Canadian Officers Return From Viet Cong Captivity
Canadian officers Capt. Ian Patten from Toronto and Capt. Fletcher Thomson from Ottawa were freed after 17 days in Viet Cong custody. They described an eight hour march, sleep deprivation, and brief rifle butt strikes during interrogation while praising humane treatment overall. Two Vietnamese ICCS members also released with them near Xuan Loc, 45 miles east of Saigon.
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Xuan Loc
Poll Shows Kennedy Far in Front in Democratic Nominating Race
PRINCETON, Nov. AP Kennedy leads the Democratic field with 40 percent in a Gallup poll. Wallace is second at 16 percent. Kennedy defeats Nixon era rivals in head to head tests, with Agnew 50 percent to 36 and Connally 50 to 36. Muskie at 9 percent, Humphrey and McGovern at 8 percent each. Survey of 1568 adults, 599 Democrats in nominating questions. Dates of the survey not available.
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Maine
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
George McGovern
South Dakota
Skylab I Countdown Rolls Toward July Launch
Skylab I countdown continues toward July 28 launch of three astronauts Bean Garriott Lousma and Gayle Shaub aboard a Saturn 1B. Dress rehearsal prep includes tests of the command module and rocket systems, with a two day lead in before liftoff.
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Relative of Pat Nixon Dies at 70 in Los Angeles
Matiew G. Bender, half brother of president Nixon's wife, Fat, died Saturday at his home in Los Angeles. Bender, 70, was the son of Mrs Nixon's mother, Kate Halverstadt, from her first marriage. His father had died and Mrs Nixon's mother later married William Ryan, Fat's father.
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