Joyous Tears Mark Homecoming For Second Group Of U S POWs
The second group of 20 repatriated U S prisoners of war arrived at Travis Air Force Base California after a long flight from the Philippines. Navy Captain James B Stockdale spoke of loyalty as he stepped from the StarLifter Jet amid cheering crowds. The previous day 20 POWs arrived from Vietnam to similar scenes of joy. The 40 former prisoners were to be flown to hospitals near their homes with additional evacuees en route from Saigon and Clark Air Base. The homecoming at RAVIS AFB reflected a restrained, emotional reception requested by President Nixon.
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Escapee John Miller Held After Oklahoma City Robbery
Lawton police detained 31 year old escapee John Carl Miller in connection with the armed robbery of Cagle’s Grocery at 107 North Second and the kidnapping of a Midwest City couple. Det. Maj. Robert Gillian said evidence will be presented to the district attorney for possible charges.
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John Carl Miller
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Robert Gillian
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Miller
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Euclid
Harry Ezell
Cagle’s
N. Second
James Smith
Hilda Crane
Midwest City
Samuel Ezell
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Oklahoma City
Pace 4A
Nixon seeks consumer funding for antipollution plan
President Nixon urged Congress to act on 19 environmental bills and said pollution costs should fall on consumers not the federal budget. He proposed wilderness land inclusion, coastal fishing regulation, transfer of 16 surplus properties for parks, expanded wild and scenic rivers funding, and acquisition of Cross Florida Barge Canal land into Ocala National Forest. He also sought a new farm bill and stressed federal leadership beyond local boundaries.
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Nixon
Congress
U.S
Agriculture Department
Postwar aid to North Vietnam faces Congress hurdle
In brief dispatches from Washington Secretary Rogers says Congress will find it hard to approve postwar aid to North Vietnam though peacetime reconstruction aid for all Indochina is expected to win approval. Separate notes report intensified U S bombing of Laos and a Friday cabinet meeting to review Southeast Asia and economic issues. A federal grand jury declines to indict reporter Les Whitten and Indians Hank Adams and Anita Collins over stolen Bureau of Indian Affairs documents.
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Hank Adams
Anita Collins
Kissinger Starts Peking Meetings With Chinese Leaders
Henry Kissinger began a three and a half hour session in Peking with Premier Chou En Lai and other leaders as part of five days of talks aimed at normalizing relations. The talks also addressed Vietnam war issues, U S military presence, and a potential U S trade mission.
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Chi P’eng-Fei
Chiao Kuan Hua
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Alfred Jenkins
State Department
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National Security Council
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Nixon
Shy TV Actor Wally Cox Found Dead at Bel Air Home
Hollywood AP reports 48 year old comedian Wally Cox known for Mr. Peepers was found dead at his Bel Air residence around 7 45 am. Firefighters saw no foul play though cause of death not immediately known. Cox rose to fame as a gentle science teacher on early TV.
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Wally Cox
Mr. Peepers
Bel Air
Cox
John Creston
Robinson Peepers
Peepers
Detroit
City College of New York
New York
Secretary Ro gers signs antihijacking accord with Cuba
Secretary of State William P. Rogers signed an antihijacking pact with Cuba to prosecute or extradite hijackers and apply each country’s laws to offenses. The agreement, effective immediately for five years, allows political refugee considerations but excludes extortion or threats. It was signed in Washington with Cuban interests represented by the Czechoslovak Embassy and set to expire in five years.
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Washington
William P. Rogers
Havana
Rogers
Jaroslav Zantovsky
United States
U.S. Senate
U.S
South Viet MPs Hamper Peacekeeping Tactics
South Vietnamese military police barred the Indonesian peace delegation chief Dharsono and four officials from a Viet Cong reception at Camp Davis Saigon base. Brig Gen Donat Gagnon refused entry in protest as Polish and Hungarian delegates threaten to move troops from ICCS quarters amid identity card and passport disputes. Canadian officers watched as tensions rise over guard posts and eyeing downtown Saigon alternative arrangements.
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Dharsono
Donat Gagnon
ICCS
International Commission For Control and Supervision
Commission
Bogdan Wasilewski
Warmer Weather Expected Across Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma
Fair to partly cloudy skies. Temperatures rise with a high near 40 and a tonight low around the mid 20s. Friday outlook calls for a mid-40s high after a Wednesday high of 44 and a 27 low.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Trade Mart Stores Are Being Sold in Oklahoma
A firm official in Oklahoma City told the Lawton Constitution that the Trade Mart chain including Lawton Enid and Midwest City stores is in negotiation to be sold. Don Klein, former manager of the 100000 square foot Lawton store, said two unnamed companies are pursuing control and could retain stores as retail discount operations. A Mass Retailing Merchant article noted Doyle Dane Burnbach's involvement as parent agency.
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Oklahoma City
Lawton Constitution Press
Don Klein
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Lawton
Enid
Midwest City
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