North Vietnam ready to resume POW releases if security guaranteed
North Vietnam says it will restart freeing American prisoners of war once the Saigon Joint Military Commission ensures security for its members in South Vietnam cities. Nguyen Thanh Le and other officials urged protection amid protests in Hue and Da Nang as Rogers and Trinh meet. A formal peacekeeping declaration is being drafted to be signed by weekend.
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Paris
North Vietnam
Joint Military Commission
Saigon
South Vietnam
Nguyen Thanh le
Hue
da Nang
William P. Rogers
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Trinh
Nguyen Thi Binh
Rogers
Mrs. Binh
Tran van Lam
International Conference Center
Avenue Kleber
Nixon
U. S
McCloskey
United States
Homecoming of P.O.W. Lt Col Purcell Ends Nine-Year Absence
Lt Col Robert B. Purcell returns to suburban Louisville with his wife Marian and five children after nearly nine years away, including eight as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. He plans to celebrate Christmas with his family, visit Florida, and begin training freed POWs to fly again, saying he would fly in combat if needed. He was shot down on July 27, 1965, while piloting an F-105 Thunderchief.
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Louisville
Robert B. Purcell
Purcell
North Vietnam
Marian
Wright-Patterson Air Base
Ohio
Florida
Ohio Air Force Base
Ohio crowds jam hearings on women's rights amendment
Hundreds fill the 300 capacity House hearing room in Columbus as the federal women's rights amendment draws supporters and opponents. Rep. Michael Del Bane says rotating testimony failed. next week includes another opposition hearing before a possible House vote. Martha Griffiths defends the measure against claims it harms family rights.
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Columbus
Ohio
Statehouse
Michael del Bane
Hubbard
House State Government Committee
del Bane
House
Rules Committee
Senate Rules Committee
Martha Griffiths
D-Mich
Koreans Elect Park's Party With Two-Thirds Majority
With four districts incomplete the Democratic Republican party held 71 seats to 51 for the New Democratic party and 1 for the Democratic Unification party while independents had 19. Park's party led in two remaining districts and would likely control 146 of 219 seats after presidential appointments.
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Seoul
Korea
Chung Hee Park
Democratic Republican Party
National Assembly
Central Election Committee
Government Party
New Democratic Party
Democratic Unification Party
Park
Weather outlook with showers in the weekend forecast
Partly cloudy tonight with lows in the mid-30s. Clouds bring highs in the 50s tomorrow and a chance of showers Friday through Sunday with similar highs. Yesterday Middletown reached 33 degrees and a 30 degree overnight.
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Middletown
Farm prices blamed for January rise in grocery costs
The Agriculture Department reports a 2.5 percent jump in retail food costs in January driven by record highs in beef and pork. The market basket cost rose to 1375 dollars annually, with farmers taking 588 dollars and middlemen 787 dollars. Beef and pork led the increases along with eggs and poultry, while the farm value and retail shares show the distribution of costs across the supply chain.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Warren County doctors and druggists seek relief
Warren County health care vendors report a financial crisis as the state welfare department fails to honor medical cards. Doctors dentists and druggists refuse or limit services for cardholders causing cutbacks in patient care and a drop in business, especially for nursing home residents.
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Warren County
Lebanon
State Welfare Department
Indians siege Wounded Knee vow to die if needed
About 200 members of the American Indian Movement seized control of Wounded Knee South Dakota and held roughly 10 residents hostage in four or five buildings. An AIM leader said they would die if necessary unless their demands were met as around 90 law enforcement officers sealed the area. Sources reported shots fired at approaching cars and that a Catholic priest was among the hostages.
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Wounded Knee
S.d.ap
American Indian Movement
AIM
Pine Ridge
South Dakota
Joseph H. Trimbach
FBI
Minneapolis
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