Five Year Viet Cong Prisoner Nicki Rowe Reunites With Family
Maj. James Nicki Rowe, held in jungle captivity in the Mekong Delta for five years, is freed after escape attempts and a prisoner exchange. His parents in McAllen Texas express unwavering faith and describe his condition as strong and undefeated.
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Mcallen
Tex
UPI
Maj
James
Nicki” Rowe
Lee Rowe
Mas. Rowe
South Vietnam
National Guard
Maj. Rowe
Nick
Mrs. Rowe
Army
Rowes
James Trussell
Trussell
Rowe
Two Way Talks Mapped for Viet Negotiations
UPI reports U S negotiators weigh two conference tracks to resume Paris talks. One US North Vietnam session on military de escalation and a second Saigon Viet Cong political talks track. Saigon withholds recognition of the Viet Cong, complicating progress.
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Paris
UPI
U.S
United States
North Vietnam
Richard M. Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Saigon
South Vietnam
National Liberation Front
NLF
Viet Cong
United Press International
Tran Buu Kiem
Nevada High Court orders new hearing in Haapanen land case
The Nevada Supreme Court ordered a new hearing in a Las Vegas dispute over land seized by the State Highway Department from Arvo and Sita Haapanen. A district court jury awarded $21,619 for land, temporary construction and severance, and $18,500 for severance. The high court found error in excluding evidence that the Haapanens could gain a special benefit from highway on ramps.
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Carson City
UPI
Nevada Supreme Court
Las Vegas
State Highway Department
Arvo
Sita Haapanen
Haapanens
Supreme Court
Dist
Alvin Wartman
Southern Vote Up Last Year
A Census Bureau study found voting participation rose in the South over four years, reaching 60 percent of voting age residents in the latest presidential election, up from 57 percent in 1964, while the North and West declined from 75 percent to 71 percent. Nonwhite participation outside the South fell 11 points to 61 percent in 1968. The report cites lack of registration as the main barrier, with 77 percent of 35 million unregistered adults not voting, though 91 percent of the registered did vote. Men outvoted women 70 to 66 percent.
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Washington
UPI
Census Bureau
South
Lindbergh Warned of Nazi Air Power in 1938
British cabinet documents released show Charles Lindbergh warned France in 1938 that Nazi Germany had 8000 warplanes and could build 1500 more monthly. The notes reveal Churchill urged warning Germany over Czechoslovakia, but his advice was ignored amid Munich dispute.
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London
UPI
Charles A. Lindbergh
Nazi Germany
Lindbergh
Eric Phipps
Paris
Atlantic
Cabinet Foreign Policy Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Europe
Neville Chamberlain
Public Record Office
Britain
Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Herr Hitler
Lord Halifax
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Germany
Hoover warns New Left threat to U S security
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover cautioned in a year end report that New Left groups may escalate terrorism to topple the government while black extremist movements pose a growing internal security risk. He noted bombings arsons and exhortations to violence and highlighted the SDS as the core of campus unrest with figures like Stokely Carmichael of the Black Panther Party active nationwide.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
New Left
Hoover
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
Stanford
Veterans Affairs and Selective Service Adviser
Los Angeles Valley Junior College
University of Washington Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
Eugene
Ore
CIA
Science and
University of Michigan
Black Panther Movement
Stokely
Carmichael
Mao Tse-tung
China
Black Panther Party
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Where Al Shane Band Earns a Nationwide Parade Chance
A Las Vegas high school band seeks broad community support for a trip to the inaugural presidential parade. Needing funds, the group appeals to hotels and local sponsors, noting Nevada’s Nixon support and Pat Nixon’s Ely connection. The aim is a united effort to showcase the city and end a new year with the band proudly parading.
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Las Vegas
Convention Authority
Nevada
Nixon
Pat Nixon
Ely
Band of Western High School
Thieu Says South Vietnam Will Replace Allies With Viet Troops
South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu pledged in a New Year message that his forces are ready to replace part of the allied presence in 1969. He urged a greater Vietnamese role while urging continued cooperation with the United States to pursue a two sided peace and warned of a possible major Communist offensive.
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Paris
Hanoi
Kissinger
United States
Johnson
Saigon
UPI
Nguyen van Thieu
America
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Thieu
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
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Springerville, Arizona
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al Shane
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