Saigon Viet Cong Swap Prisoners Amid Ceasefire Violations
Saigon and Viet Cong exchanged hundreds of prisoners at Loc Ninh with 27 Americans freed Monday and over 600 government captives released since then. U S airlifted prisoners between Bien Hoa and Loc Ninh as both sides reported ceasefire violations and difficult communications with field commanders.
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Saigon
Loc Ninh
U.S
Thailand
Bien Hoa
Pleiku
Central Highlands
Quang Tri
Hue
Joint Military Commission
le Trung Hien
Hanoi
Saigon Command
Hien
Foreign Ministry
Prisoner's Call Ends Her Thought Of Divorce
Mrs Bonnye Vohden, long separated from Navy Cmdr Raymond Vohden after an eight year wartime split, planned divorce during his POW release but now hopes to resume the marriage. She spoke after a phone call at Clark Air Base and said the family expects a reunion at the Memphis Naval Air Station later in the week.
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Memphis
Tenn
Bonnye Wodden
Vohden
Paris
Johden
North Vietnam
Yohden
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Organization Helped Prisoners Keep Health
North Vietnamese POWs benefited from a U S organization that kept up morale and fitness among 116 released prisoners at Hanoi. In South Vietnam 27 POWs released the same day appeared weaker due to less organized conditions and limited outside contact.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
U.S
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Saigon
North Vietnam
Roger Shields
Pentagon
Gia Lam
Shields
Clark
Navy
Jeremiah A. Denton Jr
Virginia Beach
Hanoi Hilton
Toastmasters International
State Department
Frank Sieverts
North
Sieverts
New Police Trainee Collins Joins Mexico PSD
Tim Collins II, 26, starts as public safety officer trainee in Mexico under Lt. Delbert Sanders. A six-year Army MP veteran and former Wellston dispatcher, he studied pre law at Southern Illinois University and Maryland Baltimore. His POW experience in Vietnam spanned 1967 to 1968 after a search and destroy mission ambush.
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Tim Collins II
Mexico
Delbert Sanders
Don Belli
Collins
Army
Valda Villa
St. Louis
Wellston
Southern Illinois University
Collings
Vietnam
PSD
Kinloch
University of Maryland At Baltimore
Egypt
Miss
Cearney
Rosemary
Jim
East St. Louis
Columbia
University of Missouri
Big Sign To Greet POWs Flying In
Work on a Welcome Home POWs sign began on a baseball field as civic groups paint the 15 foot letters. The sign aims to greet released prisoners of war arriving at Scott Air Force Base this week, with the field positioned under the planes' flight path.
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Mascoutah, II
Scott Air Force Base
Here
Deadline Near for Auxvasse City Stickers
Auxvasse city warns owners that city stickers are due by February 15. If not paid by the 15th, which falls on a Thursday, the price increases to five dollars, per the city clerk.
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Auxvasse
Teenage Gunmen End Standoff After Releasing Hostages
Two teenage gunmen, Milton Allen Frank 18 and Robert Gordon 17, held 22 hostages at the Inner Circle Lounge in northeast Dallas. After a night-long standoff with about 100 officers, Frank and Gordon surrendered at 7:46 a.m. EST following police talks and a note that no raid would occur. They demanded a car with fuel and a plane for getaway, while relatives urged surrender. Hostages were released in stages, including three women and two men earlier, with police discouraging heroics. The situation began with a botched robbery after the pair had entered the bar at 9:59 p.m. and barricaded doors with pool tables. Police communications continued through the night, aided by Frank’s wife and father, as officers offered terms and reassurances. The gunmen had been identified, with Frank an escapee from a Terrell, Texas mental hospital. The ending left investigators and families seeking to resolve the incident and ensure the hostages’ safety.
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Dallas
Tex
Milton Allen
Frank
Las Vegas
Milton Allen Frank
State Mental Hospital
Terrell
Robert Gordon
Gordon
Nev
Paul McCaghren
Inner Circle
Johnnie Conner
McCaghren
Nixon flees California as dollar devaluation unfolds
President Nixon cut short a California trip returning to Washington as Treasury plans a dollar devaluation. He spoke with George Shultz and Frank Fitzsimmons en route, and a POW phone call from Robinson Risner highlighted the move. Nixon had planned a longer stay and dismissed linking his departure to the economic action.
