Clark and Gannon Enter Citywide Races Des Moines
Clark and Gannon announce candidacies for state and federal offices in Iowa. Gannon, 44, a Jasper county farmer, seeks lieutenant governor as a full time post, while Dick Clark of Marion prepares to run for U S senator. Culver backs reelect.
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Marion
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John Culver
U.S
Jack Miller
Culver
FBI Nabs Russian U.N. Translator on Espionage Charge
Valery Markelov, 32, a translator at the U.N. Secretariat, was arrested in a Long Island diner after receiving classified documents about the navy’s new FMS program from a Grumman Aerospace Corp. engineer who was cooperating with the FBI. Markelov was held overnight for arraignment before U.S. Magistrate Max Schiffman. The Soviet Mission to the U.N. declined to comment and did not confirm his citizenship.
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Navy
Valery Markelov
Long Island
Grumman Aerospace Corps
Markelov
Federal House of Detention
U.S
Max Schiffman
Center
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United Nations
Realistic Five Year Plan Aims at 64.8 Million for City Improvements
Grumman develops 12 prototypes of a swing wing aircraft while a federal inquiry in Washington involves a Russian contact case. Cedar Rapids and Linn County outline a five year capital program with a $64.8 million price tag to fund local improvements across the city and regional planning efforts. The plan, praised as realistic by City Council member Canney, centers on orderly project sequencing and financing stability, with $16.39 million allocated for year one and annual reviews to follow. Contingencies may alter execution, but officials expect year one activities to proceed in 1972.
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Markelov
Washington
Peter Staith
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Psa Ne
Suffolk County Police
Ed Linn County
Canney
Schrader Again Awarded Iowa Writing Honor
Gus Schrader, The Gazette sports editor, was named Iowa sports writer of the year, the first statewide vote by writers and broadcasters in 11 years. The item notes Nixon era tensions and political jabs as leaders comment on media, money, and rival candidates.
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Nixon
Schrader
Iowa
Sam Yorty
George McGovern
John Lindsay
Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace
Humphrey
Minnesota
Edmund Muskie
Yorty
Eugene McCarthy
Chicago
Teamsters
James Hoffa
Edward M. Kennedy
Year of the Rat Celebration Opens Lunar Year in Chinatown
Chinatown residents in San Francisco mark the start of the lunar new year, welcoming the year of the rat number 4670 on the traditional Chinese calendar amid festive observances and community activities.
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UPI
Chinatown
U S Laird urges surge in nuclear forces to counter Soviet threat
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird told a Senate panel the United States must rapidly expand its nuclear and naval arsenals to match a Soviet buildup he described as gaining momentum. He warned of a potential Soviet anti satellite capability and said Washington should accelerate research and boost undersea missiles, noting Russia's growing Yankee class subs and a projected Polaris Poseidon edge.
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Apt
Melvin Laird
U.S
Laird
Soviet Union
America
Senate Armed Forces Committee
Russia
Cosmos
Ruauia
Nixon Itinerary for China Trip Released by White House
The White House released President Nixon's travel plan detailing departures from Andrews AFB on Feb 17 and Feb 19 to Hawaii then Guam crossing the International Date Line, with stops in Shanghai Peking Hangzhou and Shanghai before returning to Washington. The itinerary notes a return crossing the Date Line and refueling in Anchorage, Alaska on Feb 27.
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Shanghai
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Hangchow
Anchorage
Alaska
Schools for Drinking Drivers Bill Voted
DES Moines AP A bill would require courts to order convicted drinking drivers to attend courses at their own expense. The measure passed 81 to 7 and moves to the Senate. It authorizes the public safety commissioner to reduce license suspensions for those who complete the course and mirrors a Phoenix program. Iowa cites alcohol involvement in over half of fatal accidents.
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U.S
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Vietnam
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Joan Wipsky
Cedar Rapids
Phoenix
Iowa
Alcoho
William Gluba
D-Daylenport
Henry Kissinger’s First Substitute Haig Eyes China Policy
Brig. Gen. Alexander Haig, 47, deputy national security adviser, directs NSC staff while Nixon and Kissinger travel. Haig coordinated Kissinger’s secret missions to Peking and Paris, keeps operations smooth, and weighs policy options for Nixon’s foreign affairs ventures. He notes hopes for communications with China without full diplomatic ties. He comments on Vietnam, China trip, and the Anderson leak, refusing to predict leak fix.
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White House
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Haig
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John Scall
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Peking Jaat
Paria
Anderson
Jack Anderson
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