German farmer fights planes with dumplings
Munich resident Helmut Winter battles low flying jets by launching flour dumplings from a homemade spring sling. After a staged peace talk with pilots and officials, he vows to keep delivering dumplings if planes stay above his home. Neighbors view him as a local hero amid jet noise.
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Munich
Germany
UPI
Helmut Winter
Wyapousny Uupiugd al Ui
NATO
Fuerstenfedibruck
Helmuth Yestterday
West German Defense Ministry
Helmut
U.S. Air Force
U.S
Prefers Jail Over High Bond Interest
Lonnie Williams was released from Dallas County Jail after a bondsman posted 3500 dollars. Minutes later he returned, saying he preferred jail to high interest. A commissioner lowered the bond to 2000 dollars, and a friend bailed him out at no interest.
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Dallas
UPI
Lonnie Williams
U.S
Speck Trial Rules To Be Modified
The Illinois Supreme Court ordered Circuit Court Judge Herbert Paschen to modify news coverage rules in the Richard Speck murder trial. A March 13 hearing in Chicago was set to review the suit by the Chicago Tribune as the court revisits its February 14 order restricting juror names and allowing transcript purchases from the official reporter.
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Springfield
Ill
UPD
Illinois Supreme Court
Herbert C. Paschen
Richard Speck
Paschen
Chicago Tribune
Meters to be adopted in East Africa union
Uganda Kenya and Tanzania, former British colonies, will switch to the European metric system replacing the British measures. The change will be phased over four years, though traders may immediately use meters liters and kilograms if they wish, according to the government.
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Kampala
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
Britain
Pravda Claims U S Students Are Spies
Pravda denounces American students abroad as potential U S spies and agents of espionage. The piece cites the CIA allegedly recruiting volunteers under a cultural and scientific exchange pretext. It quotes the Soviet Communist party paper framing U S student presence as a covert intelligence effort.
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Moscow
Pravday
Pravda
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
Sta
Soviet Union
CIA
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