Returned prisoners greet homecoming after release by China
Two Americans Mary Ann Harbert of Palo Alto and Richard Fecteau of Lynn, freed from Chinese captivity, landed at McGuire Air Force Base after a 10,000 mile flight from Hong Kong. Harbert celebrated her 26th birthday two days after Christmas as relatives spoke of joy and relief.
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California
U.S
China
Mary Ann Harbert
Richard Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
Hong Kong
Fecteau
Miss Harbert
Valley Forge Military Hospital
Here
McGuire Air Force Base
N.J
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Palo Alto
Calif
Hickam Air Force Base
Honolulu
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Leonard W. Johnson Jr
Sth
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
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Korea
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
United States
Gerald Ross McLaughlin
Philip E. Smith
Gulf of Tonkin
Robert J. Flynn
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Joseph Dunn
San Francisco
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Coast Guard
Suzan
Sidnice
Avalon Shores
People’s Republic of Red China
New China News Agency
New York
Downey
William F. Downey
Two Americans freed by China return home after release
Two Americans including a California woman turning 26 two days after Christmas were released by Communist China and flew back to the U S Mainland. An Air Force doctor accompanying them said they were in very good physical condition. The report follows a tense period of diplomatic exchanges and poses questions about future relations with Beijing.
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Fecteau
Miss Harbert
Hunt Killers Sought in Insurance Investigator Slaying
Madison County authorities pressed the hunt for suspects in the fatal shooting of 41 year old insurance claims manager William S Wells whose body was found in the trunk of his car in East St Louis Illinois. Wells had aided a two year old auto theft ring crackdown with State Police Patrolman Frederick L Wheeler who died after a gun related incident in Edwardsville. Wells wife received a threatening call after his disappearance Friday night and the couple planned to move to Bridgeton Missouri this week. Wells previously worked for MFA Insurance in Granite City and had been promoted to a Creve Coeur Missouri post last September.
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Madison County
Demos Nicholas
William 5S. Wells
Edwardsville
Wells
Here
Nicholas
Frederick L. Wheeler
Wheeler
Bridgeton
St. Louis County
MFA Insurance Co
Granite City, Ill
Creve Coeur
Boy keeps promise by buying tree with $100 bill
In Nashville five years after a man donated a $100 bill at the Nashville Boys' Club Christmas tree lot, Ken Norton now 18 and a service station manager returns to the lot to buy a tree and donate $100, honoring the original gesture and helping the club.
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Nashville, Tenn
Nashville Boys’ Club
Ken Norton
Nashville
Young Norton
Ken
Centralia Board Hears Ex Drivers Over Bus Rotations
Five former Centralia school bus drivers testified at a board meeting last night about improper rotation of extra trips and the use of maintenance worker Raymond Conley as a driver. They claimed unsigned slips and poor bus maintenance. the board voiced no action and noted illness of an assistant superintendent.
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Clyde Reams
Junior Reams
Clyde Roberts
Florence Robison
Chester Boren
Conley
Charles Chrisman
Robison
Dr. Boren
Chrisman
Mel Vance
Bob Tanner
Boren
Raymond H. Dawson
Centralia High School
Judge Again Urges Death For Manson
In Los Angeles AP report, Charles Manson again leaves court for San Quentin as a judge urges death for the Tate murders case. Judge Older backs the jury death verdict. Judge Choate tallies life terms for Hinman murder and conspiracy counts. Also noted is a resignation of sixth grade teacher Miss Janie Droz seeking release after Christmas.
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Los Angeles
Charles Manson
San Quentin
Superior Court
Charles H. Older
Sharon Tate
Manson
Raymond Choate
Sheriff's Department
Choate
Gary Hinman
Hinman
Donald “Shorty” Shea
Janie Droz
Mallory Heads Boy Scout Council Merger Formed
Dr. Arthur Mallory Missouri Education Commissioner named president of the new Great Rivers Council, Boy Scouts of America. The council covers 34 counties and merges the old Great Rivers and Lake of the Ozarks councils. Rex Easterling will be commissioner. new officers include Mark Todd Louis Shelburne Robert Hunter and John Inglish. Two camping areas Camp Thunderbird and Lake of the Ozarks camp will serve the boys.
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Arthur Mallory
Missouri
Great Rivers Council
Boy Scouts of America
Lake of the Ozarks
Rex Easterling
Mexico
Mark Todd
Louis Shelburne
Columbia
Robert Hunter
Jefferson City
John Inglish
California
Camp Thunderbird
Bond Audit Finds Errors in Pemiscot County
State Auditor Christopher Bond reports Pemiscot County books for the six years ending last Dec 31 show multiple charging and bookkeeping errors. Three of five banks lacked sufficient collateral. county officers overpaid deputies, counties and subunits, and overdrawn salaries. The audit cites $805, $535, $559, $3,650, $821, $1,295, and $802 in various overcharges and repayments. A uniform county accounting system is being developed for next year.
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Jefferson City
Christopher “Kit” Bond
Pemiscot
Recorder of Deeds
Bond
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