Service members await freedom flights home from overseas assignment
A group of U S Army personnel and their families in Taiwan say they are eager to return to the United States after reassignment and long waits. Soldiers describe routine processing and the impact of being treated as numbers rather than individuals.
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Taiwan
Laurie Sims
el Paso
Tex
Maj
Thomas Sims
Jerry Johnson
Indianapolis
CONUS
Continental
United States
Johnson
Phu Bai
Communists Free 49 U S Prisoners in Hanoi Release
At Clark Air Base Philippines the Communists freed 49 U S POWs from Hanoi including a longtime civilian captive. Among those released were nine Americans captured in Laos and a Canadian missionary. The group arrived after two airlifts and joined 27 military and five civilian POWs freed earlier.
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Hanoi
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Laos
Pathet Lao
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Ci4l
Clark Field
Air Force LA
Walter M. Stischer
Austin
Tex
Nixon creates Drug Enforcement Administration to unify drug crimes
President Nixon orders a new Drug Enforcement Administration under Attorney General Kleindienst to abolish the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs and absorb the Bureau of Customs and other drug law units. Myles Ambrose named acting administrator during formation. The plan shifts INS entry duties to Treasury and aims to curb drug trafficking with a single command.
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Nixon
Justice Department
Drug Enforcement Administration
Richard Kleindienst
Congress
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Bureau of Customs
Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement
Office of National Narcotics Intelligence
White House
Kleindienst
Myles Ambrose
Special Action Office
Treasury Department
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Customs Bureau
Immigration Service
FBI
Roswell considers halting dog cat ordinance at 60 day pause
Roswell residents packed the Roswell Community Little Theatre as the Roswell Humane Society called a public meeting. Citizens urged suspending the new dog and cat ordinance for 60 days while a revised measure is drawn.
Roswell Meeting Debates New Dog and Car Ordinance
Roswell Humane Society vice president William Ricciardi and city council member L C Stiles discussed a new dog and car ordinance adopted earlier this month. Founding member Anna Barnard reviewed notes as the Tuesday night meeting proceeded at the Roswell Community Little Theater.
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Roswell Humane Society
William Ricciardi
Roswell
L.C. Stiles
The
Humane Society
Anna Barnard
Roswell Community
Runnels hearing on confidential military data inquiry unresolved
Washington AP reports the House Armed Services subcommittee failed to resolve allegations that Rep. Harold Runnels paid two men $2,000 cash for research on Army helicopter and tank data. Chairman Edward Hebert said no conclusion was reached and no further hearings planned.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Rep
Harold Runnels
Dn.m
Edward Hebert
D-La
Runnels
Walter Snyder
Ben Thomas
Subcommittee
Snyder
Thomas
Army
Seth Kantor
Detroit News
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Kengkok
Ernest C. Brace
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Atlanta
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