Daily Iowan (Iowa City, Iowa), 1969-12-06
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oil Seroirt~ the Uni"efsily of luwo Q/I{i the PeoplB of IOIJ)(J CiLl} Eslablishecf in JUGa 10 cenls 8 copy Associaled Press ),eased Wire and Wirepll(lto Jowa City. Iowa 5~turda)', December e, III6t Civili'ans Join My Lai Probe WASHINGTON IA'I - Two Ne\~ York Maj . Kenneth A. Raby, the young lieute· that there was no basis for disciplining ent Americal Division but went DO hi_ lawyers were assigned Friday to an nant was hustled into the Pentagon and any U.S. soldiers. in the chain of command. Army probe of investigative aspects of down to the Army's secret operatlons That conclusion, according to the Pen· Resor said MacCrate, 48, will be spIO I the alleged My Lai massacre, while the tagon, was reviewed by the unit's par- ial counsel to the Peers Inquiry. only man charged in the case underwent center shortly after noon. Pmtag<ln questioning. Newsmen tried to <l sk Calley questions, ~'irst Lt. William L. Calley Jr ., ac- bllt he lookpd straight ahead and said I cuoed of murdering 109 Vietnamese civ nothing. ilians, arrived tight·· lipped at the Penta Calley WilS luder of • plaloon Ihll Black Committee gon , where the Army hearing is being went into My Lai as part of I com piny 'st . a held . commanded by Capt. Ernelt Medinl. 1 The Army panel Is seoki ng to learn Medina told reporters Thursday he ne sl1 i,. t/ whether field oftic;ers tried to cover up Iny mass killings in their inilial invesli . ither ordered a massacre nor saw or To Be Appoi nted heard of one. Medina said he did shoot g.tion shor:!y after the March, 1968, My 1 one wound~d Viet Cong woman who I Lai operalion. By us CARROll he thought was about to harm him. "lote5+" The New York lawyers , Robert Mac AppOintments to the Col1lmis~ioll on Black COllcems ar expected to h.- an The captain also said he passed along Cr2te and Jerome K. Walsh Jr., were nuunced by U niversit Pres. Willard Bo d early next week. shoplier to his platoon leaders, who would have named to add a nonmilitary viewpoint to induded Calley , instructions to make Establishment of the Cummission on Black Concern was approv d Tu . day lan. We the work of the group headed by Lt. Gen. sure that no civilians were killed. by Boyd, the Committee On Student Lif , and th Faculty Council after aD William R. Peers. alleged altercation involVing black and white student~ at a local tavern 0 \'. 2.'1. of Dec A spokesman said Secretary of the Before Ihe Medina news conlerenco , Army Stanley R. Resor wanted the out hi ~ lawyer, F. Lee Bailey. said I h e Clp The Commission will consist of four ta in had betn permitted to Inswer pub· students and one faculty member to be oHored to I flculty membtr. sludent or , ottrac- side counsel to insure "objectivity and community r.pr.stnl.li", who "hal • impartiality" to the Peers investigation, licly several accusation5 again51 him be selec,ed by the Afro-American Associa cause he had noth ing to silY thaI would tion , Two faculty members will also be lpeCil1 Intoresl" In etch bllck concert 11idnight sellarate from the over-all criminal I' It is dilcusstd. probe of My Lai. prejudice the rlghls of Calley or others selec,ed by the Faculty Council. In a letter to Boyd, the Faculty Coun 1-4V2 to Calley was flown In Irom Ft. Benning, who might become involved in the cast. Boyd will s.lecl one community re cil made I ecommendations this week as )ed shirt Ga., where he awaits court·martial early A brigade investig3tion after the My prelentative to serve on the Commls· next yetr. Lai operation concluded that only a few \0 whaL areas of black concern should sion. An "open chair" positlQl'l will be be considered by the Commission. , french Accompanied by his military lawyer, inadvertent civilian deaths occurred and it·noay. University Vice Provost Phil ,d fit ot ip nuuual0, appointed by Boyd to <lid 2 Local Stores mIne ol'ganizauon and strUClurinll of th "long me Ulmrmssion, announced that L h e t.:ommlSSlon wUI follow the recommen tapered, Hit. By Robberies dadons ot the j<'aculty Council. 'rom The Tho Flculty Council rocommended thl' the Commission Invesllgl" black· 'h cuffs. rOI"oa ..peets of curriculum, restlrcll, 3 Hours Apart I,hl.,ics, .he Educltional Opponuniry fit, 8.00. Area pollce are investigating two t'rogrlm. housing, Iht g.ntr.1 HCill .n· armed robberies t hat occurred within vlronmen, .nd 1M .ltituft of lOCI' Ilw three hours of each other Friday. ontorcomont agencies towlrd bllckl. :enter A man carrying a short-barreled gun Accoroing to Hubbard, the COmmis sion Will have two prime funcdons : "'i'o held up a clerk at Eicher Flower Shop, ga.ner tacl.S and oprnions by usmg sy - Th. decorative IIghl. of a Chrillma. 