Americans Freed By Red China After 19 Years
Hong Kong AP says Richard Fecteau and Mary Ann Harbert, freed after long captivity, crossed into Hong Kong then flew to the United States. China commuted John Downey’s life sentence to five years. Gerald McLaughlin died in custody after alleged self‑execution in 1969. Other Americans remain prisoner or missing.
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Hong Kong
China
United States
Peking
Richard Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
Mary Ann Harbert
Royal Air Force
Kai Tak
U.S
John T. Downey
New Britain
Gerald Ross McLaughlin
Miss Harbert
McLaughlin
Air Force
Phillip E. Smith
Gulf of Tonkin
Robert J. Flynn
U.S. Navy
Kwangsi Province
Navy
Joseph Dunn
Hainan Island
Fecteau
Javits Could Push Navy To Admit Women At Annapolis
New York Senator Javits seeks to nominate a woman to the Naval Academy before the January 31 deadline arguing anti discrimination and noting Navy currently fields an all male student body. He weighs curriculum and facilities changes including a women’s locker room and campus culture while consulting with Navy officials.
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Washington
Davy Jones
U.S. Naval Academy
New York
Jacob K. Javits
Senate
Navy
Annapolis
West Point
Air Force Academy
Javits
John H. Chafee
Curiculum
Javit
Frank Cummings
Cummings
Chafee
Academy
Nixon sits with Pompidou in Azores talks behind doors
President Nixon heads a high level policy team to Azores for private talks with Georges Pompidou aimed at bridging monetary and trade gaps before engagements in Peking and Moscow. They plan two private sessions in the day with a formal dinner hosted by Portuguese Premier Caetano. Nixon’s trip includes three more summits with allied leaders after this visit.
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Angrado Heroismo
Azores
Nixon
Georges Pompidou
Peking
Moscow
Pompidou
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Paris
Inter
Ajes
U.S. Air Force
Marcello Caetano
Caetano
United States
Edward Heath
Bermuda
Willy Brandt
Key Biscayne
Fla
Eisaku Sato
San Clemente
Calif
Broadcasting Pioneer David Sarnoff Dies At 80
David Sarnoff, a broadcasting pioneer who built RCA and NBC, died at 80 in New York. He guided radio and television development, led RCA through World War II, and helped launch NBC in 1926. Survived by wife Lizette, three sons, a brother, a sister, and nine grandchildren. funeral at Temple Emanu-el.
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New York
David Sarnoff
The
Commercial Cable Co
Electron
Sarnoff
National Broadcasting Co
RCA
Central Broadcasting Organization
NBC
Walter Damrosch
Metropolitan Opera
Arturo Toscanini
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Victor Talking Machine Co
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
United States
France
Lizette
Robert W. Sarnoff
Edward Sarnoff
Fleet Services, Inc
Thomas W. Sarnoff
Beverly Hills
Calif
West Coast
East 71St Street
Campbell Funeral Chapel
Temple Emanu-el
New Fears Raised In North Ireland
Belfast reports the assassination of Sen John Barnhill by a gunman near his farmhouse. A gelignite bomb exploded as Barnhill’s body lay in the wrecked living room. Prime Minister Faulkner blamed a IRA terror gang from the Republic. Cardinal Conway condemned the recent violence.
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North Ireland
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Ireland
John Barnhill
Unionist Party
Brian Faulkner
Irish Republic
Dublin
Barnhill
William Cardinal Conway
All Ireland
IRA
Society Hill Makes A Big Comeback In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia, Society Hill transformed from a blighted, high TB area to a prestigious neighborhood adjoining Independence Mall. Renewed homes, cobblestone streets, and Franklin lamps define the district, with population up 39 percent and townhouse values rising.
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Society Hill
Philadelphia
Independence Mall
Delaware River
Familiar Foreign Aid Clash Precedes Congress Vacation
Washington expects a final debate on foreign aid as House and Senate rush to adjourn for a month long break. Leaders push for quick action on a temporary funding resolution amid Democratic opposition to a Indochina withdrawal amendment. Also on deck are Nixon authority extension, a $71 billion defense bill, and DC funding before Congress adjourns until January 18.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Indochina
Israel
Nixon
Economic Control Authority
District of Columbia
Democrats Outline Delegate Guidelines In Kansas Convention
About 100 Kansas Democratic officials gathered in Topeka to adopt delegate selection guidelines for the national convention. The plan requires at least one under 30 and at least one Black delegate or alternate from each of two districts with the largest Black populations, and mandates sex diversity and cross over in districts three and four. Controversy arose over minority representation, as a proposed expansion to three districts was defeated.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Wyandotte
Sedgwick
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John Hulme
Antigovernment Democratic
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William Rafsky
Barry Leonard
Green Acres Lake Pomona Entrance
Porter-Spears
Agency
S. Main
Tom Porter
George Spears
Robert Brock
John Ivan
Kansas City
James Logan
Olathe
Paul Aylward
Ellsworth
Mel
Boone
David Wilkerson
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