143 POWs home after Hanoi release wave
The first 143 U.S. prisoners of war freed from Hanoi arrived in California with 399 still held. News ties to a Saturday Alameda landing, Hawaii leis, and Navy officers noting the emotional homecoming as 20 more were poised for release.
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Clark Air Base
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Hanoi
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Travis Air Force Base
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Clark
Richard Waldhaus
Saigon
Pittsburg
Travis
Kissinger and Mao Hold Long Discussion in Florida Visit
In Key Biscayne Kissinger and Mao Tse tung spoke for about two hours in an open session in Chungnanhai with Chou En Lai and Wang Hai Jung nearby. Winston Lord joined Kissinger, with no public detail on the talks as Nixon aide travels back from China.
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Chou En-lai
Wang Hai Jung
Ronald L. Ziegler
Winston Lord
National Security Council
Lord
China
Ziegler
Chou
Chi Peng Fei
Girls' athletics programs expand in area high schools
The article notes growing participation in girls sports across local high schools and discusses emerging problems with rapid expansion as explored in Tom McRoberts' series starting on page 31.
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Tom McRoberts
Bus checks find faults in interstate fleet
The Federal Highway Administration reported 8.7 percent of interstate buses inspected in 1971 were dangerously defective and ordered out of service.
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Washington
Federal Highway Administration
Gray tapped for FBI director by Nixon
President Nixon announced the nomination of L. Patrick Gray ITI to be permanent FBI director, elevating him from acting head after J. Edgar Hoover’s death. Gray, a longtime Nixon associate and former Navy captain, awaits Senate confirmation amid potential controversy.
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L. Patrick Gray
ITI
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J. Edgar Hoover
White House
Gray
Senate
Ronald L. Ziegler
Florida
Connecticut
Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Hoover
Weekend Warmup With Clouds and Mild Temperatures
The forecast calls for a modest warmup with a high in the upper 30s to around 40 under partly cloudy skies. Tonight's low near 20 degrees, and Monday may bring temperatures into the 40s as conditions remain unsettled.
Ohio doctor starts abortions after law change
A Reynoldsburg physician said he will perform more than 20 abortions today now that Ohio's abortion statute has been ruled unconstitutional. Dr. Harley M. Blank described quick five minute procedures at a clinic with full facilities and said patients are young single women with unplanned pregnancies. He plans to operate two or three days a week and hopes other doctors assist.
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Columbus, Ohio
Reynoldsburg
Harley M. Blank
Blank
Kidnapped girl found in Grand Bahama Island
Four year old Andrea Spencer, daughter of Canadian banker Robert Spencer, was found safe near Pine Ridge eight miles from home after being kidnapped by two gunmen who left a $250,000 ransom. She freed herself from cloth bonds and walked away unharmed.
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Andrea Spencer
Pine Ridge
Spencers
New Glasgow
Nova Scotia
Spencer
P O W speaks out on five months in ant and snake cage
Hanoi Hilton earned its hellish nickname but captive pilots and soldiers report harsher jungle confinement by Viet Cong. Capt. George Wanat, held ten months, endured five months chained in a snake and ant infested bamboo cage with rice daily, malaria and malnutrition. Others describe rat and dog stew, tiger meat, and brutal punishments as they returned home.
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Hanoi Hilton
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U.S
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Waterford
Conn
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Loc Ninh
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Oklahoma City
S. Set. J. Bobby . Johnson
Detroit
George Waldhaus
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