20 Mar 1973
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1973
Page
1
The dollar closed at 263 yen in Tokyo down from 264.90, and fell to 2.816 marks in Frankfurt, lower than Monday and Friday levels. It weakened in London Paris Brussels and Zurich with minor moves in francs and pounds, despite U.S. bank rate news.
Capt. Phuong Nam, Viet Cong spokesman, says the subcommission aims to complete the release of Vietnamese and American prisoners by March 25 with timing to be announced soon. The Communists report 439 American POWs released since the January 28 cease fire, while the U S delegation refutes charges of air space violations and arms shipments.
At Travis Air Force Base California Air Force officials say infection led to the amputation of the right leg of POW Roy Madden Jr a 35 year old airman captured when his B52 was shot down over North Vietnam last September 20 He had been home Feb 16 and was treated at David Grant Medical Center His condition was described as stable and he has three children and a wife.
Marine Sgt. Ronald L. Ridgeway, once listed dead, seeks the graves near St Louis for seven friends buried after the Khe Sanh ambush on February 25 1968. Maj. Paul J. Montague of Santa Ana Calif was also once listed as dead before reunion with family at Camp Pendleton.
Senate debates to extend Nixon wage price authority with amendments on federal rent controls and big wage settlements. Proxmire delays vote amid absences while Tower pushes to strip several measures and allow baker pass through wheat costs. Debate centers on fuel rationing and impact on big firms versus independents.
The forecast for the first day of spring calls for a chance of rain tonight with lows in the mid 30s. Partly cloudy tomorrow with highs in the upper 40s. Yesterday’s high reached 50 and the overnight low was 33. Weather details are on page 5.
British troops moved into Protestant and Roman Catholic areas of Northern Ireland cities amid expected government peace blueprint. The IRA condemned imposed solutions while authorities prepared to restore elective rule and share power between Protestant majority and Catholic minority. Soldiers sought to shield Catholics from Protestant pressure and curb IRA activity as tensions rose.
Iraqi forces captured a Kuwait border post before dawn and shelled another near Um Kasr in northeast Kuwait. Four Kuwaiti border guards were wounded as Kuwait demanded immediate Iraqi withdrawal amid long standing border oil claims. A Kuwait delegation went to Baghdad for talks last month.
John Vali and Melanie Ansuii, rescued when the Andrea Doria sank off Nantucket in 1956, are now married with two daughters in California. They run a restaurant named the Andrea Doria in Saratoga and once debated naming a daughter Andrea.
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