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Demo wins in Michigan
SAGINAW, Mich. (UPI) — A special congressional
election in which President Nixon personally stumped for
the Republican nominee James M. Sparling Jr., was won
Tuesday by the Democratic candidate, J. Bob Traxler. It
was the fourth in five special congressional elections this
year that have been won by Democrats.
Nixon tapes subpoenaed
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Twenty-four of President
Nixon’s taped conversations pertaining to the Watergate
cover-up, including 17 that took place over Palm Sunday
weekend in 1973 are being sought by both Special Prosecu
tor Leon Jaworski and the House Judiciary Committee.
The committee has subpoenaed a total of 41 tapes for its
impeachment investigation. Press Secretary Ronald L.
Ziegler said the White House will reply to the committee
subpoena between April 22-25.
Stans final big witness
NEW YORK (UPI) — The final big witness, former
Commerce Secretary Maurice H. Stans, was called to
testify in the Mitchell-Stans trial today. The last witness to
testify Tuesday was former Attorney General Richard
$ Kleindienst, who denied John W. Dean’s statement that
Dean had called him about the Securities and Exchange
Commission’s case against financier Robert Vesco.
w Mitchell and Stans are accused of lying to a grand jury in
denying they conspired to impede the SEC’s investigation
of Vesco in return for his secret $200,000 cash campaign
gift to Nixon’s reelection committee.
Calley’s sentence cut
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The secretary of the Army has
cut Lt. William L. Calley’s sentence, for the murder of
civilians at My Lai during the Vietnam war, from 20 years
to 10. The action makes Calley eligible for parole in six
months. The case documents now have been delivered to
the White House for review by President Nixon. Nixon has
the power to overturn the conviction or further reduce the
sentence, but not to increase it beyond 10 years.
Duress still suspected
g SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) — After studying 1,200
pictures made by hidden cameras of a bank holdup by
$: four guncarrying women, allegedly including kidnaped
Patricia Hearst, U.S. Attorney James L. Browning said it
was clear that “...she (Miss Hearst) may have been
acting under duress.” However, a bank guard who
witnessed the daring holdup said she left little doubt in his
mind that she would use her gun.
Arab press says
Russia may intervene
By United Press International
The Arab press said today
the Soviet Union was prepared
to intervene directly to halt
Israeli military activity on the
Syrian front, where an all-night
battle raged for control of
strategic Mount Hermon and
spread to the surrounding area.
The warning, reported in the
influential Beirut newspaper Al
Anwar, followed the return of
Syrian President Hafez Assad
to Damascus Tuesday from a
five-day official visit to the
Soviet Union and talks with
Kremlin leaders.
Al Anwar, quoting diplomatic
sources, said the Soviets
considered Israel’s current
military operations on the
Syrian front a part of the
Jewish state’s expansionist
policy.
“The Soviet Union is ready to
go as far as to interfere
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newspaper quoted the sources
as saying.
On the northern cease-fire
lines, Syria and Israel reported
an all-night battle for control of
the snow-capped slopes of Mt.
Hermon, the 37th consecutive
day of fighting on the heights.
Israel reported one of its
soldiers wounded and its forces
fought off a Syrian helicopter
and a patrol, a military source
said. One Israeli soldier was
reported killed Tuesday.
A military communique
broadcast by Damascus radio
at 9:20 a.m. said “clashes on
Mt. Hermon continued through
out the night and this morning
spread to other sectors of the
front.”
Meanwhile, Egypt and Syria
adopted tough Middle East
negotiating positions today, and
Israel accused the Arabs of
complicating diplomatic efforts
to end the increasingly explo
sive war of attrition along the
Golan Heights.
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dies at 52
of pneumonia
NEW YORK (UPI) - Frank
W. McGee, host of the National
Broadcasting Co.’s “Today”
television show, died of pneu
monia this morning, the net
work said. He was 52.
He had been failing health for
many months, the network
said, and last appeared on the
air Thursday, entering Co
lumbia Presbyterian Hospital
the next day.
A native of Louisiana, McGee
joined NBC in 1957 and soon
became the network’s No.l
space reporter. He conducted
NBC’s “11th Hour News” and
“The Frank McGee Report”
before succeeding Hugh Downs
on “Today,” an early morning
program, in 1971. He also was
the author of a book of short
stories, “They Don’t Make
Depressions Like That Any
More.”
He is survived by his wife,
Nealta, and two children.
Dollar
takes
licking
LONDON (UPI) - The U.S.
dollar took a pounding in
European money markets today
in a fall some dealers
attributed to the Michigan
election results.
The dollar dropped more than
one cent against the British
pound, opening at $2.3652 to the
pound and slipping in early
trades to $2.3695.
Dealers said several factors
may have been involved,
including a suspicion that U.S.
interest rates may have pea
ked. But several said the
market was “unsettled” by the
Michigan election, in which the
Republican candidate for whom
President Nixon campaigned
lost in an upset.
On continental markets the
dollar also dropped, though by
lesser amounts.
It slipped to 2.55 marks in
Frankfurt, compared with
2.5562 marks Tuesday. Zurich
dealers priced it down from
Thursday’s 3.056 Swiss francs
to 3.0365 francs today. On the
Brussels free market it slid
from 40.90 Belgian francs to
40.70 francs today.
