Hickel pledges no overturn of land halt during Interior post
Alaska Governor Walter Hickel, Nixon pick for interior secretary, vows not to reverse the federal order halting Alaska land selections. Senate committees weigh conflicts of interest for Kennedy and Packard as leaders debate safeguards and divestment. Hickel faces panel scrutiny Saturday with possible divestment.
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Washington
Alaska
Walter Hickel
Nixon
Interior
Jackson
D-Wash
Senate Interior Committee
Senate
Mansfield
Mont
Protests Rise After Student Palach Self Immolation Letter
Prague AP reports a copied letter from Jan Palach, 21, claiming a group will die by own action to spur Czech protests after the Soviet invasion. Palach, badly burned, poured gasoline on himself on Wenceslas Square. The letter seeks to end press censorship and ban the occupation forces newspaper Pravy.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Jan Palach
Wenceslas Square
Ngo Dinh Diem
Pravy
Palach
Wilibald Bezdicek
National Front
Evzen Erban
Stanislav Raz
Czech Writers Union
Listy
Brno
Moravia
Popular National Assembly
Josef Smrkovsky
Federal Assembly
Petr Colotka
Smrkovsky
Heavy Snowfall Warning Hits North Iowa
Iowans face more heavy snow and ice as an Iowa weather system moves across the state. Snow totals may reach 4 inches in northwest areas and 2 to 4 inches in the northeast including Cedar Rapids, with freezing rain in the southeast turning to snow overnight.
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North
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Fort Dodge
Lamoni
Burlington
Ord
Neb
Garnaville
Mar-Mac
McGregor
Valley
Elkader Central
St. Joseph’s Guttenberg
St. Joseph’s
Divorcee's quip on alimony prompts husband repossession
A widow in a sarcastic jab tells a friend she will repossess her husband if alimony payments lag. The line plays on financial control with a tongue in cheek tone.
Lodge Signals Possible Paris Cease Fire In Two Months
Senator Sparkman said Henry Cabot Lodge told senators that Paris talks could yield a cease fire within two months and permit U S troop withdrawals from Vietnam. Sparkman noted Lodge had softened views on winning a military victory.
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Sparkman
D-Ala
Henry Cabot Lodge
Paris
U.S. Trops
Vietnam
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
U.S
Taxpayer revolt warned over income tax reform
Secretary of the Treasury Joseph Barr told Congress middle income taxpayers may revolt if the income tax system is not reformed soon. He cited high earners paying little tax and urged urgent, major reforms to restore public confidence and fairness. He said Treasury has recommendations but will delay disclosure to the Kennedy transition team and Congress.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Joseph Barr
Congress
Senate
House Economic Committee
Barr
Treasury
David Kennedy
Senator Proxmire denounces alleged retaliation over Pentagon overrun
Senator Proxmire cites an air force memo as shocking retaliation against A Ernest Fitzgerald the efficiency expert who revealed a 2 billion overrun in C 5A cost. He reads the memo outlining possible actions against Fitzgerald during a subcommittee hearing with Robert Charles amid defense procurement scrutiny.
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Washington
Proxmire
D-Wis
Air Force
Pentagon
Joint Economy
Defense Department
Senate
Lockheed Corp
Fitzgerald
Management Systems
Financial Management
Garrison Aide Seeks Delay in Shaw Trial
District Attorney Jim Garrison asks to reset the Clay Shaw murder trial as federal action blocks evidence. Assistant DA James Alcock says a trial cannot proceed if the government withholds subpoenas and autopsy materials tied to Kennedy's assassination.
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New Orleans
Jim Garrison
Clay Shaw
Kennedy
James Alcock
Washington, D.C
Garrison
Alcock
Washington
Charles Halleck
Court of General Sessions
National Archives
Shaw
Cosmonauts Return From Soyuz 4 5 Mission Landing
Three Soviet cosmonauts landed on the steppes after Soyuz 4 and 5 linkup and crew transfer experiments. Boris Volynov remained aboard Soyuz 5 with one return planned for Saturday. The crews were greeted by helicopter teams and welcoming farmers near Karaganda in Kazakhstan.
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Moscow
UPI
Central Asia
Boris Volynov
Soyuz 4
Vladimir Shatalov
Soyuz 5
Volynov
Yevgeny’ Kurancy — Sh
Alexei Yeliseyev
Karaganda
Kazakhstan
Tass
Earth
Ivan Borisenko
Baikonur Space Center
Bereznyaki
Yeliseyev
Boris
Shatalov
Nikolai Zhelezhnov
Jefferson Clinton game postponed by weather threat
The Cedar Rapids Jefferson and Clinton basketball game scheduled for Friday night has been postponed due to threatening weather conditions. Athletic Director George Hidinger confirmed the delay.
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Cedar Rapids Jefferson
Clinton
Jeff
George Hidinger
Agnew Named Liaison Between Nixon Admin and Local Governments
President elect Nixon assigns Vice President Spiro Agnew to act as his personal representative to ease relations between federal agencies and state and local governments. Agnew will encourage cooperation and help shape federal policies with state, city and local officials.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Agnew
Humphrey
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Dirksen
Ill
Udall
Secretary of the Interior
Chicago
Davie Packard
Palo Alto
Calif
Senate Finance Committee
Gore
D-Tenn
Continental Illinois Bank
Ore
Packard
Hewlett- Packard Co
Everett M. Dirksen
Interior Committee
Iowa News
Communist Party Central Committee
Mlada Fronta
Gazette
John McIvor
Armstrong
Roosevelt Hotel
Lloyd Bean
Frank Gardner
Derald Carter
Robert Charles
Charles
Justice Department
Warren Commission
Lee Oswald
James Rhoads
Joseph Hannan
Jeff Clinton
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