Impasse in Vietnam prisoner release tests peacekeeping
The Joint Military Commission faces an impasse as exchanges lag with a threatened Communist boycott before the March 28 deadline. A U S spokesman said no immediate effect on American prisoners is expected, despite claims by North Vietnam that Saigon withholds a quarter of those held. 299 released in two batches. 286 remain in Communist hands.
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Saigon
Joint Military Commission
U.S
Nguyen Duy Trinh
William P. Rogers
Paris
North Vietnam
United States
Viet Cong Frees 34 War Prisoners in Hanoi Return
At Clark Air Base Philippines 34 prisoners including a German nurse arrived to cheering crowds after release by the Viet Cong in Hanoi. A further 106 Americans freed on Sunday head for medical checks and possible flight home.
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Viet Cong
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Hanoi
North Vietnam
POW 72 Years Says We Ended War With Honor
Navy Cmdr. Robert B. Doremus, released from North Vietnam camps, says personal sacrifice was worth it and he would endure another 72 years if needed. He cites isolation and secrecy as hardest parts, notes weight loss and planned dental work, and recalls being shot down Aug. 24, 1965 aboard a Phantom F from the carrier Midway.
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Philadelphia
Navy
Robert B. Doremus
North Vietnam
Doremus
Montclair
N.J
Philadelphia Naval Hospital
Far East
Midway
Midair collision kills 67 as two Spanish jetliners crash
In clear weather over western France during a controllers strike, Iberia DC9 and Spantax Coronado 990 collided. Sixty seven aboard died while the other plane landed safely. Most victims believed British. French Defense Ministry blamed pilot error or misinterpretation.
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Paris
France
Iberia Airlines
Spantax Charter Company
French
Defense Ministry
French Airline Pilots Association
Firemen Respond to Dryer Belt Smoke at Somerset Home
Somerset firefighters were dispatched to Deborah Miller’s residence at Bishop's Trailer Court west of Somerset along Route 31 at 3 25 p m Monday. They said an overworked washing machine belt caused smoke and 26 firefighters used three trucks to reach the scene.
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Somerset
Deborah Miller
Bishop's Trailer Court
Uncollected Taxes Worry Somerset School Board
Somerset School Board members condemn residents for unpaid per capita and adult residential taxes. President Eugene Lloyd criticizes justices of the peace for not supporting collectors. A tax committee meeting at Union Street School will review fixes. The board also seeks federal funds to provide hot lunches at Patriot Street School with 75 percent federal coverage. The plan, to be cooked at the high school and distributed in trays, would cost about 6750 dollars yearly for 180 to 200 pupils.
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Howard Hall
American County
Somerset School Board
Eugene Lloyd
Justices of the Peace
Jps
Lloyd
Tax Committee
Union Street School
Patriot Street School
Patriot School
Howard Trexe
Five Jurors Chosen To Try Prater For Yablonski Murder
Five jurors were picked to try William Jackson Prater in the Erie County Courthouse as the case against seven defendants in the 1969 Yablonski killings proceeded under tight security. Prater, a former United Mine Workers organizer from La Follette Tennessee, nodded as jurors Pauline Jenkins Grace Whitling Carroll Mikada and James Veith were selected.
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Erie
Yablonski
William Jackson Prater
Erie County
United Mine Workers
la Follette
Tenn
UMW
Joseph A
Jock’’ Yablonski
Prater
H. David Rothman
Pauline Jenkins
Appeal Seeks Change of Venue in Erie Murders Case
Great Lakes Television Co. and Joseph Comeau of Fairview figure in a State Supreme Court appeal over changing the trial from Washington County to Erie due to claimed excessive pretrial publicity. Jury selection moved faster Monday than in two prior Washington County trials in which Aubran Martin and Paul Gilly were convicted and sentenced to death for the killings.
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Great Lakes Television Co
Joseph Comeau
Fairview
Prater
State Supreme Court
Erie
Washington County
Aubran Martin
Paul Gilly
Rev Samuel Lobach of Stoystown Dies at 80
The Rev Samuel E Lobach of Stoystown age 80 died Monday after serving 55 years in the pulpit. A Reformed Church of Christ minister, he pastored in Pine Run Wilhelm Waynesboro Greensburg Stoystown and Friedens. Born March 25 1892 in Bethlehem he was a Franklin and Marshall and Eastern Theological Seminary graduate. Survived by wife Rosetta three children and three grandchildren with two sisters.
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Samuel E. Lobach
Stoystown
Reformed Church of Christ
United Church of Christ
Pine Run
Apollo
Westmoreland County
Wilhelm
Meyersdale
Waynesboro
Trinity
Third Church
Greensburg
St. Paul's
Mt. Tabor
Friedens
Samuel E. Jr
Hanover
Bruce, Scott
Lynn Ann
Ada Lobach
Lancaster
Catharine Lobach
Jenkin Town
Weather outlook for Western Pennsylvania Tuesday to Wednesday
Mostly cloudy Tuesday with highs in the upper 50s to mid 40s and Tuesday night partly cloudy with lows in the Ms Becoming cloudy Wednesday with occasional rain likely and highs in the mid 60s to low TDs. Winds southerly to 13 mph Tuesday.
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Pennsylvania
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