March 5, 1971

NE US and Canada hit by worst storm of winter; Sherman, NY, has a 27-inch fall; effects in various areas described; illus

S Vietnamese forces in Laos have begun new move westward; US helicopters transport S Vietnamese troops 7 to 9 mi farther west; mil spokesmen say new landings carry reinforced inf bn of about 500 men to forward position just SE of Tchepone; US command announces 4 more Amer helicopters downed while supporting S Vietnamese drive; also discloses belatedly that 3 missiles were launched late Tuesday from sites in N Vietnam against unarmed USAF reconnaissance plane flying over buffer zone about 20 mi NW of Khesanh; heavy fighting at Hill 31 reptd; N Vietnamese regiment attacks 800 S Vietnamese; S Vietnamese mil spokesman repts 400 enemy killed by S Vietnamese troops, arty and air strikes; S Vietnamese troops, supported by air strikes and arty fire, reptdly kill 325 enemy enemy in battle about 5 mi W of Laobao; details on action in Laos; enemy shells Danang air base; maps

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Calley trial; Maj C C Calhoun testifies Koster, who commanded Americal Div at time of alleged massacre, forestalled on-the-spot investigation of incident; Calhoun was officer of div task force that assaulted Mylai; says Koster broke in on radio conversation and rescinded order directing Medina to reenter hamlet and 'see if any civilians were killed and how'; 1 juror requests Koster be called as witness; Calhoun says instructions to return to Mylai came from 11th Brig hq; says when he relayed order to Medina, Medina protested, saying he was getting near night bivouac and he was concerned with mines and boobytraps; says Medina reptd in radio conversation that only 20 to 30 civilians had been killed, mostly by arty and fire from helicopters; says he (Calhoun) was on helicopter observation flight over Mylai when he received call from Barker to tell Medina to make sure his troops were not hurting any civilians or doing any unecessary burning; says he passed message on to Medina; juror's proposal to call Koster evokes no enthusiasm from either prosecution, defense or Kennedy; jury also requests appearance of Brig Gen G H Young and Brig Gen A Lipscomb; W J Johnson and Sgt C D Stephens testify they never heard of any order to kill all civilians in hamlet; Calhoun illus

Coleman says most of city's 31 decentralized school dists plan to defy cuts; some dists which have already announced their defiance noted; coalition, called Ad Hoc Coordinating Com for Citywide Coalition to Save Our Pss, announces plans for march on City Hall to press for more funds, news conf; says it supports dist bds' defiance; Shanker warns further action will be taken if there is no response to march; bd officials say they will deal with defiance if it occurs, but concede defiance could confuse issue; Councilman Merola, Assemblyman Mercorella and J N Giamboi, head of Citizens Com for State Lottery, urge Rockefeller to make $40-million in state lottery proceeds available to school system; note lottery proceeds were to be used above and beyond regular state school-aid formula but claim no allotment has been made to educ since lottery began