POW releases in South Vietnam expected this week
U S officials said the first group of American prisoners could be handed over in the An Loc area as a four power commission finalizes details. Cease fire violations fell below 100 as observers deploy to seven regional sites including Hue Da Nang Pleiku Phan Thiet Bien Hoa My Tho Can Tho.
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Belfast Toll Rising in Bloodiest Weekend
The Belfast death toll climbed to ten as a gas station attendant died of his wounds. Six Catholics and three Protestants were killed, with twenty deaths since last Monday. Catholic leaders pressed for a government inquiry into the Catholics’ deaths. the army labeled the Catholics as IRA gunmen.
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Irish Republican Army
Ships wait for clear sailing to Haiphong amid mine clearance talks
U S intelligence says nearly a dozen Communist cargo ships bound for North Vietnam or in Chinese ports wait for Haiphong to be cleared of mines. A U S Navy delegation led by Rear Admiral Brian McCauley plans talks with North Vietnamese officials to remove mines from Haiphong, a major port sealed since last May.
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U.S
North Vietnam
Haiphong
U.S. Navy
Brian McCauley
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Congress reviews tax reform plans and moral issues
Former Treasury aide Stanley Surrey testified before the House Ways and Means Committee that many tax loopholes act as spending mechanisms and would trigger public outcry if fully known. He warned subsidies total 50 to 60 billion dollars, about a quarter of the federal budget, and noted a large no tax group masks broader low tax payments among top earners.
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Ohio House to vote on Vietnam veteran bonus proposal
The Ohio House will take up a proposed Vietnam War veteran bonus as one of five constitutional amendments. The plan would fund a 300 million bond issue with a property tax levy and pay 500 to 1000 dollars to veterans and survivors if approved for the May primary ballot.
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Weather Outlook for Tonight and Tomorrow in Middletown
Partly cloudy skies expected tonight with low temperatures in the upper 30s and highs near 50 tomorrow. Yesterday Middletown reached 53 degrees with a 35 degree overnight low. state and national notes appear on page 3.
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Middletown
Tate
Vietnamese, Viet Cong Sit Down In Paris Talks
In Paris representatives of South Vietnam and the Viet Cong met alone for the first time to arrange the political talks mandated by the cease fire agreement.
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Paris
South Vietnam
Oldest English Presbyterian church in Canada marks 215th year
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Quebec celebrated its 215th anniversary. The congregation is noted as the oldest English-speaking church of Scottish origin in Canada.
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Quebec
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
Canada
Butler County considers adding city schools to county vo ed plan
The Butler County school board will meet Hamilton and Middletown boards to discuss including their city systems in the county vocational education district. Meetings set for 7:30 p.m. at the county offices as county plans a 1000-student wo-ed school serving several districts, while cities weigh keeping programs separate to avoid duplication and costs.
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Butler County School Board
Middletown
Hamilton Boards of
D. Russel Lee
County Board
Ludlow
Ohio 4
Millikin Road
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Edgewood
New Miami
Lakota
Ross
Talawanda
Fairfield
Weed
One Woman Killed as Cleveland Fire Rages Through Homes
A Sunday blaze in Cleveland swept through four homes and a commercial building on the East Side, killing Earline Scarver, 36, and injuring her brother Jake Warren who was revived with oxygen. The fire began in a living room of a 2½ story frame house. A second blaze at a brick building damaged J & B Studios and two small businesses, with total losses around $50,000. Fire Lt. Eugene Gallagher suffered injuries.
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Cleveland
Earline Scarver
Jake Warren
Eugene Gallagher
Ohio man identified in Kentucky hit-and-run victim
State Police at Ashland identified Raymond E. Markley of Reynoldsburg Ohio as the dead hit-and-run victim. A second fire on the Northwest Side damaged the Rigo home and two adjacent houses. Neighbors reported an explosion and two men fleeing in a car after the blaze.
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Reynoldsburg
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Miss Rigo
Virgil Nelson
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Rigo
East-West talks press meeting outlines four year effort
Nguyen Phuong Thiep and Dinh Bai Thi met at the International Conference Center on Avenue Kleber to prepare for political consultations under the Kissinger Tho peace plan. Thiep said consultations will be held in South Vietnam at a high level and aim for quick political resolution in a spirit of reconciliation and equality.
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South Vietnam
Dinh Bai Thi
Viet Cong
International Conference Center
Avenue Kleber
Thiep
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Viet Com
Nixon committee probes four banks over higher prime rate
The Committee on Interest and Dividends sought full cost and earnings data from four banks that raised their prime lending rate from 6 to 6 ½ percent. The panel notes the move exceeds pre freeze levels and will scrutinize how costs influence lending rates. Arthur Burns said higher funding costs should not unduly affect rates and the group will monitor costs via technical experts.
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Nixon
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve Board
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