14 Mar 1973
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1973
Page
1
Michael Woods, 25, was assaulted on an Arkansas road and robbed of $40 and possessions. A motorist lent clothes, the jail offered shelter, a labor job funded his return journey, and the Sherwood Jaycees hosted a dinner in his honor.
After six years in a Viet Cong prison Marine Sgt. Alfon Riste was reported alive and coming home. The family and priest had mourned him as dead in 1967 and 1971, amid misreported POW lists and broadcasts. Riste’s brother recalls fighting nearby and the family faced propaganda claims.
Navy Lt Cmdr John McCain II arrived at Clark Air Base in the Philippines to a Navy family welcome after being shot down on October 26, 1967. He parachuted into a lake near Hanoi, reportedly injured, and his limp and graying hair marked his return as Adm Noel Gayler greeted him with a long handshake and whispered words.
Rescue crews found the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Tox, both aged 64 and 63, from Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, after a road cave in and a landslide buried their rented car near Santa Cruz. The couple had been missing since February 27 while staying at a Santa Cruz hotel en route to the coast. The U.S. embassy identified them and said the wreck occurred after a cave in collapsed onto their car.
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