POWs Return Home at California Base Amid Cheers
Twenty prisoners of war walked from a C141 StarLifter at a California base to a sea of cheers from newsmen and troops. Navy Capt. James Stockdale and Capt. Jeremiah Denton led the welcome, recounting loyalty and faith as families embraced loved ones after years in Hanoi’s camps. Some prisoners spoke of mistreatment and hopeful talks to come, while others headed to medical centers as more WPs moved to hospitals nationwide.
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Clark
Navy
James Bb Stockdale
Abingdon
Lyallty
Stockdale
Vietnam
Jeremiah Denton
Portsmouth
North
South
Cmdr
Raymond Wohden
David Grant Medical Center
Terry Geloneck
Beale Afb
Calif
Jane
Tie
William Arcuri
Geloneck
Brunstron
Areuri
California
Pws
Scott Air Force Base
Eastern Winds
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
Porismocc
Daniel James
Hanoi
Wally Cox Dies Comedian Known for Peepers and Tally Ho
Veteran television comedian Wally Cox, noted for the series Peepers and the game show Tally Ho, has died. He faced career gaps from sideline dismissals and later made frequent TV appearances, including voice roles. Cox survived by his wife and Patriots. he had no children. He was once married to Milagros and later divorced. a childhood friend of Marlon Brando, he enjoyed riding motorcycles in Hollywood.
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Allen Bronstrom
Taco Taa. Wash
Selen
Katherine
Bronstrom
Osellos Et Adventapers
Mielitelulis
Sidionces
Cox
Milagros
Mare
Brando
Saliyuale
Vox
Brandatus Firs
Hollywood
Chey
Hollywood Hills
Big marijuana shipment seized tied to ships Don Miguel and Don Miguel 4
Customs agents and Orange police seized a record marijuana shipment aboard two ships Don Miguel and Don Miguel 4 linked to Francisca Garvia of Mazatlan. The haul exceeded five tons, with the operation tied to Universal Studios and staged from Ensenada to Terminal Island.
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San Jorge
Johnson
Francisca Garvia
Mazatlan
Federal Customs Warehouse
Terminal Island
Don Miguel
Universal Studios
Ensenada
Mel Johnson
San Francisco
Customs
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
City of Orange Police
Orange
Teen boy arrested after Maine bank robbery
A teenage boy armed with a pistol robbed a Maine Midland Bank West Western branch officer at teller and demanded $30 bills. Police reported the suspect was apprehended minutes later.
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Buffalo
STAT
Maine Midland Bank-Western
Freeze adds to British strike woes
London reports a gas workers strike crippling about 3 million English households as temperatures fall below freezing. Yorkshire records the coldest spot at 1 degree, with Midlands industry slowed and Wales at risk of supply cuts. Workers seek higher pay than 7 percent under Heath anti inflation plan, but no figure is set.
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London
Yorkshire
Midlands
Wales
Edward Heath
Racist governor turns tables on racist press
Ila Taldalasser reports Gov. Robin Askew, questioned about joining an exclusive white club in Pensacola, responds with a remark about the press and race. The governor says he did not know the club was whites only and notes wondering why the press lacks Black representation.
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Taldalasser, Ila
UPL
Relatiens
Robin Askew Wernesday
Askew
Seonie Tilly Coute Iry
Pensacola
Fla
Nixon urges consumer role in cleaning up environment
President Nixon asked Congress to act quickly on 19 environmental bills to cut pollution, shift costs to consumer prices, and expand federal leadership. He proposed new laws on land inclusion in the East, coastal commercial fishing regulation, and transferring 16 surplus properties to state and local park use, with higher funding for the wild and scenic rivers system.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Agriculture Department
Prognoz-3 launches and Nixon environmental plan outlined
The Tass News Agency reports the Soviet automatic space station Prognoz-3 was launched to study solar radiation and magnetic fields in near earth space. Nixon unveils environmental guidelines and a new farm bill concept, plus a land use policy act authorizing 170 million dollars over five years for environmental protection and development siting.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Tass
White House
Wholesale prices jump 1.3 percent in January
The Labor Department says January wholesale prices rose 1.3 percent led by farm and food costs, though the rise was smaller than December's. Farm products and processed foods surged 3.3 percent, consumer foods 3.7 percent, while industrial commodities rose 0.5 percent. The BLS notes severe winter weather and strong export demand boosted farm prices, with broader inflationary pressures persisting in construction and fuel sectors. Prices stand 7.1 percent above a year earlier based on a 1967 index.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Burea of
BLS
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Cross Florida
Ocala National Forest
Cal
Coat
Roos Atkins
Los Cerritos Center
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