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Friday, September 27, 1974
Banner-Graphic, Greencastle, Indiana
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Lt Colley Remains In Disciplinary Army Barracks
By KATHRYN JOHNSON Associated Press Writer COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) - “I don’t have a battalion to storm Ft. Leavenworth and take him out,” one of William L. Galley Jr.’s attorneys said about the Army’s efforts to stay a federal judge’s order freeing Galley. “It’s unbelievable to me that the Army would just out and out say they’re not going to release the man,” said J. Houston Gordon, the 28-year-old Tennessee lawyer who has been the driving force behind Galley’s fight for freedom. “The judge’s order is to release the man forthwith, and I understood that meant immediately.” Galley, 31, remains in disciplinary barracks at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., today while the Army moves to appeal U.S. District Court Judge J. Robert Elbott’s decision overturning Galley’s murder conviction in the My Lai massacre of Vietnamese civilians. The Army has said it also will
recommend that the Justice Department, which acts for it in cases before federal civil courts, move for a stay of Elliott’s order to release Galley. The former Army lieutenant “will not be released from confinement pending a decision on these recommendations,” the Army’s announcement said. Elliott ordered Galley re-
leased once before, on bond last February, but that order was revoked by a higher court when the Army filed an appeal. Gordon said Galley learned of Judge Elliott’s ruling by radio. “He heard it with a great deal of pleasure,” the lawyer said. “I think he is pleased that finally during this entire or-
deal, there has been something positive for him.” Galley reacted “in a calm, cool and collected manner,” Gordon said. Galley hopes to be released from Ft. Leavenworth “in a few hours, and not a matter of days,” Gordon said. Kenneth Henson of Columbus, another of Galley’s at-
torneys, said: “It’s incongruous that you release draft dodgers and deserters and expedite their release and continue to imprison a man whom a U.S. judge said had his constitutional rights violated in his trial and conviction. If an appeal is made, it will probably be taken to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in
New Orleans. Galley was convicted 3^ years ago of murdering at least 22 My Lai villagers. He originally was sentenced to life imprisonment, but that sentence was later reduced to 10 years. Gordon said that if Elliott’s decision to free Galley is overruled by the appeals court, he
will take it to the Supreme Court. Elliott spent three months reviewing more than 50 volumes of transcript of Galley’s courtmartial, one of the longest in U.S. military history. He also watched hundreds of television tapes, and read newspape- stories, books and magazine accounts
of the My I^ai case. A key issue of his ruling overturning the conviction was pretrial publicity — that Galley was held up to the world “as a midget monster murderer who went about on his own slaughtering innocent civilians, willynilly, for the pleasure of the experience....”
West Point Plans for Bicentennial
ByCRISMONS. LEWIS For AP Newsfeatures WEST POINT, N Y lAFt A chunk of hard, crystalline rock in the lap of the Hudson Highlands 50 miles north of New York City has put a permanent kink in the mighty Hudson River for centuries. Two hundred years ago it also helped turn the course of history. That bulwark of stone, which forced the abrupt angle in the
Maybe Mistake But Wilcox, 23, Retires From Army Service
strategic waterway — the sharpest in the river's 300-rnile channel — was called West Point and earned its name long before it became the home of the U.S. Military Academy and tlie Corps of Cadets. West Point was the 'Gibraltar of America.” It was. as General Washington described it, "the most important post in America" during the Revolutionary War. It controlled navigation of the Hudson, which the British had planned to use as a wedge in sp lit ting the struggl ing colonies. West Point was the post Benedict Arnold had plotted to sell to the British in his treason. It was where the colonists stretched a 60-ton cast iron chain across the Hudson River to block British ships, and then fortified the entire area with a masterful network of forts.
