Viet Cong POW James Rowe Recalls Five Years Captive
Maj. James A. Rowe, freed after five years with the Viet Cong, arrived at Kelly AFB Texas and spoke of appreciating freedom anew. He weighed 165 pounds at capture in 1963 and about 140 now after a diet of rice and fish, with no overt threats reported. He described an escape from a guard and a helicopter rescue in the Mekong Delta and said he hoped to return to Vietnam with gained knowledge to aid efforts there.
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James A. Rowe
United States
Lee Rowe
McAllen
Rowe
West Point
Mekong Delta
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Kingston Named Likely Assembly Majority Leader
Albany AP reports Assemblyman John E. Kingston of Westbury is the leading contender for Republican majority leader after Perry B. Duryea Jr. becomes speaker. Sources say Duryea will appoint Kingston to the post with Willis H. Stephens as chair of Ways and Means. Kingston, age 43, has served nine years and was minority whip, but geography delayed earlier consideration.
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N.Y
John E. Kingston
Westbury
Nassau County
Assembly
Perry B. Duryea Jr
Kingston
Duryea
Ways and Means
Willis H. Stephens
Brewster
Putnam County
Stephens
GOP
D. Mallory Stephens
Russell
House
John W. McCormack
McCormack
Italian actress presents newborn son in Geneva
In Geneva the Italian film star Elena brings her newborn son Carlo Jr to the public at the Geneva hospital maternity clinic. Fatigue and a slight fever accompany the baby as he makes his first public appearance after birth on December 29.
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Geneva
Carlo Jr
Mad Auternity
Irish Catholic Marchers Clash Near Londonderry
About 150 Roman Catholic civil rights marchers clashed with Protestant forces six miles outside Londonderry on the final leg of a four day protest. At least 12 people were injured as rocks and gasoline bombs were hurled by Protestants while police defended the bridge with clubs.
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Empty Israeli Car Explodes in Gaza Wounding Three
An explosion under an empty Israeli owned car in Gaza wounded three residents, while Israeli forces and Arab gunners traded artillery and mortars for about 45 minutes across the Jordan River north of the Damiya Bridge with no casualties reported. In Beirut four universities witnessed student strikes demanding compulsory military service.
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Israel
Gaza
Amman
Jordan River
Damiya
Beirut
Bandits Open Fire On Bus In Thailand Extortion Attack
Police say 50 gunmen attacked a Bangkok area bus over a $10,000 extortion demand. One passenger was killed and the driver wounded. Four robbers were shot while fleeing across the Pattani River in sampans. their bodies were not recovered. The attack occurred near the Malaysian border in southern Thailand.
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Pattani
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Thailand
Hepburn Engaged to Rome Psychiatry Professor Dotti
The Rome paper Momento Sera reports Audrey Hepburn is engaged to psychiatry professor Andrea Dotti. They met on a Mediterranean cruise last summer. Dotti has not commented. Hepburn recently divorced Mel Ferrer.
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Momento Sera
Friends of Rome
Andrea Dotti
Audrey Hepburn
Miss Hepburn
Dotti
Mel Ferrer
Guyana Uprising Kills 14 in Lethem Plot Near Brazil
Prime Minister Forbes Burnham links the Lethem assault to outside forces from Venezuela amid an Amerindian uprising in southwest Guyana near the Brazilian border. The raid left at least 14 dead including seven police, as rebels seized a police post and troops recaptured Lethem 300 miles southwest. Mop up aimed for today. ranch owners there are white settlers or descendants of settlers with Amerindian unions.
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Guyana
Forbes Burnham
Venezuela
Lethem
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Sit-in Protest at Welfare Building Leads to 20 Arrests
Twenty welfare clients, including 3 men and 17 women, were arrested after a Friday sit-in at the Monroe County Health and Social Services building in Rochester. Police plan to charge them with third degree criminal trespass. the group is Rochester Action for Welfare Rights.
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Judge Bars Laboratory Sale In Buffalo Case
A New York State Supreme Court justice halted the Cornell Aero Nautical Laboratory sale to EDP Technology Inc. pending trial on the state’s claim. Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz filed suit last October seeking a permanent injunction, with the court prioritizing the case but not setting a date.
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Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory
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Louis J. Lefkowitz
Frederick M. Marshall
Marshall
Lefkowitz
Cornell University
EDP Technology Inc
Washington
Fourth Generation Fish Sworn In As U S Representative
Hamilton Fish Jr became the fourth member of his clan to serve in the House. The Fish family, all Republicans and all named Hamilton, has a long lineage from 1843 when the great grandfather Hamilton Fish started in Congress.
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Hamilton Fish Jr
House
Hamilton Fish
New York City
New York
Fish
House Committee On
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Joseph Y. Resnick
U.S. Senate
Parachutist Marries After Skydive Over Otaki
Frank Fesche parachuted 3000 feet into Otaki wearing formal dress for his wedding to Sue Sims, secretary of the Manawatu Parachute Club. He landed 300 yards from the Maori church where the ceremony was held with usher Ian Drinkwater.
