May 05, 1971 (vol. 81, iss. 1) • Page Image 7
…news briefs By The Associated Press I NORTH VIETNAM yesterday backed away from nego- iations over prisoners of war and, in effect, rejected a U.S. proposal that prisoners from both sides be interned in a neutral country. Sweden had indicated it would accept the prisoners, and the ea of such an arrangement was endorsed Monday by President ixon. The North Vietnamese delegation to the Paris peace talks had aintained that the release of prisoner...…