Alive at last Major Carlson found alive after yearlong POW status
Nancy Carlson of Pleasanton learned her husband Army Major Mherl Z. Carlson was alive in North Vietnam after nearly a year apart. The family, with parents in San Lorenzo, faced a long wait as Carlson was listed as missing and later as a POW. The revelation followed Nancy’s trip to Bangkok and amid fears of his wound severity and evacuation failure.
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Earl Biederman
Pleasanton
Nancy Carlson
Albert
Lake Tahoe
North Vietnam
Carlson
Arta Carlson
San Lorenzo
Loy Ninh
Mherl Z. Carlson
Vietnam
Aml
Bangkok
Tean
Eric
Buried Marine Turns Up Alive in Vietnam War News
Pentagon said Marine Ridgeway, listed as missing and later believed dead, was alive and identified among 555 U K servicemen named as POWs. Maj. Gen. Daniel Jamies reported Ridgeway’s family, Mrs Mildred A Ridgeway of Houston were notified of the surprising revival. The event follows a Jan 1968 ambush near Khe Sanh and the earlier recovery of his supposed remains.
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Washington
Vietnam
Pentagon
Pie
Tonald J. Ridgescay
U.K
North Vietnam
Ridgeway
Als
Khe Sanh
United States
Daniel Jamies
Mildred A. Ridgeway
Putton Street
Houslog
Lex
Parents Still Hoping for Word on Missing Son
San Leandro residents Mr and Mrs Roy Petersen press on five years after their son Captain Gaylord Velersen was listed as missing in action when his plane was shot down over North Vietnam. They cling to hope as POW lists released by the Communists last Saturday did not include Petersen, and note many other American service members remain unaccounted for. The Petersens say they have received occasional reports but no direct word, keeping faith alive amid uncertainty.
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Earl Murphy
San Leandro
Gaylord Velersen
Tan
North Vietnam
Petersen
Roy Petersen
Slope
Loy
Kidnap plot bungled in Jackson extortion case
A bungled extortion led to the escape of hostage Rebecca Arendale and the seizure of a $200,000 ransom dropped on a highway. Donald Holt, 23, is questioned after a wig and high heel disguise failed to disguise the crime. the abandoned car of Rebecca Arendale’s husband, bank official Charles Arendale, was found on Interstate 40. Local authorities and federal agents review the failed scheme and ransom drop as a maintenance worker turned the money over to police.
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Jackson, Tenn
Uml
Duckson
Donald Holt
Harvey Marconi
Charles Arendale
Jackson State Bank
Memphis
Jackson
Hall
Arendale
Harvey Marcum
Rebecca L. Arendale
Marcum
Avondale
Highway Department
Mrs Johnson says LBJ knew of Vietnam peace
Mrs. Johnson, Lyndon Baines Johnson’s widow, said Nixon informed Johnson before his death about the Vietnam cease-fire. She noted many friends wrongly believed he died before hearing Nixon’s televised peace announcement, stressing he knew peace had come and that fate was kind.
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Nixon
Tynton B. Johnson
Johnson
Vietnam
Lady Bird Johnson
Parity cloudy skies forecast over South County tonight and tomorrow
Partly cloudy skies are expected over South County tonight and tomorrow with little temperature change. Lows tonight should be in the 40s and highs tomorrow in the 50s. Weather details on page 4.
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South County
Reagan backs tax cuts to absorb state surplus
Gov. Tonald Reagan proposed a temporary 20 percent cut in the biannual tax and delaying a planned sales tax increase to absorb an $852 million surplus. He also urged four permanent but smaller income tax cuts tied to future surpluses, with details to be decided by week’s end.
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Sacramento
Tonald Reagan
Reagan
Red Dye Na Y sparks FDA review and consumer alarm
Washington reports fresh pressure on the FDA as Health Research Group backed by Ralph Nader urges a halt to certifying Red Dye Na Y. Consumer Reports criticizes the dye’s safety amid studies claiming reproductive harm. FDA public comment period expired without a final decision. Sidney Wolfe warns pregnant women to avoid products with the dye as tests and a Soviet study influence ongoing deliberations.
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Washington
Tremwa
Consumer Reports Magazine
Food and Drug
Health Research Group of Washington
Soviet Union
FDA
Pat
Sidney Wolfe
Health Research
Food prices hit record high in December market basket
Washington reports show the typical family food market basket cost 1438 annually in December, a 38 rise. Beef eggs and lettuce rose sharply while oranges and grapefruit fell, with farm to retailer margins offsetting some price gains.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
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