Red Defector Alleges Brutal Treatment of POWs
North Vietnam defector Dr. Dang Tan claims American prisoners of war face brutal interrogation, brainwashing, and political indoctrination. He says Hanoi uses POWs for strategic, intelligence, and propaganda aims and parades them in cities. Tan accuses rival ministries of competing to exploit POWs and says Geneva Conventions are violated.
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Robert Tuckman
Associated Press
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North Vietnam
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Tan
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Ministry of National Defense of
Soviet Union
China
Cuba
United States
Pleiku Province
Central Highlands
South Vietnamese Blockade Yields Strategic Payoff in Cambodia
South Vietnamese forces halt a major push into eastern Cambodia and block cross-border infiltration from Highway 7, with U S advisors noting three enemy divisions prevented from entering Saigon’s 11 surrounding provinces. The operation aimed to disrupt North Vietnamese and Viet Cong bases but was slowed by Gen Do Cao Tri’s death and mounting heavy resistance around Route 7.
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Cambodia
U.S
Highway 7
South Vietnam
Military Region 3
Do Cao Tri
Tri
Chup
Indochina
Chhlong
Kratie
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Nguyen van Minh
One Bid For City Wading Pool Job Exceeds Budget
Only one bid was received by Monday noon for the wad ing pool improvement at the city pool. Frank Black Co., Inc., Columbus, submitted a bid of $14,502, well above the $9,000 allocation. City officials study the bid to decide on acceptance or rejection.
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City Swimming Pool
Frank Black Co., Inc
Columbus
Egypt demands Israeli withdrawal before Suez reopen
President Sadat told the Arab Socialist Union committee that Egypt requires Israel to withdraw 115 miles from the Suez Canal and within six months agree to a timetable for full withdrawal from occupied Arab lands. He said Israel could study canal use within its political organizations. Rogers’ mission aims to move negotiations from standstill to active phase.
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William P. Rogers
Suez Canal
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Arab Socialist Union
Rogers
el Arish
U.N. Mideast
Gunnar V. Jarring
Middle East
Tel Aviv
East Bank
Joseph Sisco
Cairo
Veterans groups push converting TB center into VA hospital
The Logan chapter of the Disabled American Veterans leads a drive to convert the Southeast Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital at Nelsonville into a VA hospital when the facility closes as a TB center in 1972. The plan has backing from local officials and other veteran organizations and would serve several counties, with a meeting planned in Logan to build support.
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Logan
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Ohio
Veterans Administration Hospital
Charles W. Wood
Sam Buchanan
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American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
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Hocking
Athens
Vinton
Perry
Meigs
Fairfield County
Chillicothe
Dayton
Ex General Sentenced for Soliciting Firearms
Former Army top police official Maj. Gen. Carl C. Turner received a three year prison term for soliciting 136 firearms from the Chicago police and keeping them for personal use. He faces trial June 7 on four counts of income tax evasion as the judge criticized efforts to seek leniency from lawmakers and officials.
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Army
Chicago
Carl C. Turner
U.S. Atty
Brian P. Gettings
U.S. Dist
Oren L. Lewis
Sean Lemass Dies in Dublin at 2nd Prime Minister
Sean Lemass, Ireland’s prime minister from 1957 to 1966, died during the night after weeks of illness with a lung ailment, the Dublin police announced.
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Ireland
Sean Lemass
Rail union warns of nationwide strike next week
The Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen, 13000 members, will strike if talks fail in meetings starting today. The action would halt all rail service including Amtrak and commuter trains across the United States.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen
C. J. Chamberlain
Grand Executive Council
Amtrak
Space agency engineers discuss Lewis Center findings
Cleveland based engineers at the Lewis Research Center report initial results from ongoing space propulsion tests. The announcement outlines progress, potential efficiency gains, and next steps for verification and broader application within the program.
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Cleveland, Ohio
The
Space Agency
Lewis Research Center
Weather outlook for Hocking Valley with showers forecast
Cloudy conditions with showers likely tonight and Wednesday in the Hocking Valley. Temperature reached 67 degrees at 11 a.m. today, down from Monday’s high of 76. Overnight low around 38.
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Hocking Valley
Judge Allows Postal Rate Increase After Ruling
A federal judge denied a request by the Magazine Publishers Association and the American Newspaper Publishers Association to block temporary postal rate hikes including a two cent stamp rise. The ruling allows the U.S. Postal Service to implement increases averaging about one third of current rates beginning Sunday.
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Washington
William B. Bryant
Magazine Publishers Association
American Newspaper Publishers Association
U.S. Postal Service
House Panel Eyes Revision of Bank Regulatory Laws
House Banking Committee hearings show broad support for updating bank regulation though details remain contentious. Key topics include links between financial institutions and corporations, bank holdings in trust funds, brokered deposits, equity kickers, and whether to fix rules or grant agency discretion. Senator Proxmire accuses Fannie Mae of reviving redlining by denying mortgage credit in declining neighborhoods.
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Congress
House Banking Committee
Nixon
Washington (Ap
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Federal
National Mortgage Association
Wisconsin Democrat
Mortgage Credit Agency
Fannie Mae
Tiny Tim Becomes Father to Baby Daughter
New York AP report says singer Tiny Tim and wife Victoria May Khaury welcomed a six pound ten ounce girl at Doctors Hospital. The couple, whose real name is Herbert Khaury, praised the baby and noted they have no name yet, hoping for a big family and preferring girls over boys.
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Tiny Tim
Victoria May Khaury
Doctors Hospital
Herbert Khaury
Ile
Miss Vicky
Ohio governor says budget likely to pass next week
Gov. John Gilligan says he has enough votes to pass his 9.1 billion budget in the Ohio House if voted today. He expects a floor vote next week as House Speaker Kurfess signals support, with possible tax measures raising 1.6 billion over two years and potential cuts to welfare and education.
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Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Gilligan
Charles F. Kurfess
Perrysburg
Kurfess
Associated Press
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House
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Cleveland
Arthur R. Bowers
Steubenville
Bowers
Lloyd George Kerns
Richwood
House Finance Appropriations Committee
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