Area POWs Recall Torture Techniques in Captivity
Six former prisoners from northeast Kansas and western Missouri recount years of internment and torture in North Vietnam. Lt Cmdr Joseph Plumb and Capt Ronald Mastin, both KU graduates, describe conditions, beatings, and forced feeding while expressing varied bitterness toward captors. Capt Edward Hubbard and others recall closure and improved treatment after 1969 amid Hanoi officials’ ignorance and U.S. letter campaigns.
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Air Force
Edward Hubbard
Overland Park
Kan
Navy
Joseph Plumb Jr
Ronald Mastin
Merriam
Kansas
Missouri
Lawrence
Joseph Plumb
Lecompton
Evangeline Page
Rt. 1
Kansas University Business School
Robert Woods
KU Engineering School
Joseph C. Plumb Jr
Plumb
Merriam, Kan
Hubbard
Leroy Stutz
Effingham
Ho Chi Minh
United States
Stutz
Hanoi
Robert Deane Woods
Archie, Mo
Kansas City
Than Hoa
Auto Production Dips as Chrysler Fluctuates Output
Domestic auto production eased from 213000 to 210000 units amid Chrysler variability. Ford General Motors and Chrysler plants scheduled Saturday overtime, with 210273 cars and 63999 trucks planned for the week. Year to date totals reach 2704823 cars and 63999?
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Industry Journal
Automotive News
Chrysler
Ford
General Motors
American Motors
Bell Enters Guilty Plea In Multiple Offenses
Ran dall E. Bell 24 of Kansas City pleaded guilty in Johnson County District Court to nine counts including rape kidnapping robbery and burglary related to abductions and rapes of two Olathe women The judge ordered evaluation at the Kansas State Mental Hospital pending sentencing Bell also faced additional charges in Douglas Lawrence and Franklin counties with detainer filed for release and a $30 000 bond set in Douglas County
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Olathe
Kan
Randall E. Bell
Kansas City
Johnson County
Bell
Harold Riggs
Kansas State Mental Hospital
Larned
Douglas County
Lawrence
Franklin County
Portrait of a captive in Hanoi torture camps
The narrator describes brutal coercion during captivity, detailing sleep deprivation, feeding denial, and torture to force a confession. He recalls staged acts of resistance, the use of coded communication among prisoners, and a final pledge to endure to avoid a false confession. He mentions Jim Stockdale and Bob Purcell's brave aid and notes pressure from the U.S. to curb abuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Purcell
Bob
Air Force
Robert B. Purcell
Louisville
Denton
Jim Stockdale
Navy
James B. Stockdale
Jane
KU Fraternity Elect C B Lackey Vice President
C B Lackey a Kansas University junior from White Cloud was elected vice president of a five state region of the Mid-America Interfraternity Council Assn. He will oversee fraternity systems in Kansas Oklahoma Texas Missouri and Arkansas and help create new colonies.
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C. B. Lackey
Kansas University
White Cloud
Mid-America Interfraternity Council Assn
Triangle Fraternity
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Missouri
Arkansas
Backey
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Helen Gilles
M.D. Board OF Education
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Gib Vaughn
Ben Franklin
ED Marling
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Raney Drug Store
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