Spring storms sweep across midwest and plains
Severe weather from tornadoes and thundershowers hit the nation's midsection with a late winter snowstorm reaching the northern Rockies and adjacent plains. In Missouri Arkansas and Illinois tornadoes destroyed mobile homes, with reports of injuries and power outages. Another tornado damaged additional mobile homes.
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Plane Found Near Red Lake Falls. Moorhead Pilot Safe
A missing plane carrying William Harvey of Moorhead Minnesota was located near Red Lake Falls Minnesota with the pilot reportedly uninjured. The Civil Air Patrol had traced the craft after it failed to land at Georgetown Minnesota as scheduled Tuesday evening.
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Red Lake Falls
Minnnesota
William Harvey
Georgetown
Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Erling Nasset
Piper Club
Nasset
Freedom planes return POWs to Clark Air Base in Philippines
The fourth release of American POWs began with 107 military men and one civilian freed by North Vietnam. A C141 flying hospital landed 40 POWs at Clark Air Base as the first of three planes arrived from Hanoi, sparking an impromptu prayer service and applause. In the second flight senior POWs including Air Force Col. John Flynn and Lt. Cmdr. John McCain III gave thanks and praised the president, services, and American people. The third plane carried civilian Bobby Joe Keesee, who avoided the press by exiting via a rear entrance.
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Philippines
Air Force
Hanoi
Navy
Charles R. Gillespie Jr
Miramar
Calif
Leo T. Profiler
Palo Alto
Clark Base
United States of America
John P. Flynn
John S. McCain III
U.S
Pacific
Flynn
United States
McCain
Orange Park
Fla
Adm
Noel Gaylor
Pacific Command
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Bobby Joe Keesee
Army
Keesee
State Department
Boyle denies link in Yablonski slayings
Erie Pennsylvania AP report notes investigators have no plans to seek further indictments despite testimony tying W A Tony Boyle to the Yablonski murders. A government source said no action is contemplated now as testimony links Prater to the killings and to Boyle. Boyle has denied knowledge of the slayings.
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United Mine Workers
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Tony’’ Boyle
Yablonski
Boyle
William J. Prater
UMW
la Follette
Tenn
Prater
Joseph A
Jock” Yablonski
Paul E. Gilly
Gilly
Yablonskis
Pennsylvania
Clarksville
Union
Richard Sprague
Tony Boyle
Washington, D.C
The Pioneer Publication Details and Rates
The Pioneer is a daily paper except Sundays and holidays published by The Pioneer division of Scrippshift News papers. It operates from Nielson and Pioneer Street in Bemidji Minnesota with second class postage. It is a member of AP Minnesota Newspaper Association and ABC. Subscriptions: $18 per year in trade zone and $20 outside trade zone. Carri over $2.50.
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Pioneer
Scrippshift Newspapers, Inc
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Pioneer Street
Bemidji
Minnesota
Associated Press
Minnesota Newspaper Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Troop Withdrawals From South Vietnam Resume
The United States briefly restarted troop withdrawals from South Vietnam to align with the release of 108 American POWs by North Vietnam. At Clark Air Base Adm Noel Gaylor said withdrawals would end when the last POW is released, with about 6,926 U.S. troops in the south as phase three proceeds.
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United States
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
Adm
Noel Gaylor
Pacific
Vietnam
Kennedy aide called in Papers trial
The Pentagon papers trial prosecutor questioned John Kenneth Galbraith to challenge testimony by McGeorge Bundy and Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Galbraith defended the papers as not harming the United States if released in 1969 while acknowledging doubts about withdrawal plans in 1963. Melvin Gurtov testified as principal author of two volumes and described sources and classification markings.
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Los Angeles
John Kenneth Galbraith
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David Nissen
John F. Kennedy
Pentagon
McGeorge Bundy
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony Russo
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Nissen
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Vietnam
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Schlesinger
Kennedy
Harvard Economics
Melvin Gurtov
State Department
Gurtov
Pentagon Papers
Bodies Found in Maple Grove Cornfield
Two teenage girls were found decomposed in a Maple Grove cornfield in Hennepin County. Sheriff Donald Omodt said the bodies were taken to the medical examiner for identification and had been buried for at least two months.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Hennepin County
Maple Grove
Donald Omodt
Omodi
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