Okinawa Return to Japan Agreed by United States
The United States accepts returning Okinawa to Japan in 1972, with nuclear weapons likely removed. Nixon and Sato announced a basic agreement after White House talks. Details on administration and economic arrangements remain to be worked out, with final date not set and approval required from U.S. Senate and Japanese Diet.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Okinawa
Japan
Pacific
Nixon
Eisaku Sato
White House
Tokyo
Ryukyu
Senate
U. S
Sato
Salo
Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
House
Five inmates hijack jail and flee with hostages in Galveston
Five prisoners led by Carl Bruce Hartis escaped Galveston County Jail before dawn after taking three hostages, including a woman and her 14 year old son. They seized weapons, hijacked a deputy, and fled toward Texas City and inland. Authorities pursue in several stolen vehicles while detailing murder and hijacking charges for the escapees.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas
Galton County
Sherif
Galveston County
Carl Bruce Har‘Tis
Texas Electric
Mbr
Bob Williamson
Texas City
Jacqueline
Islaw
Ree
Ers
Galveston Island
Harris
William Butch Ainesworth
Ronnie Roper
Joseph McMahon
Simeon Howard
Lips Move, Man Saved From Grave in Nottingham
In Nottingham England Douglas Gordon 56 a tobacco factory worker was pronounced dead by undertakers after collapsing at home two weeks after cancer surgery. His lips moved 20 minutes later prompting ambulance and police calls and a hospital review. The health officer said no death certificate was issued and urged contact if condition changed.
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Nottingham
England
UPI
Douglas Gordon
Gordon
Douglas Lymn
Earnest Want
Gordan
Police kill San Francisco man claiming to be Zodiac
In Ingleside District police shot David Martin after he threatened to harm his daughter while claiming to be the Zodiac killer. Authorities doubted he was the Bay Area slayer though the man allegedly boasted of multiple murders and displayed random weapons at his home.
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S.F. Man
Zodiac
San Francisco
UPI
David
Martin
San Francisco Bay Area
Ingleside
Jerri Martin
Thomas Burns
Kim
Burns
Alemany Hospital
Martii
Patice
Marlin
Escapee's Return After 46 Years Describes Prison Years
After escaping in December 1923 he returned, partially paralyzed, needing a cane and help to negotiate prison steps. He spoke quietly of the intervening years and his condition.
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Wrigtoe
Purple Heart Vietnam Vet Struggles To Find Work
Ex Army private Alvin Williams, decorated with three Purple Hearts, cannot get a job after losing his right arm in Vietnam. He is turned down for a jailor position by the Post Office and seeks welfare and food stamps, saying he does not want to beg. Drafted in 1966, he now receives $200 monthly, with $100 rent, car payments, and groceries to cover.
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Detrov
Alvin’. Williams
Alvin
Williams
Vietnam
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Rocky Mountain
Adhietion
Pricephote
Leonard W. Fristoe
Nevada State Prison
Carl Hocker
Fristoe
Los Angeles
Purple Heart
Owen
Maverick
America
Ford
Peer Bor
Michigan
Sin
Hayward Motors
Mission Blvd
Hayward, Calif
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