leges prejudicial statements by
public officials, including Presi
dent Nixon, have preempted
hope of a fair trial. He also ac
cused segments of the news
media with releasing prejudicial
material about the case.
Calley, 26, is charged in five
counts with premeditated mur
der in the alleged My Lai mas
sacre. One of the motions before
Kennedy Tuesday will demand
the government specify the cir
cumstances surrounding each of
the reorted 109 murders and to
state, for the first time, whether
Calley is the alleged trigger
man or gave the orders in his
role as platoon leader.
Calley led a platoon on a
sweep through the Viet Cong
stronghold at My Lai in the
Song My village on the day the
alleged incident occurred. Wit
nesses claim men, women and
children were herded into the
streets and shot down by Amer
ican Gl’s using small arms and
grenade fire.
Georgia News
Undermining Charged
FT. GORDON, Ga. (UPI)-
Four soldiers who want to set
up a war crimes commission to
study alleged Vietnam atrocities
face a possible court-martial on
charges of undermining the
Army.
Three of the men were jailed
in the Ft. Gordon stockade. The
fourth soldier, Pfc. Terrance A.
Kline, 23, of Timonium, Md.,
was restricted to his company
area. Jailed were Pfc. Timothy
P. Johnson, 20, of Minneapolis,
Minn., Pfc. Charles R. Horner,
22, of Hermitage, Tenn., and
Pvt. Lawrence J. Czaplyski Jr.,
22, of St. James, N. Y.
They were charged specifical
ly with making a disloyal state
ment undermining discipline
and loyalty and with violating
a regulation established by a lo-
Boy Held In Slaying
AUGUSTA,Ga. (UPI )-Police
held a 15-year-old boy today in
connection with the slaying of
an Augusta policeman and the
wounding of three others in a
shootout at a Negro housing
development.
Patrolman J. 0. Harris, a 15-
year police veteran, was killed
with a single blast from a shot
gun Sunday as he and three
other officers answered a “seri
ous disturbance” call at the
apartment. Officers A. L. Lang
ley and E. L. Garry were
wounded, as was a passerby
identified as James Cobb.
The alleged assailant was
wounded in the arm.
Capt. James Beck said neigh
bors reported the boy as shoot
ing at his mother in the apart
ment. They said the boy had
Family Gets Medal
ATLANTA (UPI )-The family
of Lance Cpl. Henry Ballew Jr.
of Decatur have received the
Silver Star awarded the
18-year-old Marine posthumous
ly for heroic action in Vietnam.
The citation, presented to Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Ballew Sr. said
Ballew was killed while firing
covering shots to allow his
squad to escape from a stream
Skeleton Found In Lot
ATLANTA (UPl)—Police are
trying to determine the identity
of a skeleton found by four
boys who almost stepped on it
in a vacant lot Sunday.
Detective M. E. Horton said
More C 5 Testing
MARIETTA, Ga. (UPI)-The
first two C 5 transport planes
built flew to Georgia from Ed
wards Air Force Base in Cali
fornia Sunday for further tests.
Lockheed-GeorgiaCo., builder
of the huge aircraft, said the
flight took three hours, 40 min-
Dalton Girl Is Junior
ATLANTA (tfPI) - Carol
Wells, an 18-year-old senior at
Dalton High School is Georgia’s
new Junior Miss.
Miss Wells, a blonde cheer
leader, won the statewide con
test Saturday night over 24 oth
er young beauties. She wore a
Mayflower costume and recited
a poem about the Pilgrims’
voyage to America as her tal
ent presentation.
Deann Reddick of Upson
County was the first runnerup
in the four-day contest in which
high school seniors competed
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cal post. The latter referred to
failure to secure the post com
mander’s permission before cir
culating printed matter.
The soldiers circulated a peti
tion among troops at Ft. Gord
on asking for information from
those “who have served in Vi
etnam and have observed
atrocities of any sort and are
willing to send this information
in letter form to this commis
sion for forwarding to Jean
Paul Sartres, War Crimes Tri
bunal in Paris. Do what you
can to show what is really hap
pening.”
