Homeward bound eighty POWs fly from Clark
Eighty former prisoners of war left Clark Air Base headed for home in the United States while 56 more awaited three Thursday flights. Doctors reported all in generally good condition with follow up care planned at home area hospitals near their bases.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
United Sy States
Thurs Eday
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington, D.C
Kelly Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Scott Air Force Base
Ill
Kelly, Scott
Travis
Clark Base
Cmdr
Edward H. Martin
Coronado
Two POWs Present Contrasting Views
George T. Coker and Robert W. Wideman, both 30 and former Naval Reserve members shot down over North Vietnam, share divergent memories of captivity at Hanoi Hilton. Coker praises the war and a “fabulous victory” while Wideman doubts America’s Vietnam conduct and rejects returning to service or the camps.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
George T. Coker
United States
Vietnam
Robert W. Wideman
America
Naval Reserve
North Vietnam
Coker
Wideman
Hanoi Hilton
Linden
N.J
Drexel Hill
Militant Indians Demand Ouster of Tribal Chief
WOUNDED KNEE S D AP militants press to oust Oglala Sioux tribal president as Wounded Knee enters its second week. No shootings after a ceasefire was called off Tuesday. AIM demands revocation of the tribe s 13000 member constitution and replacement of Richard Wilson. Talks with Justice and Interior officials to resume today.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
Justice and Interior Departments
American Indian Movement
AIM
Interior Department
Richard Wilson
Wilson
Pine Ridge
Department
Ramon Roubideaux
Talley PoW Returning Home From Hanoi Flight
Air Force Maj. Bernard L. Talley Jr of Baltimore was expected to arrive at Andrews Air Force Base tonight after being released in Hanoi last Sunday. He was on the first of several flights carrying POWs to the United States Tuesday. no other Marylanders were reported among Talley's group.
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Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
Air Force
Bernard L. Talley Jr
Baltimore
Andrews Air Force Base
Talley
Hanoi
United States
Congress Likely to Override Half of Nixon Vetoes
AP report says about half of Nixon’s federal domestic spending vetoes may be overridden by Congress. Tower notes some overrides may still see no spending by Nixon. Senate already passed two veterans benefits bills vetoed last fall and more measures head to Nixon for signing.
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Congress
Nixon
Washington
Sen
John G. Tower
Senate
House
Tower
Republican Policy Committee
Senate Gop
Hugh Scott
Writers Guild Strikes Halt Hollywood TV and Film Work
Writers struck studios nationwide seeking higher pay for scripts and a share of film sales to pay TV and video cassettes. The Writers Guild rejected a counterproposal from MPPT Producers Association by a 1624 to a vote and began picket lines in Hollywood and New York.
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Hollywood
Motion Picture and Television
Writers Guild of America
Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers
New York
Guild
Ex POW Says VFW Plea Improved POWs' Lot
Air Force Major Robert Jeffrey, a former prisoner of war, told a Veterans of Foreign Wars banquet that a 1969 trip funded in part by the VFW spurred improved treatment in North Vietnamese prisons. He credited the Paris appeal by POW wives, including Joy Jeffrey, with helping begin a new life for captives and meeting with Vietnamese representatives.
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Washington
Paris
Air Force
Robert Jeffrey
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Jeffrey
Joy
Policemen Ordered to Shape Up in Louisville
Jefferson County Police Chief Russell McDaniel ordered all officers to meet a standard weight chart. Those who fail face a 2 percent pay cut and possible appearance before the Police Merit Board for mid June weigh‑in and potential dismissal.
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Louisville, Ky
Jefferson County
Russell McDaniel
McDaniel
Police Merit Board
Young Elected By Alaskans
Anchorage Alaska AP Don Young a Republican and former riverboat skipper from Ft. Yukon appears to have won Alaska's lone U.S. House seat. The 3 year old state senator built a strong urban base to defeat Emil Notti in a special election held after Rep Nick Begich disappeared on a campaign flight last October. With 347 of 433 precincts reported Young led 31 555 to 28 307.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Don Young
Ft. Yukon
House of Representatives
Young
Emil Notti
Notti
Americans Join French Air Boycott
An American crew joined European airmen in boycotting French skies after a collision of two Spanish jetliners during a civil air controllers wildcat strike.
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Paris
Sudan leader orders crackdown on guerrillas
President Jaafar Numairi ordered a military crackdown on Palestinian guerrillas in Sudan and announced a roundup of suspected terrorists and spies. He linked the attack on the Saudi embassy that killed three Western diplomats to a broader effort to destroy Sudan and vowed harsh punishment for destructors and paid agents.
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Khartoum
Sudan
Jaafar
Numairi
New Typhoid Cases Listed in Florida Camps
Homestead reports two young boys hospitalized with typhoid after moving from a typhoid struck labor camp to another 100 miles north. Nine other family members placed in quarantine at Immokalee camp in Collier County. Dr. Gunnard Anteil says little chance of spread to over 10,000 farmworkers nearby. Dade County health officials confirm 55 cases at the South Dade Labor Camp with 133 hospitalizations, the largest outbreak in 17 years.
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Homestead
Fla
Collier County
Gunnard Anteil
Immokalee
Dade County
South Dade
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USAF
Melvin Pollack
N.Y
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Long Beach
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Mary Tyler Moore
The
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Goodsyear
TIRE
BankAmericard
Lowell Tire and Battery, Inc
South Market Street
Cleo A. Noel Jr
G. Curtis Moore
Guy Eid
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