108 POWs Arrive at Clark Air Base in Mixed Return
A State Department spokesman said all 108 POWs would be welcomed home like others after landing at Clark. Keesee did not disembark with the group and rode a bus instead. Most are pilots shot down in 1967 and 1968, with McCain and Walker among the notable cases. Walker was escorted off by a medic.
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Washington
Keesee
Clark
McCain
Air Force
Hubert ©. Walker
Tulsa
Okla
Walker
Air Fores
David
Wim
Wing
Keats
Roberta Stafford
Navy
Hugh A. Stafford
Hong Kong
United States of America
Leo T. Profillit
Palo Alto
Calif
U.S
Saigon
United States
Army
Floyd J. Thompson
Ronald L. Ridgeway
Peggy Manhard
Philip
White House
Nixon
Senate hearing sees two decline to testify on Gray nomination
Washington reports that former FBI deputy director Thomas Bishop and Judith Hoback, tied to the Nixon campaign, declined to testify at Senate Judiciary hearings on L. Patrick Gray’s bid to become permanent FBI director. The panel stated no subpoenas would be issued for voluntary refusals.
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UPD
FBI
Nixon
Senate
L. Patrick Gray
MBI
Senate Judiciary Committee
Thomas Bishop
Judith Hoback
Wrong-way camper driver killed near Carson
A wrong-way driver, Robert Rodriguez age 43 of Wilmington, died after his camper collided with a flatbed truck along Alameda Street near Santa Wey Avenue and Del Amo Boulevard. He was southbound in the northbound lane and died at Dominguez Valley Hospital after extraction by firefighters.
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Carson
Highway Patrol
Robert Rodriguez
Deepwater
Wilmington
Dominguez Valley Hospital
Alameda Street
Santa Wey Avenue
del Amo Boulevard
Rodriguez
Nixon Pushes Legalized Death Penalty Plan
President Nixon urged Congress to adopt a legalized death penalty for certain aggravated crimes and to tighten federal narcotics penalties. He argued capital punishment could deter crime, while critics feared constitutional issues and extended uncertainty. He proposed mandatory minimums, bail considerations, and a broader criminal code revision.
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Nixon
James Vorenberg
Harvard University
Center For Criminal Justice
Vorenberg
Congress
Supreme Court
United States
Nixon counsel refuses quiz on FBI chief
The Senate panel pressed to question Dean about Gray and Watergate matters as Sen. Byrd urged that Dean appear. Tunney won a motion to invite Dean and to probe Gray’s qualifications, amid past White House objections and restricted questioning terms.
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NIXON
FBI
Gray
Dean
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Senate
Robert Byrd
Byrd
Jane
John V. Tunney
D-Calif
Tunney
Watergate
Kleindienst
White House
Peter Whanigan
Flinigan
Tamey
Freeze on meat prices rejected by cost council
Washington officials report an industry advisory committee of the Cost of Living Council rejected a meat and firestock price freeze at this time after staff studies and debate. The panel, appointed by President Nixon, considered freezing at peak levels from Jan to Feb and weighed farm to retailer applications. The move faced opposition from the administration which favored patience while boosting supplies.
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Cost Council
Washington
Cost of Living Council
Nixon
Mechanice
Council
Treasury
George P. Shultz
Agriculture
Earl Butz
John T. Dunlop
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Roy Ash
Office of Management and Budget
Donald Perkins
Jewell Companies Inc
Chicago
Price Commission
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North Vietnam
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