Agnew and McGovern Clash Over POW Issue
Vice President Spiro Agnew and Senator George McGovern faced off over the prisoner of war issue as three U.S. prisoners headed home from North Vietnam via China. Agnew accused Hanoi of exploiting POWs for propaganda while McGovern blamed Nixon administration delays for postponing their release. The trio of escapees—Navy Lts. Gartley and Norris, and Air Force Maj. Edward Elias—arrived in China in civilian clothes, with peace supporters including Cora Weiss and Rev. Coffin accompanying them. Nixon campaigned in New York City and Shriver spoke in Texas amid polls showing Nixon with a sizable lead.
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R. Gregory Nokes
Associated Press
Spiro T. Agnew
George McGovern
U.S
North Vietnam
China
Agnew
United States
Navy
Markham Gartley
Norris Charles
Air Force
Edward Elias
Hanoi
Peking
Nanning
Changsha
Hunan
David Dellinger
Copenhagen
Paris
Charles
Olga
Gartley
Minnie Lee
Cora Weiss
William
Sloane Coffin
Richard Falk
McGovern
San Francisco
Nixon
Saigon
New York City
Liberty Island
Americana Hotel
Sargent Shriver
McAllen
Texas
France
Thomas Jefferson
de Gaulle
Grain Firm Men Helped Official Buy Apartment
Four top Continental Grain Co officials helped Clarence Palmby arrange the purchase of a New York apartment while he served as a U S negotiator on the Soviet trade mission. Palmby later joined Continental, which sold the Russians 370 million bushels of wheat and feed grain. He told Rep Graham Purcell the four officers were listed as credit references to avoid public disclosure of his employment plans.
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Washington
Clarence Palmby
New York
U.S
Soviet Union
Palmby
Agriculture Department
Continental Grain Co
Graham Purcell
D-Tex
Continental
Michael Fribourg
Moscow
Washington Post
Purcell
Merchants Grow Beards for Fiesta Fundraising Event
Mexico merchants and civic groups gear up for the Mexican Fiesta sponsored by the Optimist Club.Participants will model facial hair and wear Mexican and Spanish attire while visitors vote on the best beard or mustache. Ballot boxes appear in stores Thursday as a playful jail for the clean shaven is forecast on the courthouse square.
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Mexico
Optimist Club
Return of three POWs prompts possible AWOL risk
The Pentagon treats the three released American prisoners as active duty officers who would be AWOL only if they refused to surrender when offered. Their main goal is reunion with families and medical care. They left North Vietnam, headed to New York via Moscow and Copenhagen, with Laos and Vietnam not approved. Upon arrival, officials will inform them of duties, arrange medical checks, and discuss potential charges only if crimes against prisoners are shown.
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Washington
Pentagon
U.S
North Vietnam
Peking
New York
Moscow
Copenhagen
Vientiane
Laos
Ronald L. Ziegler
Elias
Gartley
Charles
Russia In UN Calls For US To Stop War
At the United Nations General Assembly Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko urged the United States to halt the Vietnam War, end bombing and mining, and withdraw troops. He praised North Vietnam’s resilience, condemned the Munich massacre, and circulated a resolution urging a nuclear weapons ban and nonuse of force by all UN members, while calling for negotiations based on Paris peace proposals. A separate item notes a brief Mexico City council session requiring unanimous votes with three members present.
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United Nations, N.Y
Soviet Union
United States
Vietnam
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.N. General Assembly
North Vietnam
Palestine
Assembly
Security Council
U.N
Indochina
Gromyko
Paris
Mexico City
Harold Enslen
John Boyce
Duane Rankin
Herman Tolson
Columbia
Leonard Snyder
Edward Hodge
St. Louis
R-G District Holds Dress Code Meeting At ScottT's Corner
A large audience of about 200 students and parents gathered at Community R-G High School to discuss dress code changes. Student Council leaders and school board members debated revisions, with plans to draft proposals and reconvene next week, while enforcing the current code in the interim.
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Scottt’ss
Community R-G High School
Board of Education
Larry Gieseker
Larry Whalen
Kenneth Young
Lynn
Mr. Young
Cameron
Warren Mayes
Bill Matthews
Joe Schafer
Burton Hooke
Herbert Knipfel
Les Whalen
Ronald Wright
Dick Weber
Paul Pursifull
St. Charles
US District Court of Appeals
Russell Silvey
Roy Popp
Mexico
Mary Wieberg
R-6
Hilda Teague
Gary Lauer
Robert Dudley
Becky Baboff
Billy Hate
Paul Evans
Council
School Board
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Dicky
John Kennedy
Thomas W. Gleason
International Longshoremen’s Association
Louis Harris
Sen. McGovern
Centennial Baptist Church
Richard Vance
Russia
Hendricks and
Vine
Jefferson Streets
Neil Nielsen
Community Chest
United Methodist Church
John Cline
Martha Merritt
League of Women Voters
Mexico United Methodist Church
Bonnie Coleman
Bonnie
Council Bluffs
Juanita Lynn
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