Berlin Wall Opens for Thousands in Historic Move
West Berliners lined cross points at dawn as the Berlin Wall opened for three days granting access to East Berlin and countryside for the first time in years. Families embraced and exchanged gifts amid cautious East German border controls and national intrigue linked to the four power accords.
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Berlin
Berlin Wall
East Berlin
West Berlin
Klaus Schuetz
Wall
Moscow
Willy Brandt
Warsaw
Brandt
Student Aid Bill May Be In Final Form
Washington AP report on Senate House conferees reaching a tentative agreement on a 23 billion higher education bill. Pell proposes a basic federal grant up to 1400 dollars annually minus family contribution, with reauthorization of existing aid programs including work study and NDEA loans. Administration supports the plan amid House opposition led by Edith Green.
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Washington
Senate House
Senate
House
Claiborne Pell
D-R.i
Edith Green
Dore
Pell
Fire at gun collector’s home spawns exploding bullets hazard
Firefighters battling a Sugar Creek blaze faced exploding .30 caliber bullets from a gun collector Joy Sisney after ammunition stored inside her home ignited. Police suspect arson as gas and paint cans were found in the basement. Damages included a house a car and a truck. Sisney suffered facial burns.
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Kansas City
Joy Sisney
Sugar Creek
Sisney
Hanoi Plans Bomb Raids Into South Vietnam War Edge
North Vietnam weighs air raids to support ground forces in South Vietnam and Laos, upgrading bases and runways for MIG21s. U S sources warn of possible intensified air war and new large scale strikes into North Vietnam. A Viet Cong booby trap killed two American soldiers near Saigon while a separate operation reported 52 enemy killed around the A Shau Valley as U S B 52s and South Vietnamese troops targeted a base camp.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Laos
U.S
Hanoi
Dong Hoi
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
U.S. 7Th Air Force
South ‘Vietnam
A Shau
Hue
Defender Bill Debate Reopens in Missouri Senate
A Missouri Senate Budget Control Committee approved a public defender bill to finance indigent felony defense in populous districts. It revisits whether to fund full-time public defenders in circuits of 75,000+ or switch to a state wide fees basis for court appointed attorneys. Governor Heames urged action as the Missouri Supreme Court warned against unpaid legal service after Sept. 1. A second measure would license and inspect nursing and boarding homes for the mentally retarded.
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Jefferson City
Senate Budget Control Committee
Senate
House
Warren E. Heames
Missouri Supreme Court
Mexico Ledger Page Highlights March 10 1972
The Mexico ledger page for Wednesday March 10 1972 outlines local notices and brief items from the community, including announcements of upcoming events and small listings. Readership gets a concise snapshot of happenings in the town.
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Mexico
Watson denies drunken conduct on Paris to New York flight
Ambassador Arthur K. Watson says he was rude but not drunk on a March 9 Paris to New York flight. In a letter to Rep. Wayne L. Hays, Watson explains fatigue and sleeping pills, denies boisterous behavior, and notes harsh words with crew. Rep. Hays plans to drop the inquiry after crew corroboration.
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Washington
Arthur K. Watson
Paris
New York
U.S
France
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
Hays
House
Jack Anderson
Watson
Anderson
State Department
Earl of Leicester Finally Has Speech
London AP report notes Thomas William Edward, 61, fifth Earl of Leicester, will give his maiden Lords speech next month on farming in a debate on the environment. Landlord of 27,000 acres, he fears urban sprawl is consuming farmland and cites long family tradition of silence in Parliament.
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London
Norfolk
House of Lords
Thomas William Edward
Earl of Leicester
Lords
Passover Begins at Sundown With Seder
Passover starts at sundown tonight marking the Jewish festival of freedom. The youngest asks Why is this night different from all others while the head of the family retells Moses leads Israelites out of Egypt. Observance lasts seven or eight days per congregation tradition.
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Associated Press
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