West German leaders among news in brief
West German Chancellor Brandt returns home with a cold and plans Brussels talks with EC and NATO officials. Foreign Minister Scheel undergoes kidney stone removal and cancels a March 17 swing to Egypt Jordan and Lebanon. In Australia a drunken driving case ends with dismissal after a Tasmanian court hears testimony about a single glassy eye. In England a dog bite suit against a Welsh collie owner is dismissed as the dog is described as overweight and roams with mouth open.
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Walter Scheel
Brandt
Brussels
Common Market
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Scheel
Egypt
Jordan
Lebanon
Deidre Bailey
Donald Lambert
Lambert
Hove
England
Eileen Heasmaan
Marines appoint Clifton A. Puckett as Sergeant Major
Clifton A. Puckett, 46, of Roswell New Mexico, is named the new Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps. A combat veteran of three wars he witnessed the 1944 Iwo Jima flag raising and was installed in Washington DC in ceremonies Wednesday as the senior enlisted advisor to the commandant. His decorations include the Navy Cross earned in Korea.
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Marine Corps
Clifton A. Puckett
Iwo Jima
Puckett
Roswell
N.M
Washington, D.C
Korea
Dutch doctor backed in mercy slaying trial set
Dutch physician Geertruida Postma Van Boren faces Leeuwarden court on February 7 charged with mercy killing her mother in October 1971. Support from neighbors and doctors grows, with petitions counting over 2,300 signatures and 27 Friesland physicians noting they have applied euthanasia.
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Leeuwarden
Holland
Geertruida Ebeldina Postma-Van Boren
Postma
Snijder
Noordwelde
Dr. Postma
Minnelli Puppy Search After Beach Outing
Liza Minnelli reports two missing puppies from a Maltbu beach romp. Pookie the miniature schnauzer and Emmy the toy collie vanished as she and the dogs played in the sand. One puppy needs daily medicine for a serious illness.
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Pookie
Emmy
Liza Minnelli
Miss Minnelli
Maltbu
Nixon rejects amnesty amid Viet Nam war rift
President Nixon told reporters he would not grant amnesty to those who fled abroad to avoid service, calling amnesty a criminal penalty and saying the price of mistakes is paid in life and sacrifice. He warned critics and media figures against pressuring him to alter his stance while defending his impoundment of funds and vowing to press a strong budget response.
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Washington
National Commission On Reconciliation and Concord
America
Nixon
Vietnam
U.S
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Jackson
Truman
Congress
Congressional
Bomb letters target Italian film stars in wave of threats
Police in Pisa Florence and Rome probe a new spate of letter bombs aimed at prominent actresses including Elsa Martinelli Solvi Stubing and Laura Antonelli. One bomb exploded in a Pisa railway station injuring no one but causing smoke and shock. Authorities say a single culprit with a grudge against actresses may be responsible, with threats linked to broader Palestinian militant activity noted in Italy.
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Rome
UPI
Pisa
Florence
Elsa Martinelli
Laura Antonelli
Enrico
Piacentini
Martinelli
Italy
Israel
U.S. Forces Complete Airlift of 1200 from Viet Nam
About 1,200 U.S. servicemen were flown home today on six chartered jets, dropping American troops in South Vietnam below 20,000. A 9-man Marine fighter unit at Bien Hoa Airbase has nearly gone, with withdrawals totaling over 4,000 since the cease fire last Saturday. Spokesmen expect roughly 1,000 daily pulls until admins remain.
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Saigon
Vps
U.S
Vietnam
Bien Hoa
South Vietnam
Draft evader returns from Canada jailed in Seattle
Michael E. Pieffar, after two years in Canadian exile, flew to Seattle when Vietnam era appeals ended and Nixon's draft policy was declared over. FBI agents arrested him on draft evasion charges as officials note many others fled to Canada. Mexico claims ransom of $320,000 and weapons tied to nine urban guerrillas aboard a hijacked Mexicana Airlines jet with Navana links.
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Michael E. Pieffar
Nixon
FBI
U.S
Peter Giere
Armed Services
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
Navana
Mexicana Airlines
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