Families of POWs Jubilant at Release Return to Home
The first planeload of 20 American prisoners freed from North Vietnam arrived at Clark Air Base Philippines after flying from Hanoi. Relatives including Mary Jane Crayton Soledad Alvarez Jeanne Higdon and Joanne Byrne described their emotions as inner happiness and relief.
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Associated Press
Mary Jane Crayton
LaGrange
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Navy
Render Crayton
la Jolla
Calif
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Crayton
Alvarez
Higdon
Air Force Col
Ronald E. Byrne Jr
Kokomo
Ind
Lincoln
Viewers object to Virginian cut for POW return footage
In San Jose a TV station cut short a Virginian rerun to show POWs returning from captivity at Clark Air Base. About 75 callers, mostly men, protested the interruption, with complaints aired by a KNTV spokesman and an operator quoting a Vietnam veteran. The coverage included Navy Lt Cmdr Everett Alvarez, a Santa Clara resident and once long held prisoner.
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Jeanne Higdon
Navy
Kenneth Higdon
San Francisco
Soledad Alvarez
Cmdr
Everett Alvarez Jr
Santa Clara
Calif
San Jose
Virginian
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Everett Alvarez
America
Ohio safety slogan contest opens with grand prize car
Ohio residents can enter a safety slogan contest with a grand prize of using a 1973 car for a year plus free insurance and Ohio’s governor plate. The winner and county winners receive radios. state winner and top children winners get trips to Columbus for award presentation by Gov. Gilligan.
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Ohio
Pete O’grady
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Ohio Association of Insurance Agents
Department of Highway
Parsons Ave
Columbus
John J. Gilligan
Paraguay president re elected after five year term
General Alfredo Stroessner reelected as Paraguay's president with about 548,912 votes as unofficial returns roll in. Dr. Gustavo Adolfo Riart and Dr. Carlos Levi Rufinelli trailed with 86,257 and 20,989 votes respectively while Stroessner has led since 1954 under the Colorado party.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Alfredo Stroessner
Gustavo Adolfo Riart
Radical Liberal Party
Carlos Levi Rufinelli
Liberal Party
Stroessner
Colorado Party
Harris launches tax reform crusade from outside government
Oklahoma senator and Senate Finance member Fred Harris announces People’s Campaign for Tax Action to pressure reforms. He argues taxes are unfair, vows to close loopholes benefiting the wealthy, cut rates for low income, and pause Social Security tax hikes while asserting other changes could offset costs.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Senate Finance Committee
Fred Harris
Harris
Car rental firm sued for over $309 thousand in Ohio
Provident Bank of Cincinnati sues Lytle Leasing Inc of Batavia and president Jack Lytle for 87 promissory notes dating from April 1969 to April 1972, seeking 309466 dollars in damages.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Provident Bank of Cincinnati
Lytle Leasing, Inc
Batavia
Jack Lytle
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