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World News Calley given life in prison; reactions mixed Kf HKNNINt;. <;.I Al' l.i W illiam ( alley Jr was sentenced t>\ ,i military jury Wi'dirnday to lilt* imprisonment at hard lalmr lor Hit* min<|rr o( al least 22 \ iriuamcse inrn women and rhlldrrn al Ms I an Ihm* years ago The Western While House reported I’resident Nixon is receiving thousands o( telegrams running m<i to l against tin* ronvietiun and urging i lemenex Asked d it was in Nixon's |tnwii to giant clemency, (iii olrnli.il press secretary Ilona Id Ziegler said "That would not l>e a procedure that would Ire taken al this lime I allrv s lawxer ralletl IIh* life i m 111iKonrnen! penalty "the lessel of I w o ev lls Within minutes after ('alley was sentenced to hard lalstr lor hte lot the murder nl 22 Viet nattiest* rivilluns at M\ Ian Sen I tank Moss l» Utah, soul in Washington he would introduce a le-olution calling on I’resident Nixon to ieduce the term \\t .IS il ItatlOII Ih* Sillri .annul mi|m< this blrmlnh from .•hi national i-ouscienre simply liv (imiinp one man itutily t.l i alley should not no unpumsheil hut Ik- alone shook! mil Ik- e.illisl <mi lo piy Ih*- price I mIisIi iI men vs ho Imlrd i oiiiImI hi IIk- America! I>lvision, Htc outfit ol ('alley believe In- not (hum rap for somethin# vse’ve II (IlMIt- ,ll OIK- nine Ol .IIIoOm'I . " ,o mu* ol (Item pul it \nmn# ui enlisted men in lei \ tewed befofr ('alley vsas sentenced In hie Wollies<lay , iln-ie vs as not one vsho agreed with Hu- |ui v s decision I twit tie committed premeditated murder il the v illume ol Mv I ,u Many ol I hem twiit l>eeii m eomtwil in the same liostiie lulls llu Soviet news agency lavs u |huIiiiw the hie iinpriMsiment enieoi e im|N«Mst on t'allev soul W ednesday the mam imitators ol Hits lilomltwilh i n lip'll punish men! Dm* I«o (inragraph story said the Pentagon brought ('alley to trial "under pressure by the indignant |Mihlie " ('alley also was ordered dismissed from the service, wliere he had earned awards for gallantry m Vietnam and a Purple Heart for combat wounds Ills monthly jsiy of $77J It) was ordered forfeited I he sentence carries the IMissihtlitv of parole after 10 V e.irs \n appeal of the sentence is uitomatic and is expected to t.ike a \ ear or more I S Sen H Kverelt Jordan 1) \ ( said. "I'm willing to do everything I can to expedite i .1 lies s appeal (.eeige I^itimer chief defense lawyer said "I'm confident the sentence will be a kited " Mler ilie sentencing, ("alley was taken under guard In (he h'l Henning stockade where lie has I icon held since his conviction Monday of premeditated murder .11 M \ 1411 t'alley ((mid have lM*en cc»n detuned to death Ills conviction luid stirred .1 nationwide furor .md letters ol encouragement l>y 1 tie armload had arrived during 1 he day addressed to the delendant N on II luid no case in military lost ice llwit h.is lorn America .i|Mii like this cane has torn \merica apart." I .atimer told tin- six man military jury before it retired Tuesday afternoon to I<egin dehlwr.iting the penalty to !«• .issessisl against ('alley S|M'.iking to newsmen after the lile sentence was imposed. I .iiimci said I had the choice ■ it Iwoevils I got I(h‘ lesser of two 1 a its Id sax ('alley leels the same wax Mem tiers of the jury were light h|i|icd as they left the 1 mo t house li s Ix-cit a long time." s.ih! one Ma) lari Hierbaum The ottiers declined comment t allex left tile courthouse lor ilw xt*« kmte l tanked by military Draft bill passes test in House vs ASMIMITt >N Al’ An effort by ludmhma «irlon u* dismantle the i tiiii< l s draft nuirm to rut oil mmtxwtt lor thr conflict »i> m i wltelmtngly irjo (rut bi tbr Mouse VArslnrsdav 73 to It At the v.iiw untr in Mount tnitr dralt determents tor divinity student* tun'll in to a l»« year dralt rUrmioa bill by 114 29 i >4r ’■I •'< udmetit In iliunanllr Mtr draft sistrni was tntroduesrd by li«3> lu tla Abrug |i \ V »Ih> said that action ihuukl lie 'merely the tirst Mi p loending that igttommou* mar in Indochina ' ll mi tfotekh anil rawly rryrv tnl !'