POWs Return From Vietnam Reach Clark and Saigon
The first POW releases yield quick moves to Clark Field and Saigon as detainees begin medical checks and routine care. Escorts study families and meals while preparing housing, finances, and transit home within days. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong prisoners upgrade to new uniforms and cigarettes during the journey home.
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Hanoi Hilton
Gia Lam
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Richard A. Abel
Cleveland
Ohio
Albert Lynn
Honolulu
Lynn
Abel
C1ai
Stars and Stripes
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Saigon
Stan L. McClellan
Loc Ninh
PRG
Provisional Revolutionary Government
Unecy
McClellan
Dollar Devaluation Sparks Global Currency Shift
Secretary of the Treasury Shultz outlined U S plans amid a dollar devaluation as major currencies swing. He warned of inflation risk but noted devaluation could push reform of the world monetary system, with the United States seeking freer fairer trade and phased capital controls including the end of the interest equalization tax.
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Canada
Great Britain
United States
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Shultz
Congress
U.S
Nixon
California
Federal Reserve Board
Nixon swears in Weinberger as defense secretary
President introduces former FTC chairman and OMB director Caspar Weinberger at a paneled office ceremony. Weinberger pledges budget cuts to curb inflation and free funds for needed programs while Nixon praises his intelligence and heart.
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Nixon
Federal Trade Commission
Office of Management and Budget
Weinberger
Farflung
Teamsters Union
Frank Fitzsimmons
White House
James Hoffa
Teamsters
Ocean pollution spread across Atlantic and Caribbean
Scientists map widespread contamination from Massachusetts to Florida and across the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, with plastics in all areas and the heaviest oil concentrations from Cape Hatteras to Cape Cod. They caution that the total environmental effects remain to be evaluated.
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Massachusetts
Florida
Caribbean
Gulf of Mexico
Bahamas
West Indies
Cape Hatteras
Cape Cod
U.S
Torrey Canyon
Santa Barbara
Calif
United States
Families await flights for released Vietnam prisoners
Air Force families from Bethlehem and Amherst plan to welcome returned servicemen as 27 men, including 19 service members and eight civilians, are airlifted from South Vietnam to Clark Air Base after a delayed release awaiting reconciliation of remaining prisoners. One man went to a Saigon hospital.
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Air Force
Arthur Neil Black
Bethlehem
South Vietnam
Clark
Saigon
Frances Farenthold Wort and Reform Career Highlight
Frances Farenthold Wort, longtime reformist legislator and former gubernatorial candidate, became chair of the National Women’s Political Caucus amid fund-raising efforts to retire a debt. The article notes her influence, past campaigns, and her stance as a working politician. it also covers other political and law enforcement figures.
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Houston
Tex
Frances
Siey
Farenthold
National Woman’s Political
Cducus
Texas
Farentheld
Dolph Briscoe
Uruguayan President Bordaberry Demonstration Grows
A constitutional referendum failed to extend Areco Pacheca Areeco’s term. Voters then backed Bordaberry at the polls amid protests by about 1,000 demonstrators outside the presidential mansion. Bordaberry, a 44 year old rancher, appeared on the balcony to cheers while Montevideo stayed calm. In Vietnam, Army Capt. George Wanat Jr. was among those released, with family noting his return and gratitude.
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Areco
Pacheca Areeco
Bordaberry
Montevideo
George Wanat Jr
South Vietnam
Kathy
Wanat
George Wanat Sr
Hartford, Conn
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