POWs to receive thousands in back pay and bonuses
Washington officials say released POWs from Southeast Asia will collect back pay and daily bonuses for years held in captivity. About 562 surviving POWs, 55 believed dead, and 1,327 missing are affected, with pay contingent on rank and length of capture and new claims for substandard food and forced labor.
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Southeast Asia
Ridgeway
Marine
Mildred Ridgeway
United States
Pentagon
Train plows school bus. seven children die in Texas
In Littlefield Texas a fast freight train collided with a school bus carrying 23 children returning from farms. Seven youngsters aged 4 to 18 died. driver Artis Ray Johnson injured. Crossing had lights and bells active. speedometer showed 58 mph. Survivors taken to three area hospitals.
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Texas
Littlefield
Tex
UPT
Texas Panhandle
James Cox
Cox
Artis Ray Johnson
Coy
Jones
Santa Fe
Fieldton
Anita Martinez
Edward Ortiz
Aurora Ortiz
Deana Fristo
David Frausto
Mary Medina
Julie Davis
R. V. Armstrong
W.L. McDonald
Slaton
Paris school fire kills at least 18 pupils and staff
A five story Paris annex burned during a first music lesson killing at least 18 people including a teacher with four children missing and 14 more. Rescuers feared more victims as long hours passed and parents waited outside while debris was searched.
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Paris
UPI
Thhose
Jean Joliet
Navy probes cause of Basilone boiler room blast
Navy investigators review claims that three sailors died in the USS Basilone boiler room explosion after a hatch door may have trapped them. Survivors reported a hard-to-turn lock on the gunship door and steam visible from the area as the ship remained at 475 degrees for hours. The vessel sailed to Newport under its own power after the blast that killed David A. Thimmer, David J. Rogers, and Charles Kelly, with Lt. William Davis buried at sea earlier.
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Newport
Bai
Navy Today
John L. Towney
Basilone
Stephen Selves
Kimball, Neb
Selves
Vietnam
William Davis
North Kingston
J. Davis
Weyear’Navy
Newport Naval Base
David A. Thimmer
Iaa
Ipswich
Mass
Appron
David J. Rogers
Troy
Charles i
New York
Kelly
Broussard
Soul food called highly nutritious by health expert
Los Angeles based UPI reports UCLA public health professor Derrick Jelliffe says soul food, rooted in Deep South slave era diets, is exceptionally nutritious and balanced. He notes hog fowls and other inexpensive meats can be healthier than pricier cuts when paired with beans and greens.
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LOS Angters
UPI
Derrick Jeliffe
Ucla School of Public Health
Deep South
Jelliffe
Dollar Turmoil Deepens as German Bank Defends Currency
Speculators push the dollar to crisis levels as the German Bundesbank buys billions in emergency operations to steady the rate. Tokyo and European markets follow the trend with the dollar dipping to around 3.19 marks before partial recoveries. The episode mirrors a wider effort under a 1971 framework to shield currencies from volatility and protect trade balances.
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BOM
Germany
Brussels
Amsterdam
Zurich
France
Frankfurt
Frankfurt House
Japan
Tokyo
Bank of Japan
U.S
Buntesbank
Bonn
Europe
Paris
London
Continent
Ulster Protestants stage nationwide 24 hour strike
A Protestant led 24 hour strike crippled normal life across Northern Ireland with power cuts, halted milk deliveries, closed schools, and deserted transport. Leaders linked the action to protests over anti terror laws and jailing of Protestants, amid ongoing sectarian violence and security measures.
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Belfast
UPI
Londonderry
Harland and Wolff
Frridges
Sea Forties
England
Irish Republican Army
IRA
TRA
Northern Ireland
William Craig
Britain
Dungannon
Nixon names woman as new AEC chairman
Nixon designates Dr Dixy Lee Ray of Tacoma Washington to become the first woman chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission succeeding James Schlesinger who moves to head the Dental Intelligence Agency. Ray pledges to move forward resolutely in all AEC programs as the White House stresses energy problem solutions.
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Washington
UPI
Dixy Lee Ray
Tacoma
Wash
Nixon
Atomic Energy Commission
de. Hay
AEC
James Schlesinger
Dental Intelligence Agency
Ray
Ronald L. Ziegler
White House
Across 110th Street leads at CINEMA with Fritz bill
Anthony Quinn and Franciosa star in Across 110th Street a mob caper where one crook robs another. Twin bill Fritz the Cat and Oh Calcutta headline with X rated animation and Broadway satire..no information available from the College Cinema. Time Glock shows T 7 and 9 and T1 7:30 and 8:45 filters.
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Quinn
Franciosa
Anthony
110Th Street
Anthony Watchers
Fritz
Calcutta
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ST. Thomas
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Ramos
Mieths
Tyear
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Lycar
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