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...approve of your actions if you carry out orders." The next day, he proclaimed American Fighting Men's Day in Georgia to honor U.S. servicemen in Viet Nam. A month or so later, Carter modified his stand. He explained that he had "merely tried to escalate the Calley reaction into support for our fighting men, not just Calley." Said he: "I could never condone murder or the acts of Calley" - and suggested that his superior officers should have been held culpable...
Engaged. William L. Calley, 32, former U.S. Army lieutenant whose 1971 conviction for murdering 22 Vietnamese civilians was overturned, then reinstated by the federal courts; and Martha Penelope Vick, 29, buyer for her father's jewelry store in Columbus, Ga., whom Galley met five years ago; in Columbus, where Galley is now on parole, working for a construction company...
...mounting need for gags is an inevitable "albatross the press carries around its neck because of its steadily increasing visual impact and immediacy." New York Times Attorney Floyd Abrams sought to rebut this contention before the Justices by citing the trials of John Mitchell, John Connally and William Calley which, he said, show that "at no time in our history have jurors demonstrated more ability to determine cases independently"-that is, without being swayed by the press...
...another decision last week the Supreme Court wrote finis to the legal aftermath of the My Lai massacre by refusing to review the case of former Army Lieut. William Calley Jr. Galley's 1971 court-martial conviction for the murder of 22 Vietnamese civilians in 1968 had been thrown out by a federal district judge, then reinstated by a federal appeals court, whose decision now stands. Of 25 Army officers and enlisted men charged with My Lai-related offenses, only Calley was convicted (two generals were censured). His original life sentence was reduced by Army authorities to ten years...
...Calley admits he has no idea whether masterpieces are going to sell this season. "The business is, at best, a crap shoot. The fact that Stanley thinks the picture will gross in nine figures is very reassuring. He is never far wrong about anything." If Kubrick is right, he will be rich. By the terms of his deal with Warner, he receives 40% of Barry Lyndon's profits. Only one picture in history-Jaws-has made "nine figures"; it passed the $100 million mark last week...