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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1971
Page
1
A series of U S Soviet agreements has narrowed hostility but no lasting breakthrough yet. Berlin remains the key issue with delays over ratification and East German resistance. SALT and MBFR talks continue with spring as the likely breakthrough window.
Parents accompany students to a school art class and view sample works by their children, guided by teachers who explain courses and subjects on display.
The railroad signalmen union announced a tentative 42 month contract likely to exceed the Pay Board 5.5 percent annual cap. The agreement, affecting about 12 000 members, awaits ratification by 75 local chairmen in Chicago and Pay Board approval for legality before taking effect. The Pay Board has shown leeway to approve larger raises when justified by prior raises during the freeze.
Rudolf Abel, longtime Soviet agent in the United States, died at 68 after an illness eight months. He operated from 1948 to his 1957 arrest, was exchanged in 1962 for U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, and was hailed posthumously by the KGB and Pravda as a dedicated officer.
Senate Democrats press to complete work on a large Nixon era tax cut bill. Efforts to add a 1971 individual tax cut and to trim business relief were defeated. A college tuition tax credit was adopted, with a complex scale and income limits, but likely to face House conference.
Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty announced plans to run for the Democratic presidential nomination and launch his campaign in New Hampshire's early primary. Two young Minnesota men died in a police pursuit crash near Roseau and Greenbush. In Maryland, the Col. Ky Henderson brigade chaplain testified about dismissing a report of My Lai casualties as untrue. The Supreme Court agreed to hear a government appeal over civilian surveillance lawsuits, seeking to avoid a full trial.
Harris poll shows Sen. Edward Kennedy as the Democratic front runner among likely voters in a 1972 nomination field. Among independents, Muskie leads, with Kennedy close when combined totals are considered. Other Democratic preferences include Humphrey Lindsay McCarthy and McGovern, who is the only declared candidate.
A third jamming device disrupted Sundays telecast of the Minnesota Vikings versus Green Bay in Minneapolis. It was located on the Flame Nite Club roof and resembled transmitters found at two other lounges earlier that afternoon.
In Washington AP reports a Boland amendment to stop funding Indochina war efforts faces virtually certain defeat in the House. POW-MIA families push the cut while supporters note Nixon's troop withdrawal plan. The $71 billion defense bill funds weapons programs but trims manpower.
Confidential Justice Department reports obtained by AP describe the Hong Kong Seaman's Union allegedly slipping Chinese communists into the United States on espionage missions. FBI analysis notes union members aboard non Communist flagships to sabotage ships or jump ship for espionage. Officials say 4,200 mainland Chinese enter yearly as illegal aliens, with narcotics arrests also cited. INS reports show smuggling rings broken with Canadian help, but many go uns caught. Estimates place 5 640 entrants from 1965 to 1970.
In Charleston, West Virginia, a federal statistician, Robert Eder, killed his wife Pat and two sons before fatally shooting himself. Within blocks, Dr Charles Cottrell Jr and his wife were found shot to death in their recreation room. their daughter Teresa 13 discovered them. Police said the killings likely are not linked and no suspects were named.
State Rep. Gary Flakne of Minneapolis says Minnesota should finance an independent study of pari mutuel horse racing. He sponsored a 1971 pari mutuel bill and announced Monday plans to seek state funds for the outside study.
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