Pledge to Identify POWs Tied to Laos Bombing Halt
Wives of three missing servicemen report a pledge from Pathet Lao to identify U S prisoners if bombing Laos ends. A Chinese diplomat promised Beijing will release prisoners, but no identifications have occurred. Pentagon lists 263 missing in Laos. North Vietnam has identified 339 detainees.
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Washington
Pathet Lao
U.S
Laos
National League of Families of American
Southeast Asia
Budapest
Peking
United States
Formosa
James B. White
Pentagon
China
North Vietnam
White
Accove Cawawesattu Rekadé
Singkapo Choumanang
Pathet Lao Central Committee
World Peace Council
Norfolk Officer and Wife lauded for aiding a family
Norfolk patrolman Dick Barrow and his wife opened their home to a penniless father, mother, and three children after a May patrol found them sleeping in a car from Massachusetts. The couple helped the father secure work, found housing, and have since received about 150 letters and roughly $800 in donations from across the country and from South Vietnam.
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Norfolk
Barrow
Dick Barrow
South Vietnam
Massachusetts
Navy
Sadat Keeps Conditions for Suez Canal Reopening Unchanged
In a Cairo National Assembly address, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat reiterated that the Suez Canal will reopen only after Israeli withdrawal from all occupied territories with a defined timetable and an east bank crossing by Egyptian troops. He rejected any open ended ceasefire while Israeli forces remain.
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Sadat
Suez Canal
Beirut
Anwar Sadat
National Assembly
Cairo Radio
East Bank
Egypt
William P. Rogers
Mahmoud Riad
Donald C. Bergus
U.S
Cairo
United States
Israel
Rogers
Nixon
America
Middle East
Navy Will Grade on Ability To Deal With Minority Races
Norfolk AP reports the Navy will soon add a new category to officers fitness reports to rate their handling of minority groups. Lt Cmdr Tom Turman says the step aims at equal treatment and reducing prejudice, as Gravely becomes the first Black flag officer, marking a milestone in minority relations.
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Navy
Norfolk, Va
Navy Bureau of Personnel
Cmdr
Tom Turman
Personnel Department
Turman
Samuel L. Gravely Jr
Richmond
Gravely
Modular Housing Hailed as Next Century Progress
Housing Secretary George Romney lauds mass produced modular housing as transformative for the homebuilding industry. The first modular unit under Operation Breakthrough rolled out, destined for Kalamazoo for assembly, with Levitt Building Systems planning 600 homes this year and 2,000 units by 1973 on a single shift.
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Battle Creek, Mich
George Romney
Romney
Kalamazoo
Levitt Building Systems,Inc
American Motors Corp
Levitt
Charles L. Riederman
Operation Breakthrough
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