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Washington
Nixon
California
U.S
White House
San Clemente
Henry Kissinger
Hanoi
Peking
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Shultz
Teamsters Union
Frank Fitzsimmons
Vietnam
Air Force Co
Robinson Risner
Final offer rejected in St. Louis teachers strike
In St. Louis the school board's final offer was rejected by the St. Louis Teachers Association amid a 23 day strike that closed 166 schools. The SLTA bars any deal with an $800 annual pay hike starting in September while facing a $30,000 daily court fine for violating a temporary injunction.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Teachers Association
St. Louis Teachers Union
Jerry B. Abernathy
SLTA
Abernathy
Lincoln
Board of Education
Clyde C. Miller
Thomas McGuire
Charles Spoehrer
Bacon And Ham Rules Delayed By Ag Department
Washington AP says new packaging rules for bacon and ham are postponed six months to August 19. One rule requires at least 10 percent visibility of a representative slice. the other demands listing curing ingredients on ham labels. The Feb. 19 deadline is extended due to industry inability to meet the packaging demand.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Tne
Stennis Progress Quietly Sparks Home Return Hope
Washington AP reports Senator John C. Stennis shows encouraging progress after hospital treatment at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and may be discharged home in several weeks. Doctors provide cautious optimism regarding his recovery path.
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Washington (Ap
John C. Stennis
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Viewers complain as Virginian cut for POW ending
In San Jose a rerun of The Virginian was cut five minutes early to air prisoners of war returning. At least 75 calls from viewers, many men and a Vietnam veteran, questioned the decision and criticized the shift in programming. A KNTV spokesman noted the bulk of complaints came from male viewers.
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San Jose
Calif
Kate
KNTV
Final Study Proposed for St. Louis Airport Question
James McDonnell proposes a definitive study on the region's airport needs to answer once and for all where a new facility should be built and how to fund it. Civic Progress Incorporated would form a five member committee to select a firm, with a $1 million grant from the McDonnell Aerospace Foundation if approved.
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McDonnell Aerospace Foundation
Waterloo
Lambert International
Missouri
McDonnell
Civic Progress
John S. Rendleman
Southern Ilinois University
Edwardsville
Paul C. Reinert
St. Louis University
William H. Danforth
Washington University
Missouri and
Minois
Bachelor Pays Benedict $1,000
Boston AP report recalls a 1970s wager between Boston Bruins stars Bobby Orr and Derek Sanderson. Orr would marry first, Sanderson lost the bet. Upon Sanderson’s return to the Bruins, Sanderson arranged to hand Orr 990 one dollar bills and 1,000 pennies to settle the playful bet.
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Boston
Boston Bruins
Bobby Orr
Derek Sanderson
Sanderson
Orr
Bruins
Philadelphia Blazers
Bob Woolf
No-Fault Insurance Debate Reaches Missouri Legislature
Jefferson City AP report on Monday night hearings before the Senate Insurance Committee. Bills by Sens Ralph Ubhlaut and Don Owens push no fault plans to provide limited damage payments without proving fault. Industry says it cuts suits and prices. Bar Association warns of rate instability and constitutional rights concerns. Committee delays action on all no fault measures.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Insurance
Senate Insurance Committee
Ralph Ubhlaut
R-New
Alaska Seeks Court Review on Pipeline Blockage
Alaska will ask the U S Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling that blocked the trans Alaska oil pipeline. Gov William Egan said the Interior Department should shift corridor control from Arctic North Slope to southern Valdez. Senators Stevens and Gravel planned legislation to undo the bonds, with options to amend the 1920 Minerals Leasing Act or grant wide rights of way for Alyeska.
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Juneau
Alaska
U.S. Supreme Court
William Egan
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Interior Department
Arctic North Slope
Valdez
Egan
Ted Stevens
Mike Gravel
Gravel
Alyeska
Secretary of Interior
Second Night of Arson at Walpole Prison
Authorities report a second night of arson by maximum security inmates at Walpole state prison amid a month‑long lockdown that ended last week. Tear gas restored order after about three hours as fires were set. about 300 inmates refused lockup and 150 in a prior night also set fires. No injuries were reported.
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Walpole
Mass
Walpole State Prison
Raymond E. Porelle
State Corrections Department
Corrections Department
John MacLean
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