POW Pilot Seeks Divorce After Eight-Year Separation
U S Navy Commander Raymond A. Vohden, a Hanoi Hilton survivor, files for divorce from Bonnye Jean Vohden in Memphis after eight years apart. He recounts emotional strain, letters from fellow POWs, and his wife’s involvement with another man while he was captive. Bonnye Jean says she won’t contest, and both parties request final divorce action in Arkansas.
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Peter Arnett
Memphis
Tenn
Hanoi
Hilton
U. S. Navy
Vohden
Raymond A. Vohden
Hanoi Hilton
Ray
Circuit Court
Bonnye
Dean Vohden
Vohdens
Bonnye Jean
Europe
Clark Air Base
Wohden
Memphis Naval Air Station
Raymond Jr
Connye
Navy
Bonnie Jean
Arkansas
Peacocks Stolen From Mio Turkey Farm Recovered in Detroit
DETROIT AP Stan Pilarski reported a prize pair of peacocks stolen from his turkey farm in Mio area about 200 miles north. Detroit police said the birds were recovered after a man called to say his son had brought them back from a camping trip in Mio to a Detroit garage.
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Detroit
Stan Pilarski
Mio
Here
Rod Steiger Weds Ballerina in Malibu Civil Ceremony
Actor Rod Steiger, 47, married his secretary and former ballerina Sherry Nelson, 36, at his Malibu summer home in a civil ceremony he wrote. It is Steiger's third marriage and Nelson's second, following film fame in Heat of the Night No Way to Treat a Lady and The Pawnbroker.
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Malibu Beach
Calif
Rod Steiger
Sherry Nelson
Steiger
Miss Nelson
Navy selects first woman flight surgeon
Dr. Jane 0. McWilliams, 26, an intern in Syracuse, begins training in Pensacola as the Navy's first woman flight surgeon. She from Paducah, Ky., says the all volunteer force needs new manpower as much as women's liberation, highlighting her breakthrough.
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NAVY
Jane 0. McWilliams
Syracuse
N. Y
Pensacola
Fla
U.S. Navy
McWilliams
Paducah
Women’s Liberation Movement
Grantmanship course offered at Washington University
St Louis university plans a one day program on Friday May 18 open to schools arts groups and community organizations. The course covers locating sponsors writing proposals and managing awarded projects.
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ST. Louis
Washington University
Freshman prodigy Greg Wellman faces Michigan aid limits
Ann Arbor AP report details 14 year old Greg Wellman, a University of Michigan freshman, denied a full scholarship due to aid rules favoring the disadvantaged. His family cites medical bills and unemployment, while officials cite federal policy and budget limits. The case highlights debates over gifted education and university priorities.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
Greg Wellman
University of Michigan
Greg
Michigan
Darrenl Wellman
Mary Ann
Tom Butts
Ann Arbor
U.S
Bright boy, oddball label spark family warning
Greg recalls cycling and swimming with friends and a love for home music. His mother recalls early praise of a scholarship hope, but notes teachers later labeled him odd and a counselor urged conformity or removal from school.
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Greg
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