redoubts and gun batteries which in itself became a revolutionary concept in building fortifications. Although a battle was never fought at West Point, its forboding strength alone was crucial in winning America’s independence. It is this relatively unknown story of West Point that will unfold to an estimated five million visitors in 1976 as the result of a volley of Bicentennial projects underway at the U.S. Military Acadernv. according to Lt. Col. John H. Bradley, director of the Bicentennial activities at West Point. Heading the list of Bicentennial projects is a two-part Symposium on Military History of the American Revolution, to be held from November 1975 to April 1976. It will feature lec-
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)-The Army says it’s all a mistake and M. Sgt. George Wilcox is going to have his retirement ceremony. Wilcox, a 23-year veteran of the infantry, spent two years in Vietnam, earned a Silver Star for valor, two Bronze Stars and a locker box of other medals. “After 23 years by the book, I wanted to retire in style with the whole nine yards," he said Wednesday. There was some concern there would be no retirement ceremony because of the deserters streaming into Indiana under President Ford’s conditional clemency program. Camp Atterbury in south central Indiana is the primary processing point for military deserters and support is provided by Ft. Benjamin Harrison at Indianapolis, 30 miles to the north. The traditional ceremony includes an Army band, a formation of troops and the post commander or some general on hand to pin a medal on the retiree in front of relatives and friends. Wilcox, 41, was notified he could retire with ceremonies at the post of his choice. He is a native of Indianapolis and picked Ft. Harrison. Last week he left his duty post in Germany at his own ex-
pense to come to Indianapolis and arrange his retirement. He said he went to the fort Wednesday but was told “there had been a change in plans and there now probably won't be any retirement ceremony. When I asked why, I was told because they are too busy processing the deserters out of the Army: To say I'm mad is something of an understatement.” The base public information office said today it was all a mistake, the ceremoney always had been scheduled and was planned to take place Thursday afternoon. Maj. J. Thomas Kallunki, base information officer, said the clerk had told Wilcox there might be a problem with the retirement ceremony, but “she was wTong.” Kallunki said the only question was whether it would be on the parade ground or in front of the flagpole. He said ceremonies normally change from the parade ground to a site in front of the flagpole this time of year because of the weather. “The Atterbury situation was a consideration, but far from being any primary consideration," Kallunki said.OEds: Please note that in addition to the Army now saying the ceremony will go ahead, the name has been corrected to Wilcox instead of Wilson.
Schools Troubled By Violence
BY ALFRED ARAUJO NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenya’s school system has become virtually paralyzed by classroom violence that sometimes spills over into the streets. Hooliganism and riots by students have forced the closure of a number of secondary schools by education authorities in recent months. Strikes by students in support of demands ranging from better food to sanitary conditions have led to the closure of others. The air of rebellion has also permeated the corridors of the country's highest institution of learning, Nairobi University, which was closed down mid-Au-gust after its 5,500-strong studenty body refused to end a week-old boycott of lectures to back up demands for sweeping campus reform. University authorities have said it may not be reopened for a few months. The pattern of student indiscipline has become all-too-fa-miliar: students, for one reason or another, bojeott lessons, hold their tutors captive, destroy property and generally wreak havoc in a move to initiate corrective action. School authorities retaliate byexpelling the students “en masse" and closing down the school, declaring that the mili-
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f lit' HAMILTON of «#3 (Groonbrior] who ii »ho Democratic candidal* for SHERIFF of Pulnam County will took tho oloction on Nov 5th 1974 Hamilton a 25 yr profettional policeman retired from the ISP in 1971 after serving 22 yrt. He is now assistant chief of Security at DePauw University. His experience in law enforcement, including working in criminal investigation, traffic enforcement, and police administration. He began his career after graduating from the Indiana State Police Academy in 1949. Hamilton holds certificates from the U.S. Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Indiana Medical School of Toxicology and the Indiana State Police for completion of courses in Arson, Fingerprinting, Personnel Supervision, Human Relation and other Law Enforcement Techniques “LEE" Hamilton completed 2Vi yrs. at Henderson State Teachers College in Arkansas where he majored in sociology. He served three yrs. in the U.S. Army during WW II and is a member of the Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge, and the National Sheriffs Assoc., etc. Hamilton stated that he would bring his training and experience into the Sheriff's Dept, so that he can attempt to upgrade and make it the constitutional office with fair and impartial services for all the people of Putnam County He states that he is especially concerned that the rural areas and communities in the county get good patrols and available personnel for 24 hr. services. FoiOPHitkol Ad
