Detroiter Plans Family Snowmobile Outing After Prison Return
After five and a half years in a North Vietnamese prison camp Lt Col Donald Odell of Detroit awaits enough gas to take his family on a snowmobile outing in northern Michigan for their first Christmas together since 1966. Odell works in various auto plants under an Education With Industry program and recently visited UPI offices in Detroit during a PR assignment.
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Donald
Odell
Detroit
Michigan
United Press International
Kissinger and Tho to Meet in Paris on December 20
White House announces Kissinger and Le Duc Tho will meet in Paris December 20 to discuss matters of mutual interest amid continued fighting in Vietnam. Kissinger heads to the Middle East. Tho previously declined the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Gaylord Shaw
Associated Press
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Paris
White House
Vietnam
Kissinger
Middle East
London
Southeast Asia
Hanoi
Gerald L. Warren
Convict asks life term. Iowa governor eyes prison work plan
Des Moines Iowa AP Gov Robert Ray proposed giving 39 year old Bobby Ferguson a prison job while he seeks a life term. Ferguson has spent most of his life in state institutions and is serving a 10 year robbery sentence at the Iowa State Penitentiary. He seeks to stay in prison as his home and says he cannot live outside society. Ray notes authority to commute or pardon but not extend sentences. He suggests employment at the penitentiary to provide supervision and guidance.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Robert Ray
Bobby Ferguson
Iowa State Penitentiary
Ferguson
Iowa Women's Reformatory
Rockwell City
Ray
Bobby
Kissinger eyes Geneva talks amid prisoner swap hurdles
Secretary of State Kissinger doubts meaningful Israel Syria talks without prisoner exchanges. He plans a Dec. 18 Geneva peace conference invitation from U.N. chief Waldheim and a whirlwind tour of Middle East capitals. He meets Algerian leaders and urges Western energy cooperation while Algeria mulls restoring ties.
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Barry Schweid
Associated Press
Algiers
Henry A. Kissinger
Israel
Syria
U.S
Kissinger
Middle East
Geneva
U.N
Kurt Waldheim
Egypt
Houari Boumedienne
Boumedienne
Abdel Aziz Bouteflika
London
Western Europe
Japan
Canada
United States
Cairo
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Lebanon
Algeria
Mine permit issued for Gallup area coal expansion
Pittsburgh and Midway Coal Mining Co. secured a state permit for expanding surface mining north west of Gallup. The Coal Surface Mining Commission ordered strict reclamation and water monitoring with 40 cent per ton Navajo royalty and a 1977 full operation target.
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Santa FE
N.M
Pittsburgh and Midway Coal Mining Co
Gulf Oil Corp
Gallup
State Coal Surface Mining Commission
James A. Borders
Kansas City
Cholla
Arizona Public Service Co
Arizona
Borders
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UPI Telephoto
Seiko
N. Main
Soviet Union
Pilgrim Society
America
Gerald Ford
Ahmed Seki Yamani
Ford
Yamani
U. S
Eer
Fritos
Frito-Lay, Inc
Dallas
Texas
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