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...mermen, who were able to relax and enjoy themselves in a swim with Springfield Tuesday night, will have to come up with maximum performances if they are to hold their own against the Cadets, whom they have not beaten since 1962. Harvard is better than it was a year ago, but graduation seems to have little effect on the Army squad, which was third in the league last winter. The Crimson will benefit from swimming at home, but coach Bill Brooks feels that advantage probably doesn't completely eliminate the edge which Army...
...implications of the story grew, everyone got very busy. The Army decided that it would indeed hold a public court-martial for Calley. It seems certain that Sergeant Mitchell will face a court-martial on charges of intent to murder some 30 Vietnamese. The biggest mystery so far is why no charges have been placed against Captain Medina, who played an important role in the slaughter by the accounts of a number of his men, though exactly what orders he issued is disputed (see The Legal Dilemmas, page 32). At the same time, the Army has ordered a top-level...
...where the enemy really is. But to excuse My Lai on these grounds, or to argue that the enemy has done worse (as he has), is to beg a graver issue. The fact remains that this particular atrocity-a clear violation of the civilized values America claims to up hold-was apparently ordered by officers of the U.S. military and carried out by sons of honorable, God-fearing people. Inevitably, My Lai will be taken by some as a measure of American society
Wallace's announcement will provoke no joy in the White House. To ensure his re-election in 1972, President Nixon wants to hold those Southern states that supported him in 1968 and pick up at least two of the five that supported Wallace. His Southern strategy is aimed at convincing the South's conservatives that the Republican Party offers them permanent shelter. It is designed also to deny Democrats the sure votes they once could count on in Dixie. Wallace's re-emergence could once again cost Nixon the electoral votes of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana...
Harvard's hockey team survived an atrocious first period. as well as shoddy defensive play, to hold off serappy Northeastern, 6-3, at the Boston Arena last night...