Wounded Knee clash tests peace hopes and fears
FBI agent is wounded in an exchange of gunfire near Wounded Knee as Indian militants block federal entry. A grand jury meets in Sioux Falls to probe the February 27 takeover, while Justice officials say federal entry remains restricted and tensions rise between AIM leaders and federal authorities.
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Associated Press
Wounded Knee
S.D
FBI
Interior Department
Sioux Falls
U.S
Rapid City
Curtis Fitzgerald
Chicago
Fitzgerald
Dennis Banks
Justice Department
Washington
Richard
POW lists released as US halts troop withdrawals
North Vietnam released a list of 108 American POWs to be freed in Hanoi while the United States suspended troop withdrawals to ensure all 286 remaining prisoners are released. Viet Cong promised a separate list of about 30 POWs for release in Hanoi. The third release phase targets about 156 more by March 28, the cease fire deadline. U.S. strength in Vietnam stands at 6,935 with allied forces near 5,607.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
Washington
Defense Department
Bui Tin
Cmdr
John §. McCain III
Pacific
Maj
Floyd Thompson
Philip Manhard
Vietnam
Last American prisoner freed from China after Nixon appeal
John T. Downey, the last American held from the Korean War, was freed by China and flew to Clark Air Base to visit his seriously ill mother Mary Downey of New Britain Connecticut. Downey said he was grateful to the Chinese government and to President Nixon and Dr Kissinger for their efforts. He said he was eager to return home to his mother while companions Maj. Philip E. Smith and Lt. Cmdr. Robert J. Flynn were to be freed soon.
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Philippines
John T. Downey
China
Connecticut
Peking
CIA
Nixon
Mary Downey
New Britain
Henry A. Kissinger
Air Force
Philip E. Smith
Robert J. Flynn
Downey
Red Cross
Smith
Flynn
Vietnam
Hong Kong
Dr. Kissinger
Storm toll rises as two Pine Bluff men die in drownings
A weekend storm lashed the Hope area with heavy rain and high winds. Jacob H. Wingard, 27, an assistant football coach at Pine Bluff, died when a boat overturned on Millwood Lake. passenger Johnny Johnson swam to shore and survived. Rescue units aided the search as Wingard's body was recovered. The Trade Winds Motel restaurant suffered wind damage and will close about a week and a half for repairs. owners Raimond and Mrs. Ahlborn expect full insurance coverage.
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Jacob H. Wingard
Pine Bluff
Millwood Lake
Johnny Johnson
Henry Wingard
Johnson
Wingard
Nashville
Hope
Raimond Ahlborn
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Purple Martin Capital News
Griggsville
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Russell Means
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New York
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