DECEMBER 20, 1970- -THE SELMA TIMES-JOURNAL-3 As Many As 6,000 Viet Servicemen Home On Leave By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAIGON (AP) As many as 6,000 American servicemen are spending Christmas' at home under the new leave policy for troops in Vietnam, U.S. Command said today. Pan American World Airways and World Airways are running low-cost charter flights to Oakland, and to New York for servicemen who want to go home for 14 days under the new program. A round trip to the UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT GERALD H. GILBERT Sean's Minty 80 WEST Across from Holiday Inn Ph.
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