Beret Case Set for Saturday Airing
In LONG BINH Vietnam six Green Beret officers face charges tied to a murder of a Vietnamese double agent identified as Thail Khac Chuyen. Defense lawyers urge dismissal and claim the case manipulation prejudices the proceedings while CIA denial and presidential appeal are noted.
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Green Berets
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Henry Rothblatt
Twe
Nixon
G. L. Mabry
Mabry
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Nixon Proposes 10 Percent Social Security Benefit Rise
President Nixon asked Congress to boost Social Security benefits by 10 percent starting next April funded by raising the taxable earnings base to the first 9,000 of annual income beginning in 1972. He urged automatic COLA adjustments for future benefits and announced checks would go out in April 1976.
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Nixon
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Minority Hiring Squabble Brings Frye Resignation
Robert Frye, longtime Cedar Rapids Iowa State Employment Service manager, has resigned effective next Wednesday after differences over office operation. The 49 year old said he left to pursue other employment, though no new job is secured. He noted he would have received two weeks notice if he had remained. Frye has worked with Town Employment Security Commission since January 1955, starting as an interviewer in the Shenandoah office.
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Page's
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Chuckle: Parents Time When Children Reach One Hundred
Humorous quip notes the best moment for parents is when children are a century old, too old to cry and too young to borrow the car, reflecting playful irony on parental patience.
Motorcycle Boom And Rising Motorcycle Accidents Highlight Sunday Gazette
The Sunday Gazelle reports a boom in motorcycle use and a rise in related accidents. Other features include Gary Peterson's pro and con pieces on riding, Xuct Vonnegut Jr’s essay on fame, and a look at hazardous materials shipments. The issue teases handwriting analysis and doctor’s diagnoses alongside football action.
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Gary Peterson
Picbress
Sunday Gazelle
Sunday Gazette
Xuct Vonnegut, Jr
University of Town
Cedar Rapids
Hubert Larzon
The
Catholic Bishops Push Sex Education Nationwide
New York AP reports the nations Roman Catholic bishops push sex education in parochial and public schools, amid strong opposition. The USCC Family Life Division endorsed programs at a Denver meeting, urging schools to aid families in explaining human life to children.
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Iil Ivineine
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Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
Alexander Zaleski
Lansing
Mich
James McHugh
Uscc Family Life Division
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Fights mar grid game and Vietnam push at White House
Des Moines report covers a city football clash marred by fights injuring officers and spectators. Separate Washington Nixon White House briefing outlines seek settlement in Vietnam by end of 1970 with no troop cutoff and calls for broader national backing.
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George J. Matias
Washington High School
Veterans’ Public Safety Unit
Washington
Nixon
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White House
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South Vietnam
Sanitation Strike Threads Cedar Rapids City Hall
Cedar Rapids sanitation workersInitiated partial job action Friday as SDS picketers stood at the garage. Twelve refuse collectors and three equipment operators reported for work, well short of the department’s normal forty five and six. Municipal Court Ballitt Jack Bates said 28 discharge notices had been served with 18 more due Friday. Council had pledged no firings for nonreturning workers.
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Ay Jerry Eisen
Cedar Rapids
Sanitation Department
Sanitations Department
Ballitt
Jack Bates
Giant snails invade Miami suburb threaten crops
In north Miami Shores a lush area hosts up to 20 000 giant African snails over 13 blocks. They feed on foliage and calcium, threaten crops, and have defied aerial spraying. Experts plan a granular lawn treatment as quarantines of dumps begin.
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Art Calvert
Florida Agriculture Department
Calvert
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U.S
Doyle Conner
Miami Shores
Hawaii
Bessie Parkhurst
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