War crimes trials in West Germany draw scant public notice
A Frankfurt court reviews six Nazi era defendants amid public indifference as it convicts them on charges of aiding murder. Kuhr receives 212 years while Petsch gets 15 years. judges say orders were illegal and not justifiable. Trials spotlight lingering German guilt and battle past.
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Otto Doelling
Frankfurt
West Germany
Hitler
Third Reich
Mokrow
Lachwa
Luniniec
Dawd
Gorodolk
Gorodiscze
Wysock
Stalin
Janow
Drohotshin
Pinsk
Simon Wiesenthal
Johann Josef Khur
Kuhr
Son 306
Lublin
Poland
Biala Podlaska
Kurh
Germany
Petsch
Editorial weighs timing of school aid reforms in Illinois
The Illinois General Assembly faces complex proposals to boost aid for public schools. Editors favor careful, phased changes over rushed plans and stress the need to establish a state board of education first to coordinate a long range reform.
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Illinois General Assembly
United States Supreme Court
Illinois
States
U. S. Supreme Court
School Problems Commission
Michael Bakalis
State Board of Education
Public TV Coverage of Watergate Hearings Emphasized
The gavel to gavel Senate Watergate hearings on public television is praised as essential for open government. Viewers responded with tens of thousands of letters supporting the unabridged prime time coverage, illustrating the public's right to know and urging continued high quality coverage of government work.
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Senate
Bill would strengthen 708 boards in state
House Bill 1451 would empower community mental health boards to plan finance and provide services. It requires written 12 month and five year plans to local authorities and sets guidelines along with authority to accept local state and federal funds. The measure enjoys support from mental health groups but faces opposition from some local associations though IAMR has shifted to neutral with amendments.
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Chicago
Paul Stone
D-Sullivan
Senate
Illinois Association For the
Illinois Association For Mental Health
Department of Mental Health
Illinois
Community Mental Health Board
Comprehensive State Health Planning Agency
708
IAMR
Daniel Walker
Opinion survey marks Watergate anniversary in 13 cities
The AP asked a cross section of Americans what Watergate means to them on the first anniversary of the break‑in. Respondents include Greg Moreno the student from Santa Cruz Jimmy House a Jackson manager Elaine Patterson a housewife Mrs. Jack Herzog of New York Joseph Garza a Seattle butcher and others, spanning age groups and occupations.
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Associated Press
America
Greg Moreno
Santa Cruz
Calif
Congress
Jimmy House
Jackson
Miss
Elaine Patterson
Housewife
Jack Herzog
New York City
United States
Joseph Garza
Seattle
Wash
Nixon
White House
Estonians Debate Human Socialism and Self Determination
The piece discusses Estonian living standards under Soviet norms versus Western ideals, desires for a more humane socialism, and calls for greater autonomy amid insistence on centralized control. It mentions a national front seeking self determination, potential de annexation, and Western cooperation as a path forward.
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Estonia
Moscow
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Southern
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