Park Sets Release of Prisoners in South Korea
President Park Chung Hee announced plans to free most political prisoners jailed for anti-government activity last year, excluding Communists. About 203 prisoners are affected, including student detainees, two Japanese nationals serving 20-year terms, and others tied to the defunct People's Revolutionary party. The move follows a national referendum backing Park's policies, with critics urging deeper constitutional reforms and abolition of emergency decrees.
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South Korea
Chung Hee Park
Perk
Daniel Tji Hak Syun
Wonju
Kim Chi Ha
Kim Seong-Jin
Park
Kim
People's Revolutionary Party
Yun Fosun
Kim Yong-sam
New Democratic Party
Tokyo
Japan
Ichitaro Ide
Masaki Tachikawa
Yoshiharu Hayakawa
Congressman Pettis Killed In California Plane Crash
AP reports Congressman Jerry Pettis 58 a Republican from California was killed when his single engine plane crashed into a mountain aid near San Bernardino Pettis a former economics professor at Loma Linda University had served in Congress since 1964. In Tanzania Yahaya Omari 21 pled guilty to illegal possession of an elephant task valued at 150 dollars unable to pay a 1000 dollar fine sentenced to six years in jail. A magistrate warned future violators of conservation law will be heavily punished.
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Calif
Jerry Pettis
Rcalif
Loma Linda University
Pettis
Vonpres
Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
Yahaya Omari
Wan
Amoagistrate
Humorist Wodehouse Dies at 93 in Long Island
Humorist F G Wodehouse died at Southampton hospital at 93 after being treated for a skin rash. He had just planned his 97th book and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth, returning to his Long Island ranch with wife Ethel. The writer, famed for Jeeves, had become an American citizen in 1966.
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Wodehouse
Long Island
England
Spy boat sunk near Kojin in Korean waters
South Korean forces sank a North Korean spy boat in Korean waters on Saturday after shore batteries opened fire. The defense ministry reported one South Korean boy killed and another wounded by stray bullets in Kojin, while listing no North Korean casualties.
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Defense Ministry
Kojin
Revenue sharing to continue in altered form predicts Iowa delegation
Iowa lawmakers heard six members of Congress outline likely continuance of the $30 billion revenue sharing program begun in 1972. Sen. Culver said Congress will examine use of funds and potential strings while states decide appropriate actions. Energy policy favors gradual conservation to avoid shocks to jobs and economy amid debate on oil tariffs and rationing.
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Nes Moines
Iowa
John Culver
Culver
Nixon
Congress
Tour Harkin
Berkley Bedell
Washington
Dick Clark Drown
Energy outlook improves after $18 billion oil bill
Clark says the energy situation is brighter than expected after the nation paid $18 billion for oil last year. He notes higher prices created a $3 billion deficit, yet the economy withstood the price hike. Indications point to potential drops in oil prices, boosting the positive assessment.
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Clark
Doctor Found Guilty Of Manslaughter In Abortive Case
Boston AP Kenneth Edelin, an obstetrician, was found guilty of manslaughter over a 1973 abortion death of a 20 to 24 week fetus. Jurors weighed whether the fetus born alive before death constituted a crime. The trial centered on when life begins and a doctor's responsibility. the verdict follows complex testimony about fetal breath and timing of events.
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Kenneth Edelin
Nee Dente Alee
Mal
Earler
James Metluire
Edelin
McGuire
Boston City Hospital
Newman Flanagan
Thuralay
William Homans
U.S. Supreme Court
Enrique Gimenez-Jimeno
Gimenez-Jimeno
Eilen Curtin
Sale to Cuba allows Litton to sell to Castro government
Washington reports the United States has temporarily waived the trade boycott on Cuba to permit Litton Industries to ship about $600,000 worth of office equipment to the Fidel Castro government.
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Washington
U.S
Littonindustries
Fidel Castro
Little Girl Essays on Parents Offer Thoughtful Gripe
A young student humorously argues that parents seem so old once we have them making it hard to change their habits. The brief piece captures a child's outsider view with a playful take on family dynamics and aging.
Kissinger Responds to Safire Harper's Attack
Secretary of State Kissinger angrily rebutted Jon Safire's Harper's essay claiming a misrepresented quote about meeting with Brezhnev in 1972. He said the piece copied a classified draft, denied discussing the wheat deal, and refuted Safire's assertion about Nessen and the Vladivostok accord.
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NEW York
Henry A. Kissinger
Jonnaliet
White House
William Safire
Harper's
Safire
Kizainger
Leonid Brezhnev
Vietnam
China
U.S
Acena
U S
Kissinger
Breahney
Steff
Kissinger Ald
Cambodian Airlift From Thailand To Phnom Penh Expanded
World Airways and Airlift International won 10 day contracts to airlift 1.2 million pounds of supplies from Thailand to Phnom Penh in American DC-8 aircraft. Bird Air will scale to 150 tons daily with 16 flights and seven additional C 130s under a 1.6 million contract to ease the Mekong supply route block.
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World Airways
Airlift International
Thailand
Phnom Penh
U.S
Pentagon
Bird Air
Enid
Mekong River
Mekong
Phnom Perth
Utapao
Court Upholds Bird Slaughter Insecticide Use
A court of appeals rules the army may use chemical spraying to kill millions of blackbirds in Kentucky and Tennessee by exposure, approving a plan that would decimate the birds.
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Washington
SPS
Court of Appaula
Kentucky
Tennessee
U S Aims to Break Oil Cartel With Deals Below Peak
U S plans long term oil deals with individual producers at prices under the current fixed level to disrupt OPEC. Kissinger met King Faisal in Riyadh to seek conciliation and cooperation while a private plan targets price setting by OPEC. OPEC postponed a Vienna ministers meeting to Feb. 25 as talks continue.
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Saudi Arabia
U.S
Kisinger
Faisal
Kissinger
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
PEC
OPEC
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Alpiers
Middle East
Iast
Bonn
Ahmed
Zaki Yamani
Yemani
Charles Robinson
Robinson
Jordan
Couple Held After Shoplifting Dispute At Local Store
In Paulsboro New Jersey a man Walter King and woman Roberta Stenson were taken to the police station on a shoplifting charge. Free payroll checks totaling nearly $1,000 were found missing from a drawer. A woman later attempted to cash the checks at a bank but dropped them and fled. Police later arrested the pair on tar cony and forgery.
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Walter King
Roberta Stenson
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