Seven POWs Meet US Antiwar Delegation in Hanoi
AP Special Correspondent recounts a rare meeting in a Hanoi government building where seven American pilots held as prisoners of war shared personal letters, family concerns, and pleas with visiting antiwar activists before their departure. The scene underscored the ongoing pain of long captivity and the complex dynamics of wartime messaging.
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Peter Arnett
United States
Navy
Cmdr
Eugene Wilbur
Columbia Cross Roads
Wilbur
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Reeras
America
Pentagon
Patty
Bachelor Air Force
Greg Hanson
Thousand Oaks
Calif
Richard Fulton
Mesa
Ariz
David Hoffman
San Diego
Hoffman
Callahan
Cherokees Fight Tellico Dam Backed by Tennessee Governor
Cherokee delegation told Governor Dunn of Tennessee they will pursue every avenue to halt the Tellico Dam on the Little Tennessee River near Vonore. Dunn promised help and opposition to ongoing archaeological digs while TVA construction was paused by court order amid environmental and economic concerns.
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Nashville, Tenn
Indian Nation
Jonathan Taylor
Winfield Dunn
Tellico
TVA
Cherokee
N.C
University of Tennessee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Little Tennessee River
Vonore
Tenn
Robert L. Taylor
U.S. District Court
Knoxville
Environmental Defense Fund
Dunn
Tennessee
Taylor
Nrmec
Lynn Seeber
Seeber
EDF
Pearl S Buck Recovering From Gall Bladder Surgery
Pearl S Buck, the 80 year old Nobel and Pulitzer winner living in Danby, is recovering at Medical Center Hospital in Burlington after surgery on Friday. Doctors reported Monday she has been out of bed and moving about her room, with a spokesman noting signs of progress. Buck was hospitalized on September 24 with abdominal pains.
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Burlington, Vt
Pearl S. Buck
Medical Center Hospital
Miss Buck
Danby
Winston-Salem Station Sale Renames to WXII
WSJS-TV in Winston-Salem has been officially transferred from Triangle Broadcasting to Multimedia Inc for 7.3 million dollars. FCC approval arrived last month and the station will change its call letters to WXII.
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Winston-Salem, N.C
Wsjs-Tv
Triangle Broadcasting Corp
Multimedia Inc
Greenville
S. C
Multimedia
Federal Communications Commission
WXII
Governor Calls Columbia Prison Disgraceful
Gov. John West labeled Central Correctional Institution in Columbia disgraceful after a tour and ordered a cost estimate to close the facility and replace it with a modern prison. Officials compile figures as a priority matter. a national Washington Post report described the 104 year old dungeon as among the worst, noting former remarks by Columbia Magstrate Kenneth Love.
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Columbia
John West
Central Correctional Institution In
West
Department of Corrections
William Leeke
Washington Post
Leeke
Columbia Magstrate
Kenneth E. Love
Vietnam
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