Bermuda Slayings Probed by Police and Yard Detectives
Bermuda police and Scotland Yard detectives pursue the murder of Gov Sir Richard Sharples and Capt Hugh Sayers outside Government House in Hamilton. No arrests reported as investigations continue and a state of emergency limits suspects' movements.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Scotland Yard
Richard Sharples
Hugh Sayers
Government House
Sharples
Horsa
Edward Richards
Bill Wright
Basil Hadrell
Britain
George Duckett
POW Releases Pause as Hanoi Lists 108 Prisoners
Hanoi posted the 108 American POWs set for release on Wednesday while the United States again suspended troop withdrawals to ensure all 287 captives are freed. The Viet Cong promised a Thursday list of about 30 POWs to be released in Hanoi.
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North Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
South Vietnam
U.S
Washington
Defense Department
Bui Tin
Cmdr
John S. McCain III
Pacific
Maj
Floyd Thompson
Philip Manhard
Joint Military Commission
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Duc Pho
da Nang
Revenue Bond Bills to Be Signed Today
Gov Linwood Holton to sign 1973 General Assembly measures totaling 181.7 million dollars. Key items include 101 million for widening the Richmond Petersburg Turnpike and about 80 million for upgrading the Medical College of Virginia Hospital. Also dissolving the Turnpike Authority and Elizabeth River Tunnel Commission and transferring them to the State Highway Department. Holton has signed 206 of 565 bills and aims to finish by March 18, before the March 27 deadline.
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Richmond
Linwood Holton
General Assembly
Richmond- Petersburg
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
Richmond-Petersburg
Father clings to search for 3 year old child after flood
Alvis Davis continues to search for his son who vanished after the Buffalo Creek flood of February 1972. The disaster struck his Stowe home in Logan County, killing his wife and daughter along with 116 others.
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Princeton
W. Va
Alvis Davis
Davis
Stowe
Logan County
March geese sighting near Winchester and early crocus blooms
Mrs. C Russell Lupton on Rt 4 reports about 50 high flying geese seen from her yard near Winchester with honking calls as spring hints emerge. Crocuses bloom in front of Hugh K Netherton on Front Royal Road with an unusually early Easter flower seen near a mimosa tree.
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Winchester
Hugh K. Netherton
Front Royal Road
Six Nations to Float Currency Against the Dollar
Six Common Market nations agreed to a joint partial float against the dollar with a 2.25 percent fluctuation cap among the floating currencies. The move, effective March 19, aims toward a single European currency. Britain Ireland and Italy plan to join when conditions allow. West Germany revalued the mark three percent. speculation swirls on the yen.
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Britain
Ireland
Italy
West Germany
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Denmark
Switzerland
Sweden
Norway
Austria
Helmut Schmidt
Willy DeClercq
Japan
Dollar Dips Then Rebounds Amid German Mark Revaluation
The dollar opened softer against the mark in Frankfurt at 2.77, slipping from 2.79, before rebounding to 2.78. In London the pound rose to 2.48 from 2.47125 dollars but eased to 2.46825 by midmorning as six Common Market nations floated their currencies.
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London
U.S
Frankfurt
Rogers predicts Congress will approve aid for Vietnam rebuilding
Secretary of State William P. Rogers told CBS Face the Nation that Congress will back U S aid to rebuild war torn North Vietnam and Southeast Asia. He said specifics won t be proposed for 60 days and endorsed continuing most favored nation status for the Soviet Union. He urged execution of Palestinian terrorists who killed two American diplomats in the Sudan, calling them savages.
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Washington
William P. Rogers
Congress
U.S
North Vietnam
Rogers
CBS
Soviet Union
United States
Sudan
Supreme Court ruling on abortion sparks immediate effect
A two part series begins today on page 11 analyzing the legality of abortion nationwide and the ongoing public debate.
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Supreme Court
Last Korean War POW Downey Freed to Return Home
John T. Downey, the last American POW from the Korean War, was released by China after Nixon and Kissinger appealed and flew from Hong Kong to Clark Air Base in the Philippines. He aims to reach his critically ill mother in New Britain, Connecticut, with his brother awaiting him. Downey and two other POWs were en route to Elmendorf, then Hartford or Westover, as his mother’s condition remained grave.
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Philippines
John T. Downey
China
Connecticut
Peking
CIA
Nixon
Mary Downey
New Britain
Henry A. Kissinger
Air Force
Philip E. Smith
Cmdr
Robert J. Flynn
Downey
Red Cross
Smith
Flynn
Vietnam
Hong Kong
Clark
William
New York
Elmendorf Air Base
Alaska
Hartford
Conn
Westover Air Base
Massachusetts
New Britain General Hospital
Peace Hopes Dampened at Wounded Knee
The shooting of an FBI agent and a declaration by Indian leaders that no federal officials may enter Wounded Knee dampen peace hopes. A grand jury meets in Sioux Falls to probe the Feb. 27 takeover as warrants are issued for five leaders. Russell Means proclaims the village now a sovereign state and warns against foreign entry.
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S.D
FBI
Interior Department
Sioux Falls
U.S
Rapid City
Curtis Fitzgerald
Chicago
Fitzgerald
Dennis Banks
Justice Department
Washington
Atty
Richard Kleindienst
Banks
Russell Means
AIM
Oglala Sioux Nation
Means
United States
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Shen College
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