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Vol. 66 No. 102
College Station, Texas
Tuesday, March 30, 1971
845-2226
ice,
ury of 6 convicts Galley
22 civilian murders
FT. BENNING, Ga. <A>> _ Lt.
filliam Galley was convicted
londay of the premeditated mur-
tr of 22 Vietnamese civilians at
[y Lai three years ago. He is
le first American veteran of
ietnam to be held responsible
the My Lai massacre.
Galley stood ramrod straight as
le verdict was read, then snap-
td a salute to the jury foreman,
e was flanked by his military
nd civilian lawyers.
A half-hour after the verdict
as announced, military police
scorted him to the post stock-
ie, ‘‘Take my word for it, the
iy’s crushed,” his civilian at-
imey, George Latimer said, as
icy left the courtroom.
He was placed in quarters sep
tate from those of enlisted men,
nd will be returned to the court-
wm at 9 a.m. Tuesday when the
tntencing phase of the court-
lartial begins. The jury now must
(tide whether to sentence Galley
life imprisonment or death.
Galley was convicted of kill-
iy one person at a trail inter-
tdion, 20 at a ditch where he
imitted firing six or eight bul
la, of the death of a man in
kite and of assault on a child
dieved to be about 2 years old.
He had been charged with the
aths of 102 Vietnamese men,
omen and children.
Galley was notified that a ver
dict was ready by an Army offi
cer who went to his bachelor
apartment on the post.
“They’re finally ready,” he said.
He was tense when he arrived at
the courtroom, but smiled at news
men.
“We’re with you Galley” shout
ed a young blonde teenager in
the crowd of about 100 persons
who watched Galley escorted to
the two-room cell at the stockade.
Gapt. Ernest Medina, Galley’s
superior officer at My Lai who
also faces court-martial on mur
der charges, could not be reached
for comment at Ft. McPherson in
Atlanta.
His military counsel, Gapt.
Mark Kadish, said Medina would
have no statement until Tuesday.
To convict Galley, the jury
needed only the concurrence of
four of the six members of the
panel.
But in the sentencing phase,
it will require the vote of all six
members for the death sentence.
And the agreement of five mem
bers is needed for a life sentence.
The jury members remain se
questered for the sentencing
phase and no one is permitted to
question them.
After the verdict, Galley’s 70-
year-old attorney George Lati
mer, told newsmen:
“I think it is a horrendous de
cision for the United States of
States
America and the United
Army.”
The assault on My Lai was
March 16, 1968, but the story of
what happened at the little vil
lage was veiled from public view
for another 20 months. Twenty-
five originally were charged; two
were acquitted in courts-martial,
three still face trial and the rest
were exonerated through admin
istrative action.
News of the My Lai atrocities
was kept secret within the Amer-
ical Division for more than a
year. But on Sept. 5, 1969, Galley
was indicted—one day before he
was scheduled to be discharged
from the Army after two tours
of duty in Vietnam.
Galley went to trial last Nov.
12 on the same infantry post
where he won his gold second
lieutenant’s bars at Officer Can
didate’s School on Sept. 7, 1967—
six months before My Lai.
The case went to the jury of
one colonel, four majors and one
captain March 16—the third an
niversary of My Lai.
Star government witness at the
trial was Paul Meadlo, 23. More
than a year after My Lai on a
national television program, his
blunt admission that he himself
killed unarmed Vietnamese at My
Lai shocked the nation. Later at
Galley’s trial, he took the witness
stand, only after being granted
immunity from prosecution.
Meadlo told the jury that about
30 villagers were rounded up and
taken to the intersections of two
trails in My Lai. He quoted Gal
ley as telling him “I want them
dead.”
Side-by-side, Meadlo continued,
he and Galley mowed down the
captives with M16 rifle bullets.
Meadlo said he and Galley pro
ceeded through the village, emerg
ing from its eastern edge at the
drainage ditch, where more vil
lagers were being collected by
GIs.