The dollar opened lower in
Paris trading between banks —
the currency exchange is closed
by a strike —falling from
Tuesday’s 4.925 francs to 4.895
francs today.
In Milan the dollar fell 3.50
lire to 636.25 lire, and in
Amsterdam it slipped from
Tuesday’s 2.704 guilders to
2.6913 guilders today.
Gold’s price moved 25 cents
up London, opening at $173 an
ounce, but slipped back 50 cents
in Zurich to open at $172. By
the morning price fixing in
London the price had dropped
back to $170.50 an ounce.
Wamble
won’t run
CAIRO, Ga. (UPI) - Rep.
Burton M. Wamble, D-Cairo,
chairman of the powerful House
Ways and Means Committee,
has announced he will not seek
re-election this year.
The 46-year-old public ac
countant said Tuesday he would
not seek the office again “due
to personal needs and limita
tions.”
Wamble has been a member
of the House since 1967 and also
serves as vice chairman of the
Motor Vehicle Committee and
on the Journals Committee.
Calley attorney
wanted reversal
FT. BENNING, Ga. (UPI) —
An attorney for Lt. William L.
Calley said Tuesday he was dis
appointed Army Secretary How
ard Callaway did not overturn
Calley’s conviction in the My
Lai massacre instead of reduc
ing his sentence from 20 to 10
years.
“I think that the sentence
should have been reversed and
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Lt. William L. Calley’s attorney
Kenneth M. Henson said he is
“disappointed” over Secretary
of the Army Howard “Bo”
Callaway’s decision to reduce
his client’s 20-year sentence to
10-years. Henson said he had
hoped that Calley would be
cleared. (UPI)
More black lawyers
trained in South
WASHINGTON (UPI)-The
number of black law students
being trained in predominantly
white southern law schools has
increased dramatically since
1969, but there is still a long
way to go before their propor
tions are equal to the black pop
ulation in their states.
These are the findings of a
special study sponsored by the
Carnegie Corp, of New York to
evaluate the effectiveness of
programs to spur the black en
rollment in southern law
schools.
The Carnegie study was re
leased today in conjunction with
the announcement of nearly $1.3
million in additional grants for
the training of black lawyers in
the South for work on civil
rights. The money, $960,250 from
the Carnegie Foundation and
$300,000 from the Rockefeller
foundation, will go to the Earl
Warren Legal Training Pro
gram, an affiliate of the NAACP
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exonerated,” attorney Kenneth
Henson said. “We are greatly
disappointed that the secretary
of the Army confirmed his sen
tence and conviction, although
remitting the sentence to ten
years.”
Henson said he would continue
to appeal the case until Calley
is fully exonerated.
Callaway Tuesday reduced
Calley’s sentence for the 1968
execution of “no less than” 22
Vietnamese villagers, clearing
the way for a final review of the
case promised by President Nix
on three years ago.
White House Press Secretary
Ronald L. Ziegler said the Pres
ident will review the case as
promised after Calley’s convic
tion and original life imprison
ment sentence. Ziegler said Cal
laway did not consult Nixon be
fore approving the reduction.
Calley, who has been free on
SI,OOO bond since February
pending Callaway’s review, will
be eligible for parole in six
months. The sentence cannot be
increased under law.
An Army spokesman said the
sentence reduction was based on
the opinion of a military clem
ency board that Calley had been
a well - behaved prisoner with
a reasonable prospect for re
habilitation.
Callaway said in a statement
he agreed with the courts that
Calley had been justly convicted
for the murders, but he said,
“mitigating circumstances”
indicated Calley might have
believed he was only following
orders, although he should have
known such an order was
illegal.
Callaway said he hoped his ac
tion “will help to place the in
cident, once and for all, in its
historical perspective. ’ ’
Calley originally was convict
ed and sentenced to life impri
sonment March 31,1971, but the
sentence was later reduced by
his commanding officer to 20
years.
President Nixon ordered Cal
ley released from prison and
confined to bachelor quarters at
Ft. Benning after the contro
versial case sparked public out
cry. Calley has spent the past
three years at Ft. Benning.
Calley, 30, is the only person
ever to be convicted for the My
Lai incident, although 13 men
were charged and five brought
to trial. All but Calley were ac
quitted.
Nixon, who has the power
either to overturn the conviction
or reduce the sentence further,
said almost three years ago he
would review the case person
ally. But the White House said
last December the case would
go to the Secretary of the Army.
Legal Defense and Education
Fund.
The study said black law stu
dent enrollment increased from
22 to 375 between 1969 and 1973
in 17 predominantly white south
ern law schools. These were 13
state universities and four pri
vate schools: Duke, Vanderbilt,
Tulane and Emory. The time
period corresponds with the be
ginning of an intensive grant
program to increase the num
ber of black lawyers in the
South.
Between 1969 and 1973, grants
to various schools under the
Earl Warren Legal Training
program totaled $3.75 million,
with $2.9 million of the total be
ing spent on the southern pro
gram. Another $650,000 was
spent in a related program to
recruit black students into law
schools in the South and to pro
vide tutors, counseling and sum
mer internships.
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by members of the Black Panther Party in response to a complaint from a young man who
said he was beaten with a pistol and bat. Above is shown large cache of weapons also seized
during the raid. (UPI)
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