Soldier Returns Home From Korea to Loving Family
A homecoming scene unfolds at Gate 12 as a lean, red eyed soldier named Larry arrives off Braniff Flight 171 from Oklahoma City. He is greeted by a large family including his mother, beaming siblings, a tall father, and a young girl in white, all shedding tears of relief as they embrace him and walk away together. He carries a suitbag labeled Thailand, and the family joyful yet overwhelmed by the reunion.
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Little Rock
Ark
UPI
Braniff Flight 171
Oklahoma City
Memphis
Gate 12
Larry
Uncle Larry
Bill
John Wayne
Thailand
Reds Sink Cambodian Naval Vessels on Tonle Sap River
Rebel gunners sunk two Cambodian naval landing vessels on the Tonle Sap River near Prek Taten nine miles north of Phnom Penh amid darkness. At least 17 government soldiers were killed and 10 tons of ammunition destroyed. Survivors swam three miles to Prek Phnoeu as rebels expanded control around Oudong and Kompong Luong.
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Phnom .Penh
UPI
Tonle Sap
Prek Taten
Phnom Penh
Kompong Luong
Oudong
Prek Phnoeu
South Vietnam
Vientiane
Sisouk Na Champassack
Senate Bill Aims to Fund Elections by Federal Subsidies
The Senate moves toward final passage of a landmark campaign reform bill funding presidential and congressional elections through federal subsidies. The plan would cap general election spending and primaries, with $17 million for general ballots and over $10 million in primaries, despite House opposition and last minute amendments. In parallel, China accuses the United States and Soviet Union of being the world’s biggest exploiters and oppressors at the United Nations as Andrei Gromyko attends to respond to the charge.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
House
A.eveto
Nixon
Jacob K. Javits
Rn.y
James Buckley
R-N.y
James B. Allen
D-Ala
White House
Congress
United Nations
Soviet Union
Andrei Gromyko
China
Russia
America
U.N. General Assembly
Teng Hsiao-ping
Peking
General Assembly
Ian Ball faces trial for attempted kidnapping of Princess Anne
A London magistrate ordered Ian Ball held for trial on six charges including four counts of attempted murder and two counts of attempted kidnapping in the March 20 attack on Princess Anne near Buckingham Palace. The 26 year old man claimed to act to draw attention to mental health care. Prosecutors said 50 witnesses and 85 exhibits will be presented at Old Bailey. no trial date set.
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London
UPI
Ian Ball
Princess Anne
Buckingham Palace
Frank Milton
Ball
Elizabeth
Britain
David Napley
Director of Public Prosecutions
John Wood
Old Bailey
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Xe Bang Say
Kompong Speu
Hsiao-ping
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Algeria
Houari Boumediene
Washington World
Kissinger
U.S
Ismail Fahmi
Gromyko
Richmond
Katherine Carlquist
Janet West
Tto
Tte
Gimman
Anne
Capt
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Pauline
Ias
Shea Bird
del Camino Nursery
Fountain Hills
East Enterprise
Ne ‘Co
Good Friday
Saint Barnabas-On-The
Mockingbird Lane
Paradise VaLley
Ascension Lutheran Church
Saint Barnabas-On-The-Desert
Episcopal Church
Valley Presbyterian Church
Rev
Conrad S. Braaten
William P. Rowland
Canon Denton Massey
Barnabas
L. Wilson Kilgore
Donald Wright
Joseph M. Harte
Ayizon
George R. Selivay
Northern
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