“We got another job to do
Meadlo,” Galley was quoted as
saying. Then, Meadlo testified,
the two of them fired round upon
round into the ditch, until it ran
red with blood of the screaming
villagers.
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OH NO! or some other similar feeling must be running
through the minds of Aggie tracksters Curtis Mills, (front)
PF topic mari j uana law
and Willie Blackmon, as they miss the exchange of baton
for the anchor leg of the mile relay Saturday night.
Fortunately, the Aggies won the meet without it. For
story see page 5. (Photo by Phillip Bielamowicz)
Discussion on making first pos
session of marijuana offenses a
misdemeanor will be presented
Wednesday in a Political Forum
noon series program.
State Rep. Raul L. Longoria of
Pharr will be featured in the For
um address and question-answer
period, announced Forum Chair
man Charles R. Hoffman. The
noon-hour meeting site will be
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iggies win most awards
n weekend photo salon
Rooms 2A, B, C, and D of the
Memorial Student Center.
Longoria has introduced a bill
that would lower the penalty for
first possession of marijuana to
a misdemeanor.
His Austin office said Monday
the legislation (House Bill 549)
is now in Criminal Jurisprudence
Committee. A hearing has been
requested, but not yet granted.
Longoria, 50, also co-sponsored,
with Rep. Mike Moncrief of Fort
Worth, House Bill 187 which al
lows a person under 21 years of
age to commit himself for and
get treatment for drug addiction.
Under previous law, such permis
sion required parents’ consent.
House Bill 187 has been signed
into law.
In his fifth consecutive term
in the House, Longoria has served
six terms.
Longoria chairs the House Ag
riculture Committee and serves
on Appropriations, Labor, Rules
and Judiciary Committees.
He is the Place 1 representa
tive of District 47, encompass
ing Hidalgo County, Rio Grande
River-bordered and second south
ernmost county. His district is
across from Reynosa, one of the
three major border crossing
points into Texas.
Governor to speak
at inaugural lunch
A&M photographers dominat-
i the Intercollegiate Photo Sa
in contest Saturday, walking
ray with all the Best of Show
onors and 25 first, second or
lird place awards.
Robert W. Cox of A&M won
le Best of Show, Black and
fhite Photography ribbon for a
ortrait of a Negro boy from
lay, Texas.
Judges declared a tie in the
est of Show, Color Photogra-
hy. The winners are Aggies
obert C. Barker, for a portrait
f A&M coed Cindy Weisinger
i Gilmer, and Dale Geffs, for a
tained glass window still life.
Mrs. Trudy Adam, Salon ’71
lairman, said it was the first
be A&M camera buffs had cap-
ured a majority of the salon
MK)TS.
Ribbons were awarded in eight
ategories, five of them broken
ito black and white and color
ompetition. Judges reviewed
97 entries.
The judges were Prof. Joe
lonaldson of the Texas A&M
bllege of Architecture, Prof,
loss Strauder, head of the Jour-
alism Department at the Uni-
ersity of Houston, and Herman
Kelly, Texas Highway Depart
ment photographer from Austin.
A&M won the top three awards
in four areas and won at least
one award in every division ex
cept color landscape.
Best of Show winners received
$75, a plaque and ribbon. Other
winners received ribbons.
The Memorial Student Center
Camera Committee sponsored Sa
lon ’71, open to members of pho
to groups sponsored by U. S. col
leges and universities.
The winners, by places, are:
NATURE (color)—1, Eugene
O’Neill, East Field College, Mes
quite; 2, Robert W. Cox, TAMU;
3, Russell D. Autrey, TAMU.
NATURE (b&w)—1, Trudy
Adam, TAMU; 2, Jimmy Cam-
mack, Stephen F. Austin State
University; 3, Bruce Terry, Sam
Houston State University.
EXPERIMENTAL—1, Dan L.
Philen, TAMU; 2, Ronald Rath
er, TAMU; 3, James A. Edwards,
TAMU.
NEWS—1, Eugene O’Neill,
East Field; 2, Jerry Meier, TA
MU; 3, Eugene O’Neill.
