Homecoming of Three POWs From Vietnam
Washington based report details Air Force Captain Wesley L. Rumble and Navy Lt. Robert F. Frishman along with Navy Seaman Douglas B. Hegdahl as they return to the United States after captivity. They arrive in New York aboard a jet, receive medical attention, and are later transported to Bethesda and Andrews facilities for treatment. Frishman speaks to reporters confirming they received adequate food clothing and housing during captivity. Rumble is noted as ill with dysentery chills and fever.
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Harry B. Frishman
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Lyle C. Rumble
Oroville
Calif
Bruce
Nixon to Outline Domestic Programs Tonight
President Nixon invited Republican congressional leaders to breakfast at the White House to discuss a broad domestic policy package he will outline in a 10 p.m. Oval Office address. The plan seeks to standardize welfare, guarantee a minimum income, boost federal manpower training, and reshape the Office of Economic Opportunity, with incentives and penalties tied to work participation.
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Park Chung Hee
Republic of Korea
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Tax Bill Faces Long Senate Debate
Washington UPI reports the most comprehensive tax revision since 1913 faces months of Senate debate after House approval 394 to 30. The bill ends $7 billion in tax breaks, offers $9 billion in individual cuts, and targets oil depletion allowance reforms.
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Rogers Appeals To Red China To Abandon Belligerent Attitude
In Canberra Secretary of State William P. Rogers urged Communist China to end its belligerent stance toward the United States and aid in reducing world tension. He voiced little optimism about reciprocal steps and noted Washington would push to resume dialogue.
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Australia
UPI
William P. Rogers
China
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Mount Fuji Fresh Air Cans Given Free by Store
Matsuya Department Store collected air at Mount Fuji summit and handed out 1000 cans to pedestrians in Tokyo and Yokohama. About 1300 employees climbed Fuji’s peak to seal the cans, as smog reduced Tokyo visibility to two blocks on Thursday before easing on Friday.
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Ban Sought on Open Air Testing of Lethal Germ and Gas Weapons
The Senate, weary after two days of defense budget votes, debates banning open air testing of lethal germ and gas weapons. Proxmire Nelson and other sponsors push a single anti-CBW measure while the Armed Services Committee already trims CBW funding from the $20 billion procurement bill. The anti-ABM bloc gains a narrow win on a watchdog amendment, but many senators seek broader weapon curbs as more than 20 amendments contend with the military program.
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UPI
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William Proxmire
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
Thomas J. McIntyre
New Hampshire
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Navy
Air Force
Police Stop Hijack Attempt on Pasadena Freeway
Los Angeles police halted a hijacking on the Pasadena Freeway when truck driver Paul Stanley reported a man sitting beside him had a gun to his ribs. Willie Charles Savage, 18, was disarmed and arrested after the confrontation.
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Inside Page Four to Five Highlights Vermont Education Topics
An Inside editorial urges readers to examine Vermont Design for Education on Page 4. A letter to the editor argues for further study of nuclear reactor effects on Page 4. St Albans seeks a school tax rate approval for the fourth time on Page 5. A review covers the Southern Vermont Art Center members show on Page 6.
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No State Money Goes to Prospect Hebrew: Hearing Alleges Shenanigans
Vermont education commissioner rebuts charges that the private North Bennington Prospect School receives state aid, saying funds come mainly from Title II federal sources. Raymond C. Murray of the Vermont Federation of Taxpayers Association led a public hearing at the County Courthouse, arguing the case sets a dangerous precedent for state funding of private schools while opponents list 16 taxpayer units statewide.
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Raymond C. Murray
North Bennington
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