A Navy pilot’s mother leads a POW families’ plea from California
Mrs. Sally Alvarez of Santa Clara, mother of Lt. Cmdr. Everette Alvarez Jr., heads a wartime network of POW families pressing U S. negotiators and the public for truth about more than 1,100 missing American servicemen in North Vietnam. Alvarez Jr., captured Aug. 5, 1964, was the first Navy pilot taken in the conflict. his family seeks reminders to keep the issue alive and letter updates from the prisoner.
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Sally Alvarez
Santa Clara
Calif
Alvarez
Cmdr
Everette Alvarez Jr
North Vietnam
Constellation
Gulf of Tonkin
Santa Clara University
Midway
America
Winn-Dixie Reports Higher 1970 Earnings and Sales
Winn-Dixie Stores Inc released final figures for the year ended June 27 1970 showing net earnings of 26 615 180 or 2 18 a share versus 26 505 881 or 2 11 a share prior year. Total 1970 sales reached 1 418 910 046 up 13 50 percent.
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Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc
Prison system cited as breeding revolutionary criminals
The piece argues prisons are becoming a breeding ground for politicalized criminals with Marxist ties. It links New Yorks Tombs riots and the Angela Davis case to a broader theory that crime, politics, and radical movements intersect in U.S. jails. It cites Jerry Rubin and Black Panthers commentary on jail as political fronts and criticizes officials for unpreparedness.
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San Rafael
Calif
Angela Davis
Miss Davis
The
Panthers
Oakland
Jerry
America
Berkeley
Cook County
Chicago
Black Panther
David Hillard
National Lawyers Guild
Hillard
William Kunstler
Rubin
Constitution Signed At Philadelphia Sealed The Union
The 1787 Constitution was completed and signed by 38 of the deputies at the Convention. It was sent to Congress by unanimous consent with nine states needed for ratification, marking a shift from a loose league to a stronger federal framework. The narrative recalls the transition from a fragile union to a more unified nation.
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Congress
United States of America
John Hancock
England
Continental Congress
Washington
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Burger
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Calfir
Italy
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