POWs Describe Brutal Hanoi Hilton Conditions And Moves
Prison life glimpsed by returning POWs at five camps near Hanoi is detailed. Cells housed nine men in a 16 by 17 foot space with no toilets, buckets used for waste, and broadcasts of presumed U.S. defeats. Prisoners reported frequent moves among camps and fluctuating abuse tied to political climate, with better treatment in recent months and harsher scenes earlier.
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Iilton
Clark Air Base
U.S
Hilton
Dogpatch
Briarpatch
Country Club
Zoo
Hanoi
Air Force
Russell Ogan
Reading
Army
Stephen Jk. Leopold
Milwanker
Wis
Clark
Prisoner exchange talks stall as North Vietnamese walk out
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong delegates walk out of Joint Military Commission meetings over prisoner release numbers delaying the second phase of exchanges. The U S accuses the communists of blocking progress while pursuing a unilateral probe into a February helicopter downing near An Loc.
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Boscott
Saizon
United States
U.S
An Loc
Saigon
Joint Military Commission
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Dollar Rises After Record Laws Spark Market Shift
London reports the dollar recovering from a record loss as officials meet in Paris to discuss a likely realignment of exchange rates. Analysts note unofficial devaluations in Frankfurt and Amsterdam, with the dollar closing higher against the mark and the guilder before government banks resume support. President Nixon rejects another official devaluation.
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London
Aninterdin
Amsterdam
Dubia
Pars
Nixon
Airport Certification Sparks Security Upgrades and Costs
The report notes Mi hijacking fears push airports to meet PAA safety standards including beefed up security forces improved runway lighting and new snow removal plans. Tabbock Regional Airport handled over WHAM takeoffs and enplaned 280000 passengers in 1972 and may face extensions for costly items like fire trucks with FAA matching funds for improvements.
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Ue Airlines
PAA
Jacobsen
Tabbock
Obson
Indians Demand Action as Wounded Knee Standoff Intensifies
At Wounded Knee the Indian siege continues with federal offers rejected by leaders including Russell Means. Aide to Senators McGovern and Abourezk monitor talks while a large security ring, snowfall, and food relief efforts shape the stalemate.
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Pine Ridge
Justice Department
Pan
George McGovern
el Abourezk
D-S.d
Wounded Knee
Interior Department
Erickson
Russell Means
AIM
Nixon
Camp
China
FBI
Godspell Version Shown At Lusboek Municipal Auditorium
Leon Fleming notes differing takes on Godspell with Cecile B. DeMille influences and John Michael Tebelak’s version on display Monday night at the Municipal Auditorium in Lusboek.
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Leon Fleming
Avalanche-Journal
Stilt
Godspell thrills audiences with a bold, personal gospel
Review notes the touring production blends opera, mime, carnival and vaudeville in a rock scored musical centered on Jesus in a Superman shirt. The Monday cast is praised for precise choreography and engaging presence. A later paragraph shifts to an Africa bulletin about Chief Tumo Masara warned to amend conduct for 10 months.
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Jesus
Masery
Lesotho
tAler
Africa
Leshotho
Tumo Masara
Grand Jury Indicts 30 During Session
A Lubbock grand jury indicted 30 individuals in a one day session. Among those indicted were Gerald Henry Bowerman, Curtis Mitchell, Stephen Anthony Smith, and Margie Ortega, with multiple charges including assault with intent to murder and burglary. One defendant, A D Outland, was not indicted and was bound over for further action.
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Gerald Henry Bowerman
Bryan Bertram Teal
Rt. 3
Lubbock
Curtis Mitchell
Ave
Stephen Anthony Smith
S. Pen
Roswell
Mary Ann Ball
Knapp Hall
Texas Tech University
Stephen Walter le Breton
Stth
Irvin Byron’ Littrell
Ave. P
Larry Zone Noble
Ith St
William Eugene Hamilton
2Nd St
Joe Kirk
Municipal Drive
Robert Edward Oliver
Margie Ortega
1St St
Henry Mitchell
Lubboe
James Andrew Revers
Harold Eugene Ware
Ave. C
Larry Darnell Robinson
Tracy Dean Jenkins
Lubbock County
John Briggs
17Th St
Clemente Quintro Gonzales
Marlin Linefo Timez
Donnell Guyton
Broadway
Rodney Orman
Richard Kinard
Ubbork
Gusty Winds Stir Dust Across Texas and Gulf Coast
A dry cold front drove 50 mph winds and dust storms across Texas while spawning hail and heavy showers along the Gulf Coast and in East Texas. Isolated late showers touched West Texas, with Lubbock remaining dry and windy as autumn air lowered humidity to 18 percent.
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Texas
Gulf Coast
Beaumont
Galveston
Houston
South Texas
Lubbock
Tokio
Eunice
N.M
Lovington
Seminole
Plans Unaffected By Federal Fund Cutback
The Farmers Home Administration states water and sewer loan aid remains intact with five percent loans still available in its 14 county region. The program has issued over seven hundred loans in ten years, while outright grants have ended. Edmonton Art Gallery marks its 50th anniversary with a series of exhibitions tracing Alberta art history.
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Federal Farmers Home Administration
Arch Fowler
New Deal
Sunnydale
Littlefield
Edmonton
Alta
Edmonton Art Gallery
Alberta
Guilty Plea Entered By Joe Novotny
A guilty plea was entered by Joe Novotny in a case linked to an SEC suit over a stock fraud scheme. Judge Taylor warned the trial may extend into next week and read an 18 witness list for the government. Several jurors were excused for bias or accessibility issues during the session.
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Joe Novotny
Carr
Osorio
Dallas Usupany
Taylor
Frank Sharp
Norwing
Securities and Exchange Com Mission
Andy Byram
Donald M. Akins
Sam Stock
National Bankers Safe Insurance Co
Osorie
NBL
Death for executioners quite appropriate says secretary Rogers
Secretary of State William P. Rogers argues the death penalty would be appropriate for Black September terrorists who killed two American diplomats in Khartoum. He notes limits on protecting all diplomats and cites the難inability to deter hijackings, while the Khartoum tragedy unfolds with the embassy staff’s coffins flown home.
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Means
Justice Department
Offic
Rogers Morton
Camp
White’ House
Washington
Henry) Kissinger
John
Erhlichman
William P. Rogers
Khartoum
Que
Rogers
U.S
Sen. J. William Fulbright
D- Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
Graves
United States
Cleo A. Nook Jr
G. Curtis Moore
Dan
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