Three American Pilots Return Home From Vietnam Prison
Maj. James F. Low and two other American flyers arrived in Bangkok en route to the United States after eight months in North Vietnamese prisons. They planned to fly commercial to New York via Cairo and Frankfurt, calling their release humane and expressing hope for more pilots to be freed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangkok
United States
James F. Low
Sausalito
Calif
Royal Air Lao
Joe Victor Carpenter
Victorville
Hanoi
Trans World Airlines
Kennedy International Airport
New York
Cairo
Frankfurt
Low
Vietnam
U.S
Vientiane
County Fair Prepares for 86th Annual Open Week
The 86th Mower County Fair opens Monday with a bustling setup starting Sunday. 4-H and FFA livestock judging runs Monday through Wednesday, then open class livestock and a 4-H horse show end the judging. Special days include kiddie days, family day, and Senior Citizens Day with free admission rules. The Wm. T. Collins Shows return to the midway, gate admission rises to 5 cents, and Queen contest activities run each afternoon with the queen crowned Saturday.
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Herald Farm
Mower County
Area 4-Hers
FFA
New
Young America Center
Wm. T. Collins
Collins
Freeborn County Fair
Albert Lea
Hong Kong Red Guards arrest and killings reported
AP dispatch from Hong Kong notes more than 10 000 Red Guards in Canton were arrested by the Chinese army with some shot and killed during resistance. Unconfirmed reports claim up to 100 000 killed in clashes in Kwangsi and Kwangtung over recent months.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Kwangsi
Kwangtung
Viet replies to Humphrey on Dzu sentence in Saigon
Saigon government spokesman says vice president Hubert H. Humphrey is entitled to his views on the sentencing of defeated candidate Truong Dinh Dzu. Humphrey called the sentence severe and unfortunate for Dzu, who was the election runner up.
IBM to Expand Rochester Plant
IBM announces a four million dollar expansion of its Rochester Minnesota plant adding a 184000 square foot facility with a field engineering education center and enlargements to the development laboratory and manufacturing buildings. The operation employs about 4000 people in Rochester.
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Rochester, Minn
International Business Machines
IBM
Rochester
Republican Miami Show Shifts to Personalities
The GOP nomination race moves from polls to personal appeal as Nixon and Rockefeller present credentials in Miami Beach. Reagan remains a peripheral factor while Nixon backers press southern delegates and Fallon flyspeck Nixon’s fitness. Rockefeller’s campaign finances and backers loom large as behind the scenes politicking continues.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
George Romney
Michigan
Spiro T. Agnew
McCarthy and Humphrey urge U S action over Biafra famine
Democratic rivals McCarthy and Humphrey press for U N relief efforts to avert mass starvation in Biafra. McCarthy calls for a mandatory relief airlift. Humphrey backs UN aid and neutrality, while 16 senators urge Johnson to act through international or voluntary agencies.
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Washington
United States
Biafra
Nigeria
Eugene J. McCarthy
D. Minn
Hubert H. Humphrey
U.N
Humphrey
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
Johnson
U.S
Communist Leaders OK Czech Liberal Course
Czechoslovakia liberal leaders and orthodox Communist critics agreed on a principle declaration to sustain the liberation path. Six party chiefs from the Soviet Union Poland East Germany Hungary Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia met in Bratislava to sign the document and honor Soviet soldiers at a World War II monument. Brezhnev and Dubcek drew crowds while Kosygin and other Soviet leaders joined briefly before the talks.
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Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Poland
East Germany
Hungary
Bulgaria
Slovakia
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Dubcek
Alexander Dubcek
Alexaet N. Kosygin
Danube
ABA Sees Need for Legal Aid to the Poor
The American Bar Association board urged more adequate legal services for the poor amid urban riots and violence. A resolution backs civil disorder recommendations to attack slum housing and consumer exploitation and create neighborhood action task forces. The board also backs military justice equal rights in law for armed forces personnel. Fortas’ Senate confirmation as chief justice drew support from ABA affiliates at Philadelphia events.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
American Bar Association
Board of Governors
ABA
House of Delegates
Congress
Abe Fortas
Earl Warren
Senate Judiciary Committee
Fortas
American College of Trial Lawyers
Joseph A. Ball
Long Beach
Calif
Senate
Protest clash at Humphrey Sinatra rally in Detroit
About 200 demonstrators clashed with police inside Detroit's Cobo Hall where Vice President Hubert Humphrey attended a fund raising event headlined by Frank Sinatra. At least two were arrested as anti Humphrey and McCarthy supporters displayed placards.
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Detroit
Cobo Hall
Hubert Humphrey
Frank Sinatra
Minnesota
Eugene McCarthy
Humphrey
U S bombers hit major supply area in A Shau Valley
U S B52s pounded the A Shau Valley with about 900 tons of explosives to deter attacks on Da Nang and Hue. Ground fighting near Khe Sanh left Marines suffering heavy losses as North Vietnamese attacked Hill 950, retook a helicopter landing zone, and clashed with Marine units in a tense prelude to anticipated offensives.
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George Esper
Saigon
A Shau
da Nang
Hue
South Vietnam
A Shan
U.S
Khe Sanh
Uni
Marine Headquarters
Hill 950
School Board Accepts Wagner Company Bid for Admin Building
The School Board accepted Wagner Construction Co. of Austin bid for 65 444 plus changes to install thermopane raise ceilings and alter an entrance with deductions totaling additional costs. Electrical contract went to Austin Electric Co. for 18 825 and mechanical to WR Plumbing Co. of Austin for 34 433 with 2 000 savings. The open type building will house central facilities and admin offices on upper floors with region heat and air system.
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Wagner Construction Co. of
Austin
Hagstrom and Loock
Joseph Construction
Austin Electric Co
WR Plumbing Co
Red Lake Indians Harvest Walleye Nets At Red Lake
About 650000 pounds of walleye are harvested this season by Chippewa Indians using nylon gill nets around Red Lake. The Red Lake Fisheries Assn Inc runs the operation with a five member board and distributes profits to members. Most fish are marketed in Wisconsin and Illinois through Rupert Fish Co. Production supports the Red Lake Reservation economy and is managed by Dr. Lloyd Smith with a positive outlook on continued yields.
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Redby, Minn
Red Lake
Red Lake Reservation
Wisconsin
Illinois
Rupert Fish Co
Red Lake Fisheries Assn., Inc
Lloyd Smith
University of Minnesota
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