Freed POW Walks Barefoot 70 Miles Near Saigon
Staff Sgt. Sexton Jr., 23, of Warren Michigan, was released after more than two years in Viet Cong captivity. He walked barefoot 70 miles through rough jungle to Loc Ninh, reaching aid at 11 a.m. after 3 a.m. release. He reached generally good condition with foot wounds and possible arm injury, and said captors provided a crude map and a request for help returning to American lines.
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Tay Ninh
Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Sexton Jr
Warren
Mich
An Loc
Sexton
Loc Ninh
Cambodia
Long Binh
U.S. Army
Northeasof Saigo
Pentagon
Southeast Asia
China
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Laos
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Nixon shifts to flexible Phase 2 anti inflation plan
President Nixon outlines a nonzero but restrained Phase 2 program aiming for 2 to 3 percent inflation by year end 1972. The approach emphasizes equity and efficiency, avoids a vast bureaucracy, and allows price rises below target while excluding raw agricultural products from restraints.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Congress
Cost of Living Council
Council of Economic Advisers
Slight Dip Last Month In Nation's Unemployed
The Labor Department reports a minor drop in total unemployment to 4.8 million and an inch down in the jobless rate to 6.0 percent, though total employment rose only due to seasonal factors. Average weekly earnings fell 27 cents to 128.76 dollars amid shorter work weeks and lagging business.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Vietnam Armed Services
Phase 2 plan draws mixed reactions from leaders
Washington notes restrained optimism as President Nixon unveils Phase 2. Walter Heller supports cautiously while warning against shifting tough choices to wage price panels. Bank of America chief A W Clausen backs orderly transition. Gardner Ackley calls it procedural. GM's James Roche and Chrysler's Lynn Townsend pledge voluntary compliance. Labor voices are muted with United Electrical Workers' Albert Fitzgerald criticizing the plan. Patman questions standby interest rate authority but approves wage price control handover. Humphrey says wage board is good yet jobs fall short.
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Washington
Nixon
Walter Heller
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Heller
A.W. Clausen
Bank of America
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
Johnson
General Motors
James Roche
Lynn Townsend
Chrysler Corp
Voice of Labor
Albert J. Fitzgerald
United Electrical Workers Union
America
House Banking Com
Mittee
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Patman
Hubert H. Humphrey
Fire Flareup Takes 4 Lives in California Hills
Four bulldozer operators were burned to death and four others injured in a brush fire flareup south of Santa Barbara. Sheriff officials confirmed the deaths as the fire spread above Toro Canyon Park on the sparsely populated eastern fringe of the blaze.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Sheriff's Office
Toro Canyon Park
Frost reports minor in low areas amid lab temps at 40
Frost warnings issued last night but temperatures at the Winchester Lab fell to 40 degrees. Some low-lying areas reported frost yet no serious damage. The notice promotes a Grand Opening Tonite at the Trojan Room and a Weekend Special German Chocolate Cake from Ward's Pastry Shop.
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Winchester
Ward
Aid for UN New Element in U.S. Fight for Two Chinas
U S officials add a financial angle to backing Nationalist China in the United Nations. They say American aid to the UN is critical and would be hard to sustain if Taiwan were expelled. Officials stress the move is not a threat but reflects congressional sentiment and UN funding pressures.
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U.S
New York
China
United Nations
World Organization
United States
Taiwan
U.N
William P. Rogers
Nixon
Sami Acs
United
Candidates Will Attend Warren Event
Republican and Democratic candidates for the 17th District State Senate and for the two 17th District House seats will attend the Warren County Festival of Leaves. Candidates plan campaigns including a Walk Winchester tour and a Shenandoah County rally with a pork barbecue.
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Pat Robinson
Warren County
William A. Truban
Robert W. Smalley
J. Fred Larrick
Duncan Gibb
Raymond R. Guest, Jr
S. Roger Koontz
Winchester
Ward Plaza
GOP
Loudoun and
Boscawen Sts
George Shafran
Shenandoah County
Shenandoah County Fair Grounds
Woodstock
Front Royal
7Th District
Man J
Kenneth Robinson
Nixon outlines second phase to curb inflation
President Nixon announced a second phase to fight inflation using wage and price controls with voluntary cooperation and no profit ceilings. He seeks standby powers to regulate interest rates and dividends and will urge a one year extension of the Economic Stabilization Act. A Pay Board and a Price Commission will administer controls as the current freeze ends.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
White House
Cost of Living Council
Secretary of the Treasury
John B. Connally
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Labor
Aflcio
George Meany
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Meany
Capitol Hill
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate
America
Weather in Virginia and a local business ad item
A high pressure system from West Virginia brings clear skies light winds and cool temperatures across Virginia. An apparent ad line for apples offers baskets at 2.50. A Winchester restaurant operates 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. daily except Monday October 11. For emergency service call 667 7222 Shenandoah Gas Co.
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Richmond
West Virginia
Virginia
Shenandoah Gas, Co
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