Freed POW Sexton Requests Christmas Dinner on Return
Army staff sergeant John C Sexton Jr aged 23 from Warren Michigan walked from jungle captivity to Loc Ninh near Saigon. He asked for a Christmas dinner with the works and briefly spoke with his father noting he sounded good. He is 135 pounds, with malaria anemia eye injury and wounds from shrapnel. He was the 22nd U S prisoner released by the Viet Cong.
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Saigon
UPS
USS
John C Sexton Jr
Warren, Mich
Loc Ninh
U.S
Vietnam
Sexton
U.S. Army
Warren
Mich
New York
Laison
U.S. Peace Movement
State Department
Washington
Indochina
John C. Sexton
Surrender ends Argentina revolt ends bloodless coup
In a bloodless conclusion to an armed uprising, Col. Manuel Alejandro Garcia surrendered to Gen. Agustin Pinedo, ending a revolt against President Alejandro A. Lanusse. Rebels in Azul and Olavarria returned to barracks as loyal forces converged nearby and leaflets urged surrender.
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Buenos Aires
UPI
Alejandro A. Lanusse
Manuel Alejandro Garcia
Azul
Olvarria
Army High Command
Olavarria
Juan Burnet Berlin
Lanusse
Garcia
Agustin Pinedo
First Army Corps
Azul-Olavarria
Labor weighs role in Phase 2 anti inflation plan
In Washington the Nixon administration seeks labor support for Phase 2 while labor leaders weigh direct government control on wage increases after the wage price freeze. Meany calls a Tuesday AFL CIO meeting. Woodcock and Fitzsimmons may attend to shape strategy amid Pay Board autonomy disputes.
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Washington
Nixon
Afl-Cio
George Meany
United
Treasury
John B. Connally
Meany
Connally
Labor Federation
United Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Teamsters
James E. Fitzsimmons
Woodcock
Detroit
Pay and Prices Boards
Cost of Living Council
County contractors win fraud case
A Cleveland financial institution was found liable for fraud in a civil suit over the Highland Acres project in Elyria. Six Lorain County contractors seek about $87,000 plus damages after Second Federal Savings and Loan allegedly misrepresented finances to court and bidders.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Financial Institution
Elyria
Cuyahoga
Second Federal Savings and Loan Association
Lorain County
Second Federal
William J. Lewis
Vincent Banks
Demas
Highland Acres
California
Joseph Damiano
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Francis Young
Amherst
Cloudy with showers forecast and 40 percent today
The forecast calls for cloudy conditions with a 40 percent chance of showers today and tonight, lower tonight with cooler lows, and a 20 percent chance tomorrow. Southerly winds 8 to 15 mph today, west to northwest 10 to 15 mph tonight and tomorrow, with high near 64 and low around 54.
Four Die As California Brush Fire Ravages Acres
A 1400-man firefighting force and 10 aerial tankers battled a three day brush fire near Santa Barbara in Southern California. The blaze has killed four bulldozer operators and scorched more than 5800 acres. Strong winds sparked a sudden flare up Thursday night.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
California
Water Plant Explosion Disrupts Belfast Supply
Gunmen blew up a key reservoir pumping station in Belfast causing water cuts to west Belfast and possibly months of disruption. A Belfast Water Commission official condemned the attack and noted a hole blown in the tank and the station left in ruins.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Belfast Water Commission
West Belfast
Taft to Seek White House Aid for Ohio Emergency Funds
UPI reports U.S. Sen. Robert Taft Jr. plans a direct appeal to the White House to secure additional Emergency Employment Funds for Ohio.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Robert Taft Jr
White House
Ohio
Lease tips and security deposits in Lorain County rents
Anita Schrodt reviews current Lorain County leases and security deposits, highlighting expectations and potential landlord tenant friction. John Kenney photography and Connie Davis text showcase Elyria's longstanding Broad Street fashion retailer C H Merthe Co. Four Lorain County hospitals outline disaster plans beyond emergency rooms for tomorrow’s C T features.
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Lorain County
Anita Schrodt
John Kenney
Connie Davis
the Times
Broad Street
Elyria
C.H. Merthe Co
Merthe’s
Jack Masterson
Eastern Flight 936 Hijacked En Route to Cuba
An Eastern Airlines Detroit to Miami jet was hijacked as it departed Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The aircraft reported an emergency to Cleveland ATC from Oberlin, with a man in the cockpit and no details on a federal marshal or passenger count. The flight then headed toward Cuba via Charleston, West Virginia.
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Eastern Airlines
Detroit
Miami
Oberlin
Charleston
W. Va
Cuba
Soldier Awarded Bronze Star for Heroism in Vietnam
U S Army Sgt Darryl A Zimberlin 20 son of Roy and Mrs Zimberlin Gore Orphanage Road lost his left leg and earned the Bronze Star with V device for saving his squad during a June 29 year mission in Thua Thien province Vietnam He served with the 101st Airborne Division from October 1970 until June and is recovering at Valley Forge General Hospital near Philadelphia.
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Henrietta
U.S. Army
Darryl A. Zimberlin
Vietnam
Zimberlin
Roy Zimberlin
Gore- Orphange Road
Thua Thien
101St Airborne Division
Valley Forge General Hospital
Philadelphia
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Lawrence F. O'Brien
Cincinnati
Elmwood Place
Russell Patterson
FBI
Tering
Earl Gordon
E. H. Roberts
Lorne Elbert
Edward J. Novak
Asda
Editorial
Sere Aeeree
Elyria Municipal Court
Nan
U.S. Department of Commerce
Taft
United States Army
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