Soviet spy exchanged for U S student in Berlin swap
Convicted Soviet spy Robert Thompson was traded for American student Alan Van Norman in a three way prisoner exchange. Thompson arrived from New York to Berlin after a last month release by Mozambique and was joined by East German lawyer Vogel in the deal with Van Norman, a Windom Minnesota native imprisoned in East Germany for helping others cross to the West.
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van Norman
Windom
East Germany
Thompson
New York
Frankfurt
Berlin
Tegel
U.S
Ussr
Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary
Pennsylvania
Vogel
Francis Gary Powers
Rudolf Abel
Supreme Court rules newspapers cannot be punished for truthful secret meeting reports
The Supreme Court unanimously held that states may not criminally punish news media for publishing truthful information about confidential government proceedings. The Virginia law used against Landmark Communications for reporting on the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission’s activities was struck down. The decision affirms First Amendment protection for news reporting and broadens free press rights to cover broadcasters as well.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
Virginia
State Judicial Commission
Landmark Communications
Virginian-Pilot
Norfolk
Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission
House
Michigan
Landmark
War
Ren E. Burger
William Brennan
Lewis Powell
Burger
Virginia Supreme Court
Judicial Commission
Administration of Justice
Weather outlook and misc items
National Weather Service predicts a clear, cold night with mid to upper 30s. Tuesday will be mostly sunny with highs in the mid to upper 60s. Thursday or Friday bring a chance of showers with highs in the 70s. A prison segregation unit review starts Thursday to comply with a court order. Tuition rates at public universities show governor and legislator influence per Illinois Board of Higher Education. A new Babies vaccine may receive federal license soon per a government veterinarian. An editorial urges keeping families together while addressing child abuse. Dodgers hire Ken Boyer under Gary Player’s golf run ends.
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National Weather Service
Marion Federal Prison
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Nixon Memoir Excerpts Reveal Watergate Guilt and Coverup
Nixon recalls telling aides he screwed it up and admits treating Watergate as PR. He says he kept the tapes for protection and recounts Dean’s testimony and the 1972 arrests at Democratic HQ. The 1,184 page R.N. memoirs list for 19.95 and issue this month.
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Nixon
New York
Richard Nixon
White House
John Dean
Dean
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
John N. Mitchell
New York Times
Florida
David Frost
R.N
Court allows county to delay restoration of Heller's salary
Jackson County Circuit Judge Peyton Kunce denied the county board’s bid to stay his April 10 order reinstating Lowell Heller and Debra Beckman to full duties while delaying their back wages. The ruling keeps Heller at full duties but lets the board delay salaries until July 1977, and notes potential appeal. The judge refused to appoint a lawyer for Heller, citing current appellate proceedings.
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Merrill Perlman
Southern Illinois
Jackson County Board
Lowell Heller
Jackson County
Peyton Kunce
Heller
Debra Beckman
Kunce
County Board
Howard Hood
Mrs. Beckman
Dog sledder reaches Pole with solo North Pole bid
Japanese explorer Naomi Uemura became the first person to reach the North Pole alone by dog sled, confirming May 1 at 0445 GMT. He started March 5 from Cape Edward Ellesmere Island and faced bears blizzards ice floes and a supply loss before continuing toward Greenland. He previously trekked 7200 miles from Greenland to Alaska in 17 months.
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Tokyo
Naomi Uemura
North Pole
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Uemura
Pole
Haruyuki Takahashi
Takahashi
Nimbus 6
Lee Houchins
Smithsonian
Greenland
Big Island
Polar Ice Cap
Alaska
Cape Edward
Ellesmere
Canadian Arctic
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Mozambique
Miron Marcus
Rhodesia
South Africa
Saturday Evening Post
Leipzig
Robert Thompson
Commonwealth
Administration of
Eric
Zora Johnson
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
South 17Th Street
Mur
Physboro
Eric and and
Kathryn Johnson
Zora
Ralph Murphysboro
LOS Angeles Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinal
Ken Boyer
Gary Player
Ann Landers
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