American POWs Leave Hanoi After Dinner Celebration
Two U S Navy lieutenants and their families completed a dramatic departure from Hanoi ending four years as prisoners of war. The journey began with their release and a return flight across the Dien Bien Phu Valley toward Nanning China as they departed Vietnam following a long captivity.
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Hanoi
Gartley
Navy
J.g
Norris Charles
Nanning
Charles
Olga
Agnew Joins Senate Vote as Campaign Breaks End War Amendment
Vice President Spiro Agnew cuts Texas campaign stop to fly to Washington for a possible tie vote on Sen. John C. Stennis's amendment to cut off Viet Nam war funding. He then heads to Chicago for a Republican fund-raiser, while criticizing North Vietnam for using prisoners for propaganda.
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Carl P. Leabsdorf
Arlington, Texas
Spiro T. Agnew
Washington
Senate
Chicago
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
U.S
Nixon
Agnew
Stennis
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Dallas-Fort Worth
Texas
Arlington
National Association of Re
BSA Short Funds For Scholarships
Washington AP reports over 3,000 eligible Indian college students will miss Bureau of Indian Affairs scholarships this year due to budget shortfalls. Last year’s scholarships were 17.1 million, rising to just over 18 million this year for about 10,500 students. A supplemental request has been filed but no funds allocated yet. Some of the best dressed men head to fields and woods for hunting this fall.
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Washington
Bureau of Indian Affairs
BSA
BIA
Poison honey targets love bugs in new UF trial
UF entomology scientist Dr. Louis Kuitert tests poisoned honey water to lure love bugs off highways in Florida. The strategy aims to attract the insects with sweets, then kill them, reducing their May and September swarms. Previous predator methods failed as love bugs resist eating other animals and predators.
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Gainesville
Fla
Florida
Louis Kuitert
University of Florida
Department of Entomology
Kuitert
Indians Receive Grant for Air Pollution Monitoring Project
The Ute Indian Tribe gains a $200000 grant through the Public Employment Program to fund an air pollution monitoring and analysis project. About 50 new jobs will be created for Indian workers from the Southern Ute, Navajo, Hopi, Hualapai, Jacarilla Apache, Havasupai and Ute Mountain tribes. They will operate air sampling stations across the Four Corners region spanning Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona.
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Fort Duchesne
Utah
Oklahoma anti busing spokesmen lobby in Washington
Three leaders from Oklahoma City's anti busing groups visited Capitol Hill to press for a federal ban on student busing. Jay Smith toured Senate offices while Mr and Mrs Raymond York joined a national group’s lobbying push. York heads Oklahoma Citizens of America with Mrs York on the city school board.
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Washington
Oklahoma City
Jay Smith
Raymond York
York
Oklahoma
Concerned Citizens of America
CAA
Smith
Senate
Henry Bellmon
Sen
Carl Curtis
Nebraska
Alan Bible
Nevada
John Tower
Texas
Bellmon
Oklahoma Republican
Bellman
Search Resumed For Lake Victim
Divers prepared to resume the lake search for Jack Brackney a 42 year old Oklahoma City man feared drowned after a sailing accident at Lake Thunderbird Sunday Brackney reportedly slipped overboard when he dropped anchor and resurfaced briefly before vanishing He is the eighth drowning at Lake Thunderbird this year.
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Norman (Ap
Lake Thunderbird
Oklahoma City
Jack Brackney
Brackney
Soviet Grain Deal Boosts Farm Income
The Agriculture Department says high grain prices driven by Soviet purchases will lift net farm income to about $18.6 billion this year, surpassing the previous high by $1.5 billion and marking a $2.5 billion profit gain for 1972. Wheat prices rose from $1.30 to over $2 per bushel due to the sale of 400 million bushels to the USSR.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Agriculture Department
USDA
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Peter Arnett
Peking
Dien Bien Phu
U.S. Navy
Mark Gartley
Minnie Lee
Fort Worth
National Defense Transportation Association
San Antonio
George McGovern
Vietnam
United States
Lawton Publishing Co
Third and
Ave
Lawton, Okla
City
State
Tran Trong Quat
Quat
Mrs. Weiss
Elias
China
Changsha
Hunan
Britain
Netherlands
Copenhagen
Paris
Vincent McGee
Peace Group
New York
McGee
Moscow
Kennedy International Airport
Officer Bee
Fred
NEA
COLLE
Ucht
Polina
Pope Paul VI
Vatican
Sam
Doric
MEA, Nec TM Res. US
Capitol
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