POW torture details emerge from two returning airmen
Col. David Winn and Lt. Col. Leo Thorsness described brutal torture by North Vietnamese captors after being downed in Vietnam. They recounted binding methods, leg irons, rope suspensions, and prolonged sleep deprivation, with Thorsness recounting hallucinations and Winn noting lasting scars.
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David Winn
Leo K. Thorsness
Winn
Minneapolis
Thorsness
Sioux Falls
S.D
Air Force
North Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson
McCord implicates Haldeman in Watergate bugging case
Convicted Watergate conspirator James W. McCord Jr. tells Senate investigators that H. R. Haldeman knew of Watergate wiretap plans. The Baltimore Sun cites sources familiar with McCord testimony. McCord also said White House officials promised clemency and aid for defendants and families.
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McCord
Nixon
Washington
James W. McCord Jr
Senate
H. R. Haldeman
Baltimore Sun
the Sun
Haldeman
Watergate Building
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
Connecticut
Weicker
G. Gordon Liddy
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Liddy
Senate Committee
Mitchell
Washington Post
the Post
Reelection Committee
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
Meat price freeze won t stop nationwide meat boycott
Organizers say they will press a week long consumer action despite Nixon ceilings on beef pork and lamb prices. Farm groups plan meetings to decide further actions while cattlemen urge focus on store level pricing and consumer demand remains the key driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Nixon
National Farmers Organization
American National Cattlemen’s Association
Denver
June Donovan
Los Angeles
Fight
FIT
Judy Braiman
Rochester
N.Y
The
Consumers Association of New York
Barbara Shuttleworth
Vernon, Conn
John Trotman
Cattlemen’s Association
Trotman
Montgomery, Ala
Oren Lee Staley
Corning
Iowa
NFC
Water flow change considered for Lakes
The Great Lakes Levels Board weighs a new Lake Superior outflow method to ease lower lake levels and reduce flood damage. If adopted, the plan raises Superior levels while lowering others, with hearings set May 8 in Detroit and May 10 in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario.
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Washington
Lake Superior
Great Lakes
Superior
Sault Ste. Marie
Inter-American Affairs Subcommittee
Dante B. Fascell
D-Fla
William P. Rogers
The Pioneer Newspaper Rates Inform Bemidji Readers
The Pioneer publishes daily except Sundays and holidays. It is a division of Scripps Howard Newspapers Inc. with offices on Neilson and Pioneer Street. Bemidji postal and AP, MNNA, ABC affiliations noted. Subscription rates listed for mail within and outside trade zones and carrier delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Pioneer
Scripps Iift Newspapers, Inc
Neilson and
Pioneer Street
Bemidji
Minnesota
Associated Press
Minnesota Newspaper Association
Audit Bureau of Circulations
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Slayton
Minn
Dennis Sundberg
Bagley
Bertha Guy
Busy
Body
Kim
Dwayne Gordon
James Guy
Carol Umphrey
Peterson
Edna Lamb
Greg Hershey
Linus
Rene
Terry Anderson
Pennington
Melvin Iverson
Lake Region Glass Company
Greenwood Cemetery Association
Greenwood Cemetery
Dale Bishop
Bemiduji
Matinees Sat. & Son
Walt Disney Productions Presents
Dean Nancy Harry Keenan
George Jones - Olson - Morgan - Wynn - Lindsey
Don Tait
Jim Parker
Arnold Margolin
Gesse
Tao
Disney World
Gap
Wait Draney
FORD
Ford Rass
Bob Lowth
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