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East Pakistan Reports ConflictingBy MYRON L. BELKIND associated Press Writer NEW DELHI (AP) — Pakistani troops, moving to crush a rebellion in East Pakistan, bat-,, tied militiamen and civilians in several cities today and Radio Pakistan announced that the ‘ province’sleader,SheikMuji-bur Rahman, was under arrest.But Sheik Mujib later broadcast over, a clandestine radio, fthat he was still free and urged East Pakistanis to keep up their fight for independence.The broadcast claimed that' the Pakistan air force was dropping bombs on “liberation fighters.” The United News of India said the army was using tanks.Monitors in India quoted Sheik Mujib as saying he was in the port city of Chittagong, which unconfirmed reports reaching India said was in control of the Sheik’s Awami League.“I am okay, comrades—go ahead with your program to achieve the goal of freedom,” the broadcast said. “Do not be misguided by enemy propa-ganda.”Supporters of the, 51-year-old Awami League leader had already denied the report of his arrest and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi suggested the report “might be just propaganda.Reports carried by Indian news agencies said casualties on both sides in the bloody civil war already run into the tou-sands.United News said heavyfighting was raging throughout the province for the senond straight day.The Indian news agency said at least 50 persons were killed in Saidpur and that the streetsof Rangpur were strewn with bodies of civilians.A Radio Pakistan broadcast claimed the West Pakistan-dominated army was gaining the upper hand in its battle against East Pakistani loyalists and miliamen. It said martial law authorities in Dacca lifted for a nine-hour period from 7 a.m. local time today the 24-hour curfew imposed on theEast Pakistan capital Friday.United News reported from the Indian border town of Ang-artala that the army had occupied the headquarters of the East Pakistan Rifles, the provincial militia, in Comilla district after a prolonged fight. In another report from the eastern Indian state of Assam, it said that according to highly reliable reports from across the Pakistani border, at least 180 persons were killed early todayin a clash between the armyand East Pakistanis in the city of Comilla.The army also was reported to have occupied police stations in East Pakistan’s Comilla and Noakhali districts.Hoffa Up For ParoleWASHINGTON (AP) — Reliable Justice Department sburces report that because of heavy political pressure the odds now favor freedom forTeamsters President James R. Hoffa when the question of his release from prison comes before the federal parole board next week.The board is scheduled to meet here Wednesday to study the Hoffa case, the sources, said, the Justice Department will offer no opposition to a parole.An official Justice Department spokesman, Robert L. Stevenson, branded the reports “absolutely and totally inaccurate,” and said, “Any report that he will or will not be paroled is premature and based on uniformed information.”However, other sources said Friday the pressure ot release the 58-year-old union leader has been building for months.
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Sat, Mar 27, 1971
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