Men Tell Of Ordeal During Seven Months In VC Captivity
Two American civilians, Thomas Scales and Robert Monahan, described seven months as Viet Cong prisoners near Saigon. They endured malnutrition and rough guards, but sang for captors, received a Christmas party, and were released after showing repentance. They were captured May 27 near Vung Tau and freed near Xun Loc.
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Long Binh
South Vietnam
Thomas R. Scales
Matamoras
Seales
Robert W. Monahan
Bellport
Long Island
Vung Tau
Saigon
Pacific Architects and Engineers
U. S
Xun Loc
Scales
Monahan
Army Hospital
Viet Cong
Iive
Prey
Secretarial and Research Help for Ohio Legislature Favored
Ohio legislators may gain more clerical and research aid under a Legislative Service Commission report. The plan, developed after interim hearings, aims to speed bill introductions as the new General Assembly reconvenes. House and Senate leaders prepare committee assignments and potential hearings. A separate $25 million public school deficiency bill was reported, noting rising bus costs and private pupil transportation shifts.
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Columbus
Ohio
Legislative Service Commission
Charles J. Carney
D.mahoning
Theodore M. Gray
Miami
House
Ralph E. Fisher
Icy streets blamed for two Franklin accidents
Police blamed slick roads for two crashes in Franklin this morning. John Slaybaugh, 19, of 2 Bland Drive, Franklin, said he was going about 20 mph on David Boulevard at 9 a.m. when he skidded into a drainage ditch, destroying his 1959 auto. Mary Layman, 402 S River St, was backing from her driveway at 8:02 a.m. when a car driven by Frank T Church Jr., 19, of 307 Igiehart St Middletown, struck her vehicle. Total damage estimated at $250.
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Franklin
John Slaybaugh
Bland Drive
David Boulevard
Slaybaugh
Mary Layman
S. River St
Frank T. Church Jr
Igiehart St
Middletown
Youths Trip Ends After Ohio Car Loan
Two Butler County juveniles who borrowed a relative's car for a California trip were picked up yesterday by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. A 14-year-old Hamilton boy driving his father's car and a 15-year-old Butler County boy were held in Crawford County jail in Steelville, Missouri, as deputies contacted their parents to arrange returning the car to Ohio.
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Hamilton
Butler County
California
Missouri State ‘Highway Patrol
Butler County Sheriff's Department
Crawford County
Steelville
Miss
Ohio
Truck Hits Car Injures Driver in Butler County
Fletcher J C 35 of 8441 Ora Lane escaped injury when a tractor trailer struck his car on Yankee Road at Oxford State Road. Deputies say Fletcher stopped to wait for a light while truck driver Tommy Robert Peters 162200 Oxford State Road backed up to turn onto Oxford State Road. The House of Lords acts as supreme judicial authority in Great Britain.
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J. C. Fletcher
Ora Lane
Yankee Road
Oxford State Road
Butler County
Fletcher
Tommy Robert Peters
Oxford-State Road
Oxford- State Road
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Bartel
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N. University Blvd
Cong
Munists
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Ophelia
Gaza
Xuan Loc
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Penney
Santorized
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Penn-Prest
Penney's
Dacron
Middletown Corner
Central Ave
Verity
House of Lords
Courts
Great Britain
Davidson
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