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Cards for Prisoners Gather Dust in Paris Warehouse
Mary Hendrix and classmates sent Christmas cards to a North Vietnamese prisoner. Now 25 tons of petitions, shoes, and books fill a Paris cellar where mail to Vietnam once piled up. The crates, stored since protests led to police action, remain unanswered as the peace talks stalled and Christmas cards dried up.
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Paris
Mary Hendrix
North Vietnam
Hier
Nellingen U.S
West Germany
Concern For
Nellingen
Mary
Gary Burger
Vietnam