■ Ii,.iiy » .is i in*; .1 draft evlrnwtat bill nearly tr tpling 1‘ivMilml Niuii > |u\ Utnl iiHTiitiin for ht> rrro draft all i nfuiiii'ci army jdan to I.1 7 Iwllun lt\»m hn fswr million icgunl ’ < lull also would ailthorwe |*re*sldmt Nivmt to atsdlsh student d« alt di-irt merit» and tm lease thr nunmtliUiry service obligation fur > oriM icntiuus ofaywtur* to three inurs from t»« Mis Ahrug s immftnoil would base dismantled thr Selective serins si stem as ot nrvt Jan I Shr said that step bi Congress should be < of loured by cullitgi olt all funds lor thr war Mx said tile draft si stem madr pittMblr thr maintenance amt .-s ot thr war in Indochina without thr approval at thr An iiMalt iwoyile or imlesst this body the It oust Hep Ouifn Cubsei It « alt! said thr drlerrcwcs* to war is a strung Viikih an military and if Mrs Atvrug «*\eedevl in cutting out man|»owet tons** t(»e rrftarw'r would ha vs* to go to nuclear weapons 11k amendment by Kr|> Janas Hirer l>l*a lo put divmitv determent* tun* into the Nil was apprevesi aftrr speakers argued the determent* preset vr ttadiln«ial separation ot ihurv-h and state and have tas*ti granted turves i A met h an war rv»s*pt thr CAv tl W at policemen lie saluted a silent crowd of jlMHit IM) spectator* across I he si rift One woman in a red slacks suit shouted. They cruci fil'd him A spokesman for Ft Benntng said there were no plans at present to move Talley elsewhere But Latimer predicted Talley would end up in the disciplinary barracks at Ft Leavenworth, Kan , “in a hurry Parole denied u \sillNi.TON \l* The U S Parole Board Wednesday denied to Teamsters President • I imes lloffa. apparently ending Ins chances for reelection as chief o( the world's largest union The hoard continued Hoffa's case to June of 1972, long after the union election next July Parole Board Chairman iieorge lieed said the seven members of the Ixwird mack* the division after fully reviewing the entire record of Hoffa’s case A statement issued by the hoard said Hoffa had been notified of the decision Janies Neagles, staff director of the parole txwird. read the hoard's statement hut refused to answer any questions The Ixvard did not divulge the vote on the parole division nor did it indicate its reason for making the decision Newsroundup from AP reports v\ VSIIIMJTON The Federal Reserve Board differed * ith the Nixon administration Wednesday in calling for a six month limit on the President s power to control wages and prices Shortly after the central bank’s chairman. Arthur Bums, went on record in favor of the restriction, a Treasury Department official urged its removal "This is a tremen dously broad power." Bums told the Senate financial in stitutions subcommittee. "It would give the President virtually dictatorial powers.” \\ \SIIIMiTON Divided House Democrats adopted a compromise end the-war resolution Wednesday that aims at withdrawal of U S troops from Indochina by the end of 1972 t he i:t2 to tiK vote for the resolution at a party caucus marked a dramatic shift in sentiment in the House, which has steadfastly supported administration policy in Vietnam in the (wist t Mil TTA. India President Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan's army has restored order throughout East Pakistan where people are "preparing to resume normal economic life the official Radio Pakistan announced Wednesday An estimated r>o.ooo Punjabi, Pathan and Baluchi soldiers from \Sest Pakistan are reported to have fanned out across the breakaway eastern province, surrounding many major I ow ns 1> I \\i\ Egyptian troops fin'd machine-gun bursts across the Suez Canal on Monday night in the first reported shooting incident at the waterway since the Middle East cease fire ended March 7, the Israeli military command said Wednesday The incident was also reported by U N ob servers The command said Egyptian gunners fired “a few bursts across the northern sector of the 103-mile-long waterway that the Israelis did not return the fire and that no Israeli troops were wounded. Ql I TO. Ecuador A military faction