Last 32 PWs Fly Home From Hanoi Amid Vietnam Ceasefire
Clark Air Base Philippines greeted 32 free Americans, 27 military and five civilians, as phase one of a three day operation freed all U S POWs held by Viet Cong. Army Col. Purcell urged freedom as the core value, while others returned in good health amid ongoing troop withdrawals and plans to free 117 more prisoners in Hanoi and Laos.
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Purcell
West Point
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Refugio
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Navy
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Poway
Calif
Air Force
William J. Henderson
Milwaukee
Anne Ritaman
Clark
Tenderson
Hanoi
U.S
Vietnam
Joint Military Commission
United States
Saigon
Laos
Leaders press for curbs on pay and prices in econ plan
Lawmakers push for a one year extension of the economic stabilization act with a price wage board to curb inflation. McCall and other leaders argue Phase III failed to control inflation while Patman and O Neill back broader freezes. Senate backed rent rollback to Jan 9 with increases limited to costs plus 2.3 percent. House looming disputes on other controls.
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Banking Committee
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Stephen Edwards
Pacemakers Recall Ordered by Medtronic
Medtronic Inc. recalled 343 external cardiac pacemakers model A880A after a quality control inspection found defects that could interfere with heart beat regulation. No complaints from doctors or patients were reported. Corinne Lindy Boggs of Louisiana was sworn in as the latest member of the House.
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Washington
Cambodian capital cut off as Highway 4 seized
Communist forces tightened hold on Phnom Penh severing Highway 4, the capital’s only sea link. Col Am Kong said government posts near Stung Cihau were stormed before dawn, cutting the road to Saigon. Highway 4 had carried American aid and supplies to Kompong Som, now in enemy hands.
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UPI
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Am Kong
Stung Cihau
Saigon
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Ilihwony 4
Tovernment
Kompong Som
Indians at Wounded Knee fire at roadblock injures marshal
At Pine Ridge South Dakota UPI reports Indian supporters at Wounded Knee opened fire on a government roadblock injuring U S Marshal Lloyd Grimm who was transported in serious condition to Fitzsimons Army Medical Center Denver. The attack came as a VIP government party led by William Hall inspected the site and a meeting was arranged for later today inside no man’s land between occupiers and government forces.
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Wounded Knee
U.S
Denver
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Kent Frizzell
Lloyd Grimm
Omaha
Hall
Frizzell
Grimm
Fitzsimons Army Medical Center
Wayne Colburn
U.S. Marshals
Colburn
Wall
No-Man's Land
Nixon foes press Dean testimony on executive privilege
Ranking House members urged President Nixon to allow John W. Dean to testify on executive privilege as hearings set for April 3 probe the depth of executive branch views. Nixon had refused Dean’s Senate appearance amid a Library of Congress study noting multiple privilege uses in Nixon's first term and by other officials.
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Nixon
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Senate Judiciary Committee
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Nixott
House Foreign Operations and Government Information Subcommittee
Library of Congress
Executive Branch
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Administration
Liddy
Sirica
White House
John W. Dean II
Ronald L. Ziegler
Key Biscayne
Fla
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Los
Convicted Nixon aide defies Watergate grand jury
Washington reports say J Gordon Liddy refused to answer over 30 questions before the federal grand jury about involvement in the Watergate break in. He cited self incrimination and sought immunity as Sirica deferred ruling until Friday.
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J — G. Gordon Liddy
White House
Democratic
Danbury
Conn
U.S
U.S. Dist. Court Judge John J. Sirica
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