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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1972
Page
5
East and West Germany sign a friendship pact with West German Federal Minister Egon Bahr and East German State Secretary Michael Kohl at the East German seat of government. Both officials appeared solemn as they signed the agreement ending a long postwar division.
The agreement sets general terms to be filled by specific accords. It covers West Berlin ties with West Germany previously denied by the Communists and envisions Bonn and East Berlin exchanging plenipotentiaries, not ambassadors, as part of broader cooperation.
Peter Bensinger, recently appointed executive director of the Chicago Crime Commission, says the role will let him tackle big city crime from the inside. Gov. Ogilvie’s administration endorses his selection and he aims to focus on corrections issues and job training programs for ex convicts begun during his tenure as Corrections Department head.
The Times arms the Supreme Court fight by releasing recordings made by its reporters. John F. Lawrence faces possible jail for refusing to surrender tapes from interviews with Alfred C. Baldwin III, a government witness in a bugging case involving seven men. A San Francisco lawyer seeks relief for a client condemned over refusing to name two informants in Charles Manson family stories.
Illinois drivers total about 6.6 million will be retested by 1978 under a law effective January 1969. In 1971, over 130000 failed the written test and 142000 failed the Road Sign section on first try. A self study sample test packet is offered for $6 with 75 cents handling to help pass the state exam.
Kansas City AP reports doctors say it is too early to judge how a new feeding procedure will affect former President Harry S Truman who has been hospitalized since December 5 with lung congestion bronchitis a weak heart and failing kidneys amid smog from Los Angeles threatening the Ponderosa and Jeffrey property.
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