First Of Freed U. S. POWs Will Be Handed Over About Saturday
Saigon AP reports ICCS chair Michel Gauvin says first groups of American POWs to be freed in both Vietnam zones likely around February 10, with releases possibly starting in Hanoi and followed by Vietnamese prisoners’ exchanges in South Vietnam. Two sites, An Loc and Phu Hoa, are noted for transfer. U.S. troops withdrawn total 2,000 in four days, leaving strength below 20,000. all U.S. forces to be out and prisoners released by March 28 under cease-fire terms. Three ICCS prisoner recovery teams standby for two hours notice, ready within hours.
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International Ceasefire Commission
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South Vietnam
Michel Gauvin
Canada
International Commission For Control and Supervision
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Newsmen
Hanoi
Gauvin
An Loc
Phu Hoa
U.S
Vietnam
Joint Military Commission
United States
South Viet
Jnam
Viet Cong
International Commission
Milk Inspection Measure Faces Strong Opposition
In Albany a bill to move all milk inspection from the Health Department to the Agriculture and Markets Department draws wide opposition. Critics warn of deteriorating milk inspection and loss of protective dating rules, while supporters say consolidation would cut duplications and follow other states.
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Albany
N.Y
State Agriculture and Markets Department
City of
New York
Lloyd S. Aiford
Auburn
Riford
Hollis S. Ingraham
No-Fault Consensus Bill Aims At 14 Dollar Annual Savings
New York lawmakers push a consensus no fault auto bill claiming about 14 dollars in yearly savings for the average policyholder. The State Insurance Department cautions savings depend on premiums and rules, noting major concessions to anti no fault lawyers altered the original plan. The bill offers up to 50000 dollars for medical costs and lost wages, with a 20 percent premium cut if the first 200 dollars of costs are covered by the policy or health plan. The threshold drops from 5000 to 500, a key change that reduced potential payouts and shifted leverage to lawyers.
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Albany
N.Y
State Insurance Department
Insurance Department
Bernard Gordon
R-Peekskill
Gordon
Boiler Room Blast Kills Three Aboard US Destroyer Basilone
The destroyer USS Basilone returns to Newport with three bodies recovered from a boiler room explosion at sea about 150 miles southeast of Newport. Eight sailors injured, four evacuated by helicopter to St Albans Hospital New York, four to Newport Naval Hospital. Cause under Navy review. skipper Cmdr John L Towley reported no fire and that the ship proceeded under its own power. The escort Howes accompanied the Basilone back to Newport.
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Basilone
Coast Guard
St. Albans Naval Hospital
New York City
Newport Naval Hospital
Navy
Atlantic Fleet Command
Norfolk
Navy Command
John L. Towley
Middletown
Howes
Regents Urge Ten Year Terms for Board Members
ALANY NY AP The State Board of Regents recommends reducing terms from 15 to 10 years, arguing rapid societal change and rising demands make 15 years impractical. Chancellor Joseph W. McGovern says shorter terms would give the legislature more frequent opportunities to elect Regents. The proposal will be taken up by lawmakers.
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N.Y
State Board of Regents
Education
Joseph W. McGovern
Ward of Regents
McGovern
Boston Area Slayings Spur Hunt for Common Link
Boston area law officials pursue a common link in eight killings of young women since last summer, all victims aged 18 to 29 and killed by strangulation or suffocation. Prosecutors say sufficient evidence exists to charge at least one case, while tied-motive remains unproven. Suburban North Shore cops also probe a wave of rapes with similar patterns, including masked attackers targeting hitchhikers.
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Boston-Area
North Shore
Ehrlichman Defends Impoundment as Legal and Necessary
President Nixon's advisor Ehrlichman argues that withholding funds approved by Congress is legal and required for national good. He says executive saving money is incumbent, notes impoundment under attack in Congress and Senate hearings, and cites Jeffersonian precedent.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Congress
Congressional
John D. Ehrlichman
Poundment
Senate
Thomas Jefferson
Corona Begins Serving 25 Life Terms For 25 Killings
Juan V. Corona, a farm labor contractor, started serving 25 consecutive life terms after being sentenced by Judge Richard Patton for the killings of 25 itinerant farm workers. A crowd of about 250 Mexican-American supporters demonstrated outside Fairfield court as the decision was handed down.
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Servin
Patton
Richard Hawk
Fairfield
Calif
Juan V. Corona
Feather River
Richard Patton
Largest mass murder trial ends with sentence amid claims
In Solano County court, outside a white-column courthouse, a protester was arrested for malicious mischief as the judge delivered the sentence in the four month mass murder trial. The ruling followed a defense motion for a new trial over alleged jury tampering involving a sheriffs matron and a juror the night before Corona’s conviction. Two prosecutors receive seven day sentences, with appeals possible. All three attorneys cited for violations.
