East German Guards Delay West Berlin Traffic
East German border guards halted traffic into West Berlin for two hours at the main trance and delayed routes on the roads to West Germany. Officials cited new restrictions tied to West Berlin’s March presidential election and the Soviet backed East German regime faced protests from the United States Britain and France.
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West Berlin
West Germany
Helmstedt
East Germany
Frankfurt
Der
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
East Ger
Germany
De Gaulle Quits WEU as Nixon Visit Looms
London AP brief notes Charles de Gaulle withdraws France from the Western European Union council less than a week before President Nixon’s visit. France accuses Britain of backdoor moves toward the Common Market while Britain asserts its European ties persist. France halts all WEU activities indefinitely and skips a London council meeting.
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Charles de Gaulle
Nixon
de Gaulle
Britain
France
Council of the Weu
Western Europe
Paris
Harold Wilson
Europe
WEU
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Middle East
Maurice Sweins D'Eckhoutte
Weus
Injured Youth Dies on Way to City Hospital
In Redwood Falls Minnesota a ninth grade student James Kratzke Jr. aged 14 died in an ambulance en route to a Minneapolis hospital after a junior high basketball game collision. The incident occurred Monday evening at Willmar during the tournament.
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Redwood Falls
Nixon budget director signals one year tax plan
In Washington President Nixon's budget director told Congress the administration will back a one year tax. He cautioned a budget surplus shrinkage this year and possibly next year. In St Paul a Minnesota vehicle inspection bill faced heavy House Highway Committee opposition and was shelved in a subcommittee. A five member subcommittee was formed to study Minnesota credit needs and public access to credit with Rep. Everson leading.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
St, Paul
Minnesota
House Highway Committee
William Frenzel
Golden Valley
ST. Paul
Ron Everson
Wadena
Otto Bang
Edina
Donald W. Fisher
Rochester
Roger Hanson
Vergas
John Keefe
Hopkins
George Mann
Windom
Keewatin Snowmobiler Dies in Cable-Strike Mishap
Keewatin snowmobiler Robert Hanson, 34, was killed Monday night after striking a cable stretched across a private mining road south of Keewatin, Itasca County sheriff's office said. Hanson left a widow and three children. In Jerusalem a hand grenade exploded shattering windows in a Jewish sector home days after a mystery blast unsettled residents.
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Keewatin, Minn
Keewatin
Itasca County
Jerusalem
Old Jerusalem
U S Bombers Shift Top Targets to Red Bases Threatening Saigon
U S B52 bombers shifted focus from the Ho Chi Minh Trail through Laos to Viet Cong bases threatening Saigon. In the past week B52s dropped about 26,000 bombs weighing 500 to 750 pounds each on War Zones D and C near Saigon, with 24 aircraft flights per day during the lunar new year period.
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U.S
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Paris Deadlock Signals Possible, Slow Progress in Talks
Paris diplomats warn of a renewed stalemate in the Vietnam peace talks, likely around South Vietnam's political future. Saigon rejects international negotiation of internal affairs, while U S ambassador Lodge advocates de escalation and a demilitarized zone as a first step, aborting any imposed solution.
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Paris
Vietnam
United States
Saigon
South Vietnam
Pham Dang Lam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lam
Demilitarized Zone
Lodge
Washington
Tax Code Review Starts In Congress On Foundations
Washington AP Congress opened a sweeping tax code review with proposals for a 20 percent tax on private foundation investment income. Rep Patman said reform not abolition, and suggested limits on foundation ownership of business stock plus annual net income distribution for philanthropy. He cited asset growth in foundations and noted Ford and Rockefeller spends and grants.
