Prisoner Releases Urged as Cease-Fire Drawdown Edges On
AP report from Saigon notes Brig. Gen. Wickham pressing for release of about 140 more American prisoners of war by next Tuesday. He cites 74 percent of U S and allied forces withdrawn since the January cease-fire and totals remaining to March 28. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong have released a little over half of 585 U S prisoners held at the cease-fire start.
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Saigon
United States
John A. Wickham Jr
U.S
Joint Military Commission
Vietnam
Wickham
South Korea
Cease-Fire Talks Resume Amid Wounded Knee Gunfire
Indians at Wounded Knee say they will not let a shooting derail peace talks with federal agents. Negotiations were to resume, with Dennis Banks of AIM urging restraint as a cease-fire is pursued amid injuries and a government roadblock confrontation.
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Wounded Knee
Dennis Banks
Banks
American Indian Movement
AIM
Seige
Washington
Jack Hushen
Justice Department
Hushen
FBI
Pine Ridge
Wesley Hunter
Hunter
Russell Means
South Dakota
POWs Arrive At Ft. Knox
The second group of freed prisoners of war arrived at Ft. Knox Kentucky amid cheers. CWO Michael F. O Connor thanked the crowd for helping secure their release from Hanoi. The trio, including Do nat Gouin and James Pfister, were whisked to Ireland Army Hospital for family reunions.
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FT. Knox, Ky
Ft. Knox
Hanoi
GOP Committee Enlarged in Ohio Candidate Drive
Ohio GOP Chairman John Andrews announced the central committee expanded the recruitment panel from 11 to 22 members. The Ohio Republican Central and Executive Committee unanimously approved the resolution from the State Policy Committee at its Thursday meeting.
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GOP
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
John Andrews
Ohio Republican Central and Executive Committee
Andrews
IRA suspects questioned in London bombing probe
Irish Republican Army members in Belfast said ten Irish men and women questioned by Scotland Yard over Thursday bombs in London were part of the squad that planted the explosives. They added eight other gang members returned safely to Ireland.
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London
Irish Republican Army
Belfast
Scotland Yard
IRA
Ireland
Prater Trial Opens in Yablonski Murders Case
In Erie Pennsylvania the William Prater trial starts with first witness as prosecutors seek to prove his role in the 1969 killings of United Mine Workers rebel Joseph Yablonski and his wife and daughter. Defense indicates Prater will testify. Prosecutor Richard Sprague plans to show funds from a special union fund financed the crimes.
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Erie, Pa
William Prater
United Mine Workers
Joseph Yablonski
Richard Sprague
Prater
UMW
Tennessee-Kentucky
Classified Comics Inside Editorial Obituaries iy ae
A compact notice mix notes classified items and editorial sections with brief mentions of obituaries sports television and women topics across pages 15 through 19. The fragment suggests a page index rather than a single event and hints at content categories rather than a cohesive story.
Ohio presidents press legislature on university funding
Gov. Gilligan refused to boost the higher education budget, saying a balanced budget limits increases. Eleven college presidents testified that the 3 percent operating subsidy rise is insufficient, with Ohio State University President Harold Enarson among those pushing to raise to 6 42 percent as urged by the Board of Regents.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio University
John Gilligan
Gilligan
House Finance Committee
Radiation Standards Debated for Microwave Ovens in Senate
A New York eye doctor told a Senate committee that safe exposure standards for microwave ovens are impossible to set. AHAM argued current federal radiation laws are adequate and that ovens are not dangerous when used properly. Consumers Union said 15 models leak radiation and urged against purchase. FDA said magazine exaggeration overstated health risks.
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Washington
New York
Senate
The
Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers
AHAM
Consumers’ Union
Food and Drug Administration
Savings Aim Of House Bill Could Put Ohio In Stock Market Seats
State Rep. Harry J. Lehman proposes a bill to let Ohio finance directors buy seats on federally regulated stock exchanges. A companion bill would require pension systems to trade through the director, potentially saving more than 5 million dollars yearly in commissions.
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Columbus
Ohio
Harry J. Lehman
Shaker Heights
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Lehman
Connecticut
Philadelphia Stock Exchange
Pension Sys
Senate
House
Jerome Stano
Parma
Qohio
Two KC-135 Tankers Collide at Lockbourne Base
At Lockbourne Air Force Base in Columbus Ohio two KC-135 tankers collided while taxiing to the runway during a practice alert. Maj William K E Thomas and Lt Bart W Stone were killed. Two crew members on Blackwell's plane survived with no injuries. The accident prompted an Air Force investigation and interviews with surviving crew members.
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Columbus, Ohio
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Lockbourne Air Force Base
H. F Hackney
Willam KE. Thomas
Shuqualak
Miss
Bart W. Stone
Buies Creek
N.C
Blackwell
Hackney
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Chillicothe VA Hospital Seen At Risk of Loss of Accreditation
A House Appropriations Committee staff report finds the Chillicothe VA psychiatric hospital overcrowded understaffed and failing to provide psychiatric evaluation before admission. It notes drab aging facilities six vacant physician posts and a workload of 40 out patient and 17 admissions daily with patients often sedated or unexamined. The Joint Commission renewed accreditation for one year, raising the threat of loss after three more surveys.
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Margaret Gentry
AP Regional Service
Washington
Veterans Administration Psychiatric Hospital
Chillicothe
Ohio
House
House Appropriations Committee
Chillicothe Hospital
Marc Musser
Joint Commission On Accreditation of
Hospi
Tals
Accrediting Commission
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CWO
Michael F. O'Connor
Warren
Mich
William Desobry
Donat
Don) Gouin
Lima
James F. Pfister
Evansville
Ind
O’ Connor
Kenneth Frasier
Pfister
Frasier
Classified Comics
Editorial
Harold Enarson
Presi
Enarson
OSU
Messenger
Chillicothe VA
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