Progress in Vietnam peace talks and POW repatriation begin
Saigon reports rapid progress in implementing the peace accord and a drop in cease fire violations. International Commission teams prepare to deploy across South Vietnam to observe the cease fire while seven prisoner recovery teams stand by at Tan Son Nhut to begin repatriation of 585 POWs and civilians. United States and Vietnamese delegates hold a three hour session to finalize exchange details with the Viet Cong.
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Saigon
Vietnam
International Commission For Control and Supervision
South Vietnam
Sai
Gon
Tan Son Nhut
Indochina
North
South
Laos
United States
Air Force introduces POW fliers at Clark Air Base
At Clark Air Base Philippines the four man flight crew for the first C141 POW pickup planes was announced. Maj. James E Marrott led the crew as the likely pilot for the Hanoi insertion. Officials in Saigon warned POW releases could start midweek.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
Hanoi
U.S
Saigon
Air Force
Provo
Utah
James E. Marrott
Marrott
Norton Air Force Base
California
James E. Warren
Chicago, Ill
Albert J. Alston
Richland
Robert S. McElroy
Pascagoula
Miss
Ralph I. Leslie
St. Albans
N.Y
604Th
Clark
South Vietnam Cease Fire Watch Begins Across Regions
The national Commission for Control and Supervision prepares to spread across South Vietnam on Monday to observe the cease fire after a week’s delay. In Washington Rep Wright Patman says the United States moves too slowly to meet a developing energy crisis in a statement with the committee's report.
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Washington
Wright Patman
Congressional Joint Committee On Defense Production
United States
Patman
D-Tex
Sunay
West Virginia miners return to work end first wildcat strike
In Beckley the first wildcat strike faced by new United Mine Workers President Arnold Miller was expected to end Sunday midnight as about 2,000 miners in southern West Virginia returned to their jobs. Page 1. Richmond report notes House Appropriations Committee to deliver trimmed Holton supplemental budget to Virginia General Assembly Monday. Page 3.
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Beckley
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
West Virginia
Richmond
House Appropriations Committee
Linwood Holton
Virginia General Assembly
WHIS-TV Telethon Sets New March of Dimes Record
The WHIS-TV March of Dimes Telerama raised $72,851.00 in the 1742 hour telethon, marking another record for the event this year. Page 1.
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Whis-Tv
US North Vietnam to hold first talks on mine clearance
The Pacific Military Command announced that senior U S and North Vietnamese representatives will meet in Haiphong to discuss mine clearing operations. Rear Adm. Brian McCauley will lead the U S delegation of about 14 aboard a C130 to Gia Lam Airport and onward to Haiphong with North Vietnamese transport.
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Honolulu
United States
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Pacific Military Command
U. S
Brian McCauley
Task Force 78
McCauley
Gia Lam
Hanoi
North Viet Nam Cease Fire Progress Report
Five U. S. C130 transports moved over 220 North Vietnamese personnel and equipment from Hanoi to Saigon to reinforce the North Vietnamese delegation at the Joint Military Commission. The Saigon command said cease fire violations dropped to 102 in the 24 hours to 6 a.m. Sunday, the lowest since January 28. Ambassador Gauvin predicted prisoner exchanges and releases could occur within the next week.
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Hanoi
Saigon
Joint Military Commission
Tan Son Nhut
U. S
South Vietnam
Michel Gauvin
Canada
Control Commission
Survey Finds Alaska Youth Share Drug Problems Nationwide
A JAMA report based on a Greater Anchorage Area Borough study shows significant drug use among Alaska junior and senior high students and even sixth graders. Of 15,634 usable surveys from 51 schools and two bases, 26.6 percent were nonusers, 37.1 percent had used alcohol or tobacco or both, and 36.3 percent used other drugs, with marijuana most common after those.
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Chicago
Alaska
Journal of the American Medical Association
Robert Straus
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Anchorage
Dallas
Tex
San Mateo
Calif
Straus
Greater Anchorage Area
J. Kaplan
Jack R. Heesch
Ardell B. Colgar
Turkish morphine smugglers named by Newsday probe
Newsday identifies 52 Turkish entrepreneurs including a parliament member and a shipping magnate as leaders of morphine base smuggling to heroin. The group allegedly moves base to France via Mediterranean routes while using shell holdings in Istanbul and other ventures to launder profits. One kilo of morphine base fetched about 1100 dollars on delivery to France.
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Garden City
N.Y
Turkey
Newsday
Long Island
U.S
Abdullah Cilli
Malatya
Huseyin Eminoglu
Eminoglu
Istanbul
Mediterranean
France
End Seen To Miners Walkout After Appointee Resignation
In Beckley West Virginia AP reports the first wildcat strike against newly elected UMW President Arnold Miller is expected to end Sunday midnight as about 2000 miners return to work in southern West Virginia. The walkout targeted Miller hiring non union staff for two security roles, despite Miller's campaign promise to place all union jobs with rank and file members. The action centered in UMW District 29, Miller's weakest district in December's election, with Local 5771 leader George Moran asserting the action reflects unity among rank and file.
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Beckley
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
West Virginia
Miller
UMW
Union
Mr. Miller
McDowell Inmates Forge Weapons Within Jail
McDowell County jail inmates crafted daggers from metal strips ripped from walls and ceilings, using sawed off broom handles as grips. Authorities confiscated the weapons, placed the inmates in isolation, and conducted a prison-wide search. The county court has earmarked federal revenue sharing funds for a new jail.
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Welch
W. Va
McDowell County
Ries
MccDowell
Area rally yields record March of Dimes telethon total
WHIS TV's 1973 Telerama raised 72 851 00 dollars in 172 hours, setting per capita US records. Key figures included WHIS News Director Mike Slater and headliner David Canary. Funds support birth defect prevention and treatment research.
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Whis-Tv
United States
Mike Slater
WHIS
Telerama
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