Four Americans Released From East German Jail Joyful in West
Four Americans Mary Battle William Lovett Moses Herrin and Frederick Matthews crossed into West Berlin after more than a year in East German prisons. They described relief and fatigue and spoke of their experiences while awaiting further guidance from Washington.
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Berlin
West Berlin
East Germany
Mary Hellen Battle
Oak Ridge
Tenn
William W. Lovett
San Francisco
Calif
Moses Reese Herrin
Akron
Ohio
Frederick Matthews
Ellwood City
Lovett
Leipzig
Free University
Matthews
Herrin
Bombing of North Vietnam Declared Not Blocking Peace Talks
The State Department said U S bombing of North Vietnam has not interfered with peace settlement prospects. President Johnson noted that any step toward peace could halt the bombings. At the UN U Thant continued quiet efforts toward peace.
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Washington
State Department
USS
North Vietnam
Johnson
Fresh Senator Criticizes Hastings Tie-Up
Sen. George Conzemius of Cannon Falls questions Gov. LeVander’s pause on a 1.56 million Hastings State Hospital dormitory project. He notes five condemned wards housing 267 patients, fire hazards, and insufficient fire safety features while LeVander defends re evaluation and cites hospital vacancies.
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Robert Franklin
Associated Press
ST. Paul
Harold LeVander
Hastings State Hospital
Legislative Building Commission
George Conzemius
Cannon Falls
Hastings
Conzemius
LeVander
Czech Government Expels American Spy Convicted in Prague
American travel agent Vladimir Kazan-Komarek, 42, sentenced to eight years in a Communist prison for espionage, was expelled by the Czech government. He left Prague for New York shortly before 4 a.m., with U.S. officials calling it a step to ease East West tensions and noting support from Senators Kennedy and Brooke and Representative Heckler.
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Washington
Vladimir Kazan-Komarek
State Department
Prague
Kazan-Komarek
New York
Carl Barth
United States
Wellesley
Mass
Kazan- Komarek
Dorothy
Moscow
Paris
Soviet Union
U.S
Barth
Jr. Kazan-Komarek
Edward Kennedy
Edward Brooke
Margaret Heckler
Kennedy
Antonin Novotny
Brooke
Hoffa Bug Claim Denied by Justice Department
The Justice Department told the Supreme Court that James R. Hoffa’s claim of being bugged during his 1964 jury tampering trial has no foundation. It questioned affidavits supporting the eavesdropping charge and noted no monitoring of Hoffa or his lawyers at the Chattanooga trial.
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Washington
Justice Department
Teamster
James R. Hoffa
Department
Hoffa
Supreme Court
Chattanooga, Tenn
Mountain Iron Hazards Being Corrected Says Inspector
An inspector reports hazards at the Mountain Iron taconite plant are nearly eliminated as 85 percent of safety orders have been complied with. U.S. Steel’s $120 million project near Virginia, Minnesota, faced prior complaints about icing debris and guardless openings. Five workers died at the site, with several injuries attributed to various incidents and site conditions.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
William Sweeney
Department of Labor and Industry
Roman Rutherford
U.S. Steel Corp
Rutherford
Sweeney
Virginia
U.S. Steel
Reuther Quits as AFL-CIO VP and UAW Drift Threat
Washington AP By Neil Gilbride Walter Reuther resigns as AFL-CIO vice president signaling a possible UAW withdrawal in April. The move sparks a major crack in the federation with Reuther accusing AFL-CIO leadership of failing to advance workers' goals and Meany facing a challenge to his presidency.
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Washington
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Afl-Cio
Labor Federation
Reuther
George Meany
Aflcio
Auto Workers
House of Labor
Meany
Old American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
UAW
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
AFL - Cio
Industrial Union Department
Federation
Miami Beach
International Labor Organization
United Nations
Geneva
Johnson
Widow inherits $320000 estate of former Secretary Herter
Dedham Massachusetts AP reports Christian A Herter former U S secretary of state and Massachusetts governor died of a heart attack December 30 in his Washington D C home leaving the widow an estate valued at 320000.
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Dedham
Mass
Christian A. Herter
Herter
U.S
Massachusetts
Washington, D.C
Local 1145 Officers Refuse Strike Group Resignation
Three officers of Teamsters Local 1145 in Minneapolis rejected a dissident group’s demand they resign to end the Hon eywell four day walkout. The faction claimed no confidence and urged immediate return to work. The officers defended tactics and pledged continued leadership as state and federal negotiators met with company and union reps with no progress reported.
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Minneapolis
Teamsters Union Local 1145
Honeywell Inc
Norvin Swager
Melvin Rudinger
Andrew Jones
Jones
Fria
U S Ammo Dump Ripped by Explosions
Cleveland junior and senior high school girls confront a new city dress code forbidding skirts eye shadow and other fashion items. The note also bans T shirts tight pants Beatle haircuts for boys and lace stockings.