headed by an ousted general revolted Wednesday against the government <>l Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra, elected president of Ecuador live times and ousted three times. The nation's armed forces were reported to lx* seriously divided, with some units supporting the 78-year-old president and others backing the rebels \\ VSIIIMiTON A Justice Department official testified Wednesday that half of the nation’s serious crimes are being committed by juveniles and that youth crime is climbing at a rate almost four times faster than the youth population Somber as ttv se arrest statistics an*,” said Richard Velde, associate administrator of the l^rw Enforcement Assistance \dmmistration (LEAA), “recidivism figures for the young age group are far more frightening." District capital attacked by VC s\lt.o\ \|* North Vietnamese troop* at tackl'd I Hu- I Hu-, a northern district capital, and tmrncd most of the town Morr withdrawing Wednesday It was the second enemy blow this week in I lie area south o( Da Nang to the northwest, there was no word from an elite South Vietnamese strike force of uno 300 men ilown into southern l.aos to assault an enemy base In the central highlands, two l' S Army helicopters were rri*irted shot down 27 miles north wi-st of Konttini killing one crewman and wounding I "he attack on lH»c i >uc a town of aliout 10,000 located mik*s southwest of tlx* Dan Nang haae, began with a mortar I si rr age Sunday fallowed by a c round pruite That was the day enemy sappers slunk Kirvhasr Mary Ann ttl mik*s south of Da Nang inflicting sex ere l S casualties It was not know n whether I lx- two assaults wort* related iHn I Hu tormeri) known as An iloa is in a major refugee resettlement area Ktekl reports said 200 Vietnamese civiiiant were killisl or wounded at I >us Due. IS regional militiamen were killed ami » wounded and I ODD Imium's were burned One l S soldier was wounded slighih 'Hit ad) Irax ‘ Vn VmrtK jn who (lew oxer lHu IXic said it ^••kixt like a tug ash trax \ . .tjnured North Vietnamese soldier said the assault follow ed a three dux I or veil nxarvh from the II. tin Modi trail in law Two North Vietnamese (vitiations launched (he assault IHsjmIi Ibetr losses the South Vietnamese '•'ii w»si osninJ of the district hradquarterv ■ (though temforvemieits wi-re unable to break into ilie town until earix Vkixtnesdax TS Wmipim e iiodulHx twgati exacua!'fig (he wounded It »j» mf known whx (he North Vietnamese at *.titled I Vn I Hu atxuut an miles east of the Uudet in .1 river valley at tin1 base of jungled mountains It appeared possible that in attacking Due Due and Mary Ann the North Vietnamese were at tempting to counter the South Vietnamese drive into I .ks that ended last week Haul announced President Nguyen Van Thieu announced the raid into l-ios against an enemy hase west of the A Stwiu Valley and about five miles inside the country Hu- is south of the South Vietnamese invasion area ol February and March Thieu made the announcement while visiting troops on the northern front The raid is expected to last two or three days The Blac k Panther troops were flown into Laos by ta Huey Helicopters from the l) S totst Airborne division Other Hueys, t'nbra gunships and scouts escorted the assault force to the target area The objective is believed to be along Highw ay 922. which runs cast from the main Ho Phi Minh trail arteries to the A Shau Valley of South V ietnam Twelve hours after the assault began a spokesman (or the V S Command said he had no ieport of any helicopter losses associated with the • Iteration south Vietnamese headquarters gave no indication the troops had made contact with the enetm similar plans ltie iitack was similar to one planned Monday twil called oil le .iiw <4 heavy antiaircraft fire and log t1 nil told newsmen at It>*tg Ita It uubs south *•< 'he dcmthlanied tone separating thr Vietnam!. ih.it the I„ioitan invasion was "a moral, political ,*" • h.Jogi. Hu n Hten i ' tor th» Com ” nests IV reference w.»s to the battle in which i In \tu.h s !.mis nmint »hp FretvhNn 1964