POWs Return Home in Joyful San Antonio Welcome
Maj. Glenn Red Wilson, captured in 1967, along with 18 other POWs, flew into Kelly AFB for processing and home reunion. Texans Copeland Baker Uyeyama and Sumpter Clements Horvick Walker joined families amid cheering crowds as ceremonies honored their sacrifice and heroism.
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Tulsa
Okla
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Clements
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Supreme Court declines hear reporter plea in grand jury case
The Supreme Court refused to hear reporter Peter Bridges's appeal over requires a compelling need for newsmen questions by grand juries. Bridges spent 21 days jailed for refusing to answer questions in the Newark housing authority probe. The court also issued other actions including affirming veteran employment preferences and scheduling a loy alty oath case, while ruling on free speech and election residency matters.
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Supreme Court Today
Peter Bridges
Bridge
Newark
N.J
High Court
Essex County Grand Jury
Minnesota
Missouri
Dollar closes higher as markets reopen after currency crisis
The dollar rose across major centers from London to Tokyo as the new floating-rate system approved in Paris took effect. Shultz pressed for swift reforms to aid American exporters while Tokyo faced dollar shortages after the two week shutdown. Gold traded around 81 dollars an ounce in Zurich and London.
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London
Tokyo
Paris
United States
Brussels
Zurich
Frankfurt
Amsterdam
U.S. Treasury
George P. Shultz
Edward Heath
Shultz
Anthony Barber
On This Date in History March 19 Highlights
On March 19 historical events include 1920 Senate rejection of the Versailles treaty and the League of Nations, 1628 English founding of Massachusetts, 1711 Russia Turkey war declared, 1918 New York DST start, and 1945 Norwegian sabotage against Germans.
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U.S. Senate
League of Nations
Massachusetts Colony
Russia
Turkey
New York City
Algeria
France
Sahara
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S
Laos
Weather snapshot for Texas regional forecast
Snyder area reports a 7 am Sunday reading of 47 degrees with highs 75 to 78 and lows 32 to 67 across regions. Northwest panhandle to extreme southwest shows fair skies, cooler nights, and a Tuesday mild trend. central and northeast Texas cools with decreasing clouds. south central to southeast Texas remains fair and windy with mild days and cool nights.
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Texas
Panhandle
North Central
South Central
Funeral service set for Chester Eades 63 at Bell Seale
Funeral service scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Bell Seale Funeral Home Chapel for Chester Eades 63 who died 11:30 a.m. Sunday in Callan Hospital Rotan. Eades operated Speed Queen Laundry and resided at 805 Nineteenth Street. Survived by wife Opal Wood, sister Clara Popnoe, and brother Joe Eades. Burial Camp Springs Cemetery under Bell Seale direction.
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Rains County
Snyder
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Cogdell Memorial Hospital
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First Baptist Church
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Jack Riley
J.M. Davis
Toby Lammert
Gerald McNitt
Sarasota, Fla
Joe Nail Brooks
Odessa
Lum Day
Minnie Evans
Lou Swigert
Betty Brown
Indiana
George Brooks
Goldthwaite
Carr Testifies In Own Defense In Mail Fraud Trial
Former Texas attorney general Waggoner Carr testified that Frank Sharp and Joe Novotny agreed to pay a $500 000 note on a loan to Carr and John Osorio. He said he entered the SAC and RIC stock deal largely on Osorio’s advice, calling it a good investment that soured. Novotny was president of National Bankers Life Insurance, a Sharp-controlled firm that eventually paid the loan.
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Waggoner Carr
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Frank Sharp
Joe Novotny
Carr
John Osorio
Novotny
Osorio
John Beaird
South Atlantic Co
SAC
RIC Stock
Texas Insur
Ance
National Bankers Life Insurance
Tenor Melchior Dies At 83 In California
Lauritz Melchior renowned Wagnerian tenor dies at 83 in Santa Monica California after gall bladder surgery. The Danish born singer, famed for over 1000 Wagnerian performances, remained active in concerts and even sang national anthems at Dodgers games in later years.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Lauritz Melchior
St. John's Hospital
Melchoir
Richard Wagner
New York
Metropolitan Opera
Rudolph Bing
Los Angeles Dodgers
Alexander Named To Head IRS
President Nixon named Cincinnati tax lawyer Donald C. Alexander to head the Internal Revenue Service after April 15. Alexander, 51, a Republican, will succeed Commissioner Johnnie M. Walters who stays on until the tax filing deadline. Nixon also announced three other high level nominations including Donald E. Santarelli to administer the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration.
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Donald C. Alexander
Cincinnati
Nixon
Internal Revenue Service
Alexander
IRS
Johnnie M. Walters
Donald E. Santarelli
Justice Department
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
26 POWs Leave Clark for Homecoming Across Pacific
Twenty six American prisoners of war flew from Clark Air Base on Sunday in two C141 StarLifters bound for reunions with families. Among them were Maj Floyd J Thompson the longest held POW and Navy Lt Cmdr Robert J Flynn. The group includes the last of 134 military men and six civilians freed near Hanoi. Intervening scenes of welcome followed at Travis Air Force Base Camp Lejeune and other installations as families celebrated and former POWs prepared for medical examinations.
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Floyd J. Thompson
Clark Air Base
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Philip W. Manhard
McLean
U.S
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Colorado Springs
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Hanoi
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Air Force
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Calif
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Leo T. Profiler
Palo Alto
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N.C
Jerry W. Marvel
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