Returning POWs face hard path after long captivity
Those who served are back or en route, having spent three to seven years in North Vietnam. They receive backpay and tax exemptions, but must cope with health issues isolation and social rigidity. Their reception exposes rifts with foes who left the country, and some return to abandoned marriages while seeking a new life.
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North Vietnam
High officials in legal jeopardy and budget limits
The text notes Illinois former governor Kerner and associate Issacs facing convictions for bribery and conspiracy as part of recent state and federal cases, with references to broader national political corruption and a 1974 budget message urging Congress to cap total federal outlays. It also cites a VA mail volume study and guidance for veterans mailing to VA offices.
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Texas
Otto Kerner
Illinois
U. S
Appeals Court
Theodore J. Issacs
Congress
Hogarchy
Richard Nixon
Veterans Administration
Jack Coker
Sun Power via Mirrors May Ease Energy Crisis
Government review outlines solar approaches including a solar furnace, solar farm, and satellite solar cells to meet long term needs. NASA projects 2020 targets with up to 35 percent heating and cooling and 20 percent electrical supply, requiring about three billion dollars over 15 years funded by federal appropriations.
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America
House Science and Astronautics Committee
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Earth
United States
Poage urges crash program for new energy sources
Congressman W. R. Poage called for a national emergency style effort to harness solar and geothermal energy. He said the United States can tap untapped sun power to power machines homes and transportation, noting long familiarity with solar energy but little practical use.
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Cong
W. R. Poage
United States
Poage
New Zealand
Iceland
McCall Scholarship Fund Established in Baylor Recognition Day
Baylor University in Waco plans a March 30 recognition day for its 10th president Abner V. McCall. A 30-member advisory group funds the initial scholarship and coordinates campus convocations, a reception, and a banquet at the Civic and Convention Center expected to draw about 2 200 attendees.
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Abner V. McCall
Baylor University
Waco
The
Baptist University
Old philosopher warns against overreliance on experts
A reader criticizes reducing human needs to data and calories. The letter cites Vietnam POWs and returning soldiers overreacting to diet plans, arguing taste and nature resist strict computerized guidance and that people hunger for familiar foods.
MHB Creates William H. Vann Chair in English Literature
The Mary Hardin Baylor College Board of Trustees announced the new William H. Vann Chair of English Literature. Dr. Bobby E. Parker said the chair elevates scholarship and honors Vann who served the college 44 years from 1919 and died at 83.
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William H. Vann
Mary Hardin-Baylor College
Bobby E. Parker
Parker
Vann
MHB
Easter Seal Appeal Opens in Milam County March 1
The 1973 Easter Seal Appeal will open in Milam County on Thursday March 1, per Easter Seal Representative E J Manning. Home mailings will begin about March. Manning invites requests for services from the Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults of Texas offering physical and occupational therapy speech and hearing programs and information services to families of handicapped individuals.
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Milam County
E. J. Manning
Manning
Easter Seal Society For
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