Duty, memory, and Vietnam lessons from a Cedar Rapids POW
Navy Captain Robert Naughton recalls Saigon’s fall and six years as a POW. He says the war had no clear aims and questions U.S. motives, but he rejects seeing Vietnam as a total mistake. He emphasizes coping well and moving forward.
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Navy
Robert Naughton
Saigon
Cedar Rapids
Peg
Southeast Asia
Naughton
Roland
North Vietnam
Dallas
Texas) Naval Air Station
Veterans recall Vietnam era segregation and welcome change
Thornton, a Vietnam veteran now with Iowa Midland Supply in Cedar Rapids, recalls being advised not to wear his uniform in public after returning to Independence in 1968. He says attitudes toward veterans have shifted to individual evaluation rather than blaming the service. He notes campus tensions at Iowa City in 1968 and believes public views on veterans have improved while views on the war remain mixed.
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Thornton
Vietnam
Iowa Midland Supply
Cedar Rapids
Thorton
America
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Reagan says Bitburg visit morally right before European trip
President Reagan defends planned trip to Bitburg cemetery in Germany calling it morally right while aiming to defuse criticism with a possible Remagen Bridge ceremony to honor American veterans. He leaves for Bonn on an eight day tour including Spain Portugal and Strasbourg as Kohl attends the Bitburg event.
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Gazette Wire Services
Washington
Reagan
U.S
Remagen Bridge
Bitburg
Peter Boenisch
George Bush
Bonn
West Germany
Spain
Portugal
Strasbourg
France
Germany
Helmut Kohl
Kolmeshohe
Luxembourg
Waffen SS
Adolf Hitler
House of Representatives
Expert testimony pinpoints time of Collins injury
The prosecution's final witness in the Scott Williams manslaughter case said James Collins was injured between 8 and 10 p.m. on October 7, with the injury likely occurring before his Linn County Jail detention. Dr. James LaMargese, Cedar Rapids neurosurgeon, testified the window was the earliest possible time of injury.
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Antellé Collins
Scott Williams
James Collins
James LaMargese
Cedar Rapids
Collins
St. Luke's Hospital
Linn County
Williams
Linn District Court
William F. McCormick
McCormick
Board of Forensic Pathology
Board of
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Opportunity Knocks Only Once Door To Door Salesmen
A compact note on sales tactics comparing rare chances to a routine door to door approach. It frames opportunity as limited and salesmen as persistent messengers in everyday commerce.
Eight Million Dollar Wells Fargo Cash Heist Under Investigation
Four masked armed men breached a Wells Fargo depot, disarmed guards, and fled with about 8 million dollars. Investigators consider it a major cash robbery, noting no inside involvement and that criminals knew alarm gaps. FBI and police pursue leads. early estimates ranged higher.
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New York
Wells Fargo
U.S
Sentry Armored Car Courier Co
Rich
Ard Nicastro
Kenneth Walton
FBI
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Brooklyn Bridge
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