Final Group of POWs Heads for Home
Final airlift begins from Clark Air Base as 16 former POWs depart in a C141 hospital plane bound for Andrews AFB Maryland. Three more planes follow carrying the last 69 POWs in Operation Homecoming, completing nearly 690 freed Americans from Communist captivity.
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South Vietnam
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Memphis
Tenn
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Detroit
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Armed men raid Belfast lab stealing weapons
Armed men burst into a Belfast laboratory and seized weapons amid intensified security checks. Police and troops increased road blocks to curb violence after a string of bombings in Northern Ireland. The raid followed a 600 round ammunition find in West Belfast. No injuries reported. a sniper wounded a soldier in the Suffolk district.
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Advance Party Leaves for Peking to Open Liaison Mission
A five member U.S. State Department advance team led by Alfred L. Jenkins departs for Peking to prepare for the arrival of David K. Bruce and the opening of liaison offices in May. The mission aims to ease tensions and boost economic ties as United States-China contacts resume after two decades.
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Huang Chen
France
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National Security Council
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Henry A. Kis- Sayer
Charles W. Freeman
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Asia
Marshal Greet
East Asia
Pacific
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Japan
Bang
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