Flom recalls six months of torture in captivity
Northwestern staff writer details Capt. Frederic Flom’s six and a half years as a prisoner of war. He described extended beatings, long periods in leg irons and solitary confinement, and a life of brutal daily routine under the North Vietnamese. He noted changes after 1969, yet said conditions never met Geneva standards and remains scarred but recovered.
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Ruth DIX
Northwestern
Appleton
Frederic Flom
Flom
North Vietnam
United States
Nixon plan allows aides informal testimony before Senate
The White House said staff members may appear informally before the Senate Watergate committee while avoiding formal committee appearances. Nixon also ordered aides summoned for grand jury testimony to appear. McCord told investigators Haldeman may have known of bugging plans. Sirica delayed McCord’s sentencing to June 15 to allow Senate testimony. Liddy, granted immunity, but refused to answer after 90 minutes at the grand jury. Three GOP workers were subpoenaed to corroborate McCord’s account.
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Nixon
James W. McCord Jr
H.R. Haldeman
U.S. District Court
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McCord
G. Gordon Liddy
Sirica
Liddy
GOP
Sally Harmony
Sylvia Panarites
Robert Reisner
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Thieu Nixon to discuss future U.S. aid to South
President Nixon prepared for two days of summit talks with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu in San Clemente that could set postwar U.S. involvement limits in Southeast Asia. Thieu arrival announced for Monday.
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Calif
UPI
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
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Thieu
Henry A. Kissinger
William P. Rogers
Saigon
Ellsworth Bunker
Graham Martin
Bunker
California
Washington
Congress
Milwaukee official surrenders amid corruption indictments
Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors chairman Richard C. Nowakowski surrendered on grand jury indictments tied to lobbying. Accusations include urging perjury about a Florida trip, taking 275 dollars to influence county use of highway products, and failing to file all campaign contributions. Also named were two corporations, a Brookfield lawyer, a Milwaukee woman charged with pandering, a suburban St Francis judge, a former county research director, and four businessmen. Nowakowski posted 7500 dollar bond. arraignment set for April 9.
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Milwaukee County
Board of Supervisors
Richard C. Nowakowski
South Side
Florida
Brookfield
St. Francis
Nowakowski
Woman dies in crash near Oshkosh at High Way 41
Beth Ellsworth 22 of Fox Lake dies from chest and head injuries after a southbound car crossed into the northbound lane and hit a semi driven by Ronald Lauters 37 of Adel on Highway 41 northwest of Oshkosh. She died at Mercy Medical Center after being hospitalized in the ICU since the 4:30 p.m. crash. Ellsworth, daughter of Robert and Mrs. Ellsworth, was associate warden at the Wisconsin State Correctional Institution in Fox Lake.
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Ronald W. Lauters
Rt. 1
Adell
Highway 41
Beth Ellsworth
Fox Lake
Mercy Medical Center
Friar
Denmark
Oshkosh
Moore
Rt. J. Adel
Miss Ellsworth
Robert Ellsworth
Ellsworth
Wisconsin State Correctional Institution
Wisconsin voters weigh bingo and equal rights referenda
Wisconsin voters head to the polls to decide on two constitutional amendments. The bingo question would allow licensed religious and charitable groups to operate games with profits restricted to those organizations. The equal rights amendment would prohibit sex-based discrimination, with backers saying it modernizes law and opponents fearing loss of protective provisions.
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Milwaukee
UPI
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
King
Meat price freeze draws mixed views from producers
The Associated Press reports a nationwide meat boycott plan while livestock producers argue Nixon price ceilings will not benefit consumers. Farm leaders warn controls may curb production and raise prices, while processors fear disrupted output and plant closures. Housewives doubt govt ceilings lower meal costs. Farm Bureau's Kuhfuss calls controls unacceptable. National Farmers Organization leader Staley calls it discriminatory against farmers. Michigan NEC head notes continued refusal to sell meat to collection points.
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Nixon
Farm Organization
William J. Kuhfuss
Des Moines
Oren Lee Staley
National Farmers Organization
Kalamazoo, Mich
Michigan Nec
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