Eighteen POWs return home from Clark Air Base
Eighteen freed American POWs fly from Clark Air Base in the Philippines toward Travis Air Force Base California. One prisoner, Air Force Capt. Joseph Creea Jr. of Bloomfield New Jersey, remains hospitalized with a malaria attack and cannot travel. The group includes Navy Cmdr. James Pirie and Air Force captains Edward Mechenbier and Kevin McManus who were shot down in 1967. They were part of Operation Homecoming's second batch, with 164 released so far and more than 430 still to go.
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Clark Afb
Philippines
UPI
United States
Air Force
Joseph “Rece Jr
Bloomfield
N.J
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Crerea
Hanoi
Glier 18
Clark
Pirie
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Barbara Ann
James
Bradley
David
LeMoore
Navy
Edward J. Mechenbier
Dayton
Ohio
Kevin J. McManus
Falls Church
Air Force Academy
England
Southeast Asia
McManus
Mechenbler
Clark Hospital
Travis
Mechenbier
Air Force Medical Center
Wright-Patterson Field
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
Honolulu
Dick ‘Toliver
Shreveport
da Nang
South Vietnam
Toliver
Adkinn Air Base
Thailand
James R. Shively
Spokane
Wash
North
Saigon
U.S
Canadian budget offers tax cuts and pension hikes
Ottawa finance minister John Turner unveiled a budget aiming to cut taxes for individuals and corporations while boosting old age pensions by 17 dollars monthly. The plan forecasts a $2 billion deficit for a second year, links tax relief to living costs, and includes tariff cuts, sales tax abolitions on children's wear and certain foods, plus faster depreciation for manufacturers.
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Ottawa
UPI
John Turner
Turner
Robert Stanfield
New Democratic Party
Santa Cruz murders tally fuels manhunt for Mullin
Herbert Mullin, a tattooed 25-year-old onetime student, is named the chief suspect in 11 Santa Cruz region killings. He faces formal charges for four youths found shot in a mountain shelter and is linked to the fisherman’s murder and other violent cases as authorities intensify a search for more victims near the UC Santa Cruz area.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
UPI
Aisa
Herbert W. Mullin
Simla Cruz County
Douglas B. James
Molin
James
Mullin
Fred Perez
Los Gatos
Santa Clara County
Mullins
Santa Cruz County
Kathy Prentiss Francis
David Hughes
Daemon Francis
James Gianera
Joan
Investigates
Mullin A
Brian Scott Card
van Nuys
Robert M. Spector
David Allan Oliker
Sherman Oaks
Mark Johnson
Pennsylvania
San Francisco
Barbara McCullock
Aptos
University of California Santa Cruz
Luxury yacht missing with Oregon millionaire crew in Pacific search
Coast Guard units scanned ports from the Panama Canal Zone to the Gulf of Mexico region for a luxury yacht missing since December 14 after leaving Corinth Nicaragua. The craft carried an Oregon man his wife and a crewman. the vessel 33th of Como No vanished en route to an unspecified destination.
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San Francisco
UPI
Panama Ganél Zone
Mexico
Oregon
Coast Guard
Como No
Corinth
Nicaragua
el Salvador
Puerto Vallarta
Charles J. Fisher
Portland Hydraulic and Air Equipment Co
Carri
David Odlum
Antigua
Guatemala
Honduras
Costa Rica
Fisher
Susan King
Snowball Express and The Getaway At Williams College Cinema
A vacation special for young scholars and teachers includes Disney's Snowball Express and a short Disney World feature with daily matinees and evening showings. The Getaway stars Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw as a high tension he and she chase. Barbra Streisand shines in Up the Sandbox at College Cinema.
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Disney Studios
Disney World
Florida
Steve McQueen
Ali McGraw
Ben Johnson
Sally Struthers
Cinema TI
McQueen
McGraw
Williamstown
Williamstown Barbra Streisand
Mark Essex acted alone in New Orleans sniping case
New Orleans police reported a five week probe found no evidence of accomplices or conspiracy by sniper Mark Essex in the Howard Johnson shootout and hotel arson that left seven dead and two wounded. Police chief Giarrusso cautioned some evidentiary gaps remain.
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New Orleans
UPI
Clarence Giarrusso
Giarrusso
Mark Essex
Howard Johnson Motor Sage
Essex
Diack
Emporis
Kan
Panel urged to approve shield law for reporters
A Senate constitutional rights subcommittee heard calls to pass absolute shield legislation to protect reporters from testifying about confidential sources. Sen. Alan Cranston and officials from the Reporters Committee argued the law must cover state and federal courts to prevent a patchwork of rights across states and to maintain access to inside information. The hearing, expected to include many lawmakers and officials, weighs extending protections beyond the federal level.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press
America
Cranston
Subcommittee On Constitutional Rights
Congress
Execu
Tives
Richard G. Kleindienst
House
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Medtia
Fred K. Graham
CBS
Jack Landau
Newhouse
Reporters Committee
Justice Department
Roger Cramton
Graham
Randall
Supreme Court
Humphrey calls rising support for import restrictions
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, a free trade advocate, notes growing sentiment in Congress and the nation for import limits. He argues job losses from foreign competition threaten American workers and cites a shift toward protectionism amid upcoming Geneva talks and Nixon's tariff plans.
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Washington
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Congress
Humphrey
American Imported Automobile Dealers Association
New Orleans
Nixon
Geneva
Flumphrey
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