Two U S Pilots Return From Communist China
Air Force Maj. Philip Smith and Lt. Cmdr. Robert J. Flynn arrived at Clark Air Base with 108 other POWs after being held since 1965 and 1967. They were shot down during the Vietnam era and flown from Hong Kong after a prior border crossing. Smith’s brother met him in Hong Kong and the pair celebrated with a hospital checkup and reunion.
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Philippines
U.S
China
Air Force
Philip Smith
Roadhouse, Ill
Robert J. Flynn
Colorado Springs
Colo
Hong Kong
Smith
Hainan
Flynn
Shum Chun
Red Cross
Eugene Guy
Guy
Royal Air Force Field
J. H. Smith
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Begich's Replacement Takes Oath for House
Don Young, a Republican, was sworn in as Alaska's representative in the House. He succeeds Democrat Nick Begich, declared dead after a 1972 airplane disappearance with Hale Boggs, then House majority leader.
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Washington
Don Young
Alaska
House
Rep
Nick Begich
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Frances McCann Found Shot Dead in Rome Hotel
Ten years ago American opera singer Frances McCann was found shot to death in her Rome hotel room. Police investigated the fatal shooting as a possible homicide with implications for the performer’s recent engagements.
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Frances McCann
Rome
Bridge hand leads to a quiet no-trump auction
In a four player bridge deal the West opens with a minor suit and South and North pass. East leads the five card sequence indicating a spade or club holding while the dummy and declarer play a cautious contract with no-trump potential.
Camelot Pair Struggles In Spade Slam Duel
Lancelot and Sir Dinadan enter a Camelot pairs bridge match where Dinadan’s weak play and a clever defense by Mordred create a difficult slam. Dinadan ruffs the opening diamond lead, trumps four rounds to draw a full hand, then a heart finesse settles the suit as Mordred withholds the king.
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Lancelot
Sir Dinadan
Dinadan
Mordred
Lancelot Battles Mordred in a Failing Card Trial
Dinadan apologizes as Lancelot fights a losing diamond and heart sequence. Mordred safeguards the king while Lance lot’s endgame with a slam ends in defeat.
Senators sue to remove OEO acting director Phillips
Four Democratic senators filed suit in U.S. district court for the District of Columbia seeking to strip Howard J. Phillips of his post as acting director of the Office of Economic Opportunity. They argue his appointment is illegal because President Nixon has not sent a nomination for confirmation to the Senate.
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Washington
Howard J. Phillips
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Harrison Williams
D-N.j
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
U.S. District Court
District of Columbia
Phillips
Nixon
Senate
Britain Orders Fully Armed Training Planes in Germany
Twenty years ago Britain insisted on arming training planes stationed in Germany and supplying fighter escorts when needed. The move aimed to back Britain’s protest over a British bomber destroyed by Soviet MIG-15s.
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Britain
Germany
Fake doctor among collapse witnesses arrested for larceny
At Bailey's Crossroads Virginia a building under construction collapsed two weeks earlier. James Wishnia once called Dr Jerry Williams helped victims and coordinated aid before police arrested him in Montgomery County Maryland on a Fairfax County fugitive warrant for grand larceny by false pretenses the theft of a portable medical bag from a mobile hospital at the scene.
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Bailey’s Crossroads
James Wishnia
Health Department
District of Columbia
Washington Star-News
Jerry Williams
Department of Health
Montgomery County
James Wishma
Fairfax County
Bailey’s
Explosion of Dynamite Truck Injures Four
A truck loaded with dynamite exploded on Missouri Highway 13 about 12 miles north of Springfield injuring four people. The blast occurred Wednesday on the highway, causing injuries and prompting emergency response.
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Springfield
Missouri 13
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