Hundreds of Americans still not accounted for
The Defense Department released a list showing 555 U.S. POWs and 55 dead in captivity, leaving 1,315 of 1,925 missing or captured. Families fear incomplete accounting as Laos prisoners and new lists loom, with officials warning months or years for full verification.
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Williamston
Mich
Navy
Walter Estes Jr
North Vietnam
Estes
Indochina
Cambodia
War continues in Vietnam despite cease-fire
Saigon reports 426 battles and 371 deaths in the first 22 hours of the Paris peace, with US troops to depart within 60 days. Communist losses cited in Central Highlands and Central Coast clashes total 353, while 16 South Vietnamese and two South Korean soldiers are dead. Both sides accuse the other of violations as peacekeepers prepare to deploy.
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Paris
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Hong Kong
Agnew heads to high level talks in Southeast Asia
Vice President Spiro Agnew departed from Hickam Air Force Base Honolulu for a week of top level Southeast Asian discussions. He will meet South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu after arriving in Vietnam and is viewed as a potential welcome figure for returning POWs, with stops planned in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia.
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Tornadoes strike Central Florida injuring 18 and displacing 300
Six tornadoes hit Central Florida on Sunday causing 18 injuries and leaving about 300 homeless. In West Orlando an apartment complex lost its top floor while homes, a service station, and the Tico Airport beacon suffered damage. Sheriff Murphy and Police Chief Chewning described the widespread destruction as the area experienced a rapid, zig zag path of the storms.
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Prosecution rests in Watergate espionage trial
The government rested its case after 51 witnesses including seven from Nixon White House and campaign staff and two Democratic officials. It relates to the Watergate break in and bugging of Democratic National Committee offices on June 17. Closing arguments were scheduled with jurors to receive final instructions and be guided to a verdict tonight or Tuesday.
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EO Howard Hunt
White Rose
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Navon
Campangnance Committee
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Last U S soldier to die believed in his duties
Lt Col William Nolde 43 of Mount Pleasant Michigan the last American to die before the Vietnam ceasefire was to take effect he was senior adviser at An Loc and killed by artillery just hours before the ceasefire Mrs Nolde said he believed in what he was doing and was not bitter his wife and five children learned of his death at a friend s home north of the family house in Mount Pleasant in a moment that framed the end of the long conflict
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First American casualty after cease fire recorded
A U S helicopter pilot WO Anthonys Dal Pozzo 22 of Santa Barbara California died after being wounded by ground fire while on a courier flight. He was the first American killed in Vietnam since the cease-fire began Sunday morning 10 miles southwest of Can Tho in the Mekong Delta.
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Mekong Delta
Nixon’s budget sent to Congress
President Nixon sends to Congress a proposed fiscal 1974 budget totaling 268.7 billion dollars claiming it moves the nation toward a new era of progress. He urges Congress to curb overspending and tax cuts while warning of a fight over cuts to urban renewal schools and federal programs.
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Weather warms after cold spell with chance of snow
A cold spell eases with warmer conditions today and tonight and tomorrow. Snow may occur as lows dip to the low 20s. More details on Page y.
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Weather Markets Soctels Sports Winnebagoland
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