Izvestia reports on hijack trial in Soviet Union
Izvestia summarizes the Leningrad hijack trial noting clemency spared lives and that defendants faced execution or long prison terms. It reports the Supreme Court decision and hints leadership divisions over clemency while detailing the two pilots’ near-murder and sentencing of Dymshits and Kuznetsov.
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Moscow
UPI
Izvestia
Leningrad
Supreme Court of
Russian Federation
AN2
Mark
Dymshits
Eduard
Kuznetsov
Dymshits and
U.S. reports record Vietnam toll as ceasefire holds
In Saigon UPI reports 11 American servicemen killed and 44 wounded within 24 hours as New Year ceasefires begin. The toll marks the day of U.S. entry into Vietnam and comes amid renewed fighting on the Mekong Delta.
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Saigon
U.S
United States
Nixon
Indochina
Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Congress Survives but Business Ends in Washington
Washington officials report the 91st Congress is technically adjourned though in fact out of business. The House approved a continuing resolution to fund the Transportation Department and the SST until March 30 after a Senate delay, with a Saturday session to formalize adjournment.
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Washington
UPN
Nixon
Muskie
Edmund Muskie
Dmaine
Senate Air and Water Pollution
White House
Asistant
Gerald Warren
Paul G. Rogers
D-Fla
Congress
UPI
Senate
House
Transportation Department
Guerrilla Leader Urges Fight In New Year Message
Yasser Arafat called Palestinians to keep their finger on the trigger and continue the revolution to liberate Palestine. He spoke in Al Fatah and urged ongoing action while warning of the broader Middle East dangers and a potential U.S.-Soviet confrontation.
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United Press International
Yasser Arafat
Palestine
Arafat
al Fatah
Amman
Mohammed Hassanein Heikal
Cairo
al Ahram
Middle East
United States
Soviet Union
Europe
Heikal
Egypt
London
Arab-Israeli Ceasefire Extension Likely, Say Diplomats
Western and Communist sources indicate the Arab-Israeli ceasefire will be extended beyond February 5 to allow peace talks led by U N mediator Gunnar V Jarring. A breakdown of the peace probe could trigger renewed hostilities, though neither side desires full scale war at present.
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London
UPI
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Egypt
Israel
Quiet start to 1971 in Lompoc Valley sees few incidents
The new year brought no drunk driving arrests or major fires in Lompoc Valley California. A Casmalia man, Jesse Ramirez aged 32, died in a guard rail crash near Guadalupe on Black Road. A noon collision on Maple Avenue and N Street injured Ruth Hoffman and Michael Dyer, with both vehicles heavily damaged.
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Lompoc Valley
California
Guadalupe
Jesse Ramirez
Black Road
Maple Avenue
N Street
Lompoc
Michael Elmer Dyer
N. W St
Vandenberg Air Forces Base Hospital
Ruth Niel Hoffman
Lompoc Valley 1970 Front Page Headlines Snapshot
A year in review of Lompoc Record front pages highlights three new city council members and a new mayor, Isla Vista riots with student death and Bank of America branch destruction, downtown vandalism prompting a civilian patrol, and a year of labor and civic events including area strikes, obituaries, and municipal developments.
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Isla Vista
Lompoc
Bank of America
Raymond M. Steffin
WAFB
Emil Scolari
Larry Acin
Ken Dawson
National Guard
L.C. Grossman
Barney Lynn
Lompoc Valley Boys’ Club
Martin-Marietta
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Maneng Peros
Jean Miller
Department
Coast Guard
Vandenberg
Grace Anderson
Indian Ocean
Kremlin
Mediterranean
Richard Oertel
Eagle Scout
E.C. Stevens
Los Berros
Water District
Flower’ Power Group
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