31 Mar 1973
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1973
Page
1
Virginia Beach veteran U S Navy Captain Jeremiah Denton recalls the torture endured by North Vietnamese captors during his 1965 to 1973 imprisonment. The account highlights his resilience and the emotional scars carried after years of captivity.
Operation Homecoming nears completion with 48 liberated American POWs arriving in the United States. A final 69 former prisoners remain, ending the release of 587 men from Vietnam and Laos. Flights touched down at Travis and Scott AFBs with further legs to Andrews and Sheppard.
Sgt. Donald J. Rander of Baltimore hugs his mother Mrs. Mary Crocker during a homecoming moment at Valley Forge General Hospital. The scene captures a family's reunion amid a public welcome for returning service members.
Livestock producers and farm groups denounce President Nixon's meat price ceiling as unfair and ineffective for consumers. Farm Bureau leaders warn it will curb production and raise future prices while processing plants may confront higher costs. housewives join a week long boycott amid high retail meat prices. Staley alleges discrimination against American farmers as NFC leaders pledge to withhold meat from collection points to back a four year contract. Iowa Farm Bureau cautions that absent fair returns, consumers may face mush.
President Nixon announced a new government ceiling on beef pork and lamb prices, with 250 IRS agents plus council staff enforcing starting Monday. Retailers have one extra week to post ceilings while housewives are urged to report violations to local IRS offices. Officials expect demand for cookout meat to rise through summer.
The White House indicated staff members could answer questions informally before the Senate Watergate committee while avoiding formal committee appearances. Nixon ordered staff to testify to the federal grand jury, and James McCord Jr. told investigators that Haldeman was aware of bugging plans. Sirica postponed McCord’s sentencing to June 15 to allow Senate testimony. Liddy was immune but spent over 90 minutes before the grand jury and did not answer.
President Nguyen Van Thieu departed for the United States on the first leg of a five nation peace tour promising a new era of peace. He told cheering crowds at Tan Son Nhut airport he would seek billions in American aid and renewed military intervention assurances if North Vietnam resumes war. Thieu plans talks with Nixon, Pope Paul VI audience in Rome, and visits to Italy England South Korea and Taiwan before returning April 14.
Cloudy skies with a chance of showers or thundershowers are forecast for tonight in the Middletown area. Sunday’s highs are expected in the 60s with variable cloudiness across the region.
at Johnson Space Center Houston a Soviet cosmonaut group will train on Apollo systems next summer while American astronauts will train in Russia on the Soyuz in September. Glynn Lunney said plans were finalized in a two week meeting with Soviet specialists. The ASTP aims for a 1975 rendezvous and docking sequence with mutual visits between crews aboard each craft.
Earl Bakken, head of Medtronic, challenges Ralph Nader's Health Research Group findings on pacemaker reliability. He says the 3 percent single cell depletion does not imply device failure and accuses the group of seeking press attention. FDA will investigate. Mayo Clinic supports devices as reliable.
Highland Heights Kentucky AP reports Army Spec. 4 Michael Branch has been cleared of all charges from his capture by the Viet Cong and will be released this weekend or by Monday at latest. He has been debriefing at Fort Knox after nearly two weeks of questioning about his disappearance near Saigon about five years ago.
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