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ailey will call Li. Galley as witness in Medina trial
FT. MCPHERSON, Ga. <d>) _
efense lawyer F. Lee Bailey
disclosed Wednesday he will call
jit. William L. Galley Jr., who
was convicted of murdering 22
My Lai civilians, as one of his
first witnesses in the murder
pial of Capt. Ernest Medina.
But Bailey said he expects
bailey to invoke the Fifth
[Amendment and refuse to tes-
fcify.
"If I were hir , I would not
testify,’’ Bailey said at a news
conference during a noon recess
tat Medina’s trial. “If he contra
dicts himself he could be tried
lor perjury on his own case.”
The lawyer said he had learned
that Galley’s version of what
happened at My Lai has changed
since his conviction last March.
Bailey declined to elaborate.
Galley, whose life sentence has
been reduced by a reviewing au
thority to 20 years imprison
ment, served under Medina as a
platoon leader and testified at
his trial that he acted at My Lai
under orders from Medina.
Medina, 35, of Montrose, Colo.,
who was in command of Charlie
Company when it attacked My
Lai March 16, 1968, is charged
with assault and the premedi
tated murder of 102 villagers.
He is accused of ordering one
child shot, personally killing a
APO reunion
this weekend
Washable
leather clothes
now available
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Colorful leather hot pants, a
major fashion for fall, are now
available as a completely washa
ble garment.
According to Becky Dunlap,
Extension clothing and textiles
specialist, a new leather tanning
process allows leather to retain
its softness and prevents shrink
age after washing.
The same process makes possi
ble dyes in a 14-color range.
Wash-fast, the colors remain as
bright after laundering as before.
The leather industry has be
come very fashion minded, says
Miss Dunlap. And, you can
choose from stenciled, painted or
embroidered leathers, with tex
tures from sheer suedes to cham
ois to buckskin. Just take your
pick, the specialist advises.
Besides hot pants, washable
leathers are also available in oth
er clothing—shorts, shirts, golf
gloves or decorative trims.
Whether buying leather as
ready-to-wear or for home sew
ing, check the label for washa-
bility and instructions, Miss Dun
lap reminds.
As a final suggestion, she says
to keep leather hot pants cool,
launder in cold water.
Frrmer members of Xi Delta
Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega
will reunite this weekend at
A&. 1.
The national service fraternity
will observe its 10th anniversary
at A&M during 1971-72.
Chapter president Dale Foster
of College Station said about 50
persons are expected to attend
reunion activities, which will be
headquartered at the Ramada
Inn.
Town Hall featuring John Den
ver and Helen Reddy, midnight
yell practice and the A&M-
Wichita State football game Sat
urday are included in reunion
planning.
Alumni secretary Michael Hol
ley said a Saturday morning
brunch feature Edwin H. Coop
er, assistant to A&M President
Jack K. Williams, as guest speak
er. An alumni organizational
meeting will follow the brunch.
After the Saturday night
game, the APO brothers have
scheduled a victory celebration
at the Ramada.
A picnic at Hensel Park is
planned after the church hour
Sunday, Holley added.
New anthropology
course offered
A&M is offering a new intro
ductory course in anthropology
this fall, announced Dr. R. L.
Skrabanek, head of the institu
tion’s Sociology and Anthropology
Department.
Dr. Skrabanek said the new
course, open to all students, will
include a survey of the major con
cepts of anthropology’s four sub
disciplines: archeology, physical
anthropology, linguistics and cul
tural anthropology.
The course will be taught by
Dr. Vaughn M. Bryant Jr., assist
ant professor of anthropology,
who came to A&M this summer
from Washington State Univer
sity.
Dr. Bryant earned his Ph.D. at
the University of Texas at Austin,
where he conducted archeological
research and taught before going
to Washington State.
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woman and choosing not to in
tervene upon learning of the
mass slaying of civilians.
Medina testified at the Galley
trial that he gave no orders to
kill civilians and knew nothing
of the slaying until the opera
tion was nearly over.
Galley was one of five wit
nesses Bailey requested the Army
to subpoena Wednesday.
Maj. William Eckhardt, a
prosecutor, said he would have
Galley brought to Ft. McPherson
on Friday for preliminary inter
viewing by opposing attorneys.
Col. Kenneth Howard, the mili
tary judge, took under advise
ment the request for the other
witnesses after Eckhardt said
Bailey had stated no reasons for
calling them. Reasons must be
stated under military law, he
said.
The other witnesses sought by
Bailey are Col. Oran Henderson,
who is being court-martialed on
charges of attempting to cover
up the My Lai incident; Maj.
Gen. Kenneth J. Hodson, chief of
the U. S. Army Court of Mili
tary Review; Col. Wilson Free
man, Ret., former staff judge ad
vocate of Ft. McPherson; and
Lt. Gen. Albert O. Connor, com
mander of the 3rd Army.
Connor referred Medina’s case
to trial and Freeman prepared
the recommendation in the case.
Early Wednesday Maj. Charles
Calhoun of Ft. Monroe, Va., Task
Force Barker’s former executive
officer, took the stand as the gov
ernment’s 30th witness. Charlie
Company was one of three in
fantry units composing the task
force.
Calhoun testified that he flew
over My Lai during the attack
and relayed an order to Medina
to insure that no civilians were
being harmed or buildings need
lessly burned.
“He ‘rogered’ the transmis
sion,” said Calhoun.
Calhoun testified that late in
the afternoon, about five hours
after the attack was concluded,
he radioed Medina to return to
My Lai with his troops and com
pile a detailed report of civilian
casualties.
But, he said, the order was
quickly countermanded by Col.
Frank Barker, the task force
commander who was later killed
in a helicopter crash.
Medina, said Calhoun, told
him “there were 20 to 30 civil
ians killed in the village, mostly
by gunship and artillery fire.”
Medina made no mention of any
civilians killed by his troops, said
Calhoun.
Calhoun's appearance follow
ed a reading of deposition testi
mony from two South Vietna
mese sergeants who were with
Medina at My Lai.
Sgt. Duong Minh’s deposition
said he asked Medina why civil
ians had been killed in the village
and was told by the captain,
“That was an order . . .”
Sgt. Nguyen Phu said in a de
position that during the inter
rogation of a prisoner, Medina
fired twice over the man’s head.
The prisoner then stood up and
said, “I platoon leader of the
Viet Cong,” Phu said.
The trial was recessed for the
day after a polygraph examiner
who administered a lie detector
test to Medina briefly took the
stand in the absence of the jury.
The Army proposes to ques
tion Robert Brisentine of Balti
more, Md., about his interview
with Medina, but Bailey dis
agreed with the examiner’s recol
lection of part of the interview.
Howard ruled that the conflict
must be resolved by listening to a
tape recording of the interview
and ordered the lawyers to lis
ten to the tapes with Brisentine
before returning to court Thurs
day morning. Brisentine then
will be allowed to testify, the
judge said.
Brisentine is one of the Army’s
final witnesses against Medina,
raising the possibility that the
government will be able to rest
its case against the captain late
Thursday.
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WALT W. ROSTOW
. . former advisor to President Johnson on Foreign Affairs.
Deputy Special Assistant to President Kennedy for National Security Affairs.
presently professor of History and Economics at the University of Texas
at Austin.
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