POWS describe torture starvation and harassment in camps
American prisoners of war finally spoke about beatings starvation solitary confinement and psychological harassment after the last North Vietnamese POWs were released. Officers including Maj Floyd J Thompson and Lt Col John A Dramesi recounted extreme abuse and coercive statements amid months of restraint.
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N.J
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John A. Dramesi
Blackwood, N.J
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Virginia Beach
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Billings
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Kinston
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Last 1 300 ground troops reach home
The last 1 300 ground troops from America's Vietnam war return to Travis Air Force Base California with pomp and ceremony after 14 years of conflict. Six C141 Starlifters carried 54 returnees and the colors of the 90th Replacement Co. A final salute marked the end of U S involvement. Veterans describe captors brutalities and POW experiences while awaiting customs.
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Crystal Lake
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Saigon
Vincent R. Jacobucci
New York
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Belfast gun attack alarms as youths shot on street
In Belfast two youths on a motorbike opened fire on Roman Catholic teens wounding a girl in the shoulder. Police say the raid mirrors a terror campaign by fanatical killers blamed for more than 125 deaths in the past year. A second triple shooting left two teenage boys wounded in the knees as IRA punishment.
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Bill Introduced for Fifth Time in California Assembly
In Sacramento, Assemblyman Willie Brown Jr. introduces AB992 a Gay Rights bill legalizing homosexuality and private sex among consenting adults. Brown expresses little hope for passage this session though he believes better odds to exit the Assembly than before. He expects no Senate approval.
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Brown
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Early spring storm strengthens over Southwest and cold front nears Northwest
An intense early spring storm gathered strength over the Southwest while a cold front moved toward the Northwest. The report notes fair skies in New England and Florida, widespread thunderstorms with hail in Texas and Oklahoma, and watches for severe storms. Snow and strong winds affected the Rockies and western regions, with light showers along the Pacific and across the Atlantic coast. Temperatures ranged from 20s in the high plains to 77 in Key West.
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Creationists seek equal time for creation in schools
Sacramento report notes a Sacramento group Creation Evolution Equality pushes for state legislation to require equal treatment of creation and evolution in public school texts. Leaders say omitting creation is censorship and plan to gain GOP support from Assemblymen Wakefield Burke and Russell. The state board has limited evolution to speculation and will add creation references in history texts.
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Alice Vipiana
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Robert H. Burke
Huntington Beach
Newton R. Russell
Tujunga
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