Longest Held POW Returns to U.S. in Pride and Joy
Major Floyd J. Thompson, veteran prisoner of nine years, praised Nixon for bringing POWs home with dignity. Alongside him, Major Floyd H. Kushner and Sergeants Julius Long Jr., Peter Drabic, and Don McPhail arrived at Valley Forge General Hospital for reunion with families and medical checks after their release by Hanoi.
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Phoenixville
Vietnam
Floyd J. Thompson
Nixon
Hudson
Mass
Green Beret
Valley Forge General Hospital
Thompson
Alyce
Quang Tri Province
Floyd H. Kushner
Danville
Julius W. Long Jr
Pulaski
Peter E. Drabic
Union Bridge
Don A . McPhail
Chelmsford
Kushner
United States
Valerie
Toni Jane
Mike
MacPhail
Charlotte
Scott
Hanoi
Philippine
Honolulu
California
Hudson Mass
Prisoner of War Reuniting With Grave Queried By Family
A former POW Ron ald L Ridgeway of Houston says he wants to visit the graves near St Louis where Marines killed in the Khe Sanh ambush on February 25 1968 lie buried. Ridgeway 18 at the time was listed dead and later found alive. The reunion brought Ridgeway and Maj Paul J Montague among 26 freed prisoners arriving at Camp Pendleton.
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Mildred Ridgeway
Houston
Tex
Ronald L. Ridgeway
St. Louis
Khe Sanh
Ridgeway
Mildred
Maj
Paul J. Montague
Santa Ana
Calif
Camp Pendleton
Boyle Under Heavy Guard Ahead of Testimony in Yablonski Case
ERIE Pa AP W A Tony Boyle former UMW president arrives under heavy guard at a motel ahead of his testimony as the first defense witness in the William Prater trial linked to the 1969 Yablonski murders. Prosecution nears end of its case.
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Erie
United Mine Workers
W. A
Tony" Boyle
William Prater
Yablonski
Boyle
Washington, D.C
Erie International
Prater
UMW
Joseph A “Jock
Union
American Kennel Club Registers Over Seven Hundred Thousand Dogs Annually
More than 730000 purebred dogs are registered each year in the Stud Book of the American Kennel Club. The statistic underscores the scale of AKC registration activity and reflects ongoing interest in purebred breeding and canine pedigrees.
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The
Amencan Kennel Club
Atlanta Plans Rail Shipment of City Garbage
Atlanta will ship 40 percent of its garbage by railroad to Twiggs County starting mid 1974 under a contract with Southern Railway. Mayor Sam Massell said the plan makes Atlanta the first U.S. city to sign such an agreement. Waste will be compacted at a $125 million shredding and baling facility and dumped in mining pits leased to the railroad.
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Atlanta
Southerland pleads guilty to phoney military papers
In Baltimore, Thomas Southerland 31 of Castle Hayne North Carolina abruptly pleaded guilty during a trial to using fake documents to board an Air Force jet from Thailand to the United States. The judge revoked bail citing flight risks as prosecutors alleged a heroin smuggling link.
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Baltimore
Thomas Southerland
Thailand
United States
Southerland
Castle Hayne
N.C
Dover Air Force Base
Del
Andrew Air Force Base
Washington
U.S. Atty
Michael E. Marr
James R Miller Jr
Marr
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Jersey
Valley Forge
Associated Press
Sharon
Alexander Henderson
Spring Valley
Richard H. Spaulding
Enid
Okla
Miramar Naval Air Station
San Diego
Los Angeles
Henderson
Margaret
Alexander Jr
Tony Boyle
R. E. Dailey & Son
E Cline & Son
Teachten
Dailey
Market St. Frederick
WMHI
Ipa
R.W. Boyer Agency, Inc
Market St
Com
WFMD
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Wien
BSB Bai
Lee
O Senne
Faye
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