East German student freed after 18 months in prison
Mark Huessy, a Pomona College junior from Jericho Vermont, spent 18 months in an East Berlin jail. He says harsh political laws chill discussion, with surveillance and charges of slandering the state and hostile agitation. He was convicted, reduced on appeal, and released on probation, returning to West Berlin.
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Berlin
East Germany
East Berlin
Mark Huessy
Jericho
Pomona College
Claremont
Calif
Huessy
Berthold Brecht
West Berlin
Apollo 15 astronauts glimpse Hadley Rille from rim
SPACE CENTER Houston AP reports Apollo 15 moonwalkers David Scott and James Irwin will study Hadley Rille from above on Saturday. The 1,200 foot canyon is too steep to descend safely, so they will describe sights and take photographs only.
Golan Heights Border Flares With Crossfire Exchange
Israeli and Syrian gunners fired mortars across the cease fire line at the Golan Heights for the first time in over a year. The hour long battle occurred at the southern end of the plateau where the borders of Israel Syria and Jordan meet. No Israeli casualties were reported.
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Golan Heights
Golan
Tel Aviv
Nixon Admin Unveils 1971 Budget Deficit Near $25 Billion
The Nixon administration released final estimates showing a fiscal 1971 deficit between 20 and 25 billion dollars, the nation’s second largest since World War II. The Treasury Department will announce the exact figure, surpassed only by the 25.2 billion deficit of fiscal 1968 under Lyndon B. Johnson.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnamese troops widen Cambodia sweep amid election protection
In Saigon 3200 South Vietnamese troops joined large operations in eastern Cambodia under U S helicopter gunships jet fighters and B 52 bombers. It marks the third push in a week and fifth this month aimed at pushing North Vietnamese forces back from the border to protect South Vietnamese elections slated for late August and early October.
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Saigon
Cambodia
U. S
Senate weighs Lockheed aid as defense bill stalls
Washington AP report notes opponents seek to bar Lockheed Aircraft Corp from favored status in a rescue bill. Administration supporters argue removing special treatment would delay aid until the cash-starved firm is beyond help.
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Washington
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Senate
Lockheed
Ellsberg Appears Before House Panel On Pentagon Papers
Daniel Ellsberg, former Defense Department researcher and author of the Pentagon Papers, testifies before a Democratic antiwar panel led by Rep. John Dow. He faces federal charges of Espionage Act violations and stealing government property for leaking 47 volumes to the press.
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Washington
Daniel Ellsberg
Defense Department
Pentagon
House
John G. Dow
New York
Ellsberg
Apollo 15 set for Friday moon landing amid glitches
Apollo 15 crewmembers David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden pressed toward the moon despite issues including a shattered glass pane a minor voltage drop and brief radio contact problems Ground teams traced faults to a power amplifier a tripped breaker and lighting displays while the crew prepared for a Hadley Base descent with the Falcon lunar module and Endurance command ship systems functioning in view of a 6 15 p m EDT Friday landing and 4 05 p m Thursday orbit insertion.
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AP Aerospace Winter Space Center
Houston
Mission Control
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Scott
Irwin
Falcon
Goldstone
Calif
Endeavour
Scot
Moon
Lunar Module
Rail union nixes bid for board in wage dispute
The UTU rejected a Labor Department plan for a three person neutral panel to reach a binding settlement in the rail wage dispute. UTU President Charles Luna called government bias toward management and urged continuation of collective bargaining, as 120,000 workers remain off the job and 20 percent of rail shipments are stalled.
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Washington
Labor Department
Secretary of
James D. Hodgson
United Transportation Union
UTU
Charles Luna
Hodgson
Nixon
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Southern
Union Pacific
Norfolk & Western
Southern Pacific
Long Island
UTA
Duluth
Mesabi & Iron Range
Elgin, Joliet
Major heroin ring busted in Vietnam Bangkok raids
Narcotics agents from Thailand South Vietnam and the United States cracked a large heroin and opium ring supplying American soldiers in Vietnam. Seized were 97 pounds of heroin 660 pounds of opium with a $4 million Saigon value. The operation spanned Saigon a fishing village and an offshore island in the Gulf of Thailand.
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Bangkok
Thailand
South Vietnam
United States
Vietnam
Asia
Saigon
Burma
Laos
Gulf of Thailand
Nityz Bhanumas
Thai Narcotics Board
Cholon
Tap Vinh
Rach Gia
Pramual
U.S
Air America
Beaumont bans motorcycles on streets and trails
Beaumont city council approved a law prohibiting motorcycle riding except on public roadways and officially designated trails. The measure aims to curb noise in parks and along abandoned railroad properties.
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Beaumont, Tex
McGovern urges six month wage price freeze to curb inflation
Senator George McGovern urges an immediate selective six month freeze on wages and prices to halt inflation. He argues labor economists and leaders from both parties support action, criticizes President Nixon for inaction, and calls for military spending cuts and ending Vietnam to save 20 billion dollars yearly for job creation.
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Washington
George McGovern
D-S. D
McGovern
Nixon
Congress
International Platform Association
Vietnam
Sudan executes top coup leader after failed bid
Abdul Khaled Mahjoub, leader of Sudan's largest Communist party, was hanged in Khartoum eleven hours after his trial for masterminding a July coup aimed at turning Sudan toward Communism. Joseph Garang, a Black minister and critic of autonomy promises for the South, was hanged earlier. The government hunts suspected Communists as about 400 military personnel and unknown civilians are detained. In Detroit, military officers are disciplined under new civil rights regulations, with about 10 to 12 affected.
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Khartoum
Sudan
Communist Party
Jaafar el Numairi
Abdul Khaled Mahjoub
Numairi
Joseph Garang
Garang
South
The
Nile Mirror
Mahjoub
Sahagara
Testi
Omdurman Radio
Arabic Press Today
Libya
Egypt
Syria
Detroit
Defense Department
Frank Bender
Bender
National Urban League
Birth control attitudes among Black families in New England study
An APPA summary of a University of Massachusetts Amherst study finds most Black adults object to birth control as a tool of genocide though a sizable minority under 30 believes such programs aim to eliminate Blacks. The research notes racial consciousness, favors community control of services, and shows broad rejection of abortion and sterilization.
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New York
APPA
New England
University of Massachusetts At Amherst
Population Reference Bureau
William A. Darity
Castellano B. Turner
H. Jean Thiebaux
Jury set in Medina court trial for Medina case
Sixth juror, Maj. Dudley Budrich, a Viet Nam veteran, tentatively joins the my lai massacre trial of Capt. Ernest Medina at Ft. Meade court martial in Georgia. Defense and Army weigh panel size of ten with two weeks planned recess for about 50 witnesses.
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Medina
Associated Press
FT. McPherson
My Lai
Ernest
Dudley Budrich
Chicago
Budich
3Rd Army
Kenneth Howard
Budrich
F. Lee Bailey
China says no change on policy says Chou En-lai
Premier Chou En-lai told an American student delegation that China will not accept any policy that leaves Formosa or Taiwan undetermined. He called for U S withdrawal from Taiwan and the Formosa Strait and denounced the 1954 U S Chiang Kai-shek treaty as illegal. He warned Beijing would not join the United Nations while Chiang’s Nationalist regime is represented.
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Hong Kong
Chou En-lai
Peking
China
Formosa
United States
Chou
Taiwan
U.S
Formosa Strait
Chiang Kai-shek
Toronto Globe and Mail
Associated Press
Korea
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