Students End Sit-in in Poland After Widespread Support
Warsaw students ended three sit-ins as thousands left Polytechnic College and Warsaw University amid police presence and potential expulsions. Citizens donated food and 10,000 demonstrated in solidarity while authorities promised immunity if sit-ins ended by morning.
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State of Israel
Iowa City Urban Renewal Ruling Bans Three Council Votes
District Judge Clair Hamilton barred councilman Robert Connell Robert Lind and Mayor Loren Hickerson from voting on urban renewal projects involving Connell Lind property or the University of Iowa. The March 7 last year resolution calling for federal aid was ruled invalid for lack of recorded votes.
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Robert Connell
Robert Lind
Loren Hickerson
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Hickerson
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Retiring Amana Society Secretary Honored at Dinner
Amana Society secretary Peter Stuck retires after 36 years of service. Stuck who shuns publicity was honored at a dinner by Amana Society directors and Amana Colony business men. Don Shoup named new Amana Society secretary.
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Stuck
Amana Colony
Don Shoup
Nationwide drive on swindles targets poor victims
New federal consumers fraud unit opened under U.S. Attorney Robert Morgenthau to prosecute scams against the poor. Richard Givens will lead a four-attorney team with support from postal inspection, IRS, customs, and the FBI. A special federal grand jury may be impaneled to handle cases, focusing on mail order ads offering money back guarantees.
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Robert Morgenthau
Morgenthau
Richard Givens
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FBI
Senators push vote on LBJ spending and tax plan
Senators John Williams and George Smathers plan to attach a 10 percent income tax surcharge plus a $6 billion spending cut to a House tax bill. The plan aims for a Tuesday roll call in the Senate, despite administration opposition and earlier defeat in committee. Smathers, retiring, said constituents oppose the tax but will still back the move as a statesman.
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Rdel
George Smathers
Dfla
Delaware
Williams
Congress
Smathers
Florida
Ice Jam Breaks on Connecticut River Flood Threat Looms
A nine mile long ice jam broke near Bellows Falls Vermont delaying dam flow and prompting civil defense to ready five towns for possible flooding. Minor floods prompted evacuations as showers and snow flurries were forecast for northern New England.
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Compromise Reached at Howard University Over Sit-in
Several hundred students ended a five day siege of the administration building at Howard University after a compromise with the board of trustees. The agreement lets the student government handle disciplinary charges and waives charges against sit-in participants. The board will form a committee to address demands including a Black Awareness Institute, a student judiciary, and a national all black student convention. President James Nabrit’s retirement is hinted at, with calls for curricular input from students. About 4000 in contributions were raised to fund the proposed convention.
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Q. T. Jackson
Pleiku attacked as Viet Cong shell city radio
Viet Cong shelled Pleiku in the central highlands sending an assault squad to attack a government radio station. Government troops repelled the squad, killing three. Pleiku, 250 miles north of Saigon, has seen heavy fighting since January and was overrun briefly prior to the current action. U S jets struck a chemical plant in Hai Duong with 750 pound bombs in one air offensive as Marine defenses faced a siege near Khe Sanh.
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Hanoi
Haiphong
My Night to Use the Horse Says Mrs Paul Revere
A humorous quote features Mrs. Paul Revere asserting ownership of the horse for her own night. The remark plays on historical figures with a playful modern twist and the caption credits the witty line to today’s Chuckle.
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Linn GOP Straw Poll Signals Nixon Edge in Linn County
More than 300 Republicans at the Linn county convention cast ballots in The Gazette Straw Polls for president governor and senator. Nixon led presidential votes 179 to 70 for Rockefeller with other 27 for Reagan and minor write ins. Rob ert Ray led gubernatorial with 190 while Bob Beck garnered 85. Jim Bramwell won the senatorial preference with 170 to David Stanley 127. Delegates avoided formal endorsements at the Linn convention.
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David Stanley
William Plymar
Pitzer
Riley
Linn
Six Injured in North Oxford Junction Two-Vehicle Crash
A two vehicle wreck about a mile north of Oxford Junction sent six Wyoming people to hospitals on Saturday night. Injured were Mr and Mrs James Willman Mr and Mrs Howard Emerson Alan Merrill and Jerry Emerson. St Luke's hospital in Cedar continues on page 3.
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Howard Emerson
Alan Merrill
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar
McCarthy Warns Against Heckling Opponents at Rally
Senator Eugene McCarthy cautioned young supporters to avoid provoking demonstrations as his Democratic presidential bid neared a University of Minnesota interruption of a speech by Secretary Orville Freeman. He stressed McCarthy backers are not hecklers and will listen to speakers in good faith.
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