West Berlin Students Threaten Nixon Visit Demonstrations
West Berlin extremist students warned they will stage demonstrations against President Nixon during his February 27 European tour. The leftist Free University student parliament said Nixon would leave with a different state of mind than Kennedy and urged opposition to the March 5 West German president election. Plans spread beyond the university to clubs and other groups, with fears of riots and clashes with police amid guarded supply routes to the enclave.
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UPI
West Berlin
Nixon
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Free University
Kennedy
Horst Mahler
Republic Club
Humphrey
Free Coffee for Jury Reverses Conviction in Iowa Case
Iowa Supreme Court vacated James Schofield Carey’s aggravated burglary conviction after finding county officials provided free coffee to jurors. A coffee urn in the Guthrie county jury room, labeled as supplied by the county attorney and clerk, influenced the trial, but the court ordered a new trial for Carey over multiple meritful errors.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
High Court
Guthrie County District Court
James Schofield Carey
Perry
Robert Musich
Harlan
Western Park Co
Clay le Grand
New Jersey Returns to Firing Line in Vietnam War
The battleship New Jersey resumed combat near Da Nang after a month off the line, shelling 64 bunkers with 1,900 pound projectiles in support of South Korean Marines. Five enemy soldiers were reported killed as Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces intensified attacks across several provinces, with heavy fighting leaving multiple casualties among South Vietnamese troops and civilians.
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Saigon
New Jersey
da Nang
James Swan
Japan
Highlands
Mekong
Phu Bon
Central Highlands
IE Directors Reject Holding Company Proposal
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. of Cedar Rapids will not join a proposed utility holding company. IE directors say the firm is large enough to go it alone and see no cost or management benefits from joining. They warn of risk that the gas division could be dropped and favor voluntary agreements between independents. Per share earnings have risen faster than most local utilities.
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Davenport
Iowa Power and Light Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Electric
Won't Yield Objectives Dubcek Says Won't Yield
Alexander Dubcek, Czechslovakia’s first secretary, pledged on Tuesday that the country would not abandon its aims despite the Soviet invasion tied to his reform program. Speaking to farmers in Uhrovec, he defended the post January policy and noted gains while stressing the principles remain valid amid difficult tests.
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Prague
UPI
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Czechslovakia
Dubcek
Uhrovec
Nixon Urges Frank U S Soviet Peace View Exchange
In Moscow Izvestia reports President Nixon told Kremlin leaders the United States and the Soviet Union share a special responsibility to maintain world peace. He thanked Premier Kosygin and President Podgorny for congratulations on his inauguration and urged frank exchanges of views between governments.
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Moscow
Nixon
Kremlin
U. S
Soviet Union
Izvestia
Kosygin
Podgorny
United States
Hijacker Victims Can Return on Same Plane
UPI reports the United States and Cuba reached an agreement allowing passengers on hijacked American airliners to remain on the same aircraft to return to Miami. The plan, brokered via the Swiss embassy in Havana, aims to ease travel for hijack victims though officials note it does not address how to reduce hijackings.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Cuba
State Department
Robert Mccloskey
Havana
Miami
International Air Transport Association
IATA
Castro
Whch
June Primary To Gov Ray Special to The Gazette
The Iowa Senate passed 57 to 1 a bill to move the primary date from September to June. Sen. Andrew Frommelt opposed, preferring a date after conventions but before June. If signed, the new date would be the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June. House approval followed the governor’s recommendation.
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Senate
Andrew Frommelt
Dubuque
House
Girl Hostage Escapes as Captor Is Shot Dead
In Dallas area Mesquite police end a 100 hour siege when gunfire kills parolee Freddie Mullins as 17 year old Janie Lewis flees to safety in a Big Town shopping center cafeteria. Mullins had held her at gunpoint after a traffic stop and chase, while crowds watched from a distance.
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Dallas
Janie Lewis
Freddie Mullins
Minnesota
Mesquite
L. H. Limmer
Miss Lewis
Mullins
Limmer
L. C. Tidwell
Richard Launderville
Tidwell
Launderville
Janie
Forney
Russo says he did not hear Kennedy killers agreement
Perry Russo testified in New Orleans that he never heard Clay Shaw or Lee Harvey Oswald agree to kill President Kennedy. He did say Ferrie stated, “We’ll kill him,” though he could not gauge Ferrie’s intent. The defense sought proof of an actual agreement.
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New Orleans
UPI
Clay Shaw
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Perry Russo
David Ferrie
Russo
Ferrie
Shaw
Oswald
Louisiana
F. Irvin Dymond
Edward Haggerty
Dymond
Clem Bertrand
Northeast Tackles Big Digging Job
News from New York and the Northeast as storm deaths rose to 86 with plows at work to clear the weekend snow. Suburban Westchester reported seven shovel-related fatalities while 86 died nationwide. Airports reopened slowly as thousands remained stranded at Kennedy.
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New York
Westchester County
Kennedy Airport
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