TI Saw Him Land Exclaims Prisoner's Mother
Mary Jane Crayton of LaGrange Ga expressed joy at the early morning telecast of the first batch of U S POWs freed from North Vietnam arriving at an American air base. The plane returned her son a Navy servicemember amid three aircraft sent to Hanoi to bring the prisoners home.
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Associated Press
Mary Jane Crayton
LaGrange, Ga
North
Vietnam
Hanoi
Navy
List of POWs flown home from North Vietnam to Clark AFB
Official list shows 100 plus prisoners of war returned today from Hanoi aboard three planes. Notable names include Lt Cmdr Everett Alvarez Jr from Santa Clara and Capt Jeremiah Denton from Virginia Beach, among others from California Texas Illinois and many states. The arrivals at Clark Air Base Philippines followed long captivity and were welcomed by families including Jeanne Higdon and Anne Byrne as the POWs began return to U.S. soil.
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Clark Air Force
Philippines
North Vietnam
Everett Alvarez
Santa Clara
Calif
John W. Anderson
Portland
Oregon
Phillip N
Butler
Tulsa
Okla
Col
Fred V
Cherry
Suffolk
James Q
Collins
Concord
N.C
James R, Cook
Wilmington
Render Crayton
la Grange
William Y
Arcuri
Yuba City
Robert N, Daughitrey
del Rio
Texas
Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr
Virginia Beach
Terry M. Geloneck
Decatur
Ala
Peter J. Giroux
Truemansburg
N.Y
Lawrence N
Guarino
Newark
Lynn E. Guenther
Glasgow
Mont
Carlyle S. Harris
Preston
Edwin A.J. Hawley, Jr
Birmingham
Kenneth H. Higdon
San Francisco
Charles A, Jackson
Charleston
W. Va
Paul A
Kari
Columbus
Ohio
Cmdr
la Jolla
Hanoi
Clark Air Base
Jeanne Higdon
Navy
Kenneth Higdon
Prisoners Freed in South Vietnam List of 19 Servicemen and 8 Civilians
AP reports the release of 19 servicemen and 8 civilians from captivity in South Vietnam. The list includes names, ranks, hometowns, and capture dates for both military personnel and civilians associated with U S government agencies and contractors.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
South Vietnam
Balmorhea Area Social Notes and Local News
Balmorhea residents attend anniversary supper at the Oates ranch with 16 guests and dancing. Mrs Callie Skidmore returns from Fort Worth after dental work and visiting her son. Community notices include trash hauling, funeral travel, a car collision with no injuries, and Balmorhea Masonic events. The Reeves County council closing affects Saragosa schools, while Cub Scouts raise funds with a cake sale. Local figures visit Dallas for business, and the Cottage Shop in Balmorhea showcases arts and crafts.
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Callie Skidmore
Fort Worth
Michael
Reeves County Community Council
Saragosa
Rachel Kirkwood
Pecos
Sue Toone
Nora Brijalba
Gin report shows three-week bale totals vs yearly total
Area gins report 1,853 bales in three weeks, yearly total 62,798 ahead of last year’s 61,575. Reeves Upland records 43,977, Area Pima 9,558, Pecos County Upland 6,995, Presidio Upland 1,625.
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Reeves Upland
Area Pima
Pecos County
Presidio Upland
Firemen battle blaze on Highway 17 at Hoban Gin
Firefighters were summoned to Hoban Gin on Highway 17 early Wednesday morning after high lines were seen burning. The flames were reported under control by 8:57 a.m. and no injuries are mentioned.
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T Hoban Gin
Hwy. 17
Woman waits seven years for POW fiance in South Carolina
Helen Lackey who waited seven years for Air Force pilot Richard Bolstad, shot down over North Vietnam and held as a prisoner, prepares for his return to Clark Air Base Philippines. The couple had planned a 1968 wedding after his Vietnam tour. They maintained monthly letters since 1967 and will reunite at the major’s hospital on arrival.
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Columbia
S.C
Helen Lackey
Air Force
Tne
Vietnam
Helen
South Carolina
Marj
Richard Bolstad
North Vietnam
Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
Bolstad
Minneapolis, Minn
Myrtle Beach Air Force Base
Atlantic Ocean
Miss Lackey
Becomming
Myrtle Beach
United States
Funeral services for George Smith of West Virginia
George Smith born into slavery on a Texas cotton farm died at an age listed as 125 to 129 after a long career as a coal miner in West Virginia. Funeral services are held today with memories of a life spanning farming, mining, chickens, marriage to one woman and six children.
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Fayetteville
W.va
George Smith
Dallas
Tex
Social Security Administration
Beckley
W. Va
Smith
Marcel
West Virginia Council On Aging
West Virginia
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