Lt. David Rosenfeld of Alex
andria, Va., the soldiers’ de
fense lawyer, said a military
intelligence investigation was
ordered shortly after a spokes
man appeared on an Augusta
radio station.
been drinking.
Beck said four patrolmen and
Sgt. W. E. Tudor rushed to the
scene. Harris was shot point
blank as he walked to the back
door, Beck said. He said the
boy then ran to the front of the
building as Garry herded sever
al children away from the
scene. Beck said the boy shot
Garry in the face and then ran
outside, shooting Langley. As
Langley fell, he shot the boy.
When additional units arrived,
they were warned of another
person still in the apartment.
Police lobbed tear gas into the
dwelling, but it turned out to be
empty. A baby next door, how
ever, was overcome and had to
be taken to a hospital for treat
ment.
they were crossing when the
enemy hit.
The incident occurred last Ju
ly 27. Ballew was leading the
patrol when they came under
fire. The citation said he re
turned the fire, killing an ene
my soldier, then ran toward the
attackers, shooting and direct
ing his men at the same time.
the skeleton was clothed in
warm-weather garments and
had no identification. It was
found by the boys, age 9 to 14,
at the bottom of a 25-foot bank
in the southwestern section of
the city.
utes.
The entire 10-plane fleet had
been grounded by the Air Force
after a crack developed on a
wing of one of the planes being
tested here. The Air Force has
lifted restrictions on the other
eight planes.
on the basis of poise, appear
ance, fitness, scholarship, talent
and personality. Second runner
up was Jinger Jones of Frank
lin County.
Connie Furchgott of Savannah
was third and Debbie Buhler of
Rockdale County was fourth.
The girls picked Rome’s Diane
Barton as Miss Congeniality.
Miss Wells, who will compete
in the national Junior Miss con
test at Mobile later this year,
was awarded a SI,OOO scholar
ship for winning the state title.
She said she would use it to at
tend the University of Georgia.
Harriman Says
Arms Alone
Not Enough
WASHINGTON (UPI) -Pro
posals for military spending by
the United states frequently fail
to take note of changing world
conditions and critical domestic
problems, says former Ambas
sador W. Averell Harriman.
“We still live in a dangerous
world but arms alone cannot
give us security,” Harriman
said. “The solution to our
problems here at home is of
vital importance.
“The question is no longer
between guns and butter. The
question today is between
bigger guns and the internal
health of our country,” he said.
Harriman made the com
ments in an assesment of
President Nixon’s first year of
foreign policy, written at the
request of United Press Inter
national. Henry A. Kissinger,
Nixon’s security affairs adviser,
was invited to offer comments
on *the same subject but
declined, saying he felt it would
be inappropriate.
“For my part, I am strongly
convinced that the military
proposals do not take fully into
account the changes that have
occurred in the world or the
critical nature of our domestic
requirements,” Harriman said.
“On the one hand our friends
and allies have become stron
ger, and on the other, the
monolithic structure of world
communism, envisioned by
Stalin, has been shattered.”
Harriman called the Vietnam
War the most critical foreign
commitment, and he said many
questions about turning it over
to the South Vietnamese remain
unaswered.
“What is the understanding
with President Thieu?” asked
former ambassador to the
Paris peace talks. “When
President Nixon has announced
a policy, why has President
Thieu consistently taken a
much more rigid position? He
has even recently questioned
how rapidly our combat troops
can be withdrawn and denied
that Vietnamization of the war
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is possible for many years. He
has insisted that no peace
cabinet or reconciliation
government will be acceptable
and has branded those who
oppose his position or take a
neutralist position as Commu
nist or pro-Communist. Are his
repressive measures solely
against the Communists, or are
they aimed at silencing the non-
Communist moderates who
want a negotiated settlement?
Considering all this, what are
President Thieu’s objectives?”
Harriman also asked whether
Vietnamization will end the war
or prolong it, whether there
was a “realistic” plan for troop
withdrawal, and how long will
large U.S. forces be left in
Vietnam.
COSTLY HANGOVERS
LONDON (UPl)—The Nation
al Council on Alcoholism said
Sunday hangovers cost Britain
S6OO million a year in lost work.
The council said more than
250,000 workers fail to show up
for their jobs each Monday
because of hangovers.
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