tant students wiD be readmitted only on condition that they come back with their parents, repent, pay for the damage and pledge in writing that they will be of good conduct henceforth. Secondary students at one school in the Busia District in Western Kenya could not flush their toilets because of a sewage block; they wrecked the headmaster's residence and rioted at the school. The laboratory, library, generator and offices were destroyed. Damage was estimated at $150,000. Students at another school in Nyanza on the shores of Lake Victoria in Central Kenya demanded good food and bedsheets. To make sure their demands got attention, they damaged the school bus. At another school upcountry the students walked out on their black teachers, saying they would only return if white graduate teachers were hired to teach them. Nairobi consultant psychologist Dr. A.W. Rogan-Kam-per erffered a basic psychoanalytical explanation of campus violence. “Parents have become indecisive in exercising their traditional authority and dubious of their right to exercise such authority in the face of youth dissension. COFFEE DEMAND IS DECLINING NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenya's coffee farmers are in trouble. Demand for coffee on the world market is on the decline, and prices are at a lowebb. In February Kenya coffee was selling at $170 per metric ton; two months later the price fell to $162 per ton. And the downward slide has continued. Kenya coffee is now selling at $128 a ton. Kenya earns $100 million from coffee annually. While coffee production is holding at last year’s levels, Agriculture Ministry officials are worried that low prices might cause output to fall off.
OLD GOLDEN OAK IN NEW POST OFFICE STOCKTON, Calif, i AP) - A bit of nostalgia dating back to the 1930s greets patrons stepping into Stockton's new midcity post office. The nostalgia is evidenced by installation of a partition holding windows and letter drops which was salvaged from a recently closed post office. It is built of rare golden oak and dates back to 1932. It was originally in Nevada before being moved to Stockton.
BOY SCOUTS SETTLED DUST FAIRFAX, Calif. (AP) - When a builder proposed tennis courts in this area, he immediately received protests from residents claiming the construction work would cause too much dust and noise. He had a ready response. He pointed out that there would be very little grading necessary because Boy Scouts who had used the area for many years had cleared and established camp sites, making perfect spots for tennis courts.
teres by nine leading Revolutionary War scholars who will present original papers on the Amencan Revolution and then attend a concluding conference in late April 1976 to review and critique the papers. Other projects underway include pamphlets, monographs, scholarly research, an original documents collection, a commemorative medallion and posably a commemorative postage stamp. Ii. Col. Bradley said the Academy will focus on Fort Pitnam — the first stone fort at West Point and the key to the dozen strategically placed forts protecting each other and guarding the Great Chain. Fort Putnam, perched on a ndge 450-feet above the river on vantage ground overlooking the surrounding forts, will be partially restored by December 1975. A 20-man archeological team from Temple University excavated within the • walls of Fort Putnam this summer, turning up cufflinks, coins and musketballs, and charting the fort’s origuial layout as it was before it was rebuilt in 1794 and again restored in 1910. The network of forts protecting the Great Chain was product of Yankee ingenuity and the keen eye of a Polish military engineer, Col. Thaddeus Kosciuszko. At the time, the colonists were bereft of men, time and money and had to scrap their attempts to build the conventional European fortress — a single massive structure — at West Point. So. under the guidance of Col. Kosciuszko, they resorted to throwing up smaller forts and
AERIAL VIEW of West Point, where extensive plans are being made at the U.S. Military Academy to
celebrate the nation's Bicentennial. West Point, which dates to 1778, is the oldest U.S. Army post in continuous operation.
redoubts, fanning out from the engineering school in America Great Cham up along the Hud- and West Pointers went on to son River and into the High- engineer most of the new nalands. using the rugged terrain
to their advantage.
The colonists relied heavily on Col. Kosciusko and other foreign military engineers during the Revolution. However, such a heavy reliance on outside advisors prempted General Washington to push Congress fora Military Academy to train American military engineers. That dream was finally realized in 1802. under President Jefferson, when the U.S. Military Academy was founded at West Point. It became the first
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