POW Hero Hubert Buchanan Welcomed Home in Austin Indiana
About 3,000 residents jam Austin Indiana to greet Air Force Capt. Hubert E. Buchanan a former POW who spent six years in a North Vietnamese prison camp. He downplayed hero status while praising American resolve and thanking supporters. The town cheered as he arrived, received gifts, and listened to speeches from local leaders including his brother and a priest.
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Austin
Ind
Indiana
Air Force
Hubert E. Buchanan
Hubie
Buchanan
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
Standiford Field
Louisville
Otis R. Bowen
Air Force Adj
Wendell Garrett
Hubert Buchanan
Garrett
U.S
North Vietnam
Moorer denounces light sentence in teen kidnapping case
Rear Adm. J. P. Moorer storms out of a Florida courtroom over the four year term given to a 17 year old who pleaded guilty to kidnapping his daughter. The judge cited a psychiatric report noting disorders including sexual immaturity.
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Jacksonville
Fla
J. P. Moorer
Florida
Moorer
Carrier Division 6
Mayport Naval Station
Thomas H. Moorer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Michelle Marie Moorer
Howard
John Santora
Transportation
John Volpe
Anderson
Robert L. Beek
Walter Frick
State Highway Department
Volpe
Indiana no fault talk and Nixon era notes across pages
A National briefing notes progress on no fault insurance and potential federal standards for Indiana. McCord reveals perjury and threats at his trial while a former Nixon official is sentenced and others encouraged to testify. Twelve other items span sports and weather with regional updates and notices.
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Indiana
House
Congress
Watergate
James W. McCord
Ear biting and knife wound spark odd Yugoslav squabble
In Sremska Mitrovica Slobodan Vasic bit off his friend Dane Zlatar’s ear during a drinking party. Vasic later apologized but was told he had made the other man ugly. He then cut off his own ear with a knife. The two reconciled and remain friends.
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Sremska Mitrovica
Yugoslavia
Slobodan Vasic
Vasic
Dane Zlatar
Slobodan
Dane
Indiana Senate Approves Sunday Liquor Sales Bill
The Indiana Senate passed a watered-down Sunday liquor sales bill by a 28 to 22 vote, sending it to Gov. Bowen who plans to sign stance into law without his signature effective May 1. Supporters target large restaurants and clubs with sales from 12 30 p m Sunday to 12 30 a m Monday, requiring 100000 in annual gross food and beverage sales.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Senate
Otis R. Bowen
Townships
Tom Teague
Anderson
Roger Jessup
Summitville
Senate
Ernest Niemeyer
Lowell
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John Epperson
Paul Phillips
Hubert
Austin High School
Donald Bu
Chanan
Marian College
Southeast Asia
Larry Marshall
U.S. Pueblo
Marshall
Jim
Mary Buchanan
Jo Nell White
Santora
Jon C. Seafer
Indiana State Highway Commission
Frank Woschitz
The
Anderson Chamber of Commerce
Highway Commission
Richard Boehning
Lafayette
Indiana House
Federal Highway Administration
Washington
David Dennis
Elwood Hillis
Hillis
Sterling Bolyard
Madison County Council of Governments
COG
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White River
Killbuck Creek
Matthew E. Welsh
Nonagenarian Falls
Columbia
10Th and
Main Streets
G. R. Griffith
Burk Allen
Charles T. Doxey
Columbia Hotel
Muncie
H. H. Humbert
Inside
Cathy Tompka
Virginia
UCLA
Hoosiers
Bruins
St. Louis
Lee Elder
L. Patrick Gray
FBI
White House
Paul VI
Madison County
Martin K. Edwards
New Castle
Green, Fall Creek
Adams
Robert E. Mahonald
South Bend
Finais State
Elden C. Tipton
Jasonville
Senate Public Policy Committee
Tipton
John F. Augsburger
Milford
Leslie Duvall
R-Indianapolis
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