Freed Yank Flies Home From China
Downey, the last American prisoner of the Chinese cage in the Korean War, was released from a Beijing prison and flew to Clark Air Base with fellow ex-prisoners. He spoke of relief and gratitude to President Nixon and Kissinger. His mother in New Britain, Conn., suffered a stroke but regains consciousness after Downey’s release.
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UPI
John T. Downey
CIA
Philippines
Downey
Connecticut
Clark
Philip
Nixon
Nam
Hhey
China
Mary Downey
New Britain
Peking
Ilenry Kissinger
William Downey
Hong Kong
Feeteaut
Fimendorf
Mias
Nison
Startford
Conn
Fecteau
Westover Air Base
Mass
New Britain, Conn
Massive Probe Opens Into Bermuda Slayings
Bermuda police report a mass probe into the killings at Government House after Sir Richard Sharples and Capt. Hugh Sayers were shot outside the residence. An armed guard was on duty as Scotland Yard joined the investigation while a state of emergency allowed police to detain suspects. No arrests reported. details unclear.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Scotland Yard
Tives
Hecampe
Fouricte
Richard Shargites
Hugh Sayers
Goverment House
Ravernor
Sharples
Creal Dane
Harsa
Most Regard Inflation as Worst Problem in Gallup Poll
Three in five Americans say rising prices are the nation's top problem per a Gallup survey of 1,517 adults conducted Feb 16–19. High cost of living led at 59 percent, followed by drugs 10 percent, crime 17, race relations 16, unemployment 16, and pollution 14 percent. Vietnam war concern fell to ninth place.
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Princeton
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UPI
Gallup
Vietnam
FTC Sues to Halt False Pain Relief Ads Across Brands
The Federal Trade Commission charged makers of aspirin products including Bulferin Excedrin Excedrin PM Anacin Arthritis Pain Formula Bayer Cope Vanquish Midol and Anacia with false claims. The agency seeks ad disclosures and a swift show cause ruling to stop misleading statements about faster relief fewer side effects and superior efficacy versus aspirin.
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Washington
UPL
Federal Trade Commission
Bayer
Vanquish
Midol
FIC
United States
UAW Leader Questions Gray Over FBI Director Post
The United Auto Workers urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to withhold voting on Patrick Gray as FBI director until facts about the Watergate bugging at Democratic headquarters are clarified. UAW general counsel Stephen Schlossberg questioned Gray’s past government service, including a March speech.
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Washington
United Auto Workers
Senate Judiciary Committee
Patrick Gray
FBI
Watergate Complex
Stephen Schlossberg
Gray
Gunfire Over Wounded Knee Standoff Continues
FBI pursuit of a stolen van five miles west of Wounded Knee escalated into gunfire after agents reported the vehicle, carrying six bullet holes in the windshield, was fired upon. Indian leader Dennis Banks and AIM accuse authorities of provoking the crisis as hundreds of federal officers and armed Indians remain at the scene.
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FBI
Curtis Elfgerald
Chicago
Was
Fitzgerald
Sceiver
Dennis
Banks
Justice Department
Washington
Atty
Richard Kleindienst
Wounded Knee
Indians Bar Officials From Wounded Knee
Amid gunfire and declarations of sovereignty at Wounded Knee, Indian leaders ban federal officials from entering the village and vow to treat any intrusion as an act of war. FBI agent shot, warrants issued for five occupation leaders as a Sioux uprising looms. A grand jury meets in Sioux Falls to consider February takeover details.
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Wounded Knee
Interior Department
Sioux Falls
D. D
U.S
Trupid City
Means
United States
Chuckle Fire Chief Jokes Through New Siren Image
The fire chief quips with a playful line about a new siren while conversing with a listener. A light hearted exchange centers on a humorous mishearing and a cheeky reply. The piece aims for a light comic tone rather than a serious news angle.
EPA asks why U8. cars can not meet standard
EPA Administrator William Ruckelshaus opened hearings on delaying the 1973 standards asking why some firms can meet anti-pollution rules while others cannot. GM Vice President Ernest Starkman said mass production tech to meet 1975 goals is not yet available, proposing stronger current limits with softer 1975 standards as an alternative.
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EPA
Washington
UPI
William Tuckershaus
U.S
Fead
Environmental Protection Agency
Ruckelshaus
Muckelshaus
General Motors
Ernest Starkman
Ile
Tie
U S Halts Withdrawal Of Troops In Vietnam
AP dispatch from Saigon reports North Vietnam provided a list of 107 military prisoners and one civilian prisoner to be released in Hanoi on a referenced day. The United States again suspended troop withdrawals to ensure the release of all 286 Americans held. The Viet Cong promised a list on Tuesday of about 20 POWs to be released in Hanoi on Thursday.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
Viet Cong
South Vietnam
U.S
Washington
Defense Department
Bul Tin
POW releases inch toward Hanoi cease fire pace
Three Iowans Lt Col Divight and Capt Burns among 108 POWs slated for release in Hanoi on Wednesday and Thursday, part of a phased shift. The list includes Lt Cmdr Jobo McCain. Maj Floyd Thompson and civilian Philip Manbard, as the third phase drops 156 more POWs by March 24, with total U.S. forces at 6,995.
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Air Force
Divighton Sullivan
Mira Jaoseph Ootne
Clinton
Michael T. Burns
Mount Pleasant
Hanoi
U.S
Vietnam
Common Market currencies move to float against the dollar
Six Common Market nations agreed to a joint partial float against the dollar while keeping exchange rates among themselves. Britain Ireland and Italy already float against all others and may join the joint float when conditions permit. West Germany revalued the mark upward three percent amid speculation on the yen.
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Britain
Ireland
Illy
West Germany
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Denmark
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