POW Escorts Prepare for Return at Clark Air Base
At Clark Air Base nearly 400 military escorts from Army Navy Air Force and Marines await returning American prisoners of war. They are trained to avoid discussing camp life and to help with reverse cultural shock and post captivity needs. Each POW will have a dedicated escort to assist with personal files finances and family affairs.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
Air Force Maj
Joel S. Hetland
West Bend
Wis
Clark
Hetland
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Maj
Emmett R. Conrow
Bisbee, Ariz
United States
Parke
Conraw
Agnew Pledges U.S. Aid to Thailand After War
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew pledged continued U S military and economic aid to Thailand following the Vietnam war. He conferred two hours with Premier Thanom Kittikachorn and Thai officials in Bangkok after talks in Saigon with South Vietnam’s Nguyen Van Thieu and in Phnom Penh with Lon Nol on postwar reconstruction of Indochina.
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Bangkok
Spiro T. Agnew
U.S
Thailand
Agnew
Thanom Kittikachorn
Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
Phnom Penh
Lon Nol
Indochina
Weather forecast and recent temperatures for Middletown
Cloudy skies and near freezing tonight with mid 40s by afternoon tomorrow. Yesterday Middletown reached 52 with a 47 overnight. 28 inches of rain fell yesterday according to the weather map on page 20.
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Middletown
Peace Talks Start on Vietnam Troop Withdrawals
The chief delegates from the United States North and South Vietnam and the Viet Cong met on a peace keeping commission to discuss American troop withdrawals and prisoner exchanges as U S officials reported.
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Saigon
United States
North
South Vietnam
U.S
Punxsutawney Groundhog Day ritual in Punxsutawney
Punxsutawney Phil emerges from a hollow stump on February 2 to determine if six more weeks of winter follow. Inner Circle members in tails and tophats observe from Gobbler's Knob as photographers capture the annual ritual amid public reverence and tradition.
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Punxsutawney
Pennsylvania
Punxsutawney Groundhog Club
Alll
Gobbler
Nixon Charts a New Course for America State of the Union
President Nixon announced a series of written State of the Union messages to Congress in place of a single address. The overview aims to defend budget plans and propose scrapping long standing federal programs while curbing spending to fight taxes and inflation. Resources will be allocated to priorities through detailed topic by topic reports.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
America
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Senate
House
Capitol
Three Americans Named Cardinals by Pope Paul VI
Vatican City AP Pope Paul VI named 30 new cardinals including three Americans Archbishops Luis Aponte Martinez of San Juan Humberto Medeiros of Boston and Timothy Manning of Los Angeles. The consistory will be March 5 expanding the College to 145 members the largest ever with the Americans numbering 12.
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Paul VI
College of Cardinals
Italy
France
Luis Aponte Martinez
San Juan
Humberto S. Medeiros
Boston
Timothy Manning
Los Angeles
Penn Central Seeks $600 Million Bailout For Reorganization
Penn Central, America's largest railroad, seeks $600 million in subsidies over four years to emerge from bankruptcy. Trustees told Judge John P. Fullam that without federal aid the rail line would face drastic cuts, potentially halving its 15,000 mile network.
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U.S. District Court
John P. Fullam
Die In Crash At Alliance
ALLIANCE Ohio AP three members of a family were among four Alliance persons killed Thursday in a two car crash on old Ohio 173 in Mahoning County east of Alliance. Three other persons were injured guarded at Aultman Hospital Canton. Killed were James V. Martin 46 Ruth 47 their son Jeffrey 4 and Mary Ells 73. Injured were Cynthia 16 Darryl 9 and Anthony Schwartzhoff 20 of Sebring. Schwartzhoff was alone in one car.
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Alliance
Ohio
Old Ohio
Mahoning County
James V. Martin
Ruth
Jeffrey
Mary Ells
Aultman Hospital
Canton
Martin
Cynthia
Darryl
Anthony Schwartzhoff
Sebring
Ohio Highway Patrol
Schwartzhoff
U.S. presses for more names in prisoner lists from Laos
Kissinger said the latest list is incomplete and the United States is querying for additional names. The release shows 7 American servicemen and 3 civilians acknowledged in Laos, with broader totals of 562 servicemen and 23 civilians held in North and South Vietnam and Laos.
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Washington
U.S
North Vietnam
Laos
Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam
Kissinger
CBS
U. S
Pentagon
State Department
Paris
South Vietnam
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Orange, Tex
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Hue
da Nang
Pleiku
Phan Thiet
Bien Hoa
My Tho
Can Tho
Loc Ninh
Joint Military Commission
The
International Commission
Ann Landers
Ee Ee
Ee Valley News
Humberto Medeiros
Cardinals
Vatican City
Penn Central
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