PICTORIAL (color)—1, Dale
Geffs, TAMU; 2, Phillip Nelson,
TAMU; 3, Clifton L. Moss, UH.
PICTORIAL (b&w)—1, Bruce
Terry, SHSU; 2, John H. De-
Haas, Jr., Montana State; 3, (tie)
Russell D. Autrey, TAMU, and
Cecelia J. Neason, SHSU.
STILL LIFE—1, Dale Geffs,
TAMU; 2, Russell Autrey, TA
MU; 3, James A. Edwards,
TAMU.
PORTRAIT (color)—1, Robert
C. Barker, TAMU; 2, Dale Geffs,
TAMU; 3, Gregory S. Gray,
TAMU.
PORTRAIT (b&w)—Robert W.
Cox, TAMU; 2, E. L. Thurston,
TAMU; 3, Russell Autrey,
TAMU.
HUMAN INTEREST (color) —
1, Robert C. Barker, TAMU; 2,
Eugene O’Neill, East Field; 3,
Glennon D. Johnson Jr., TAMU.
HUMAN INTEREST (b&w) —
1, Bruce Terry, SHSU; 2, John
Templeton, SFASU; 3, (tie)
James A. Edwards, TAMU, and
Gregory S. Gray, TAMU.
LANDSCAPE (color)—1, John
N. DeHaas Jr., Montana State;
2, Giro de la Vega Jr., SHSU;
3, Armand A. Ruhlman III, LSU.
LANDSCAPE (b&w)—1, Tho
mas C. Gullette, TAMU; 2, Jim
my Camnoch, SFASU; 3, Dan L.
Philen, TAMU.
Gov. Preston Smith will be fea
tured speaker April 16 at the
inaugural luncheon for Dr. Jack
K. Williams following his formal
installation as president of Texas
A&M University.
Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes and
Speaker of the House Gus
Mutscher also will join in the
ceremonies honoring Williams.
Announcement of participation
by the state’s top three officials
was made by Dr. Horace R. Byers,
the university’s academic vice
president and chairman of its
inaugural committee.
Also atending will be Congress
man Olin E. (Tiger) Teague.
Dr. Byers said Governor Smith
will extend greetings on behalf of
the state at 10 a.m. ceremonies
in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
Other state officials accepting
invitations to Williams’ inaugu
ration include State Senators
William T. (Bill) Moore, O. H.
(Ike) Harris and Max Sherman
and Representatives Bill Presnal,
George Baker, Frank W. Calhoun,
Forrest A. Harding, W. S. (Bill)
Heatly, Dan Kubiak, Menton Mur
ray Jr., Joe Spurlock II and Bill
T. Swanson.
Succeeding the late Gen. Earl
Rudder, Williams will be formally
installed at 17th president of
A&M and fourth president of the
Texas A&M University System.
Inaugural activites begin
Thursday evening, April 15, with
a concert and reception at Bryan
Civic Auditorium and continue
through Friday afternoon.
Blood drive goal
over 500 pints
JUNIOR SWEETHEART, selected Saturday night at the
Junior Ball, is Twyla Toler, 19, of Bryan. The daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Toler, Miss Toler is a freshman
business administration major at Trinity University in San
Antonio. She won over nine semifinalists. Miss Toler was
escorted by Charles B. Moorhead. (Photo by Robert Barker)
ROTC command
for ’71-’72 picked
Aggies rolled up their sleeves
for research and themselves to
day and will Wednesday in the
annual Alpha Phi Omega-Student
Senate blood drive.
Students registered Wednesday
and Thursday for the drive in
conjunction with the Wadley Re
search Institute of Dallas.
Officers of the Student Sen
ate and Alpha Phi Omega noted,
however, that non-registrants
will be welcome to contribute.
The operation will be under way
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Me
morial Student Center basement.
APO spokesman Jimmy Craig
of Brownfield said the one-day
fall semester drive amounted to
250 pints. A minimum of 500
for the spring drive is expected,
he added.
