Valentine card returns marked Addressee Unknown
In Randolph Massachusetts 8 year old Joseph P Dunn Jr mails a yearly Valentine to his father Lt Cmdr Joseph P Dunn a Navy pilot missing since Valentine Day 1968 after his Skyraider was shot down off Hainan Island. Cards travel via the Chinese Red Cross in Peking China and return unanswered. The family clings to hope he is alive as a prisoner of war while a flag waves outside their home day and night.
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Randolph
Mass
Joseph P. Dunn Jr
Chinese Red Cross
Peking
China
Cmdr
Joseph P. Dunn
Navy
Hainan Island
Dunn
Atlantic Alliance holds after energy conference accord
The 13 nation energy conference ends on a cooperative upswing. The Atlantic Alliance remains intact as machinery is set to back a joint meeting with oil-producing states possibly by May 1. A comprehensive action program covers shared conservation, research, and emergency allocations to ease short-term burdens.
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Washington
Atlantic Alliance
United States
Western Europe
Japan
Agriculture Dept cautions food prices to rise through mid year
The Agriculture Department says food prices will climb through at least mid‑year due to higher live cattle costs the truckers strike and energy and fertilizer uncertainties. Officials expect most of the increase in 1974 to come in the first half with more cattle reaching market by summer. Pork costs rise slower as hog output remains tight.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Stillwater
Okla
Ohio asks halt on Caesar's Creek dam project in federal case
Ohio fights two southwestern Ohio dam projects alleging before environmental review a violation of NEPA. The state contends erosion, flood risk, fishing streams and scenic beauty are at stake as the case moves to the 6th U S Circuit Court of Appeals with multiple groups backing Ohio.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Ohio
Caesar’s Creek
East Fork
Little Miami River
6Th US Circuit Court of Appeals
USS. District Court
Carl Rubin
Warren
Clermont
Rubin
William Brown
Gasoline dealers weigh strike action amid allocation rules
Washington state retailer leaders report dealers considering closing pumps to protest allocations under the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973. Federal energy chief William E. Simon warns stations must treat all customers or face fines up to 5000 dollars.
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Bill Victory
Washington State Retailers Association
Federal Energy
William E. Simon
Hartford
Conn
Alex Rokycky
Simon
Robert Jacobs
The
Illinois Gasoline Dealers Association
Chicago
Middletown Weather Turns Colder Into Weekend
The area expects cloudy skies and teens overnight lows with a chance of snow. Friday highs reach the 30s, after yesterday’s 61 and 32 overnight. The extended outlook calls for rain or snow through the weekend with highs in the low 40s and lows in the low 30s.
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Middletown
Nixon proposal would boost Ohio highway funds significantly
The Nixon Administration plans a five year program totaling 19.3 billion dollars in highway and mass transit funding. Ohio would receive 644.9 million, up from 156.1 million in the previous five years. Major cities show varied past and proposed totals with Cincinnati and Toledo receiving funds through neighboring states.
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Washington
Ohio
Cleveland
Columbus
Cincinnati
Akron
Dayton
Toledo
Kentucky
Michigan
Toll free education information line announced in Ohio
Gov. Gilligan announced a toll free number in Columbus to answer questions about vocational and technical education. The 1-800-282-0377 line will provide details on training programs, schools offering vocational technical education, and employment forecasts for related fields.
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Columbus
Ohio
John J. Gilligan
Middletown Declared Bicentennial Community at City Event
Middletown was named a Bicentennial community with a new flag raised over the city building during a ceremony at the Colonial Theater attended by about 500 residents. The event featured an 18th century reception and the premiere of the film A776, with remarks by officials from the Ohio American Revolution Bicentennial Advisory Committee and the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission.
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Nancy Vorhis
Middletown
Colonial Theater
Columbus
Jack Keiser
Delbert Black
Chicago
C. Dudley Inwood
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Elmhurst
Ill
George Tiemann
Herman Schrader
Department of Justice
Sierra Club, A Sportsman Club, Property Owners
Ohio Contractors Association
Ann Landers
Ridge
Area
Jacobs
NIXON
Gilligan
Eugene Bennett
Robert Cecile
Cecile
Hometown
USA
Black
Howard Metzenbaum
Bruce Cramer
Walter Powell
Bennett
Smithsonian Institute
George Wilkinson
Linda Hattery
Kramer
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