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U.S
Cleveland
Jeannie Simons
Viet Cong Sabotage Hits Long Binh Ammunition Depot
Explosions and fire believed set by Viet Cong saboteurs damaged a major U.S. Army ammunition dump at Long Binh 14 miles north of Saigon. It marks the fourth hit in just over three months. U.S. bombers and naval air units conducted extensive strikes across North and South Vietnam as fighting continued around Da Nang Phan Rang and War Zone D. Nine military police wounded when a depot building housing HQ and barracks was destroyed.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Long Binh
Hanoi
Tonkin Gulf
U.S
da Nang
White Horse Division
Nha Trang
173Rd Airborne Brigade
9Th Infantry Division
Big Spring
Phan Rang
South China Seacoast
Humiliation Reported for Liu Shao-chi in Curbside Court
Tokyo dispatches say Liu Shao-chi and wife Wang Kuang-mei were paraded before a curbside kangaroo court in Peking on January 26 where he was denounced as a bourgeois reactionary. Chinese posters claim Maoist forces still fight internal splits amid purges and shifting loyalties.
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Liu
Wang Kuang-mei
Chung Nan Hai Park
Peking
Mao
Red Guards
Communist Party
Red Flag
Chen Po-ta
Liu Shao-chi
Peking Wall
Five Workers Missing After Gulf Platform Fire
In Lake Charles Louisiana five workers are missing after a spectacular fire on a Gulf of Mexico drilling platform about 35 miles southeast of Cameron. One survivor described a loud explosion and portable diesel fuel fire while salvage crews faced intense heat and daylight delay. The platform and its drilling rig are valued around $500000 each. four gas wells had been completed for the CATCO joint venture of Continental Atlantic-Richfield Tidewater Cities Service.
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Lake Charles
Gulf of Mexico
Cameron
R.E. Campbell
Alleyton
Tex
Catco Group
Continental
Atlantic-Richfield, Tidewater
Cities Service Companies
Crown Drilling Co
New Orleans
Runaway Car Kills 3 School Children in Holyoke
Three children were killed and seven injured when a car mounted a sidewalk and struck them as they walked home from school in Holyoke. The vehicle, driven by 80 year old Marie K Johannis, rolled out of control into the group from Thomas Metcalf School. The scene involved a large platform overlooking the water.
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Holyoke
Mass
Marie K. Johannis
Thomas Metcalf
Weather: Cloudy and cold with possible snow
The forecast calls for cloudy skies tonight and Sunday with colder conditions. Snow is likely to begin late tonight and continue through Sunday, with a low around 12 to 22 degrees.
Schedule of Pages Late News Area Editorial Society Classifieds
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Kennedy Talks Peace With Pope in Vatican Visit
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy met Pope Paul VI for 35 minutes in the Vatican Library discussing Vietnam and Southeast Asia as he wrapped up his European tour and headed to New York. In Davenport, Billy Ray Easley was hospitalized with a bullet wound and his wife jailed on assault charges after a domestic dispute, with bond set at $1,000.
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Vatican City
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Paul VI
Vietnam
New York
Kennedy
Davenport
Iowa
Billy Ray Easley
Carrier Crew Held Aboard Ship Near Cape Town
The U S aircraft carrier Franklin D Roosevelt arriving from Vietnam had shore leave cancelled for all officers and crew to avoid South Africa's apartheid rules. Both white and Black sailors must stay aboard while the ship fuels and provisions, with departure planned for Tuesday.
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Cape Town
South Africa
U.S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Vietnam
South African Press Association
Jailers Held Hostage During Alaska Jail Riot
Rioting prisoners at the Alaska State Jail bound and gagged a jailer and held him for nearly three hours on Friday night demanding to speak with newspaper reporters. Twenty two inmates ripped plumbing, shattered windows and light fixtures, set mattresses on fire, and faced off with police using a fire hose. The uprising was the third riot at the jail since August 1966.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Navy men listed as dead in Vietnam turn up as prisoners
Pentagon confirms three Navy personnel long listed as killed in action are alive and in Communist custody. A Pentagon spokesman declined to reveal how the information was learned, noting the men were reported missing after two planes were downed by North Vietnamese anti aircraft fire. The officers named were Lt jg Porter A Haliburton of Decatur Georgia Lt Cmdr Robert B Doremus of Wilmington Delaware and Cmdr Fred A W Franke Jr of San Diego California.
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Washington
Vietnam
Pentagon
J.g. Porter A. Halyburton
Decatur
Robert B
Duluth Man Found Dead in Snowbound Car
Robert R. Dillon aged 43 was found dead in his car near his Island Lake cabin after refusing neighbor help when stuck in a snow filled ditch. Police say carbon monoxide poisoning from the running motor caused the death.
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Duluth, Minn
Duluth
Island Lake
Robert R. Dillon
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Lester Mishoon
Miami Ballet Company
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