End of Vietnam War Signed After Prolonged Pact Talks
In Paris four warring Indochina powers sign peace treaties finalizing a long fought settlement. Cease fire lapses persist beyond the due deadline as fighting continues for hours, while President Nixon marks the moment with a prayer service at a church in Key Biscayne.
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Paris
Vienna
United States
South
North Vietnam
Nixon
Key Biscayne
Richard 2M
Mixon
John A. Huffman Jr
Key Biscayne Presbyterian Church
High cost of insurance linked to repeat traffic violator
An Arizona man, age 40, has spent 4% of his life in jail for traffic offenses and paid $5,422 in fines after 33 drunken driving arrests and numerous other violations. Despite this, he continues to drive, embodying factors behind high automobile insurance costs for similar drivers.
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Arizona
Pape
Hanoi claims victory at cease-fire ceremony
North Vietnam’s Foreign Minister Nguyen Duy Trinh signs for Hanoi at the cease-fire signing, asserting a “common victory” as the Vietnamese Communists act as if they won the war. Page 10.
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North Vietnam
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Hanoi
Vietnam War Last American Serviceman Rucker Confirmed
Air Force Sgt John O Neil Rucker believed to be the final U S serviceman killed in Vietnam expressed hope for peace. His sister Margie recalls their Christmas return home and a recent letter before his death from multiple fragmentation wounds. The Defense Department says he would be the last American death unless another casualty is found.
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Air Force
John O'Neil Rucker
Vietnam
Margie
Johnny Rucker
Defense Department
Rucker
End of War Celebrated Across Cities
Citizens celebrate Vietnam cease fire with street dancing in Nauvoo and Salt Lake City. Mississippi State College for Women bell tower tolls after fifty years as crowds honor those who died in the war.
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Nauvoo
Mississippi State College For Women
Salt Lake City
POWs for nine years identified as alive in Vietnam camps
The Defense and State Departments released lists showing two long held American prisoners of war alive in Vietnam camps. Army Major Floyd James Thompson, captured March 26, 1964, and Navy Lt Cmdr Everett Alvarez, shot down August 5, 1964, are confirmed living among 137 names disclosed by late Pacific Standard Time.
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U.S
Vietnam
Army
Floyd James Thompson
South Vietnam
Navy
Cmdr
Everett Alvarez
Lafayette
North Vietnam
Defense and
State Departments
Review Wayward California Issue Details
California edition Review Wayward Volume 42 Number 107 covers 114 pages. Printer line lists 783 6111 and price at 25 cents.
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Wayward, California
Peace at last after Vietnam war toll 147 South County soldiers
The Vietnam cease-fire brings relief and questions in Southern Alameda County as 147 local service members died over 12 years. Parents and friends recall losses, with Mrs Verna Miller grieving her 20 year old son Mark, who was killed Friday, and others reflecting on duty and honor amid lingering pain.
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Peate
Alameda County
South County
Vietnam
Verna Miller
Cedar Boulevard
Newark
Mark
In memoriam listing for fallen service members
A memorial page lists names of service members from the East Bay area with ranks and home towns, including Robert T. Abina San Leandro and Michael Angel Hayward, among others, noting dates of death from 1967 to 1970 and hometowns such as Fremont and Newark. Continued on page &
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Robert T. Abina
San Leandro
Robert Anderson
San Lorenzo
Terrance W. Anderson
Fremont
Michael Angel
Marine Pvt
Hayward
Paul A. Baptista
Army
David B. Barber
Marine Pfc
Raul R. Barrera
Newark
Ronald Beardsley
Air Force PLC
Pleasanton
Donn W. Belander
Union City
Ray W. Berg Jr
Thomas H. Bergren
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