Tito Reaffirms Independence at Yugoslav Party Congress
Yugoslav President Tito stressed independence from external dictation at the ninth party congress opening. He condemned Moscow led intervention in Czechoslovakia and noted only Romania attended from the Eastern bloc while Western delegations appeared from Italy Austria Belgium Britain and France.
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Tito
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Soviet Union
Poland
East Germany
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Communist Party of
Yugoslav
Prague
Communist Movement
Peking-Moscow
Emil Bodnaras
Borba
West
Italy
Austria
Belgium
Britain
France
Arkansas prison reform listed against distorted Senate remarks
Washington AP Commissioner Robert Sarver of the Arkansas department of correction called Senate testimony about brutality in Arkansas prisons entirely distorted. He defended reform efforts, rejected allegations by former Prison Supt Thomas Merton, and urged a subcommittee to visit state facilities to judge conditions for themselves. He highlighted abolished corporal punishment and noted staff with advanced credentials, while praising progress in West Virginia institutions during his prior tenure.
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Washington
Robert Sarver
Arkansas Department of Correction
Senate
Sarver
Thomas Merton
Arkansas
Merton
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas Correctional Institutions
Arkansas General Assembly
West Virginia
Division of Correction
Industrial School For Boys
Mansfield Urges Reducing U.S. Bases in Japan
U S senator Mike Mansfield told Kansas State University that Washington should cut military bases in Japan and transfer administrative control of the Ryukyu islands to Tokyo. He warned the U S Japan security treaty could change and Okinawa remains a focal point of Japanese irritation. He also urged ending economic warfare against China and engaging in trade with Communist China like European nations.
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Manhattan
Kan
U.S
Japan
Ryukyu Islands
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Senate
Democratic
Kansas State University
Alfred M. Landon
Kansas
Ryukyus
Okinawa
Southeast Asia
China
Cedar Rapids Gazette 1883 subscription rates notice
The Cedar Rapids Gazette announces subscription rates for carrier and mail deliveries in 1883. Night and Sunday editions cost 1.70 per month or 16 per year. afternoon and Sunday editions 1.85 per month or 17 per year. Mail subs not accepted where carrier service exists.
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the Gazette Co
Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S. Territories
Nixon names John Irwin envoy to Peru in diplomatic push
President Nixon designated John Irwin a New York lawyer with Latin American diplomatic experience as special emissary to mend deteriorating U S relations with Peru. Irwin hails from Keokuk Iowa and brings regional expertise to the mission.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
John Irwin
New York
Latin America
America
Peru
Irwin
Keokuk
Towa
Larceny Charge Dropped Against Frank DeShaw
A larceny of a motor vehicle charge against Frank DeShaw 23 of Sunrise was dismissed after a municipal court preliminary hearing. Judge Loren M Hullinger Jr ruled there was no sufficient cause to believe the defendant guilty. DeShaw was arrested February 15 after a car reported stolen from Rapids Chevrolet struck a house at 1709 First Street SW and then left the scene.
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Frank DeShaw
Sunrise
Loren M., Hullinger, Jr
DeShaw
Rapids Chevrolet
First Street
Bids Sought for Elm Tree Spraying in Iowa City
The Iowa City city council opened bids for spraying elm trees with methoxychlor. Bids will be received April 1 at 7 30 p m at the civic center. The council also discussed an ordinance to regulate large scale non residential development and to end subdivision of large tracts. the proposal goes to planning and zoning for study before final action.
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Iowa City
Planning and Zoning Commission
U.S., Russians Begin Summit Groundwork
UPI reports American and Soviet diplomats have started groundwork for a possible Nixon summit in May or June. Preliminary talks in Washington Moscow and at the U.N. aim to set terms with Moscow preferring a Moscow meeting though Geneva Vienna or Stockholm could be acceptable.
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London
UPI
Nixon
Washington
Moscow
U.N
Kremlin
Geneva
Vienna
Stockholm
Calvin Jones Bound Over to Grand Jury in Larceny Case
Calvin Jones 19 of Waterloo is bound over to Linn county grand jury on four charges of larceny. The arrest followed a March 4 theft of two rings valued at 100 dollars each from Newton's Jewelry on Second avenue and Second street SE. He is held in Linn county jail on a 1000 dollar bond.
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Calvin Jones
Waterloo
Linn County
Jones
Newton
Second Avenue
Second Street
Criminals Plan Revenge On Brazilian Policemen
Brazilian informants say criminals formed a death organization to execute off duty policemen tied to a vigilante Death Squad blamed for hundreds of killings in Rio de Janeiro and now active in Sao Paulo. The group allegedly counts Horacio Fidalgo Jr as founder, aiming to avenge his father, with some officials viewing it as a ruse in gangland warfare.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Rio
Sao Paulo
Underworld
Horacio Fidalgo, Jr
Death Squad
Roberto Costa de Abreu
Bus Crash in Chile Kills 11, Injures 25 Officials Say
In Santiago Chile authorities report 11 dead and 25 injured after a bus blew a tire and swerved into a ravine on Monday. The incident details remain under investigation by local police and transport officials.
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Santiago
Chile
UPI
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Merchants Delivery, Inc
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Guaranty Bank & Trust CO
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Bill Malloy
Probasco
Malloy Jewelers
Third Avenue
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