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Rona
Solano County
U.S
Corona
U S and N Vietnam Choose Paris for Postwar Conference
The United States and North Vietnam agreed Paris will host the postwar international conference slated to begin February 26. The accord, signed January 27, also includes the Viet Cong and eight other states, with Rogers likely to represent the U S.
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United States
North Vietnam
Paris
Hanoi
Saigon
Vietnams
United Nations
Oth
Kissinger tells Harvard he will stay. teaching post open
Henry A. Kissinger informed Harvard officials he has no immediate plans to leave the White House and told professors the teaching position can be given to another candidate. Prof. James Q. Wilson reports the government department is already considering international relations candidates.
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Cambridge, Mass
Henry A. Kissinger
Harvard University
White House
James Q. Wilson
Harvard
Government Department
Department
Prominent figure Bosch denies charges from hiding place
Identified as Juan Bosch, the individual claims he is involved in no wrongdoing and asserts the government's charges are lies from a hidden location across the country.
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Juan Bosch
Bosch
Picket Planned At Montpelier Dairy Protest
Rutland area dairy farmers plan to picket the U S Department of Agriculture office in Montpelier to protest a prolonged court case. Harold Billings says the 1967 Cranston suit targets differential milk payments favoring Connecticut and Southern Massachusetts producers over nearby farms.
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U.S. Department of Agricultural Office
Harold Billings
Troy
N.Y
Harold Cranston
U.S
Proxmire Proposes Counter Budget Against Nixon Plan
Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin proposed a counter budget to revise spending priorities and trim $4 billion from President Nixon's $268.7 billion budget for the next fiscal year. The plan seeks to offset deficits by reallocating funds and reducing nonessential programs across federal agencies.
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Washington
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Nixon
Nixon Budget Plan Cuts Defense Aid and Space
The plan seeks a 310 billion reduction across defense foreign aid space public works and highways while offset by a 6 billion increase for other domestic programs a major reallocation of federal spending.
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Nixon
City Schools weigh replacing teachers on strike
Philadelphia schools superintendent Matthew W. Costanzo says the district may replace striking teachers as the board considers filling regular vacancies for the first time since the September walkout. He notes events of the week could influence the decision and the board plans to fill openings starting Monday.
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Philadelphia
Matthew W. Costanzo
Costanzo
Board of Education
Lawmaker proposes repealing 2.5 percent NY income tax surcharge
A Western New York legislator introduced a bill to repeal the 2.5 percent state income tax surcharge imposed during the legislature's special session at the end of 1971.
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Albany, N.Y
New York
Six New York men charged with 16000 bribe payments
The Justice Department announced the arrest of six New York area men including an attorney two CPAs and three corporate officers on charges of offering a total of 16000 in bribes to IRS employees. The arrests were carried out by Treasury agents in the IRS inspection service under three separate warrants issued by U.S. District Court in Brooklyn.
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Justice Department
New York Area
Internal Revenue Service
Certified Public Accountants
Treasury
IRS _ inspection service
U.S. District Court
Brooklyn
Department
Stennis Condition Grave After New Surgery
Senator John C. Stennis remains very seriously ill with a grave prognosis after a 45 minute operation at Walter Reed Army Medical Center to repair suspected intestinal blockage. He had been shot during a holdup last week, with his wife Coy and son John Hampton Stennis at the hospital as FBI and police continued to seek suspects.
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John C. Stennis
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Frank Garland
Garland
Sched
Uled
Stennis
Coy
John Hampton Stennis
Margaret Syme
Senate Armed Services Committee
Congress
Senate
FBI
Senate OKs 458 Million Dollar Airport Improvement Bill
The Senate passed a 458 million dollar measure boosting federal aid for airport upgrades from 50 to 75 percent by a 65 to 15 vote while a second bill requiring confirmation for all Office of Management and Budget directors, starting with Roy Ash, cleared 63 to 17. House action pending. Strong backers argue budget director wields great power amid concerns over White House control.
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Senate
Office of Management and Budget
Roy L. Ash
House
Ash
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Ervin
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
D.minn
Congress
White House
Agnew Arrives in Jakarta After Southeast Asia Stop
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew arrived in Jakarta after meetings in Singapore with Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew during a Southeast Asia tour following the Vietnam cease-fire. He was welcomed by President Suharto and U.S. Ambassador Francis J. Galbraith and planned to visit Malaysia and the Philippines. He said the Viet Nam war’s end should shift focus to regional economic and social issues.
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Spiro T. Agnew
Singapore
Lee Kuan Yew
Vietnam
Agnew
Malaysia
Philippines
Suharto
U.S
Francis J. Galbraith
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