Plane collision near Abbeville kills 68 aboard Iberia DC9
Swedish report cites SAS pilot Rolf Bandell as near-missed incidents over western France. The Iberia DC9 bound for London shattered in midair killing 68 onboard including 47 Britons and 11 Spaniards while a Spantax Convair Coronado landed with a damaged wing and 108 aboard.
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Rolf Bandell
Abbeville
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Bandell
Canary Islands
Nantes
Spantax Charter Line
London
Iberia
Minorca
Robert Galley
POWs Return to U S From Vietnam Set for Wednesday Flight
At Clark Air Base 106 American prisoners of war released by North Vietnam are to be flown home in groups of 20 to Andrews Air Force Base in Washington D C Scott Air Force Base in Illinois Kelly Field in Texas and Travis Air Force Base in California their departure expected Wednesday afternoon. Two Thai sergeants freed in Hanoi were sent to Bangkok while two Filipinos released earlier were moved to a Manila hospital. Many POWs visit base schools and a 17 man choir performed for reporters as families prepare for reunions.
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Philippines
Hanoi
Bangkok
Manila
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Navy
Robert B. Fuller
Jacksonville
Fla
Six Month Old Killed Mother Burned In City Fire
A six month old girl died from suffocation before her body was burned when a fire gutted a small house at 1913 Wayne Ave early today. The mother Faye Johnson 26 was treated for burns and shock and the estranged husband Lester Johnson was at the scene. Damage was estimated at 7000 to the house and 1500 to contents. The blaze started in a Davenport in the living room and one firefighter sustained a knee wound while another suffered a wrist cut. Two other men received minor injuries and the baby was pronounced dead at the hospital. Funeral plans were being arranged.
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Deanna Johnson
Wayne Ave
Garret J. Boone
Butler County
Faye Johnson
Middletown Hospital
Lester Johnson
Buena Ave
Davenport
Ellis Moren
Lear Wallace
Boone
Viet Cong press for POW releases and second phase
In Saigon, Viet Cong deputy chief Col Dang Van Thu urged Saigon to release one fourth of POWs in the second phase and complete exchanges by week’s end. He asked for timelines on start and end dates and whether civilian detainees would be handed over. No Saigon comment was reported.
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Saigon
Viet Cong
Dang van Thu
Joint Military Commission
du Quoc Dong
Paris
Manufacturers urge retention of tax revisions in hearings
The National Association of Manufacturers urged retaining and possibly liberalizing tax revisions at House Ways and Means Committee hearings. NAM vice president E A Vaughn pressed to keep the 7 percent credit for productive facilities, accelerated depreciation, and restore mineral depletion allowances. He called for higher write offs over time and easing the corporate surtax by raising the exemption.
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Washington
National Association of Manufacturers
E. A. Vaughn
Vaughn
No Real Peace Blocks Aid to Hanoi
Secretary of Defense Elliot Richardson says no reconstruction funds for Hanoi until a genuine cease-fire in South Vietnam is in force. He notes $2.9 billion budgeted for Southeast Asia could support reconstruction only if hostilities are reduced, with funds tied to the peace progress.
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Hanoi
Washington
United
Southeast Asia
Richardson
Weather and budget notes mix in midtown update
Cloudy skies and rain are forecast for the Midtown area tonight and tomorrow with lows in the 50s and highs in the low 60s. The piece notes reconstruction aid, congressional debate on Hanoi funding, and says the Pentagon’s 1974 budget has no hidden dollars for that aid. It also reports a daily decline in cease-fire violations in Indochina.
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Pentagon
Richardson
Hanoi
Indochina
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