ICCS protest over US helicopters shot at in South Vietnam
The International Commission for Control and Supervision protests to the JMC after four ICCS assigned U.S. Army helicopters were fired upon in the past five days. The United States pauses troop withdrawals from South Vietnam and considers appropriate action against North Vietnamese missile sites in the region.
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International Commission For Control and Supervision
JMC
Commission
ICCS
Fewewunscey
South Vietnam
Viet Reds Back Off On POWs
North Vietnam agreed to resume POW releases after the United States halted mine clearing and troop withdrawals in Vietnam. Hanoi assured U.S. Secretary Rogers that all American prisoners would be released by the 60 day deadline, plans for a new POW list remained under debate.
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Paris
UPI
United States
Vietnam
Vie
U.S
Hanoi
Nguyen Duy Trinh
William P. Rogers
Trihn
Rogers
Robert J. McCloskey
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U. S
Sout Vietnam
Hlaiphong Farbor
UPT
McCloskey
Saigon
Southeastern Phone Hikes Approved by PSC in Tallahassee
The Public Service Commission granted Southeastern Telephone Co a 2.4 million dollar rate increase to be paid by business users, not residential customers in Lean, Jefferson, Madison, Wakulla, Gadsden, Walton, Okaloosa and Holmes counties. The change raises the business to residential rate ratio to about 2.5 to 2.7. Commissioner Mayo dissented citing burden on business customers and calling the move discriminatory. The increase takes effect on April billings.
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Tallahassee
UPI
Southeastern Telephone Co
Tallahssee
Lean
Jefferson
Madison
Wakulla
Gadsden
Walton
Okaloosa
Holmes
Public Service Commission
William Bevis
Paula Hawkins
Southeastern
WT. Mayo
Florida
PSC
Sandifer and Sons win bid for Fort Walton Beach office
Valparaiso Okaloosa Gas District directors awarded Sandifer and Sons of Milton the builders contract for the new Fort Walton Beach office at 61 763 dollars. RL Morrison Company was the 66 858 dollar alternate. Architect Don David noted the low bid exceeded his December estimate by 11 000 and discussed design revisions to cut costs. Fort Talbot reported January revenue two thousand dollars above budget and four month income up three thousand.
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Valparaiso
Okaloosa County
Sandifer and Sons
Milton
Fort Walton Beach
Sandifer
RL. Morrison Company Inc
Fort Wallon Beach
Don David
Ricks-Kendrick-Stokes-David
David
IRS Double Standard Charged in Hearings
Senate hearings were told secret IRS documents show the service uses special procedures for handling tax disputes involving VIPs and other sensitive cases. Philip and Mrs. Long of Bellevue, Washington, alleged an FOI suit forced access to internal files and testified about covert documents and claimed no special policy existed.
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Washington
Senate
IRS
The
Revenue Service
Joseph M. Awunloya
Burglaries Under Investigation in Okaloosa County
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputies investigated three burglaries discovered Tuesday and Wednesday morning. A home on Destin Drive belonging to James McWhorter was ransacked while the owners were away. A car on Ricetrack Road belonging to someone named Guthor was broken into. a taped cage was reported missing. A glass company on Beal Parkway suffered an entry through rear double doors. $1 was missing from a cash drawer.
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Okaloosa County Sherifs Department
James DP. MeoWhorter
Mary Hsther
Kali A. Armstrongti
Tt Wisoan
McWhorter
Max Bolton Thal Pascaponuka
Repway
Ricetrack Road
Armstrong
Aslo
Iearl Watton Glass Company
N. Beal Parkway
Brad Gibson
Family Food Bill Soars in January
The Agriculture Department report shows the typical American family’s yearly food bill rose to a record high in January due to soaring farm prices. The cost of pork and choice grade beef also jumped with pork up in price and beef hitting $6.22 a pound, among other higher costs.
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Washington
UPT
Agriculture Department
Paarlberg
Raw Food Price Hike Threatens March U.S. Groceries
A U S Agriculture Department report shows raw farm prices rose 3 percent to a new peak, signaling continued upward pressure on supermarket costs. Beef, hay, and soybeans hit records while wholesale margins shifted. January grocery bills rose to a record $1375 for the typical family.
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UPD
Agriculture Department
Weathered Forecast Fragments From An Unreadable Page
Fragmented OCR notes describe air likely warm with showers, wind shifts and tide hints. Mentions high and low tide times around late morning, but many words are garbled and uncertain.
Indians Resume Warpath at Wounded Knee Siege
Militants holding 11 hostages in Wounded Knee exchanged gunfire with federal officers. Two armor carriers arrived as authorities sought hostage release while AIM protesters refused to end the siege and demanded answers from Washington.
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Pine Ridge
S.pd
UPD
Wounded Knee
U.S. Cavalry
Vine Ridge
American Indian Movement
AIM
John McArty
FBI
Rapid City
Sen
James Abourezk
D-S.d
Washington
Russell Means
Pio
Soviet Leader Brezhnev May Visit United States in June
Diplomatic sources say Soviet Communist Party Leader Leonid Brezhnev may accept President Nixon’s invitation to visit the United States this year possibly in June depending on whether Congress grants most favored nation trade status to the USSR. White House would not confirm. Soviet Embassy spokesman expects the visit but lacks firm details as talks continue in Moscow with Dobrynin.
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Washington
Leonid Brezhnev
Nixon
United States
Congress
Soviet Union
White House
Brezhnev
Shoreham Hotel
National Association of Manufacturers
Anatoly 1. Dobrynin
Moscow
Dobrynin
Yuri Vorontsov
Crestview ROTC Cadet Wins Freedom Medal and Prize
Crestview High School Army ROTC cadet Staff Sergeant Mark W. Jordan receives the George Washington Freedom Medal and a $30 cash prize from the Valley Jorge Freedom Foundation for an essay on Brendom this A Price. Presentation is planned at the school on a later date.
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Mark W. Jordan
Crestview
Army Rotc
Valley Jorge Freedom Foundation
Jordan
Winston 1. Jordan
Rowe J
Box
Brendom
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