Word: fortes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Over two years ago in a village called My Lai, the U.S. Army believes that some of its soldiers participated in the massacre of unarmed Vietnamese men, women and children. Last week Lieut. William L. Galley went on trial at Fort Benning, Ga., for the premeditated murder of 102 My Lai villagers. In all, the Army has charged 17 men in connection with the incident. As Galley's court-martial got under way, the first of these soldiers to come to trial, S/Sgt. David Mitchell, 30, was exonerated by a military court at Fort Hood, Texas...
...investigated My Lai had not released transcripts of the soldiers' testimony during the committee's closed hearings. The U.S. Army prosecutor rested the case against Mitchell after only six hours. Just three witnesses were called by the prosecution, although 14 had been subpoenaed and seven were at Fort Hood waiting to take the stand. At that time Prosecutor Captain Michael Swan tried to dismiss speculation that the abbreviated case was an attempt to whitewash the events at My Lai by asserting that his three witnesses had proved the charges...
...some companies-like R.B. Jarts Co. of Fort Edward, N.Y., whose only product for twelve years has been the lawn darts-the law could spell ruin. "I'd rather be hit by a lawn dart than by a horseshoe," bristles Jarts President Robert Barnett. "Kids can hurt themselves with bicycles and archery and rifles too. Why aren't they included...
...breaches that hallowed barrier between the forces of salvation and the forces of law and order, hammer blows are heard from the other side. Over there, things are getting very difficult, and it is well-settled that the priest is sometimes more effective than the soldier in holding the fort. And now we have those two new soul brothers, President Richard Nixon and Reverend Billy Graham...
Meanwhile, back at the fort proper, Nixon last January unveiled the White House police in Student Prince-like uniforms allegedly inspired by his impressions of European palace guards. He modified those uniforms but launched the President's Trumpeteers to beef up the introductory ceremonies featuring "Hail to the Chief." Last June he shook up the Cabinet, causing columnist William S. White to say: "... the President is... openly reducing the institutional prestige and status of the Cabinet and drawing into the White House proper... the largest palace guard in history." Time's cover story last June 8, "Nixon's Palace Guard...