Two Americans freed by China after long captivity
Richard Fecteau aged 43 and Mary Ann Harbert were released after crossing into Hong Kong and flying to the United States. John T. Downey had his life sentence commuted to five years, and Gerald Ross McLaughlin also listed by Peking was said to have died in 1969. Two other Americans remain imprisoned or missing in China.
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David J. Paine
Associated Press
Hong Kong
China Today
United States
Peking
Richard Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
Mary Ann Harbert
Royal Air Force
Kai Tak
U.S
John T. Downey
New Britain
Miss Harbert
McLaughlin
China
Air Force
Phillip E. Smith
Gulf of Tonkin
Robert J. Flynn
U.S. Navy
Kwangsi Province
Navy
Joseph Dunn
Hainan
Fecteau
Downey
Japan
Korea
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Mary Downey
People’s Republic of China
Ronald Ld Ziegler
Mary Ann Harbart
Miss Harbart
Nixon in Azores with Caetano on trip talks
President Richard Nixon meets Portugal's Premier Marcello Caetano in Angra do Heroismo Azores after arriving for talks with Georges Pompidou. They discuss the Indian Pakistani war Nixon's planned visits to Peking and Moscow and the ongoing monetary crisis.
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Richard M. Nixon
Portugese
Marcello Caetano
Nixon
Angra Do Heroismo
Azores
Georges Pompidou
Peking
Moscow
Nixon Pompidou meet in Azores to discuss war and monetary crisis
In a 22 hour morning session Nixon and Pompidou held frank talks on the India Pakistan war and East West relations while France pressed for a calmer approach to the international monetary crisis. Connally and Giscard d Estaing led side talks on finance ahead of Nixon s China and Moscow trips.
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Associated Press
Angra DO Heroismo
Azores
Nixon
Pompidou
France
Treasury
John B. Connally
Giscard d'Estaing
China
Soviet Union
Peking
Moscow
United States
Pakistan
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Congress fights final foreign aid battle before adjournment
Congress moves toward year end with a temporary foreign aid measure facing delay threats from Senators Fulbright Cranston and Symington who may filibuster. The plan would authorize about 2.6 billion annually through March 19 while broader aid remains stalled by a Mansfield six month withdrawal condition linked to POW releases.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Indochina
Israel
Nixon
Oklahoma City man pleads guilty to offering to sell children
William O Hara admitted guilt today in Jacksonville for offering to sell two small children for 7000 dollars and a 600 dollar used car. He received one year and three months in prison after making no other statement. He was sent to jail by Judge Everett Richardson.
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Jacksonville
Fla
William O'Hara
Oklahoma City
Everett Richardson
NMMI Regents Hear Optimistic Cash Outlook for Second Half
Col. No man Fisher reports the New Mexico Military Institute now sits on a stronger cash base with about three hundred thousand dollars more than last year and no projected shortfall through year end. Fees for 1972 73 remain at current fixed levels with a fifteen dollar rise in board classification. The board discusses athletics enrollment and a plan to host the Air Force Academy prep school.
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New Mexico Military Institute
Board of
Regents
Fisher
NMMI
Institute
Regent
U.S. Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Roswell Board to weigh warehouse zoning permit
Roswell Independent School District plans a special meeting to review Supt. Roger Luginbill’s recommendation to refrain from taking a stand on Ray Bell Oil Co.’s proposed warehouse. The parcel on Archie Cole tract near Pecos Elementary sits in residential zoning pending light industrial rezoning by the City Council. The 7:30 p.m. session agenda includes only this action item.
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Roswell Independent
E. Hobbs
Luginbill
Roswell
Cease-fire vote set by security council
The U N Security Council moves toward a vote on a U S resolution demanding a cease-fire and troop withdrawal between India and Pakistan. India is not yet committed while Pakistan has accepted. U Thant sent Indira Gandhi’s letter conditioning a cease-fire on Pakistani withdrawal from East Pakistan and a peace with Bangla Desh.
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Security Council
United Nations
N.Y
API
U.S
India
Pakistan
Soviet Union
Abdulrahim Abby Farah
Somalia
George Bush
General Assembly
Bush
U Thant
Indira Gandhi
East Pakistan
Bangla Desh
White House
United States
Jacob A. Malik
Weather Forecast for Roswell and Vicinity
Moderate winds bring warmer temperatures with increasing clouds. Partly cloudy and breezy through Tuesday with cooler conditions. Tonight’s low around 27 easing to a high near 57 Tuesday.
Javits weighs admitting women to Annapolis Navy academy
U S Senator Javits proposes nominating a woman to Annapolis before the January 31 selection deadline. He argues discrimination must end and a female cadet could train for senior officer roles while curriculum and facilities adapt. Navy officials note no formal ban exists and costs for gender integration are debated.
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Associated Press
Washington
Davy Jones
U.S. Naval Academy
New York
Jacob K. Javits
Senate
Navy
Annapolis
Javits
John H. Chafee
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Communist Party
Paris
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Roswell Chamber of Development and Commerce
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Hoffman
Roswell and Vicinity
U. S. Navy
West Point
Air Force Academy
Javit
Frank Cummings
Academy
Cummings
Chafee
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