Miniskirt Fascinates Longest Held POW Alvarez Returns
Lt Cmdr Everett Alvarez, first Vietnam War pilot captured, arrives home after 80 months in Hanoi area camps. He greets 300 well-wishers at Travis AFB, saluting Gen John Gong, and thanks Mr and Mrs America. He notes the miniskirt as a striking change and mentions his divorce during captivity.
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Oakland
Calif
UPI
Cmdr
Everett Alvarez
America
Alvarez
United States
Hanoi
Rules shut out low income families from public housing
A mother cried after Metropolitan Housing Authority refused a vacant unit citing federal limits. Director Ronald Ashley said rules cap low income access to rentals, leaving families like Martha Armstrong and her infant without shelter while units sit empty and maintenance staff are cut.
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Metropolitan Housing Authority
Ronald Ashley
Ashley
Martha Armstrong
Bob Smith
Reeves Ave
Smith
Authority
Miss Armstrong
Sam Armstrong
Shoreway
Erie Ave
Lorain
Yolinda
Dave Jones
POW reunions light up Elyria area as ex‑prisoners return
Four local POWs and their families streamed home after long years of confinement. At Wright Patterson AFB Dayton Capt Buron W Campbell of Amherst explores stereo systems while Maj Paul Kari of Spencer plans a class reunion. Keirn a former Lorain Steel worker now in Tampa follows his wrestling son Steve. Chapman in Elyria enjoys a hospital ice box raid and beer, signaling restored health.
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Oakland Naval Hospital
Oakland
Calif
Harlan P. Chapman
Elyria
Wright - Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Burton W. Campbell
Amherst
Kari
Kathleen
Shawn
Allyson
Anthony Kari
Ramah
Colo
Ruth
Colorado
Keirn
Hazel
Steve
Tampa
Fia
Paul J. Keirn
Akron
Campbell
Adam. Campbell
Woodside
Bonnie
Chapman
Iis
Spencer
Karen Meyers
River Corners
Fla
Alabama
Lorain Works
Bitter cold grips area as temperatures plunge across Ohio
The region endures a severe cold snap with readings from 22 at 3 p.m. yesterday to as low as zero to ten degrees tonight. Winds off Lake Erie created a wind chill near minus 16 at Lorain Coast Guard station. Snow accumulation of about 8 inches hindered travel. airports faced delays and passengers were stranded until runways were cleared. The National Weather Service forecasts zero to ten degrees tonight, patchy sun tomorrow, then increasing clouds, with warmer conditions and low precipitation chances.
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Columbia Gas Co
National Weather Service
Lake Erie
Lorain Coast Guard
Emra
Lara
Avon Oberlin
Sheffield Lake
North Ridgeville
North Olmsted
Avon Lake
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport
United Air Lines
Akron-Canton
Sunirse
Cleveland
Freedom Flight Returns 20 More Prisoners Home
US prisoners released by North Vietnam land at Alameda NAS after Travis AFB delay. Twenty Americans arrive today, part of 143 detainees freed in recent days, with 29 more to be freed tomorrow. Eight civilians among the late arrivals.
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Alameda Nas
Vietnam
Alameda Naval Air
Travis Air Force Base
Travis
North Vietnam
Alameda
Elyria Pewter Studio Gains Coast to Coast Fame
An Elyria workshop has risen to national attention for hand turned pewter products. This enlarged view highlights a coaster ash tray and heavy paperweight style piece. Great Lakes Willan Rohabrook reports on the studio’s featured studs in the Sunday Stone.
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Elyria
Great Lakes
Willan Rohabrook
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