Chau Is Sentenced to 40 Years in Second Trial
Vietnam military court convicts National Assemblyman Tran Ngoc Chau of pro communist activity in a second trial. The 46 year old opposition figure faces a 40 year prison term after prosecutors sought 20 years. Chau claimed U S embassy involvement and said he would return to serve the nation when peace comes.
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Saigon
National
Tran Ngoc Chau
Chau
Nguyen van Thieu
Tran Ngoc Hien
U.S. Central
Book Display Attracts Librarians of Schools
The traveling "Books on Exhibit" shows 1 548 basic elementary books in Middletown at the administration building on Girard Avenue this week. Teachers review titles to select for school libraries while 43 publishers offer volumes from preschool to junior high levels.
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Middletown School
Girard Avenue
Middletown
Pauline Schmidt
Muskie Calls Nixon Silent Majority Behind Paris Talks
Sen. Edmund Muskie urged a new diplomatic push for peace saying silent Americans fear Nixon backs away from Paris. He criticized the administration for pursuing an endless military victory and urged naming a top diplomat to head the U.S. team and proposing a withdrawal time frame from South Vietnam.
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Washington
Edmund
Muskie
Nixon
Vietnam
Maine
National Press Club
Paris
U.S
South Vietnam
Wage Demands Poised to Boost CTS Wage Bill
Union leaders prepare wage demands for Cleveland Transit System that could add over 1 million dollars to CTS annual payroll, with a proposed 1.25 hourly raise for 1,800 drivers to 5 dollars. Bargaining starts March 17 as the three year pact expires July 1.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Transit System
Bruce P. Foster
Division 268
Amalgamated Transit Union
Foster
CTS
First Lady Pat Nixon Visits Boulder Amid Bomb Scares
First Lady Pat Nixon ignored peace demonstrators and threats during a five hour visit to Boulder, part of a 4,000 mile journey. Police checked two threat reports and one demonstrator was arrested as a Denver helicopter shadowed her motorcade. A Boulder area bomb exploded shortly after her return to Denver.
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Frances Lewine Denver
Pat Nixon
Boulder
Here
Rockies
Denver
Motorist Injured in Ohio 73 Crash Near Carrtown
A 22 year old Middletown man Tracy Mitchell suffered minor injuries when his eastbound car went out of control on Ohio 73 about 100 feet west of the Ohio 177 intersection north of Carrtown. Deputies said he lost control while trying to stop to avoid a car that had suddenly halted for a traffic signal.
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Hamilton -A
Middletown
Ohio 73
Ohio 177
Carrtown
Tracy Mitchell
Central Ave
Two Icebreakers Trapped in Antarctic Floes
Two icebreakers Fuji of Japan and General San Martin of Argentina are reported trapped in Antarctic ice. Rescue ships head to them as Fuji lies 223 miles off Prince Harald. General San Martin in the Weddell Sea. Glacier the U S Coast Guard vessel was 15 miles away Wednesday making slow progress.
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Christchurch
New Zealand
Japan
Fuji
Argentina
General San Martin
U.S. Navy
Prince Harald
U.S. Coast Guard
Japan Posts Travel Deficit as tourists spend more abroad
The Finance Ministry reports 1968 travel data showing Japanese tourists abroad spent 241 million dollars while foreign visitors to Japan spent 148 million dollars. The resulting travel exchange deficit totals 93 million dollars.
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Tokyo
Japan
Finance Ministry
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Trieu Khac Huynh
CIA
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Republic of Vietnam
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Tran Nghoc Chau
Ruth Irwin
Mckinley
Library Services
Damele
Sen
Minute Chef Restaurant
Minute
Avis Motorinn
Interstate 75
Cincinnati
Dayton Road
Sheraton
Rural School of the Ozarks
Point Lookout
Springfield
Yank
Larks Pumps
Ent
Magnavox
Mobley & Coren
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