Lifers clemency at Attica highlights Nixon era reform efforts
Convicted murderer Swift, serving life for a 1953 Central Park holdup killing, was granted executive clemency by Gov. Nelson Rockefeller after volunteering medical aid to hostages and inmates during the Attica uprising. Parole board recommendations cited his four days of live-saving care, with release likely next month after the board acts.
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Walter “Ylory"? Swill
Attica State
Nelson Rockefeller
Swifts
Parole Board
Swift
State Parole Board
Vincent R. Mancusi
Attica
Attica Guards” Union
Central Park
Sing Sing
Attiva
Nixon signs bill launching crusade to conquer cancer
President Nixon signed legislation declaring a national crusade to conquer cancer, calling it the most significant action of his three years in office. The measure commits the government to an unprecedented, expansive effort against the disease that annually claims many American lives.
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Nixon
Bill
Washington
National Cancer Institute gains 1.4 billion in three years
Congress approved the bill to fund diagnosis prevention and treatment at the expanded National Cancer Institute over the next three years. Senator Edward Kennedy supported the measure as President Nixon signed it in a moment of haggling over who would run the program.
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Nixon
Congress
Senate
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
National Cancer Institute
19 year China captive comes home to welcoming family
Richard Fecteau who spent 18 years in a Chinese Communist prison returned to Lynn Massachusetts with his parents after being released from Valley Forge Army Hospital. His brother Bertrand said he looked well and seemed happy as their mother rejoiced. Fecteau had been aboard a plane shot down during the Korean War and was accused of spying, leading to a 20 year sentence.
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Pakistan
Adm
Muzaffai Hasan
Nafiz Ahmad
India
Bangla Desh
Dacca
Canberra
Australia
William McMahon
McMahon
Sonia
Bellevue Hill
Sydney
Richard Fecteau
Bertrand
Phil
Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
Valley Forge Army Hospital
Tient
Feeteau
Exciting Kate Web Named Among Women of the Year
United Press International manager Kate Web for Cambodia is listed by Woman's Day among the 12 most exciting women of the year. The selection includes Dia han Carroll and Evonne Goolagong. Glenda Wallichs, chairman of Capitol Industries, died after a lengthy illness in Hollywood.
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Kate Web
United Press International
Cambodia
Today
Woman's Day
Miss Webb
T'riueesé Anne
Diahan Carroll
Aristone Quassis
Shane Gould
Evonne Goolagong
Glenda Wallichs
Capitol Industries
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
White House Christmas Family Gathering With Eisenhowers
Turkey President and Mia with inlaws gather at the White House for a Christmas dinner at 2 p.m. in the executive mansion. Former First Lady Mantle Eisenhower will attend from Gettysburg area farms. guests include David and Tricia Hisenhower with their NY in laws Mr and Mrs Howard Cox.
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Mia
Nixon
Inlaws
White House
Mantle Eisenhower
Gettysburg? Pa
Executive Mansion
David
John Hisenhower
Tricia
Howard Cox
New York City
Christmas name sparks nationwide notice in Victorville
Merry Christmas, daughter of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Christmas of Victorville, garners attention this season. Her mother recalls the family joke that influenced her name with a nod from a great-grandmother.
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Merry Christmas
Mrs
Lloyd Christmas
Victorville
Mary
Merry
Solzhenitsyn Seeks Moscow Ceremony for Nobel Prize
The Soviet writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn, 53, asks the Swedish Academy to award him the Nobel Prize in a Moscow apartment if Sweden blocks a public ceremony in its Moscow embassy. He has refused to travel to Stockholm fearing he would not be allowed to return home.
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Swedish Academy
Moscow
Sweden
Solzhenitsyn
Stockholm
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