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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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American student Robert Mann, 19, went on secret trial in East Berlin for violating East German law on luring people to the West, facing 1-15 years hard labor. Trial closed to public; co-defendant Uwe Sturburg, 25. Western observers ejected.
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ON SECRET TRIAL IN
EAST BERLIN FOR LURING
BERLIN (A)-- Robert Mann, an American university student, went on trial behind closed doors in Communist-ruled East Berlin today.
Mann, 19, is charged with violating an East German law which carries a penalty of from one to 15 years hard labor for anyone "luring" people from the Red-ruled state to the West.
Pale but composed, Mann appeared in court with Uwe Sturburg, 25, an East Berliner. Sturburg's role in the trial was not made known.
After Mann and Sturburg had given their identifications, the judges announced that "for state security reasons, the public is excluded from the trial." The student's father, Charles Mann of Sepulveda, Calif., Frank Meehan, a U.S. Mission official from West Berlin and three Western reporters filed out of the courtroom.
Mann had been studying at Beutelsbach near Stuttgart, where Stanford University of Palo Alto, Calif., has its "Stanford in Germany" program.
Since Mann's arrest, no one from the West has been permitted to see him.
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charged with violating east german law carrying penalty of from one to 15 years hard labor
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Robert Mann, 19, American university student, went on trial behind closed doors in Communist-ruled East Berlin. Charged with luring people from the Red-ruled state to the West. Appeared with Uwe Sturburg, 25, East Berliner. Trial excluded public for state security reasons. Western observers including father Charles Mann, US Mission official Frank Meehan, and reporters ejected. Mann studying at Beutelsbach near Stuttgart in Stanford in Germany program. No West access since arrest.