410 Kirkwood Ave., at 5:44 p.m. and lemaLic procedw'es and then baseo upon trH illuminating tho low. St.to B.nk escaped with about $50. these Jindmgs to make recommenoallOns Ind Trult Building shin. brightly The clerk, Miss Janelle Schrooten, to the areas directly involved. " Tree of Peace through the qui.1 dlrkness 01 the said a heavyset man about 25-years-old The Commission wlU formulate sys night, reminding III who 1M thlt tematIC mvesLlgation procedures alLl!r pelC, II wh.t II" III lbout. and about five feet seven inches tall - Pholo by John Avery UIUClal announl'l!menl (I t.:ommi~~lOn wearing a tan hunting jacket and 8 hat mtmoer. .... - pulled down over his face entered the Huooard added that the CommisSion store and forced her to empty the con wa~ I!xpec,eo to cunaUCL invesuga,Julis tents of the cash register into a paper ana 10 maKe recommendauon "tamy sack. New Judges to Police expeditiously." Miss Schrooten said the man , who "Wo don'l "0 thil II • permanent looked angry, asked for the manager, and she told him that the manager, Ken CommiSSion .t .11." h. conrlnutd. "it should compl.lo itl work within t h • Unethical Moonlighting Nelson , was out, although he was in fact ntxt f.w months." in the back of the store. She said the WASHI~GTON Ie - Chicf Ju tice Court justices were not included in the The Io'aculty Council has recommend man called her a liar and forced her to Warren E. Burger named Ihree fed ral r~portlng ystem, empty the contents of the cash register ed the names of five faculty members into a pink Eicher sack. to Boyd. However, Hubbard said their judges Frida), to oversee moonlighting Last . prmg. whill' Earl Warr n was by all their colleagues below the Su rhief Justice, the Judicial Conference Miss Schrooten said she called Nel names would nol be released until Boyd son as soon as the man left and he ran had decided on the final se lection of preme Court level. decided tn ban mo t off-bench activities after the robber. She said that Nelson Commission members. The three wlll reccive quarterly talc 1M which fe are received. Meeting saw the man running north on Maiden The Afro-American Association was ments of judges' ellrnin~ above $100 lasl month under Burger, the conference Lane but that the man had too much of expected to submit Its recommendations for out-of·court work and will report dropped this prohibition. l'S lif6 to Boyd by late Friday. However, a any violations of elhical standards to the a head starl to be pursued on foot. At the same Itmc. the conference spokesman for the AfrO-American A U,S. Judicial Conference. Nelson called police, who arived in said that Judges below the Supreme gi fLs! time to see a white 1969 or '70 Ford sociation could not be reached Friday The standards ba ically arc th Am r Court would submil annual report! on speeding north on Maiden Lane. The p0- to learn whether the recommendations Ican Bar Association's canons of judi had been submitted. Boyd was out of lice w~re unable to get their squad car dal ethICS, which 'are under revision . thclr, financial ituations, whkh would turned around in time to give chase, but the city Friday and unavailable for an The panel will be supplemented by a inc Iud figure on Income from lm'e t er-shav$ an all-points bulletin was put out for the interview. seven-judge advisory committee. ments. CII'. Boyd hll betn tOft.ulting with lowl The three judges are Edward A. hristmas Lyndon Baines Johnson moved into the Coralville police said a man fitting a City Mayor Loron L. Hlcker50n for Ihe Tamm of the U.S. CirCUit Court for the White House in 1963 and left his Texi. e them! similar description robbed tbe Coralville stlection of • community repr.stntatlve District of Columbia, Allred A. Arrai White Christmas? Ranger brlnd on the presidency of the to tho Commiuion. of th District Court in Denver and The LBJ Brand United States. Here LBJ roundl up I Drug Fair on Highway 6 West at 8: 14 Cloudy, chanc. 01 occillionll snow ost .. $ p.m . Further details on that case had The final selection of Commission Frank M. John on Jr. of the U.S. Dis northwest Ind Intermi"ent r.in today IINr on • visit to his Texas ranch in trict Court in Montgomery, Ala. 1964. - AP Wirephoto not been released when The Daily Iowan members by Boyd is expected to be Ind tonight.