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Congress
Wright Patman
Texas
House
Ways and Means Committee
Kansas
Wilbur D. Mills
Patman
Charles L. McClaskey
National Association of Foundations, Inc
Internal Revenue Service
Ford Foundation
Ginsburg & Feldman
Rockefeller Foundation
Cleveland
Carl B. Stokes
New York
Rockefeller to Lead Nixon Latin America Mission
Washington AP Governor Nelson Rockefeller will travel in April to Latin American countries as special emissary for President Nixon. The mission aims to listen to leaders and advance common goals for Western Hemisphere unity and development, with four to six countries visited per tour lasting about a week.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nixon
New York
U.S
Roosevelt
Rockefeller
White House
United States
Packard Sees Improved Pentagon Defense Plan
Deputy Defense Secretary David Packard predicted the Pentagon antimissile study will yield a stronger defense than the current plan while signaling the Nixon administration may continue with the Sentinel system, though deployment could change. He noted the Sentinel technology is sound but the main question is deployment strategy.
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Washington
David Packard
Pentagon
Packard
Nixon
Bliss Resigns as GOP Head
Washington AP report says Ray C. Bliss will resign as Republican national chairman in mid April to return to private business. Nixon approved the move and saluted Bliss for a job extraordinarily well done. The White House provided no further explanation.
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Washington
White House
Ray C. Bliss
Ronald L. Ziegler
Bliss
Nixon
Ziegler
Five year old Leigh Barron Jr in court over jaywalking
Five year old Leigh Barron Jr appeared before Judge Zita L Weinshienk on a jaywalking charge. Denver patrolman Louis M Vecchiarelli issued the ticket and the ticket was torn up by police. The parents sent him to court to learn a lesson and the boy promised to go straight to the corners from now on.
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Leigh Barron Jr
Zita L. Weinshienk
Denver
Louis M. Vecchiarelli
Ket
Pay talks stall as Austin teachers seek pay gains
Negotiations between the Austin Teachers Council and the School Board stretched into a second four hour meeting with no agreement on fringe benefits, extra professional services and the salary schedule. The council urged career increments, transfer of teaching credits, and more paid Sabbatical leave while the board resisted adding cost through higher pay and enhanced benefits.
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Austin
Council
Teachers Council
Borad
Birthday greeting from the Nixons to Mrs Martha Nichols Brown
Philadelphia resident Mrs Martha Nichols Brown received a presidential birthday greeting from President and Mrs Nixon at the White House on her 11th birthday. Brown recalls Philadelphia's mourning after Lincoln's assassination and is noted as a mother with seven children, 15 grandchildren, and 19 great grandchildren.
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Martha Nichols Brown
Philadelphia
Nixon
White House
Brown
Lincoln
Eight Die in Nebraska Gas Tank Wreck
CRETE Nebraska AP Eight killed as leaking anhydrous ammonia fumes spread from a wrecked railroad tank car in a southeast town. Gov. Tiemann cited six deaths while a Department of Agriculture inspector reported ten. Evacuations ordered as guardsmen and state police with gas masks aid rescue and area counties send units.
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Crete
Neb
Nebraska
Norbert Tiemann
Department of Agriculture
Burlington Railroad
Funeral Home
Saline County
Wilber
China calls Warsaw talks unsuitable amid defection row
Peking said it is obviously most unsuitable for the United States and Chinese ambassadors to meet in Warsaw on Thursday as scheduled after a 15 month interval. It cited an anti China atmosphere caused by the defection of a Chinese diplomat who served in the Netherlands and is now in the United States.
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Tokyo
Red China
U.S
Warsaw
Netherlands
United States
No-Fault Car Insurance Bill Introduced in Senate
In St Paul AP report Sen Jack Davies led bipartisan effort for a no fault auto insurance plan to curb lawsuits and cut costs for Minnesota drivers. Co authors include Sen Rudy Hanson and Sen Edward Novak with AIA backed model requiring motorists to claim from their own insurer. The plan aims to save motorists about 25 dollars annually on premiums.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
State Senate
Jack Davies
Minneapolis
DFL
Rudy Hanson
Albert Lea
Edward Novak
Davies
American Insurance Association
AIA
Crackdown in Metairie Police Arrest 13 People in Attic Raid
Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies hold revolvers ready as they flash a suspect from the attic of a Metairie residence early Monday during a crackdown on drug traffic. Deputies arrested 13 persons, most aged 18 to 28, following narcotics charges against 39 people in nearby New Orleans.
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Metairie
New Orleans
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