Truce force appeals for halt to shooting in Vietnam
Saigon dispatch reports nearly 15000 Vietnamese casualties in the first three weeks of the cease-fire as the Joint Military Commission urged high commands of South and North Vietnam and the Viet Cong to end hostilities and negotiate. The appeal omits Article 4 on temporary detours to avert conflict. Col. Bui Tin says South Vietnam refused inclusion. Viet Cong observers remain sparse as subcommission works.
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Saigon
United States
North
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
Joint Military Commission
Paris
Bui Tin
Nguyen van Thieu
Federal action targets obscene films in theaters
Justice Department officials say a broad federal drive is targeting commercially shown films deemed obscene under Supreme Court standards. Dozens have been indicted in Memphis and Washington for producing distributing and showing explicit films, with more indictments anticipated.
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Washington
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Memphis
Cigar Ads Withdrawn From TV By R. J. Reynolds
The R. J. Reynolds Co. pulls television ads featuring a husky cowboy and girls from a circus and beach scene with Winchester little cigars. Senators Magnuson and Cook note rising antipathy to such ads and the action was deemed desirable. The piece discusses that federal law bans cigarette ads on TV but not all cigars, while critics claim little cigars are cigarettes in brown wrappers.
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Washington
R. J. Reynolds Co
Winchester
Ens
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Marlow Cook
R-Ky
Dollar Holds Steady Across Markets As Week Ends
The dollar closed the Tokyo session at 264.10 yen, unchanged from Friday. In Frankfurt it finished at 2.96 marks near the 2.9656 ceiling, while the British pound slipped to 2.44 dollars amid concerns over labor unrest and inflation policy.
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Tokyo
Germany
Frankfurt Exchange
Britain
POWs mother improves as son returns home
In Coronado California the father of POW Brian W Woods reports his mother gravely ill at Crosslake Minnesota has improved daily since Woods was flown home. Retired Rear Adm Ralph W Woods says she even wished for her robe and slippers to go home as hope grows.
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Coronado
Calif
Brian
Ralph W. Woods
Navy
Brian W. Woods
Air Force
Glendon W. Perkins
Orlando
Fla
Crosslake
Minn
San _ Diego
Woods
Twenty more former POWs to arrive at Travis AFB
Twenty more American former prisoners of war were due to arrive at Travis Air Force Base in California today with another group of 20 expected hours later as the Indochina war repatriation continues. Hanoi reports 379 Americans still awaiting repatriation. One former POW said a waving child made the wait worthwhile.
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TRAVIS_AIR FORCE BASE
Calif
Hanoi
Rebel leader Caamano killed in Dominican clash
Dominican government says rebel chief Francisco Caamano Deno and two guerrillas Herberto Lalane and Jose Wellington Ascanio were shot by soldiers during fighting 30 miles west of Santo Domingo after landing from Cuba on Feb. 4 to overthrow President Joaquin Balaguer. Four soldiers wounded.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Francisco Caamano Deno
Dominican
Cuba
Joaquin Balaguer
Herberto Lalane
Jose Wellington Ascanio
Caamano
Juan Bosch
U.S
Lyndon Johnson
Netherlands
London
Canadian banker's daughter abducted in Lucaya Bahamas
Police and volunteers scour Grand Bahama Island for Andrea Spencer four, the child of Robert and Joan Spencer of New Glasgow Nova Scotia. The 250000 dollar ransom is demanded after two masked Bahamian men abducted her from their home. The family car was used in the escape. No injuries reported.
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Lucaya
Grand Bahama Island
Robert
Joan Spencer
New Glasgow
Nova Scotia
Spencer
Andrea
Joan
Royal Bank of Canada
Freeport
Grafton
Sfill
Spencers
Babysitter sued over phone bill in Ohio case
Janet T. Holden of Orange, on welfare, sues for 20000 alleging a 20 year old babysitter made 1970 calls from her home to a Texas boyfriend, causing mental distress after her phone was disconnected over a 485 bill. The suit cites alleged telephone service disruption and inability to pay.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Janet T. Holden
Cuyahoga
Columbus Bishop Clarence Elwell Dies at 69
The Most Rev. Clarence E. Elwell bishop of the 180000 member Columbus Diocese died of a heart attack at The Chancery on Broad Street. Funeral services are planned at St Joseph Cathedral with Archbishop Bernardin or Archbishop Raimondi as main celebrant. He guided new high schools in Zanesville Lancaster and New Philadelphia and expanded lay involvement via a Diocesan Pastoral Council. He also helped Columbus join the Ohio Council of Churches.
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Columbus
Ohio
Clarence E. Elwell
Chancery
Broad St
St. Joseph
Joseph Bernardin
Cincinnati
Luigi Raimondi
United States
Elwell
Diocese of
Paul VI
Zanesville
Lancaster
New Philadelphia
Clear Skies Predicted With Mild Tonight And Warmer Weekend
Forecasters expect clear skies and slightly higher temperatures tonight with lows from 5 to 15. Tomorrow in Middletown looks cloudy with highs in the low 30s. The outlook suggests warmer temperatures early next week and a chance of rain or snow on Wednesday.
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Middletown
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