West Point Officer seeks asylum in Sweden
West Point graduate 1st Lt Johi Vequist missing since May 20 in West Germany has gone AWOL seeking asylum in Sweden. The 24 year old, from St Joseph Missouri, is reportedly in Sweden with his wife and child amid about 500 American war resisters and deserters in the country.
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West Point
Vietnam
Sweden
Vequist
Pentagon
Heidelberg
Germany
West Germany
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St. Joseph
Pittsburg
Kan
David Evequist
Kansas State College
atPittsburg
John
Baby saved as father charged with attempted murder
Fred Detsgn, 38, was charged with attempted murder after allegedly throwing his six month old son Jeffrey from a second story apartment window in New York City. The baby was caught by his godfather Sam Macchia who was passing by and the child survived in satisfactory condition at Jacobi Hospital.
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Fred Detsgn
Jeffrey
New York City
Sam Macchia
Jacobi Hospital
Soviet ready to cut Europe force and talks with U S
Premier Kosygin said the Soviets are prepared to reduce their military presence in Europe and seek broad talks with the United States on Mideast and other issues. Brezhnev had proposed a new initiative. In Saigon, 3,000 Marines finished a 10 day sweep near Khe Sanh with 225 Communists killed and 156 US Marines wounded or dead. In Calcutta, half a million more cholera vaccine doses arrived to aid the inoculation program amid rising deaths. In Paris, the U S and Japan approved a treaty on Okinawa with final drafting for June 17 signing. In La Paz, kidnappers freed Alfredo Kus-Kappeler after a $25,000 ransom.
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Alexei Kosygin
Soviet Union
U.S
Europe
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NATO
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
Saigon
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Calcutta
Adia
Cuban fishermen sentenced in Florida for illegal angling
Four Cuban fishermen received six months in jail and a $10,000 fine each from Judge William Mehrtens in federal court for illegal fishing in U.S. waters. The case marked the first such trial of Cuban anglers, amid renewed arrests and prior fines paid by Castro’s government. In Orlando, Florida officials sought expert help to solve a wildlife die-off at Lake Apopka, with 16 alligators found dead and many other species affected. In Washington, a New York prosecutor described securities theft on Wall Street as widespread, urging replacement of paper certificates with ledger records. Penn Central later reported increased theft losses and a 39 percent rise in cargo and property theft in early 1971.
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Rey West
Fla
U.S
William Mehrtens
Roberto del Sol Rodriguez
Jorge Pena Alucha
Gustavo Cespedes Cabriales
Pedro Sanchez Prieto
Coast Guard
Miorida Marine Patrol
Fidel Castro
Orlando
Florida
Apopka
Earl Fry
Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
Washington
New York
Wall Street
Penn Central Transportation Co
Donald Nelson
Senate
Prisoner priests confinement marked by hospital rest
The Rev. Daniel Berrigan was placed in a prison dentist chair on Wednesday and then taken to Danbury Hospital where a spokesman said he rested comfortably and was in good spirits. Berrigan is serving a three year term for destroying military draft records in Gaithersburg Maryland after eluding authorities for four months following his sentencing.
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Smith
Federal House of Detention
New York City
Trenton State Prison
Daniel Berrigan
Danbury (Conn
Berrigan
Gatansville
White House denies press pass for Nixon wedding coverage
Judith Martin of the Washington Post had credentials denied for the ceremony at the executive mansion. Connie Stuart said the request was refused because she broke previously established ground rules at Julie Eisenhower's wedding and attended the reception.
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Washington Post
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Connie Stuart
Miss Martin
Julie Eisenhower
Man Held as Material Witness in Detroit Grand Jury Probe
Town bound .,AN Ofgatzer at the May day War protest in Washington, arrested as a necessary material witness in a federal grand jury investigation in Detroit, was released Wednesday on condition he doesn’t leave town. U S District Judge John Feikens released Larry Canada Jr. 29, on a personal recognizance trip of $25,000. Cycle mishap .French-film director Jean Luc Godard was seriously injured Wednesday in a motorcycle accident in Paris.
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Detroit
U.S
John Feikens
Larry Canada Jr
Dietor Jean-Luc Godard
Paris
Brooklyn Couple Accused in Lenore Custody Battle
An attorney for Olga Scarpetta says kidnapping charges may be filed against Brooklyn couple Mr and Mrs Nicholas De Martino who have had custody of 1 year old Lenore since June 18 1970. Scarpetta seeks return of Lenore after changing her mind three weeks after infant was put up for adoption.
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Lenore
Florida
Olga Scarpetta
New York
Nicholas DeMartino
Miss Scarpetta
Tax chief Stroms pick Walters slated as IRS head
Senator Strom Thuemond I C said on Wednesday that Assistant Attorney General Johnnie McK Walters will be the new Internal Revenue Service commissioner, succeeding Randolph Thrower who plans to depart. Walters, 51, heads the Justice Department tax division and hails from Greenville South Carolina.
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Johnnie McK. Walters
Internal Revenue Service
Thutemond
Walters
Randolph Thrower
Thrower
Justice Department
Tax Division
Greenville
S.C
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Okinawa
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