POW list brings home returning airmen families rejoice
The POW release sparks relief and mixed sorrow as spouses and parents learn loved ones will be coming home from Hanoi. Diane Souder beams as son Jason reunites, while others like Peter Drabic and Phyllis Mott express joy and worry for those still missing.
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Hanoi
Peter Drabic
Union Bridge
Army
Air Force
David Mott
Moorhead
Minn
Phyllis
Bombers Hit North Vietnamese Trails After Peace Pact
About 100 U.S. warplanes including B52s and F4s bombed North Vietnamese supply trails in Laos after the Vietnam cease-fire took effect. No U.S. losses were reported and Pentagon officials offered no comment on continuing air operations.
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Washington
U.S
Laos
Vietnam
Thailand
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
United States
Friedheim
Cambodia
House GOP Pushes Wiretap Probe Amid Dem Witch Hunt Claims
Harrisburg AP Republicans in the Pennsylvania House move to study law enforcement efficiency amid allegations that state police unlawfully wiretapped Crime Commission agents. Democrats call the push a witch hunt while confirming the probe will address the incident with no final word on who did the tapping.
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Harrisburg
House
Shapp
William Scranton
Rules Committee
Commonwealth
Pennsylvania Crime Commission
J. Shane Creamer
Rocco Arella
Bell Telephone Co
Crime Commission
Montgomery County
Joseph Hepford
GOP
William Eckensberger
Lehigh County
Law and Justice Committee
Energy Council Sought as Bipartisan Step in Pennsylvania
Rep Kenneth Halverson notes bipartisan momentum toward creating an Energy Council to coordinate state actions on fuel and power shortages. Secretary Arader backs a Board of Energy and Natural Resources to balance economic needs with citizens and environment. A 12 member bipartisan study panel is to examine the crisis, chaired by mines and minerals and commerce leaders.
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Kenneth S. Halverson
Somerset
Halverson
House
Energy Council
Commerce
Walter G. Arader
Pennsylvania
Arader
Board of Energy and Natural Resources
Laughlin
Commonwealth
Robert J. Butera
State Energy Council
Nixon Outlines Peacetime Budget With Tax Pause and Program Cuts
President Nixon announced a $269 billion peacetime budget to Congress in a nationwide radio address from Florida. He vows deep cuts in popular programs, including Hill Burton hospital funding and urban renewal, while shifting spending to pollution control, crime and drug abuse, energy, and disease research, and aims to keep total spending near $250 billion by withholding approved funds.
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Fla
Nixon
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Vietnam
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State of the Union
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America
Bahamas
Coal switch costly for consumers in energy crisis
State geologist Arthur Socolow warns consumers face higher electric bills of about 25 to 35 percent or looser air pollution standards as utilities shift to coal. He notes costs of scrubbers or relaxed rules, with coal's long term promise but current price to the public.
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Harrisburg
Arthur Socolow
Topographic and Geological Survey
Pennsylvania
Socolow
Shapp
State House
Frank Carney
Federal Office of Emergency Preparedness
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