Last Americans Held Prisoner In China Freed
Two U S military pilots, the last Americans held prisoner in Communist China, arrived at Clark Air Base in the Philippines joining 108 other POWs awaiting flights home. Maj. Philip E. Smith and Lt. Cmdr. Robert J. Flynn, shot down in 1965 and 1967, crossed into Hong Kong and were flown to Clark. They appeared in good shape and shared a joyful reunion with Smith's brother.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
U.S
China
Air Force
Philip E. Smith
Hanoi
Laos
Vietnam
Flynn
Smith
Hong Kong
Shum Chun
Red Cross
Eugene Guy
Royal Air Force Field
J.H. Smith
Peking
Clark Field
Senate opens urban transit funding from highway trust
The Senate voted 49 to 44 to allow $850 million from the highway trust fund to finance mass transit, a rare defeat for the highway lobby. The measure diverts part of the $18 billion three year highway aid, with debate ongoing on further amendments and spending.
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Washington
Senate
Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
Nixon
Sens. Weicker
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Harrison Williams
D-N.j
White House
House
Williams
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Baker
False Information In Childs Death Charged
A Maryland man is charged with two counts of giving police false information in the death of two year old Christopher W. Wilson of Linden. Details were not released. Dianne M. Wilson, 26, is charged with murder and held on bond. An autopsy cited gas gangrene from a ruptured bowel as the cause of death.
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Dianne Wilson
Warren County
Blaine Tewart
Dick Shuman
Front Royal
Maryland
Linden
Dianne M. Wilson
Keyser
Fairfax
UN Security Council Openses in Panama City
The United Nations Security Council begins a week long session in Panama City with speakers including Brig. Gen. Omar Torrijos and U N Secretary General Kurt Waldheim. Latin American ministers will address U S colonialism in the canal zone and other regional issues. John Scali arrives as Nixon's new U N ambassador.
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Panama
Omar Torrijos
U.N
Security Council
Aquilino Boyd
Kurt Waldheim
Canal
Labor Ministry
Panama Canal Zone
Council
Latin America
New York
Paris
Ethiopia
Torrijos
U.S
Canal Zone
Bomb Explosions Kill or Wound 100 at Mekong Buddhist Service
In Tra Cu Vinh Binh province near Saigon, explosions at a dawn Buddhist ceremony killed 17 to 20 and wounded 82 to 88. Vietnamese and Cambodian families were affected as authorities blamed Communist terrorists while ICSC teams investigated.
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Saigon
Mekong Delta
le Trung Hien
Hien
Soai Kiem
Tra Cu
Vinh Binh
Cambodia
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Joint Military Commission
Nixon Blocks Dean Testimony in Watergate Probe
President Nixon said he would not permit his counsel John W. Dean III to testify on Capitol Hill and challenged the Senate to seek a Supreme Court ruling. He added former Attorney General John Mitchell and fundraiser Maurice Stans could testify if summoned. The Judiciary Committee probes FBI director nominee L. Patrick Gray III as the Watergate break in remains a focus.
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Washington
Nixon
John W. Dean III
Capitol Hill
Senate
Supreme Court
White House
Atty
John Mitchell
Maurice Stans
Senate Judiciary Committee
L. Patrick Gray III
FBI
Democratic National Committee
Watergate Building
Bruce to Head Peking Office
President Nixon announced that veteran ambassador David Bruce will head a new U S liaison office in Peking to improve relations with Communist China. The office opens in May with 20 American diplomats including two senior deputies Alfred Jenkins and John Holdridge who have Chinese language skills and China policy experience. The Chinese will establish a liaison office in the United States.
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Washington
Nixon
David Bruce
U.S
Peking
United States
China
Alfred Jenkins
State Department
John Holdridge
White House
National Security Council
Henry A. Kissinger
Virginia Supreme Court to hear Durham appeal
Luther Durham Jr. twice convicted for the 1963 knife slaying of Mrs. Annie Snow wins a potential appeal. The Virginia Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether there was sufficient evidence to submit robbery to the jury for a 1972 retrial that led to a life imprisonment.
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Luther Durham, Jr
Annie Snow
Virginia Supreme Court
High Court
King George County
David Simpson
Simpson
Durham
U.S. District Court
Harrisonburg
Correction notice for ad errors in Web edition
In the March 14 Web edition an error listed Fancy Spots and Fancy Trout as dressed items. The correction notes the mistake and apologizes for any inconvenience. Local advertisers include A and P Wed Stores Wilkins Shoe Center Old Mill Country Store Penneys and concern hotline numbers 667-0145 and 635-8430.
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A& P Wed
Senate votes 49 44 to reallocate highway funds for transit
The Senate approved a 49 44 amendment allowing cities to use 850 million dollars of highway trust funds for mass transit. Senators Biden and Beall Case Mathias Roth Schweiker Scott supported. Byrd and Scott opposed. Pairs show Williams Bayh abstentions or absence.
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Washington
MidAtlantic
Senate
Biden
Del
Beall
Case
N.J
Mathias
Roth
Schweiker
Scott
Byrd
Williams
D-N.j
Bayh
Dind
Frederick County Approves 2 Million in School Bonds
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors approved bonds to fund a 7.5 million school building program with 2 million in bonds to aid Apple Pie Ridge Stephens City and James Wood high school renovation projects. The plan expects a five percent rate over 20 years and potential tax increases.
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Dean Havron
Frederick County
Apple Pie Ridge
Stephens City
James Wood
Kline
Melton F. Wright
Virginia Public School Authority
Wright
Madigan
Literary Fund of Virginia
Literary Fund
Indians Fight Blizzard Over Wounded Knee Stand
WOUNDED KNEE S D AP Negotiations paused by a blizzard resume today between federal officials and American Indian Movement members sheltering in Wounded Knee. Leaders Dennis Banks and Russell Means say the group can last days on minimal rations while demanding medicine and fuel.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
Dennis Banks
Russell Means
Banks
Justice Department
Jack Hushen
National Council of Churches
Means
American Indian Movement
Pine Ridge Reservation
Weather hints and market prices at Ole McDonald's Farm Market
The report notes a southwest flow of air through Friday with a weak cold front from the Ohio Valley bringing possible showers. It also lists a price quote for Red Pontiac Seed Potatoes at 50 lb for 5.75 dollars at Ole McDonald's Farm Market.
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Richmond
Ohio Valley
McDonald's
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Col
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Highway Lobby
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Robert E. Hayes
Hubert H. Marlowe
Christopher W. Wilson
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Panama City
Panama Canal
U.N. Security Council
Dean
Bruce
Wilkins’ Shoe Center, Inc
Old Mill Country
Valley Ave
Richard F. Madigan
Board of Supervisors’ Finance Committee
J. Robert Russell
Board of Supervisors
Ole McDonald
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