Czech reformers gain ground as Dubcek touts crisis resolve
Prague reports say Communist chief Alexander Dubcek told 1500 officers and workers that the reform leadership has overcome the gravest crisis since the Soviet invasion. He criticized conservative opponents and urged unity, broader public participation, and disciplined action while preserving a unified party line. Svoboda praised a modern army under party and state control and stressed citizen rights within military service.
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Prague
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Czechoslovakia
Dubcek
Radio Prague
Ludvik Svoboda
People’s Army
Svoboda
Complete Shaw Panel Is Seated
An all male panel of 12 jurors and two alternates was seated in New Orleans to try Clay Shaw on charges of conspiring to murder President Kennedy.
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New Orleans
UPI
Clay Shaw
Kennedy
Heaven by a Close Shave Joke Caption
A light humor note claims men reach heaven by a close shave since male angels with whiskers are unseen. Copyright.
Last Chance To Block Congressional Pay Raise Fails
Washington lawmakers faced a last chance to block a 12 500 a year pay raise for members of Congress set to take effect February 14 The House Rules Committee tabled a resolution by Rep H R Gross to allow a vote on the raise and a Senate version had already failed The move ends attempts to derail the raise under a 1967 law without veto by either chamber
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Washington
Congress
House Rules Committee
House
Senate
Johnson
Rules Committee
H.R. Gross
Iowa
Richard Bolling
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Gross
Mike Mansfield
White House
Clifford Hardin
Nixon
Dirksen
Ford
U.S. Moves to Four-Power Talks on Middle East Peace
Washington reports Nixon will back four power discussions with the United States, Britain, France and the Soviet Union to push Israel-Arab peace talks under Gunnar Jarring’s U.N. mission. The move signals a shift from Johnson era methods toward U.S.-Soviet influence to unlock the deadlock.
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Washington
U.S
France
Middle East
Nixon
Johnson
Russia
Britain
U.N
National Security Council
Gunnar Jarring
Soviet Union
Israel
Unrest rises as Jordanian Israeli clash erupts near Sea of Galilee
Jordanian spokesman says fighting lasted about an hour across the cease-fire line south of the Sea of Galilee with machine guns. He blamed Israel for triggering the exchange near al Adassiyah three miles from the coast. No Jordanian casualties reported. Egypt said Saudi Arabia and Kuwait would send Arab troops to aid Jordan. Israel warned Lebanon over guerrilla raids and said Egypt would double its air strength by 1970. Nablus lifted a 24 hour curfew after protests by schoolgirls as unrest spread.
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Sea of Galilee
Amman
Jordan River
Mediterranean Sea
al-Adassiyah
Jordan
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Israel
Lebanon
Nablus
Jerusalem
Nixon bars politics from postmaster appointments
President Nixon announced that all postmasterships will be removed from political patronage effective immediately. Postmaster General Blount said future vacancies will go to the best qualified candidates without regard to politics or party affiliation.
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Washington
Nixon
Republic
Blount
FCC votes to propose ban on cigarette ads on radio and TV
The Federal Communications Commission voted 6 to 1 to propose rules prohibiting cigarette advertising on radio and television. The rules would take effect after July 1 if a five year FCC ban exemption expires, with possible exceptions for tar and nicotine disclosures. Congress will review before any final action. In 1967 ad spend reached 311.9 million dollars, including 226.9 million on TV and 17.5 million on radio.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commmission
Moss
D-Calif
Commission
Congress
FCC
Violence erupts as UC Berkeley strike turns violent
About two dozen injured and 20 arrested as police clash with strikers on Berkeley campus. Officers charged crowds while demonstrators hurl rocks and fruit. at least 10 police injured and several students hospitalised. Chancellor Heyns denounces violence and vows enforcement.
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Berkeley
Calif
UPI
University of California
Roger Heyns
Nixon Electoral Message Planned
House Republican Leader Ford said President Nixon opposes scrapping the electoral college but will send a message to Congress proposing reforms to the system.
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House
Ford
Nixon
Congress
Saigon Cancels Tet Leaves to Prevent Offensive
Saigon authorities cancel military leaves from Feb 10 to Feb 17 to keep all forces at duty stations during Tet after last year’s Viet Cong offensive. The U S reports air strikes killing 36 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong, while a Marine helicopter collision kills eight. A base camp for 3,000 troops is destroyed northwest of Saigon. a terrorist opens fire on a civilian defense office killing one child and wounding five.
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Saigon
Viet Cong
Thieu
U.S
da Nang
U.S. 25Th Division
Civil Defense
Sirhan Sirhan Indictment Dismissal Denied in Los Angeles
Defense failed to dismiss the murder indictment against Sirhan Sirhan claiming a non representative grand jury. Superior Court Judge Herbert Walker ruled the motion insufficient on grounds of relevance and merits. The panel, eight men and four women, will be sworn in as jury selection proceeds with statements from attorneys and testimony to begin next week.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Sirhan
Sirhan
Robert Kennedy
Superior Court
Herbert Walker
Grant Cooper
Lynn Compton
Kennedy
Cuba to hold first census since 1953, government announces
Havana reports in AP dispatch that Cuba plans the first national census since 1953, six years before Fidel Castro rose to power. The announcement confirms a major statistical effort to update population data.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Nixon Urges Fast Senate Action On Nuclear Treaty
President Nixon pressed the Senate to ratify a treaty to curb nuclear weapon spread while aiding peaceful atomic energy. Fulbright set hearings after Lincoln Day recess with a vote expected in early March. Dirksen and Ford signaled possible new strike legislation and tax reform moves.
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J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Fulbright
Nixon
G.O.P
Rep
Gerald Ford
Sen
Everett Dirksen
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Mansfield
Sen. Mundt
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UPI Photo
James Clifford
Heyns
Husky
U.S. Marine
U.S.S.R
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