First group of American POWs arrives in the Philippines
United Press International reports the first 116 American POWs freed from Hanoi were flown to Clark Air Base in the Philippines in three medical flights. A civilian in South Vietnam also arrived in Saigon for hospitalization. Navy Captain Jeremiah A. Denton led the emotional arrival, praising America as the first group begins the long trek home. Preliminary medical checks found no urgent needs.
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United Press International
Phillipines
United States
Hanoi
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
Saigon
Pentagon
America
Navy
Jeremiah A. Denton
Virginia Beach
Clark
Everett Alvarez Jr
Paris
Brian D. Woods
Lemoore
Calif
Phillip Gallanti
Gastonia
N.C
Paul E. Gallanti
Nixon
San Clemente
James A. Mulligan
Pensacola
Fla
Loc Ninh
Quang Tri
Denton
Madeleine
Manila
Richard Abel
Cleveland
Ohio
Abel
Rain totals rise to sixteen inches in Lompoc region
A weekend storm pushed the season rainfall to 16 inches in Lompoc as heavy showers lashed the Southland. A Santa Barbara man, Jose Luis Ontaveros, 31, died on Highway 101 when his car ran off an embankment after a sideswipe. No other major incidents were reported.
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Lompoc
Southland
Santa Barbara
Jose Luis Ontaveros
Highway 101
California Highway Patrol
Ontaveros
St. Francis Hospital
Santa Rosa Road
CHP
Sheriff's Department
City of
East North Avenue
Trustees to confront Lompoc school cutbacks
Lompoc Unified Trustees meet to consider Wegner cutback plan amid enrollment drop of about 2000 students. Proposals include merging four elementary principalships under two leaders, attrition driven staff reductions, and space and service cuts. LEA opposes, funding fears loom under Public Law 874 and SB 90 revisions.
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Vaughn Proctor
Lompoc Unified School District
Nixon
Lompoc Education Association
North
Glen Wegner
Wegner
Loma Vista
Los Padres
la Mesa
Buena Vista
LEA
Viet Cong decries U.S. Saigon violations of Paris accord
Viet Cong peace delegation spokesman Ly Van Sau accuses Washington and Saigon of obstructing the Joint Military Commission on South Vietnam and of failing to dismantle bases as pledged in the January Paris peace agreement. He warns such actions threaten the Paris accord and may be raised at the February 26 International Conference on Guarantees in Paris.
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Clark
Loc Ninh
South Vietnam
Joint Military Commission
JMC
Paris
UPI
United States
Saigon
Ly van Sau
Albert says Demos will overhaul budget
House Speaker Carl Albert sharply critiques President Nixon budget as lacking vision and vows Democratic overhaul. He cites impoundment and Great Society cuts while insisting Congress will lead and set priorities despite Nixon's call for restraint. The piece also covers POW repatriation events and public welcomes.
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Albert
Washington
UPI
House
Carl Albert
Nixon
America
Congress
Johnson
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