Western sources rept US, GB and France have proposed to USSR that W Berlin forego claim to be integral part of W Ger in exch for USSR acceptance that W Berlin has special ties, including pol, to W Ger and guarantee of free access to city; allies hold USSR, not E Ger, is responsible for insuring access

3 Allies Proposing Looser Bonn Ties With West Berlin

4-man Politburo delegation led by Premier Jaroszewicz reptdly spends 4 hrs with Lodz textile workers in effort to end strike that began Feb 12; Jaroszewicz reptdly tells workers that Govt understands problem but that wage demands are unrealistic; observers see Govt's acknowledgment of work stoppage indicating that settlement with workers has been reached

POLISH LEADERS ACT TO END STRIKE

US command repts US fighter-bomber fires Shrike missile at AA position near Donghoi

South Vietnamese Troops Reach Supply Trail in Laos, but Are Shelled by the Enemy

article on Allende's 1st 100 days in office finds widespread opposition to his Govt among farm owners because of land seizures

Allende's First 100 Days: The Socialism Is Low Key

Washington's Birthday is being celebrated today. Fol lowing is a list of services that are, or are not, affected: 

Washington's Birthday

nation's rrs reach agreement with Ry and Airline Clerks; terms of agreement are not announced pending notification of union membership but agreement is believed to provide 43.6% wage rise over 3 1/2 yrs; Sec Hodgson expresses hope that agreement will break impasse in negotiations with UTU

THIRD RAIL UNION REACHES ACCORD IN STRIKE THREAT

Italian Premier Colombo expresses hope that terms and timetable of Brit entry into EEC will be known by next summer, informal question and answer session

Italian Premier Bars Role for Reds

5‐YEAR OIL ACCORD IS REACHED IN IRAN BY 23 COMPANIES

Scribner proposes students, along with parents, teachers and supervisors, participate as advisors in selection of hs principals, s to Supervisors and Admrs Council conv; says parents, teachers and supervisors should assume advisory role in principal selection for grade school and jr hss; says representation of all groups should be on proportionate basis, with final decision resting with Chancellor for hss and with dist supts for lower grades

Scribner Suggests Students Help Select High School Principals

Soviet leadership begins campaign to convince citizens that new econ plan promises them rapid improvement in standard of living, in apparent effort to improve morale of people and stem complaints about slow production pace of consumer goods, lack of services, and food and housing shortages; Western diplomats note apparent willingness of Soviet leaders to disregard warnings of many conservatives that stress on consumer goods turns people away from revolutionary ideals and encourages bourgeois thinking; note plan's stress on use of computer; express skepticism of ability of USSR to move rapidly into computer age; cite backward state of computer tech in USSR, including lack of trained personnel, and problem of providing enough incentives for plant mgrs to assume responsibility for introducing costly, complex systems; note Brezhnev, in unusual departure, personally signed announcement of approval of plan

New Hope for Soviet Consumer

Lon Nol Reported Cheerful

jungle landing zone in Laos, where 40 US-piloted helicopters ferrying S Vietnamese troops prepare to set down, is hit by mortar shells; winds from swirling blades of craft set off enemy booby traps on ground; Amers force reluctant S Vietnamese to leave craft; none of 40 craft is shot down while ferrying 500 S Vietnamese in largest single troop-lift of Laotian operation, but many have holes from enemy fire; incident at landing zone exemplifies problem for US pilots, who complain of taking fire from N Vietnamese with no apparent effort being made to clear enemy troops from area beforehand; US personnel, called 'pathfinders', who would ordinarily check out landing zones are not permitted in Laos; they have appealed for easing of restrictions but so far no change is permitted; some say they occasionally do ride helicopters into Laos but insist they always fly out again without getting out of craft in Laos

U.S. Copters Get Rain of Fire in Laos

war in Laos is still an out-of-bounds secret war for newsmen in Vientiane, Laos; with occasional exceptions, newsmen are rigorously barred from seeing it and must depend for news on whatever Laotian and US officials choose to tell them; restrictions are jointly enforced by US Embassy and Laotian authorities; some successful evasions of restrictions described

News of War in Laos Comes in Bits

several hundred thousand people reptdly attend Peking rally to denounce allied move into Laos and pledge support for Communist cause in Indochina; ed in Chinese Communist pub rejects US assurances that incursion poses no threat to China; China has denounced incursion in 3 official statements over a period of little more than a wk; China believed to be concerned that war may spread closer to its border; renewal of Chinese pledges for support of Hanoi made at meeting between Chinese Premier Chou En-lai and econ delegation from N Vietnam headed by Vice Premier Le Thanh Nghi; Chinese leader Lin Piao also pledges support in message to Vietcong on 10th anniv of 'unification of S Vietnam's people's liberation armed forces'

Peking Reports Rally Against Drive Into Laos

violence erupts again, Reggio Calabria; police use water cannon and clubs to disperse demonstrators

CLASHES ERUPT AGAIN IN REGGIO CALABRIA

LONDON, Feb. 14 (AP)&#8212; Irish nationalist demonstrators tried today to place a black coffin on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street, Prime Minister Heath's residence, but the police turned them away.

Irishmen Protest in London

CITRONELLE, Ala., Feb. 14 (AP)&#8212;Two cars collided head on near here today killing six persons and Injuring four oth ers. All the dead were young men.

Six Die in Head‐On Crash

US bombers hit suspected N Vietnamese mil outposts across east-west axis of Ho Chi Minh Trail; S Vietnamese command repts N Vietnamese fired 100 mortar shells into S Vietnamese night bivouac 7 mi NE of Suong, Cambodia; repts scattered clashes at 3 points in east sector of Cambodia; repts 20 enemy killed, 1 S Vietnamese killed, 12 wounded; virtually no action reptd across S Vietnam

U. S. Bombers Strike Trail

Pres Sadat greets Yugoslav Pres Tito, Cairo; Tito is making 14th visit to UAR but meeting is 1st with Sadat since Sadat became head of state; illus

Sadat Spells Out Position on Withdrawal by Israelis

Israel dissolves Gaza Munic Council on grounds that Arab leadership neglected its duties and refused to cooperate with Israeli authorities; Israeli mil govt takes over city adm

Gaza Council Dissolved

career; comment on role as chmn of negotiating team for producer countries

Tenacious Iranian Negotiator

The five&#8208;year pact between six oil&#8208;producing countries on the Persian Gulf and 23 West ern oil companies that ex port it include the following:

Terms of Agreement With 6 Oil Producers

PARIS, Feb. 14&#8212;The Persian Gulf oil settlement was ex pected to have far&#8208;reaching consequences, not all of them unfavorable, for the West.

Some Benefits Expected

At least 34 killed and 113 injured when fire, started by elec spark that ignited diesel fuel, spreads through passenger train in tunnel in central Yugoslavia; most of victims die of gas poisoning

Fire Aboard Train In Yugoslavia Kills 34 and Injures 113

postal union and Govt negotiators hold 1st talks since strike began on Jan 20; strike's effects on workers, Govt and service noted

MAIL TALKS RAISE HOPES IN BRITAIN

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February 15, 1971

Headlines from February 15, 1971

3 Allies Proposing Looser Bonn Ties With West Berlin

POLISH LEADERS ACT TO END STRIKE

South Vietnamese Troops Reach Supply Trail in Laos, but Are Shelled by the Enemy

Allende's First 100 Days: The Socialism Is Low Key

Washington's Birthday

Billboard 200

All Things Must Pass

Jesus Christ Superstar

Chicago III

Abraxas

Tumbleweed Connection

Notable Births

Historical Events

Historical Context for February 15, 1971