Number of Violations Drops as Observers Delayed in Saigon
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong violations reached over 250 between Monday noon and Tuesday dawn, a 30 percent drop from the prior period. Agnew arrived in Saigon to back Thieu, while the ICCS struggled to deploy seven regional observer teams amid procedural disputes.
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Saigon
Honolulu
U.S. Pacific Command
Laos
Cambodia
Spiro T. Agnew
Southeast Asia
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
U. S
Agnew
Thieu
International Commission of Control and Supervision
United States
North Vietnam
Tan Son Nhut
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Joint Military Commis
Husband not on POW list haunts a wife’s vigil
POW MIA Jane Smith learns at 1:30 a.m. Sunday her husband Col. Robert Smith was not on the North Vietnamese list of released prisoners. The news ends a 3 1/2 year vigil begun after President Nixon’s cease fire announcement. She rushed from Florida to Ohio for a final answer, hoping for certainty whether he is alive.
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Marjorie Stright
Jane Smith
Tulane Road
Col
Robert Smith
Lockbourne Afb
Nixon
Jane
Florida
Ohio
Hearings Open on Bill to Limit Presidential Impoundment
Senate subcommittee led by Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr moves to probe a bill granting Congress power to override presidential impoundment of funds. Supporters cite constitutional rights. opponents warn of fiscal instability amid inflation. Court tests and highway funding cases loom as hearings begin.
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Washington
White House
Senate
Congress
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Dn.c
Judiciary
Ervin
Nixon
Hugh Scott
Mike
Mansfield
John L. McClellan
Senate Appropriations Committee
Thomas Jefferson
Juror and Matron Called In Corona Case
A juror Naomi Underwood and matron Georgia Wallis were ordered to testify on Feb 5 for a defense motion seeking a new trial in the Juan Corona mass murder case. Judge Patton will set sentencing for Corona, found guilty Jan 18 of 25 counts. About 500 Mexican Americans protested outside the Fairfield courthouse during the brief hearing.
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Fairfield
Calif
Juan Corona
Naomi Underwood
Georgia Wallis
Richard Patton
Patton
Corona
California
Yuba City
Action Ads Boost Rex A Hunter with Car Sale Reward
Rex A Hunter of Green Meadow Trailer Court Athens earns $650 after using Action Ads to sell a Mustang. The local ad service promises easy listings for cars and related items.
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Rex A. Hunter
Green Meadow
Athens
Fighter-Bomber Group Withdraws from Vietnam
The last U S fighter-bomber group in Vietnam Marine Aircraft Group 12 and its support gear are airlifted from Bien Hoa to Iwakuni Japan. The group totals about 900 Marines as withdrawal begins per the U S Command.
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Saigon
U S
Vietnam
U.S
Marine Aircraft Group 12
Bien Hoa
Iwakuni
Japan
Watergate closing arguments set in trial
In Washington the Watergate trial moves toward jury deliberation as the last two defendants G Gordon Liddy and James W McCord Jr prepare arguments denying that a valid assignment became a campaign of espionage against the Democratic party. Prosecutor Earl Silbert paints a conspiracy led by Liddy with McCord involved and accuses officials of misusing funds while defense witnesses emphasize character.
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Washington
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
G. Gordon Liddy
Nixon
Campaign Finance Committee
James W. McCord Jr
E. Howard Hunt
White House
Bernard L. Barker
Eugenio R. Martinez
Frank A. Sturgis
Virgilio R. Gonzalez
Miami Area
McCord
Democratic National Committee
Watergate
Liddy
Hunt
George McGovern
Earl J. Silbert
Silbert
Jeb Magruder
Herbert R. Porter
Thanh Phuoc Village Struck After Cease-Fire Starts
Vietnamese villagers recount a morning attack after the cease-fire began. Viet Cong fighters entered Thanh Phuoc as South Vietnamese troops arrived, turning the once hopeful scene to rubble with tanks, rockets, and shell fire. Many homes were destroyed and residents mourned lost livelihoods and shelter.
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Thanh Phuoc
Hocking Valley Motor Lodge Opens in Nelsonville
Supt. Thomas C. Porter of the Tri County Joint Vocational School announced the Hocking Valley Motor Lodge is now open for dining and lodging after receiving the state permit. The lodge will train Tri County and Hocking Technical College students in hotel motel and restaurant work pending EPA sewage system arrangements.
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Nelsonville
Hocking Valley
Thomas C. Porter
Tri-County Joint Vocational School
Porter
Tri-County and
Hocking Technical College
Environmental Protection Agency
Halt Sought To Farmland Sale
State Rep. Ray Luther of Newark says he will join Republicans to stop the sale of 13 000 acres of state owned farmland at 21 institutions. He charged Gov John Gilligan with contempt for discontinuing farming and selling the property. He noted farm output valued at 4.3 million dollars and farming profit of 835 000 dollars.
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Newark
Ohio
Ray Luther
R-1
Luther
John Gilligan
Richardson Confirmed as Secretary of Defense
The Senate confirmed Elliot L. Richardson as secretary of defense by an 81 to 1 vote. Abourezk of South Dakota cast the lone dissent as a protest over congressional power versus the executive branch.
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Washington
Senate
Elliot L. Richardson
Defense
Nixon
Richardson
HEW
James Abourezk
D-S.d
Obituary Noted Figures In Local Classified Page
A compact obituary tribute highlights local notable figures and community figures from the editorial and classifieds section. It notes recent passing and recognizes ongoing community impact and remembrances.
Three Die In Irish Fighting Amid Belfast Violence
In Belfast two Roman Catholics and a Protestant were killed and three others wounded as sectarian clashes surged. A Protestant man in his mid 20s, married to a Catholic, was shot in the head and dumped in a shop doorway. A 22 year old father of two was gunned down at a Belfast service station, and a 15 year old Catholic boy died after being shot from a passing car while at his widowed mother's doorway. another 15 year old was seriously wounded. The toll in three years of religious strife reaches 694.
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Belfast
Ulster
Romeas
Phnom Penh
Widow says Johnson knew of Viet peace
Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson asserts her husband was told by President Nixon that a cease fire in South Vietnam had been agreed. She says Johnson was informed at every stage by Nixon and Kissinger and was preparing a statement of gratification when peace came.
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Johnson
Austin
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
South Vietnam
Nixon
Ladybird Johnson
Southeast Asia
Tom Johnson
Busby
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Hungary
Poland
Joint Military Commission
ICCS
Don Shillow
Travis Afb
Sacramento
Shillow
Beaumont
Cleveland
Washington, D. C
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Richard Hawk
Wallis
Underwood
Messenger
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Ho Thi Ket
New Lodge
Soong 5
Ira Ee Co Eee
Horace Busby
Lyndon
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President Nixon
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