Torture of POWs Revealed by Captured Airmen
Prisoners recount brutal treatment by captors with forced lies, beatings, and ritual torture. Col Robinson Risner and Denton met Nixon on March 12 at the White House. Milligan described gangrene and maggot wounds from burn injuries and years of mental coercion. Chesley spoke of rope restraints and the struggle to resist interrogation. Navy Captain Mulligan said about 95 percent faced torture and 80 percent capitulated.
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Nixon
White House
Robinson Risner
Oklahoma City
Okla
Air Force
Joseph Milligan
Annandale
N.J
Milligan
Larry Chesley
Burley
Idaho
Chesley
Navy
James A. Mulligan Jr
Portsmouth
Communists Step Up Siege of Base in Vietnam
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong press a major assault on Tongle Chan ranger base, firing over 1,300 artillery rounds and conducting a ground attack. One government soldier killed, 25 wounded. base under siege since Feb 26. Saigon reports 400 more shells on four positions near Hue and 105 ceasefire violations in 24 hours.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Hue
Tongle Chan
al Skyraiders
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Joint Military Peacekeeping Commission
Hanoi
United States
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Arkansas General Assembly Hurdles Revenue Stabilization Bill
The General Assembly opened work on the revenue stabilization measure with leaders predicting a midweek finish. Debate over prescription drug funding for welfare recipients continued, with votes 73-1 and 74-1 failing to approve but keeping the bill alive.
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General Assembly
Assembly
Max Howell
Jacksonville
Senate
Ray S. Smith Jr
Hot Springs
House
Meat price ceiling takes effect with April 9 deadline
Government imposes a ceiling on meat prices effective immediately with retailers required to post top prices on large cards by April 9. The plan sets the ceiling as the lowest price at which 10 percent of each meat item sold in the 30 days ending March 28 could be, aiming to push prices down as supply increases.
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Washington
Treasury
George Shultz
Internal Revenue Service
Thieu May Visit Britain Amid Uncertain Talks
London AP report says South Viet Nam President Nguyen Van Thieu may travel to Britain in April. Prime Minister Edward Heath stated he would meet Thieu if he comes, with no mutual talks topics set due to the leader’s indefinite plans.
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South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Britain
Edward Heath
Thieu
Heath
Two Obituaries From Patmos and Hope
Mrs. Jennie Nichols age 84 of Patmos died in Titus Alabama. Survived by daughter Gladys Cook and sisters Audrey Powell and Myrtle Jones. Graveside service held at Central Cemetery under Herndon Funeral Home directions. Mrs. Allie C Hunt age 71 died in local hospital and is survived by husband Fred Hunt and siblings Hazel Brown A L Smith Alfred Messer and Piercy. Funeral at Herndon Chapel with burial in Memory Gardens.
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Jennie Nichols
Patmos
Titus
Ala
Gladys Cook
Audrey Powell
Shreveport
Myrtle Jones
Central Cemetery
Herndon Funeral Home
Allie C. Hunt
Fred Hunt
Hope
Hazel Brown
North Little Rock
A.L. Smith
Alfred Messer
F.B. Piercy
Emmet
Herndon Chapel
Chester Bullock
James Freddie Hunt
Memory Gardens
McCord sentencing delayed in Watergate case linked aides
James W. McCord Jr was ordered to be resentenced on June 15 as he finishes testimony for a Senate committee and a federal grand jury. He had been convicted of conspiracy burglary and wiretapping in the Watergate affair. H R Haldeman was described as aware but not active in planning. Liddy was sentenced to at least six years and eight months.
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James W. McCord Jr
White House
U.S. District Court
John J. Sirica
McCord
Senate
Nixon
Democratic
Watergate
G. Gordon Liddy
Sirica
Liddy
Baltimore Sun
H. R. Haldeman
the Sun
Haldeman
Art show features 14 paintings at Citizens National Bank lobby
All Around Town notes Helen Bittick of the Third District Arts and Crafts Association displaying 14 works through Monday April 2, including area worship sites, two paintings by her husband Cloid, and a self portrait of daughter Margaret with her baby Kaethe. Marynell Branch omitted from HHS honor graduates list. Betty Ruth Honeycutt listed as Judy.
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Helen Bittick
Third District Arts and Crafts Association
Citizens National Bank
Cloid
Margaret
Kaethe
Marynell Branch
HHS
Star
Betty Ruth Honeycutt
Judy” Honeycutt
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