Awards will be given to the best
civilian residence hall and best
Cadet Corps unit in the drive,
announced Charles Hicks, Sen
ate welfare chairman. A plaque
will be awarded on the basis of
percentage contributions.
Students who give in the drive
receive an identification card
that enables them or members of
their immediate family to draw
on the Wadley bank during the
following year, should the need
arise.
Contributions aid in treat
ment and research on leukemia
and other blood diseases.
The first contributors Tuesday
morning will push the A&M 13-
year contribution total over the
5,000-pint mark. The A&M drive
is the largest single drive of the
year for the Wadley Institute.
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This year’s and next year’s top Corps commanders discuss the selection of Corps staff
and unit commanders for 1971-72 with commandant Col. Jim McCoy (right). Cadets,
left to right, are 1970-71 Commander Van Taylor, 1970-71 Deputy Commander Tommy
Bain, 1971-72 Commander Tom Stanley, and 1971-72 Deputy Commander James Carey.
Thomas M. Stanley of Mt.
Pleasant and James A. Carey of
Carrizo Springs have been named
commander and deputy com
mander, respectively, of Texas
A&M’s 1971-72 Corps of Cadets.
The two top cadet officers were
announced Tuesday by Col. Jim
H. McCoy, commandant, with ap
proval of President Jack K. Wil
liams and Dean of Students
James P. Hannigan.
Stanley, a junior political sci
ence major and corps sergeant
major for the 1970-71 school year,
will succeed Van H. Taylor of
Temple as cadet colonel of the
corps.
A third-year industrial tech
nology major, Carey will follow
Thomas C. Bain of Dallas as dep
uty commander.
Colonel McCoy congratulated
Stanley and Carey and noted
their work as top-ranking cadet
officers begins immediately and
will require time-and-a-half plus
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
—Adv.
commitment.
“The competition was quite
keen,” the commandant re
marked. “Any of the five final
interviewees could qualify for the
jobs.”
Selection of the 1971-72 corps
staff and unit commanders will
be the first tasks facing Stanley
and Carey.
Stanley, 21, is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas R. Stanley, Rt.
2, Mt. Pleasant. In addition to
corps sergeant major duties this
year, he was steering committee
vice chairman for SCONA XVI,
Wings and Sabers vice presi
dent and a member of the Ross
Volunteers. He is an Army ROTC
contract cadet.
Son of Mr. . and Mrs. J. A.
Carey, Carrizo Springs, the dep
uty commander is a member of
the Ross Volunteers, encumbent
secretary for the Engineering
Technology Society and assistant
editor of The Engineer, College
of Engineering magazine. Carey
is a science-technology category
contract cadet of the Air Force
ROTC program.
Student’s suspension upheld
by Disciplinary Appeals Panel
A&M’s Disciplinary Appeals
Panel Monday upheld the suspen
sion of a sophomore who allegedly
violated the university’s regula
tion on marijuana.
It was the first hearing of the
seven-member panel organized
last fall by Gen. A. R. Luedecke,
then acting president, to deter
mine if university regulations
have been violated and proper
punishment has been adminis
tered.
Robert D. Runyon, 19, of
Summit, N. J., was suspended
March 23 by Dean of Students
James P. Hannigan for violation
of the marijuana regulation,
Article 46 (5) (j).
Runyon requested the open
hearing with the appeals panel,
the final appeal open to a student.
Dr. Richard E. Wainderdi is
chairman of the five faculty
members, two students panel.
Voting is by secret ballot.
Runyon was arrested and
charged by College Station police
March 9 with alleged possession
or marijuana. The arrest was
made at a trailer park where
Runyon lives.
He has been indicted by the
Brazos County Grand Jury.
Chalon Jones of College Sta
tion, Runyon’s attorney, asked the
panel to allow his client to finish
the spring semester and enforce
the suspension in the future.
A&M System Attorney A. R.
Amis, who represented the uni
versity, said Hannigan was within
the legal rights and policy of the
university to suspend Runyon.
Witnesses during the hearing
included a university administra
tor, department head, police offi
cer and Runyon.
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