Final U.S. troop withdrawal begins from Saigon amid POW releases
In Saigon and at Clark Air Base, 936 troops flew home aboard eleven transports as part of a three day airlift lifting the U.S. withdrawal. POW releases at Hanoi Gia Lam and Clark accompanied the move, with Col. Benjamin Purcell praising Nixon and American resolve.
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Navy
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Glen Burnie
Deborah Fogg
Hartford
States
Tan Son Nhut
U.S
Camp Alpha
Alpha Club
George Love
Thibodaux
Hanoi
Gia Lam
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Pacific
Laos
Nixon
Benjamin H. Purcell
Columbus
Clark
Pe Purcellaor
South Vietnam
Quang Tri Province
Clark Hospital
May 15 Referendum on Pennsylvania farmland tax plan
Penn State experts explain a May 15 primary ballot referendum to permit use value taxation on agricultural land. The event in Geistown drew about 60 attendees from several counties as researchers note potential tax shifts and the constitutional change’s aim to preserve open land without dictating overall tax cuts.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State University
Holiday Inn
Geistown
Somerset
Cambria
Westmoreland
Indiana
Huntingdon
Bedford
Penn State
College of Agriculture
Herbert Terndrup
Cambria County Agricultural Extension
William Cochrane
Southwest Region
William M. Carroll
Leland ‘‘Lee
Bull
State Secretary of Agriculture
Donald J. Epp
Epp
Bucks
Chester
Montgomery
Lancaster
Bradford
Centre
Erie
Westmoreland County
New Jersey
Carroll
Grand Jury To Probe Deeper Into Scandal
McCord who has named others in the wiretap case will meet behind closed doors with Senate investigators. Hoover Hunts, Liddy, and McCord testify as hearings proceed. The panel plans an oath bound interview with McCord amid disclosures of political pressure claims and ongoing grand jury proceedings.
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D-N.c
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
McCord
Samuel Cash
Ervin
Baker
Senate
Hunt
G. Gordon Liddy
Grand Jury
John J. Sirica
William Bittman
Liddy
Miami
County Com missioners Challenge Pay Appeals Bill
Somerset and neighboring counties plan to protest a State Senate bill that would let appeals of salary board decisions go to court. The Somerset salary board includes three commissioners and the county treasurer. Letters will be sent to Sen. Murphy and the state association.
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Dick Cartwright
Somerset County
State Senate
Austin Murphy
Sen. Murphy
State Association of County Commissioners
Albert
Bud
Hay
Westmoreland and Fayette
Seven Springs
State Association
Harrisburg
C. Delores Tucker
The
Commonwealth
Hershey Retiring After 62 Years In Uniform
General Lewis B. Hershey, who oversaw Selective Service drafting 14.5 million Americans across three wars, retires at 79 with full military honors. He has advised President Nixon on manpower mobilization since 1970 and is hailed as the man who marshaled two generations in defense of freedom.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Nixon
Hershey
Army
Warm Wednesday with city showers and mild Thursday
Western Pennsylvania enjoys mostly sunny skies and warm temperatures with highs in the 50s to 60s. A cloudier night brings a chance of showers by morning, followed by cloudy mild conditions and more showers on Thursday with southeast winds 10 to 20 mph.
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Salisbury
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