Negotiators Try Again as Wounded Knee Talks Open
Four government representatives traveled to the Wounded Knee tepee for the first formal talks in 13 days as AIM leaders and militants held the besieged hamlet. No Indian negotiators appeared and Frizzell requested an hour and a half delay, promising a later meeting on short notice. News access remained restricted while roadblocks and a court order allowed limited food and aid into the site.
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US to open liaison mission in Peking says China
A five member State Department advance team left for Peking to establish a liaison mission for formal U.S. dealings with mainland China. Led by Alfred L. Jenkins, the group will confer in Hong Kong before entering China on April 5. David K. E. Bruce will head the mission, arriving by May. Huang Chen named Peking chief of mission. John Holdridge will join Bruce as deputy chief of mission.
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Pro highway forces near House victory over mass transit fund
In Washington UPI reports pro highway forces near victory in blocking use of the highway trust fund for mass transit. Senate already approved up to 850 million of the 6 billion annual fund for buses subways and rail. House action due mid April with amendments to broaden or divert funding to transit and junk unwanted interstate segments. Environmental groups warn cities would avoid highway building to protect funds, while transit advocates say the impact would be limited.
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Homecoming continues as 18 POWs return Saturday
United Press International reports 18 liberated American POWs came home Saturday with 48 more to follow Sunday. Flights from Clark Air Base sent them to Scott Illinois Kelly Texas Sheppard Texas and Travis California. By then 596 POWs had been repatriated since February 12.
Last POW to be free on Sunday
The last American POW of the Vietnam War, Army Captain Robert Thomas White of Newport News Virginia, is expected to be released Sunday. White, captured in late 1969 in the Mekong Delta, was not on POW lists until a Viet Cong announcement. He will be flown to Clark Air Base in a hospital plane and receive the same reception as other released POWs.
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