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New Zealand
Frank Fesche
North Island
Otaki
Sue Sims
Manawatu Parachute Club
Fesche
Ian Drinkwater
Jim Brown Pays $300 Fine In No Contest Plea
Former NFL star Jim Brown paid a $300 fine and $75 costs after a no contest plea to interfering with a law officer. Judge Mario Clinco offered jail or fine. Brown chose the fine. The incident stemmed from a deputy sheriff entry to Brown's West Hollywood apartment June 9 following neighbor complaints.
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Calif
Jim Brown
Cleveland Browns
Mario Clinco
Brown
West Hollywood
Powell Returns to House amid Fine and Lost Seniority
The 91st Congress opens with Adam Clayton Powell seated after agreeing to a $25,000 fine and loss of seniority. Kennedy and Scott win No 2 posts, and party balance stands 57-43 in favor of Democrats as new members are sworn in.
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Adam Clayton Powell
Senate
Congress
Massachusetts
Edward M. Kennedy
Pennsylvania
Hugh Scott
House
Powell
90Th
New York
Harlem
Kennedy Captures No 2 Senate Post in Bid Toward 1972
Sen Edward Kennedy won the No 2 slot among Senate Democrats 31 to 26 over Sen Russell Long, positioning him as a leading party spokesman on domestic affairs during the Nixon administration. The move sketches a split with rivals Muskie and McCarthy and raises his profile for a 1972 presidential bid.
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Russell B. Long
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Minnesota
Eugene J. McCarthy
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Maine
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Mike Mansfield
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Congress
Cold Wave Sweeps South as Zero Followers Hit Plains
A bitter second wave of Arctic air drives subzero temperatures across the midcontinent reaching Kansas and Missouri while the Great Lakes area sees 1 to 2 inch snow. The cold snaps extend from the Rockies to the Great Lakes with northern plains near zero wind chills and widespread rain sleet and fog in the West.
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Fla
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Oil workers strike widens across nation in wage push
Union oil workers strike refineries from Washington state to Marcus Hook Pennsylvania. The Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union says about 60,000 members walked out to press for wage increases. Pickets appeared at multiple facilities nationwide.
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Colo
Workers Union
Washington State
Puget Sound
Marcus Hook
Missing DC3 Plane Found in Mexican Wreckage
Searchers located the chartered DC3 wreckage in Devil's Canyon about 185 miles south of Reynosa. Officials said there were 26 aboard and no signs of life, with the crash occurring on New Year's Eve in rugged terrain.
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Devil's Canyon
Reynosa
Jordan hanged two Israeli spies in Amman
Two Jordanians convicted of spying for Israel were hanged in Amman after confessing to smuggling secret information since 1964. They were arrested last year while attempting to cross into Israeli occupied territory.
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Amman
Israel
Ifni Province Returned to Morocco by Spain
Spain handed Ifni province back to Morocco after 108 years in a formal treaty signing at the Palais Du Batha. The 741 square mile enclave on Morocco’s Atlantic coast was transferred to Moroccan control.
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Morocco
Spain
Ifni
Miles
Atlantia
Hong Kong Flu Epidemic Claims 3594 Lives in 122 Cities
The Hong Kong flu has caused 3,594 deaths in 122 cities since December 7, with officials predicting a peak within one to two weeks. The National Communicable Disease Center notes deaths exceed expectations by 1,608 in control cities, while Hong Kong strain is widespread in 47 states.
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National
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Hong Kong
Louisiana
Mississippi
Hawaii
Alabama
State Health Department
Wally Smith
Bureau of Preventable Disease
William H. Stewart
Allied Forces Seek More Viet Cong-Held Prisoners
Allied sweeps in the U Minh Forest aim to locate more U S and South Vietnamese prisoners held by the Viet Cong. So far one American and six Vietnamese have been rescued. A battalion found 39 machine guns, 7 b a 7vookas and mortars and 48 rifles in a northern fringe cache. An ambush in the upper Delta killed 25 and captured 59 carbines and submachine guns.
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U Minh
U.S
Florida
James Rowe
Minh Forest
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Mekong Delta
Gulf of
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Leverglades
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Old Dixieland Clarinet Great Buried After Funeral
New Orleans clarinet master George Lewis, a last Dixieland great, died from pneumonia and flu at 68. He was buried Friday after a funeral with three marching bands, Olympia Eureka and a 10-man admirer pickup band. The procession featured old fashioned church marches and later cheerful music leaving the cemetery.
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George Lewis
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Flu
Olympia
Eureka
Lewis
Nixon asks Bunker to stay as Saigon ambassador
President elect Nixon said he will request Ellsworth Bunker to remain U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam to aid ongoing peace talks. He announced three State Department deputy nominees: Elliot Richardson undersecretary, Alexis Johnson undersecretary for political affairs, and Richard Pedersen counselor. Johnson will go to Saigon for talks with Bunker.
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Pedersen
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