First Groups Of American Prisoners Expected To Be Freed On Saturday
In Saigon AP report says the International Commission expects the first groups of American POWs to be released around February 10, with Hanoi and Phu Hoa or An Loc as possible transfer sites. U.S. troop withdrawal nears 20,000, with March 28 cease fire deadline.
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Saigon
Fhe Commission
North
South Vietnam
Michel Gauvin
Canada
International Commission For Control and Supervision
IC08
Commission
Hanoi
Gauvin
An Loc
Phu Hoa
U.S
Vietnam
Joint Military Commission
United States
International Commission
Indonesia
Hungary
Poland
Pentagon
Bien Hoa
Phan Thiet
My Tho
Can Tho
Joint Commission
Quang Tri City
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Vientiane
Phoumi Vongvichit
Phoumi
Prince Souvanna
Mekong
Thakhek
U.S. Pacific Command
Honolulu
Postwar Meeting Set For Paris Feb 26
The United States and North Vietnam announced Paris as the site for a postwar international conference to begin February 26. Attending will be the Viet Cong, the United Nations secretary general, eight other countries including the Soviet Union and Britain, and representatives of the ICC nations. Secretary Rogers is expected to represent the United States. The accord aims to guarantee end of fighting and peace in Indochina.
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Washington
United States
North Vietnam
Paris
Hanoi
vIn Saigon
Pon
Vietnam
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Indochina
Governor's Mansion To Get Repairs
Jefferson City Missouri AP bids requested by the state Division of Design and Construction for renovations at the governor's mansion on the second floor. Work will occur in three phases including renovation and maintenance, with equipment funds of 22000 planned for the upcoming fiscal year. The project updates plumbing and electrical systems to meet NFPA and national electrical code minimums and restores shutters floors and upstairs fireplaces to original condition.
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Jefferson City
State Division of Design and Construction
Governor’s Mansion
National Fire Protection Association
Kissinger Yields Teaching Post at Harvard
Henry Kissinger told Harvard officials he has no immediate plan to leave his White House post and they can assign his teaching position to another, per Harvard government chair James Q. Wilson. The news follows Kissinger’s earlier two year leave and non resignation, with colleagues delaying acceptance.
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Cambridge
Mass
Henry A. Kissinger
Harvard University
White House
James Q. Wilson
Harvard
Kissinger
Heavy Wave Of Selling Hits Dollar
The dollar faced a heavy selling wave across European markets with state banks buying over a billion dollars to defend the currency. Gold rose to $70.15 an ounce in Paris as fears of inflation persisted, while West Germany’s Bundesbank reportedly bought $1 billion in the first hour of trading. Chancellor Brandt ordered continued central bank purchases amid ongoing dis trust in the dollar.
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London
Europe
Paris
West German Bundesbank
Willy Brandt
Frankfurt
Bank of England
Finance Ministry
Missouri senators hear Kevorkian on death penalty use
Dr. Jack Kevorkian urged that if Missouri resumes capital punishment condemned inmates be allowed to choose anesthesia for execution and optionally allow human experimentation with doctors present. He claimed many past executions produced no valuable data and suggested a lay executor could administer the dose. Critics compared the idea to Nazi practices and questioned ethics and humanity.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Senate
Jack Kevorkian
Detroit
Kevorkian
Senate Criminal Justice Committee
Ike Skelton
Lexington
John Schneider
D-St. Louis County
Schneider
Maurice Schechter
Dcreve Coeur
Farm Senators Unite Against Cutbacks
Washington AP report says farm belt senators led by Sen Harold Hughes oppose Nixon administration cuts to Agriculture Department spending. Hughes, spokesman for the Midwest Democratic Conference including Michigan Illinois Indiana Missouri Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota and Iowa, calls the action arbitrary crippling and largely illegal and urges Congress to reassert authority.
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Washington
United
Nixon
Agriculture Department
Harold E. Hughes
Drowa
Senate Agriculture and Forestry Committee
Hughes
Midwest Democratic Conference
Michigan
Ilinois
Indiana
Missouri
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Towa
Congress
Pancake Day Chiefs Hynes Hatfield Lead Mexico Kiwanis
The Mexico Kiwanis Club will hold its annual Pancake Day at the United Methodist Church activities hall on 122 E. Promenade St. from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Hynes chairs with Glen Hatfield as co chair. Funds support local programs including the Youth Center, Khoury League, shoes for needy children, the Santa Claus house, senior citizens transport, scholarships, 4H funds, Freedom Forum, Boys State, and Mexico High School Key Club.
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Mexico
Mexico Youth Center
Khoury League
Santa Claus
Freedom Forum
Boys State
Key Club
Mexico High School
Back Into Free World Reflection on China and Freedom
The speaker contrasts China’s superficially adequate living conditions with the American value of freedom and self worth. He argues the American system must prevent vast inequality and poverty of quality of life, urging improvements to living standards, family and spiritual life, and personal self respect to sustain liberty.
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Red China
Free World
Hong Kong
China
Earth
Stennis Worsening After Surgery In Wake Of Robbery
Sen John C Stennis chair of Armed Services suffered grave prognosis after a second surgery at Walter Reed following a robbery shooting last Tuesday. He remained very ill though conscious, with family and staff at the hospital as FBI and police pursued suspects.
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Washington
John C. Stennis
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Frank Garland
Stennis
Garland
Coy
John Hampton Stennis
Margaret Syme
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
Senate
FBI
Bride pushed off cliff for life insurance in Scotland case
In Edinburgh a 21 year old West German, East Dumoulin, was found guilty of pushing his bride Helga, 18, from Salisbury Cliffs to obtain about 968000 dollars in life insurance. He received a life sentence with parole eligibility later. The couple eloped to Scotland on her wedding day October 13.
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Edinburgh
East Dumoulin
Dumoulin
Helga
Scotland
Salisbury
Pentagon Papers Trial Sees Defense Cross Examine Key Witness
In Los Angeles AP reports the defense in the Pentagon papers case attacks Brig Gen Paul F Gorman on cross examination using new evidence won from the government. The judge released 13 secret reports after determining possible suppression of evidence for Ellsberg and Russo. Also news of birth Stacie Dawn Blass Jan 30 at Research Hospital with family details.
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Los Angeles
Leonard Boudin
Paul F. Gorman
Gorman
U.S. District Court
Matt Byrne
Daniel Ellsberg
Anthony Rugso
U.S
Vietnam
Elisberg
Russo
Pentagon
Larry Blass
Kansas City
Stacie Dawn
Penelope Lee
Larry Wayne II
Paul Dean
Moberly
Willis Blass
Clark
Ted Milhailin
L.D. Dean
Mexico
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Hynes
Hatfield
Free
Napier In Hospital
Robert Napier
Ledger City
Audrain Medical Center
Stacie Dawn Blass
Commerce Bank
Fulig
Downtown & Motor Bank
Bank of Mexico
West Jackson
Motor Bank
East Liberty
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