POWs Return From Vietnam In Large Group At Clark
A total of 143 prisoners of war arrived at Clark Air Base Philippines aboard three hospital planes from Hanoi and Loc Ninh. Most were in good condition and underwent medical exams as Adm. Noel Gayler greeted them. The groups included 116 from North Vietnam and 26 from South Vietnam with one remaining in Saigon.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
North
South Vietnam
U.S
Navy
Jeremiah A. Denton Jr
Virginia Beach
God Bless
America
Pris
Hanoi
U.S. Air Force
Saigon
Clark
Loc Ninh
Loc ‘Ninh
Laos
United States
Hanoi Hilton
Adm
Noel Gaylor
Pacific
Gayler
Nixon
Air Force
Southside Postal Facility Slated for Monroe
A contract post office for Monroe’s Southside opens March 3 at 309 Plum Street in Plum Street Shopping Center. W Clifford LaFrance of LaFrance Enterprise Inc. won the bid. Woodrow Hathorn announces hours 8:30 to 5 weekdays and 8:30 to 12 Saturday. The station offers window services, stamps, registered and insured mail, money orders, parcel mailing, but no international mail or box delivery.
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Monroe
Plum Street
Woodrow Hathorn
W. Clifford LaFrance
LaFrance Enterprise,Inc
Shreveport
LaFrance Drugs
Hathorn
LaFrance
Postal Service
U.S
U. S. Postal Service
Seeber Arrival Delights Family After POW Release
Mrs. Jane Seeber and family welcomed Lt. Col. Bruce Seeber back from a North Vietnamese POW camp after 7 years. The release was part of a cease fire and the televised arrival showed Seeber in good health. His wife plans steak and ice cream to celebrate and hopes for a near home assignment. He will undergo medical observation in Biloxi before further orders.
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Jane Seeber
West Monroe
Col
Bruce Seeber
Seeber
Weather outlook for region shows warm with possible showers
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and warmer temps with a chance of showers today and tonight. Highs in the lower 60s, lows in the lower 50s, southerly winds 10 to 20 mph shifting to northerly Tuesday. Monroe Airport recorded 48 high Sunday and 35 low this morning with no rain. Extended outlook through Friday shows clear to partly cloudy skies and a cooling trend.
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FAA
Monroe Municipal
Monroe
River Stage Readings Show Minor Changes At Stations
OCR summary notes river stage readings with values at Monroe station 40 to 39.1 and Camden 26 to 29.9, indicating a rise and stationary trend across stations.
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Monroe
Camden
Twin Cities Chit Chat Birthday Party for Two Relatives
In West Monroe Louisiana a double birthday party celebrated Tootie Endsley turning 18. Her cousin Little Danni Tillman, now of Little Rock Arkansas, marked her third birthday. Uncle A F Reed from Cheyenne Wyoming attended the gathering.
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Twin Cities
Tootie’ Endsley
Ralph Endsley
Arkansas Rd
West Monroe
Little Danni Tillman
C. K
Butch) Tillman
Little Rock
Ark
A. F
Uncle Pop) Reed
Cheyenne
Wyo
Nixon's Plan For Education Aid Opposed
Senator Claiborne Pell says Nixon’s plan to merge major federal education aid into a single revenue sharing grant faces strong opposition and likely won’t pass before the new fiscal year. Pell cites hearings and potential impasse if categorical programs are dissolved, while Weinberger defends expanded local flexibility and simplified funding. Title I would be folded into revenue sharing, though Democrats urge preserving its identity.
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Washington
Claiborne Pell
Nixon
Pell
Labor and Public Welfare Committee
U.S
Congress
Caspar W. Weinberger
Weinberger
Annual Camellia Show Scheduled
The annual Camellia Show sponsored by the Northeast Louisiana Camellia Club Cen tral Bank and the American Camellia Society will run Saturday and Sunday at the Central Bank Monroe. Judging begins Saturday after noon with public viewing from 3 30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Entries run 7 a.m. to 11 30 a.m. Saturday.
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Northeast Louisiana Camellia Club
Central Bank
American Camellia Society
Harry Hipp
Mike R. Devereux
DeSiard St
Monroe
Twin City Garden Council
Audie Colvin
Inside The News-Star Section Listing
The snippet lists sections and page numbers for sections including Abby Lowman Broadway Radio TV Classified Comics Theater Crossword Van Dellen Editorial Women Horoscope Weather and Jumble across multiple pages. It reads like a contents index for a daily newspaper layout with section labels and page placements.
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Abby
Lowman
Radio-Tv
van Dellen
POWs Released From Vietnam Include Louisiana Mississippi Officers
Four Louisiana and three Mississippi prisoners of war were freed today all but one flown from North Vietnam to Clark Air Base in the Philippines. Army Spec. Keith A. Albert of Thibodaux was among 27 POWs released by the Viet Cong in South Vietnam. Those flown to the Philippines include Lt. Col. Bruce G. Seeber Natchez Miss Col. John J. Pitchford Jr. Utica Miss Maj. Thomas E. Collins II Hatton Miss Lt. Col. George R. Hall Hattiesburg Miss Lt. Cmdr. Glenn H. Daigle Napoleonville La May Murphy N. Jones Baton Rouge La.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Vietnam
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
Army
Keith A. Albert
Thibodaux
South Vietnam
Bruce G. Seeber
Lsted
Pentagon
Low Point
Minn
West Monroe
John J. Pitchford Jr
Natchez
Miss
Thomas E. Collins
Utica
George R. Hall
Hattiesburg
Glenn H. Daigle
Napoleonville
Murphy N. Jones
Baton Rouge
A Friend Takes Winter Sun Vacation
A humorous note about a good friend who escapes winter for sunny South and does not send a postcard, highlighting the playful act of skipping correspondence during travel.
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Sunny South
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