POW releases reach halfway mark in prisoner exchange talks
North Vietnam and the Viet Cong threaten a boycott of Joint Military Commission meetings until Saigon increases second phase POW releases. The stalemate centers on 7000 vs 3080 prisoner figures, risking delay past the March 28 deadline and complicating ceasefire monitoring by the mixed International Commission.
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George Esper
Saigon
Joint Military Commission
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
United States
Khe Sanh
la Huyah
Hue
Michel Galvin
Canada
Vietnam
Hanoi
Treet
Sudan vows death for envoy killers amid Kennedy case echoes
The report details Sudan pledging execution for those who killed envoys, while U.S. Secretary of State Rogers calls for the death penalty for the attackers. President Nixon orders bodies returned, with funeral plans set for Noel and Moore at Arlington and National Presbyterian Church. A separate note mentions skull remains found in Devils Slide and missing young women in Santa Cruz area.
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Rogers
Capitol Hill
United States
U.S
Cleo A. Noo
George Curtis Moore
Nixon
Sudan
Noel
Moore
Roger's
Andrews Afb
Department
Charles W. Bray
John F. Kennedy
Arlington
National Presbyterian Church
Bray
National Presbyterian
Devils Slide
San Mateo County
Santa Cruz
Long Beach families joyful as POWs reach Clark Air Base
Three Long Beach area families report their freed Air Force officers are in good shape and happy to be home after return from Hanoi and missing in action. Relatives describe overwhelmed reactions to the welcome and recount plans for reunion shopping and celebrations.
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Long Beach Area
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Air Force
Kenneth R. Hughey
Seal Beach
John Fer
San Petro
Michael Lee Brazelton
Long Beach
Col
Hughey
Clark
Forty POWs Reach Freedom as Flight 30 Americans Fly Home
A group of 34 prisoners of war including 30 Americans and one foreign woman arrived at Clark Air Base Philippines in a move marking the halfway point of freeing Americans from Communist prisons by month’s end. The release, part of a cease-fire accord, brought total Americans freed to 299 with 292 still held. Captured in 1968, Army Captain Stephen Leopold spoke of the long captivity and thanked the U.S. for securing his release as crowds cheered.
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Clark’ Air Base
Philippines
Upi
Freedom
Voice of America
U.S
Monika Schwinn
Hanoi
Clark Air Base
Miss Seliwinn
Army
Stephen Leopold
Milwaukee
Wis
Leopold
Kontum
United States
Myr
Indians press for higher level talks at Wounded Knee stand
Indians demand direct talks with top U.S. officials, saying peace talks must include the Secretary of the Interior and White House. They propose remaining at Wounded Knee, with 146 Sioux and 31 soldiers killed in an 1880 massacre, and call for federal legal actions to be handled locally.
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U.S
Civil Rights
Peace Movement
New York
William Kunstler
Justice Department
AIM
Russell Means
Dennis Banks
Ralph Erickson
Means
Secretary of the Interior
White House
Richard Wilson
Pine Ridge Reservation
Woman, 49, drowns off Palos Verdes Peninsula
Frances Whee lock, 49, of Culver City drowns after slipping from a 28 foot sailboat Briosa off the Palos Verdes Peninsula. High seas hindered rescue efforts. a Coast Guard helicopter transported her to Harbor General Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
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Culver City
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Frances. Wheelock
Cranks Road
Coast Guard
Harbor General Hospital
Hollywood millionaire shot dead
Police investigated the shooting death of Leon H. Simmons a 53 year old Hollywood Hills financier and distributor for Investors Diversified Services. A male suspect plainclothes entered the residence after asking to see Simmons then fled after two shots were fired. Authorities described the suspect as a white male teen 19 to 23 with long blond hair. No motive or weapon found.
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Hollywood
UPI
Hollywood Hills
Leon H. Simmons
Simmons
Investors Diversified Services
Beverly Hills
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