Prisoner recalls harsh light and mental strain behind Iron Curtain
John Van Altena, a UW Madison sophomore and dairy farmer's son from Milton Junction, spent 17 months in an East Berlin prison after being jailed in 1964 while transporting a mother and child hidden in his car. He endured daily interrogations, solitary confinement for a year, and constant guards as he used mental discipline to survive. He was released after the State Department negotiated his freedom. he emerged 14 pounds lighter and shaken, with a bad leg and lingering nerves.
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Madison
Wis
John van Altena
van Altena
University of Wisconsin
East Germany
Berlin Wall
Milton Junction
Airlines
West Berlin
Wall
van Allena
East Berlin
State Department
Tells Fiancee Dont Worry Cong Kills Him
In Erie Pennsylvania Army Private Marion Watkins 19 told his fiancee Cindy Cash 20 he was in a safe place and better off than patrol. The Defense Department announced Friday that Watkins died in combat in Viet Nam.
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Erie
Army
Marion Watkins
Cindy Cash
Defense Department
Watkins
Local Rambler dealer ads and Viet Nam death announced
206 First Avenue advertises Mert or Merle deals with late hours and contact numbers. A 1963 Chevrolet Biscayne is offered for 995 moving sale, plus auto service and used car dealers listed. A Spartanburg Ford dealer, Guy M. Fish, was killed guarding a Special Forces Camp near Tay Ninh in Vietnam, a member of the 196th Infantry Brigade.
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First Avenue
Mert
Merle
Sandy Sperry
Turben
Chevrolet
C. Christensen
Tay Ninh
Watkins
21St Infantry Regiment
Viet Nam
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Jine
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BELL
West Bend Street
B&f Auto Parts
Elgin Road
Nichols Grocery
Fitch Motors
Corry Dodge
Falcon
Thurlow Spurr
the Spurrlows
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Titusville
Guy M
Fred Ruffener
Worth Street
Corty
F. L. Baresi
Merry
Columbus
Ford
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Oldsmobile
Cliff Buesink
Corry
Erie Barpher
Parade Street
Haroon
Breeders Service
Don Knapp
John Neckers
Barbie
Wright Street
Remington
Roberts
Westinghouse
JEEP
Russell Darrow
R. D
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Bohman Music Company
East 10Th Street
Steinway
Hammond
Visit Winter Company
State
Gage Music Center
East Main
Dick Stroup
Barney's
Firestone Furniture
Cherry Builders
NUE
Sho
Engle Furniture and Builders
Columbus - Lottsville Road
Firestone Furniture Department
Dorothy Mathews
Clymer
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Schaub
South Center Street
W. F. Rickers
Roberts Furniture
Kloss
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Frank's
Thomas Motors
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Crystal Coal Co
Maple Ave
East Main Street
Mazitt
Ple Avenue
Mehr Metals
Jamestown
West Washington Street
Elgin
Call
Amrence R. Clark
Concord Street
Hotel Corry
West Pleasant Street
R. W. Brown Real Estate
Corbett Real Estate Agency
Leslie Real Estate
Wattsburg
Tom Burkhart
Merle C
Dodd Real Estate
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Worvel Reed, Sherman
N.Y
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Jensen
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