Family learns Sgt. Sexton Jr. alive says Viet Cong letter
Warren Michigan family learns from Pentagon a Viet Cong held Sgt. John C. Sexton Jr. prisoner for years. In a letter dated August 1969 he says he is alive and well in a National Liberation Front hospital and urges his friends to stay safe. The father vows to uncover why the letter was delayed.
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UPI
John C. Sexton Jr
John C. Sexton
Denver
John Jr
Sexton
Pentagon
Washington
Army
John
John Sexton Jr
National Liberation Front
Marvin
Harter
Rossback
John Sexton
Reagan Reassures China on U S Ties and Defense Pact
Reagan told a Taipei audience that the United States will continue honoring treaty commitments to Nationalist China. He said Nixon's planned talks with Peking do not weaken U S support for Formosa and ROC participation in international affairs.
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UPI
Ronald Reagan
California
China
U.S
Formosa
United Nations
American University Club
Chi
Na’s
Reagan
United States
Dou
Nixon
Chiang Kai-shek
Peking
Republic of China
Electric Co ops Open Meet Today
Spokane in the first day of the eight state Rural Electric Cooperative convention delegates from Washington Idaho Montana California Oregon Nevada Utah and Alaska hear National Rural Electric Cooperative Association leader Robert D. Partridge call for release of 545 million in Rural Electrification Administration loan funds to support rural power and economic growth amid tight government spending. The convention features speakers H. R. Richardson Louis Strong and David A. Hamilton with committees meeting.
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UPID
America
Robert D. Partridge
Partridge
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Rural Electrification Administration
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Bonneville Power Administration
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National Association
David A. Hamil
Washington, D.C
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Montana
California
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Attica Riot Victim Whalen Dies of Wounds
Harrison Whalen a 37 year old guard and the 43rd victim of the Attica prison uprising died from pneumonia and complications from buckshot wounds. Autopsy found pellets in his buttocks pelvis and chest. Whalen died at Strong Memorial Hospital after four days hostage ordeal. Eleven guards and 32 inmates died in the riot.
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Rochester
N.Y
UPID
Harrison Whalen
Attica State Prison
George R. Abbott
Monroe County
Whalen
Strong Memorial Hospital
Kellogg Man Killed in Bear Hunting Incident
William A. Covey, 20, of Kellogg was killed instantly near Kellogg in a bear hunting trip when his companion Keith J. Bakke, 24, Wardner Idaho, fired at what he believed was a bear. Bakke said they had separated and were returning to their car Friday when he fired.
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Kellogg
Maho
UPI
William A. Covey
Here
Covey
Keith J. Bakke
Wardner
Idaho
Shoshone
Bakke
Geysers Puzzle Park Rangers Face Yellowstone Changes
Yellowstone National Park rangers and geologists report puzzling shifts in geyser activity. A new geyser appeared in Norris Geyser Basin amid erratic eruptions, murky pools, and underground sediment, while Old Faithful remained apparently undisturbed.
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Yellowstone National Park
UPI
Yellowstone
Norris Geyser
Norris Basin
Old Faithful
1971 Fire Season Worst On Record In Shoshone District
UP I reports the 1971 fire season in the Shoshone District of the Bureau of Land Management was severe with 125 fires and 187 500 acres burned far above normal. Fire control officer Wallace Fixson notes man caused 86 percent of blazes, and acres burned exceeded the norm by more than fivefold.
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UPI
Bureau of Lang Management
Wallace Fixson
Fixson
Spokane Chamber Chief Elected to ACCE Board
George Reitemeier general manager of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce was elected to a three year term on the board of directors of the American Chamber of Commerce Executives at the 57th annual management conference in Miami Florida last week
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Spokane
UPI
George Reitemeier
Spokane Chamber of Commerce
American Chamber of Commerce
Reitemeier
Miami
Fla
Youth Hangs Self In Texas Jail
Conroe Texas 14 year old Jerome Freeman died by hanging in Montgomery County Jail a few hours after being returned to custody for truancy. Judge Ernest Coker had ordered detention pending investigation and said the boy wished to return to school before the tragic death. The case echoes an earlier 1961 incident involving Jerome Price, the boy’s father, who hanged himself in the same jail.
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Conroe
Tex
UPI
Jerome Andrew Price
Montgomery County
Jerome
Ernest Coker
Coker
L. R. Freeman
Junian’ ‘Price
Price
Suspect In Police Shooting Behind Bars In Wyoming
Cheyenne man Michael Loesch, linked to a shooting of Officer Charles Sweec, remained jailed after being returned from Boise Idaho by Laramie County deputies. Captured at a Boise area truck stop, he faces aggravated assault charges for wounding Sweec after a traffic stop. He waived extradition to Wyoming and is also sought in California on a jail escape warrant from August 23 with six others.
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Cheyenne
UPI
Charles Sweec
Michael Loesch
Boise
Idaho
Laramie
Loesch
Svee
Wyoming
California
San Mateo County
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