Were 10 Americans held in Soviet camps for 25 years
Grand Rapids AP report on Senate Intelligence Committee reviewing private detective Theodore Grevers claim that 10 U.S. servicemen listed as dead after a 1950 PB4Y2 crash were prisoners in the Soviet Union for 25 years. Navy file partially released, with disputed intelligence mission at seizure sites near Latvia.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Senate Intelligence Committee
Soviet Union
Navy
Baltic Sea
Committee
Church
Lane
Grevers
H.B. Robertson Jr
Department of State
FBI
Washington
Robertson
Wiesbaden
West Germany
Copenhagen
Denmark
Chicago
Minneapolis
New York
John Noble
Naval
Noble
Dresden
Germany
Vorkuta
Marchuk
Russia
John Fette
Connellsville
Howard W. Seeschaf
Fairlington
J.g
Robert D. Reynolds
Dansville
N.Y
Tommy L. Burgess
Osawatom
Grand Rapids
United States
New York City
Mitchell says CIA FBI never advised him on mail opening
Former Attorney General John Mitchell testified before the Senate committee that CIA and FBI officials never advised him that mail was being opened. Richard Helms claimed he informed Mitchell about a mail cover in 1970. Katzenbach denies knowledge of mail opening and questions the legality of the process.
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Washington
Atty
John Mitchell
Senate
CIA
FBI
Senate Select Committee On Intelligence
Richard Helms
Mitchell
Helms
Nicholas Katzenbach
Lyndon Johnson
Katzenbach
Yacht Racing Rules Class Offered at Leeway Center
A two session course on yacht racing rules and tactics for experienced to intermediate sailors runs Monday and Wednesday evenings 6 to 9 at Leeway Sailing Center. Jerry Miller will lead with aim to use rules of the road to gain advantage in races. Preregistration required with sign up at Bemont Plaza Olympic Pool today or Sunday.
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Leeway Sailing Center
E. Ocean Blvd
Jerry Miller
Bemont Plaza Olympic Pool
Long Beach
Two youths plead guilty in fatal LAPD shooting case
Roger Moore and Calvin Lewis, companions of Randall Miles who was killed by an off duty Los Angeles policeman last summer near Hollywood Bowl, plead guilty to misdemeanors. Moore admits carrying a loaded pistol and disturbing the peace while Lewis pleads to marijuana possession. Miles died June 29 after a confrontation with Harbor Division officer Paul Kilcoyne.
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Los Angeles
Roger Moore
Calvin Lewis
Moore
Lewis
Randall W. Miles
Harbor Division
Paul Kilcoyne
Escapee Billy Hayes Returns Home After Turkish Prison Ordeal
Billy Hayes, released from a Turkish prison after five years for hashish possession, arrived at Kennedy Airport with family, recounting a harrowing escape by swimming to shore and rowing through a storm. He admitted carrying hashish in 1970, said he no longer uses drugs, and urged travelers not to carry narcotics abroad. He acknowledged suffering brutality in prison.
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New York
Billy Hayes
Hayes
Imrah
Greece
Salonika
Michael Griffiths
Kennedy Airport
William
North Babylon
N.Y
Amsterdam
Istanbul
Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Skills Increases U S Risk
Defense official Robert Ellsworth warned the number of nations capable of building nuclear weapons is rising, threatening U S security. He cited broader proliferation, potential regional wars, and terrorism as key dangers and urged continued U S alliances and nonproliferation efforts in Northeast Asia and NATO Europe.
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Washington
U.S
Defense Department
Robert Ellsworth
Ellsworth
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Northeast Asia
NATO Europe
Navy eyes helicopter defense on civilian merchant ships
Admiral James L. Holloway III said the Navy is studying placing helicopters on civilian merchant ships for self defense. He denied long range ship to ship missiles on civilian vessels and said such measures would be limited to military ships. He spoke at the Naval War College in Newport during a briefing to students.
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Newport
R.I
U.S. Navy
Chief of Naval Operations
Adm
James L. Holloway III
Naval War College
Navy
Holloway
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Frank Church
Didaho
Albert Lane
Theodore R. Grevers
Muncy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Siberia
New York Times Service
Turk
Dooley
Kat Dooley
Dooley’s Hardware Mart
Long Beach Blvd
Ocean Ave
Ximeno Ave
AY X Lumber Company
John Julian
Rockwell
Johns Manville
BARR
Rick Holmes
Yoon
Rockwell 2
Rockwell Finish
Sander
Aie
Los Alamitos Blvd
Los Alamitos
Habla Espanol
Koreto
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