FBI and AIM siege at Wounded Knee grows tense
Federal agents in armored patrols guard the Wounded Knee compound as sporadic gunfire continues and talks with AIM leaders stall. Vernon Bellecourt seeks UN observers to shield Indian rights, while AIM plans caravans from multiple states to Pine Ridge amid calls for charges against takeover leaders.
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Wounded Knee
M.D
Ralph Erickson
U.S
FBI
Erickson
American Indian Movement
Senate
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Oglala
Pine Ridge
South Dakota
George S. McGovern
James Abourezk
AIM
Agnes Gildersleeve
Jackson
Aston Desarsa
Oklahoma
Washington State
Missoula
Mont
St. Paul
Minn
Des Moines
Iowa
Hanoi to Free 106 POWs in Sunday airlift from Clark
AP reports three U S hospital planes will depart Clark Air Base Sunday to Hanoi to retrieve 106 American POWs and two Thai prisoners. Hanoi will release 106 Americans and two Thais, while Viet Cong plans 27 U S servicemen two civilians and two German medical workers and two Filipino civilians on Monday. The flight covers about 900 miles in 2 1 2 hours, with hospital planes arriving about an hour apart. A preceding aircraft will land to prep for the Starlifter arrivals, and a Joint Military Commission International Control and Supervisory team will oversee the repatriation. The released Americans include 69 Air Force Navy Army Marines and 3 civilians, some held since 1966 including six captured in Hue during the 1968 Tet offensive. Navy Cmdr Richard A Stratton of California, implicated in a 1967 war crimes press conference, is highlighted among the returnees. This batch brings total US POWs repatriated since the cease-fire to 299, after 143 released Feb 12 and 20 as Kissinger visited Hanoi Feb 18.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
U.S
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Clark
Gia Lam
Joint Military Commission
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Air Force
Hue
Navy
Richard A. Stratton
Palo Alto
Calif
Stratton
Vietnam
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Hani
Guerrillas Demand Plane as Envoys Slain in Khartoum
Palestinian guerrillas seized two Arab diplomats at the Saudi Embassy in Khartoum after killing two American envoys and a Belgian official. They demanded a plane and a senior official as a safety guarantee, with a Friday deadline and threats to kill the remaining hostages if demands were not met.
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Khartoum
Sudan
Egypt
Middle East
U.S
Cleo A. Noel Jr
G. Curtis Moore
Guy Eid
Beirut
Black September
Apartment Collapse in Bailey's Crossroads
A 24 floor high rise under construction in Bailey's Crossroads Va collapsed in sequence on Friday. By today five are confirmed dead with ten missing and feared dead and 34 injured. Rescue teams work amid dangling concrete as investigators probe cause.
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Robert Taylor
Taylor
Washington, D.C
Floras rejoice as Sgt Flora leaves Vietnam Monday
Sgt Edward Flora Jr a Brunswick native held by Viet Cong for almost six years will depart North Vietnam Monday for home in Frederick. His wife Joann called by Friday said she was ecstatic and the couple may meet in time for their March 9 wedding anniversary. Flora will undergo up to five days of medical checks at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines before flying to Travis McGuire and Valley Forge Hospital where his wife will meet him.
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Martha Raver
Sgt. Carrot
Edward Flora Jr
Viet Cong
North Vietnam
Frederick
Joann Flora
Sgt. Flora
U.S
Hanoi
Flora
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
McGuire Base
N.J
Valley Forge Hospital
American League of Families of Prisoners
Southeast Asia
Walkersville
Sgt
Carroll Edward Flora
South Vietnam
Two Area Men Injured In Bailey's Crossroads Crane Fall
At least seven local men were on the Bailey's Crossroads site when a crane collapsed from the 25th floor, killing six and injuring many more. Phillip Drigger of near Dickerson and Lloyd Tregoning of Mountaindale were among the injured, treated at Frederick Memorial and Arlington General Hospitals respectively.
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Bailey
Noor
Phillip Drigger
Dickerson
Lloyd Tregoning
Mountaindale
Drigger
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Tregoning
Arlington General Hospital
Nixon Calls for Halt to Terrorism and Justice
President Nixon and the U S ambassador urged strong action after the execution of two American diplomats in Khartoum. Nixon expressed grief over the killings of Ambassador Cleo A Noel and Deputy Chief of Mission George Curtis Moore and insisted the perpetrators be brought to justice.
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Washington
Khartoum
Nixon
U.S
United Nations
Cleo A. Noel
George Curtis Moore
United States
Moore
Noel
Hospital Services Explained At Middletown Meeting
Public meeting at Middletown Firehall on March 5 at 7 90 p.m. will present a hospital tour and services at Frederick Memorial Hospital. Administrator Wallace Dow will answer questions on admissions and eligibility while Frances Crum outlines hospital volunteer opportunities for women and youths aged 15 to 19 with similarly open sessions in New Market and Walkersville on March 15 and March 2 respectively.
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Frederick Memorial Hospital
Middletown Firehall
Wallace Dow
Frances Crum
New Market Fire Hall
Walkersville Firehall
Byron and Williams unveil bipartisan anti-pollution bill
Rep Goodloe Byron and Rep Lawrence Williams plan introducing a bipartisan measure in the House to grant tax incentives for facilities that generate power from waste. The proposal aims to conserve dwindling natural gas and oil, reduce pollution, and follows Sweden’s successful waste-to-power incinerator serving 25 000 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Goodloe
Byron
Lawrence Williams
R-Pa
Sweden
Alexander Hursey Retire From Society in Frederick
Wade Hursey and Horace Alexander retire after 17 years as secretary and treasurer of the Frederick Agriculture Society. The fair has doubled in exhibits and patrons, averaging nearly 100000 visitors annually, with evolving arts crafts displays and growing exhibitor participation. Both praised the society for promoting agriculture displays and quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Hursey
Horace Alexander
Frederick Agriculture Society
Alexander
Hursey
Agriculture Society
Alexander and
Alexander: Fair Treasurer Retires
Horace Buck Alexander former legislator and county sheriff retires as Treasurer and Financial Clerk of the Great Frederick Fair after serving since May 1956 He says a younger man is needed and that the job gave him pleasure and exciting rewarding experiences meeting race horse owners and fair patrons
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace
Buck) Alexander
Frederick
Alexander
Hursey Reflects on 17 Years as Fair Secretary
Wade F. Hursey, retiring Frederick Agriculture Society secretary, recalls many changes at the Great Frederick Fair, noting most buildings now host sales or activities. He helped secure permission to rent unused fair buildings, boosting nonfair use. Contimmed On Page BS.
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Wade F. Hursey
Frederick Agriculture Society
Hursey
J.C. Penney
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Vernon Bellecourt
C. V. Narasimhan
Bellecourt
Minnesota
Narasimhan
Kurt Waldheim
U.N
Jordan
Adley el Nasser
Sheik Abdul‘Tah Malhouk
Saudi Arabian
al Moharer
Bailey's Crossroads
Provisional Revolutionary Government
Department of the Army
Brunswick
Dwayne
Teresa
Richard L. Crush
Fort Detrick
Newsea Pre
Aldan T. Weinberg
Middletown
Alexander, Hursey
Fair
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