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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1973
Page
7
BEIRUT Lebanon AP Israeli warplanes penetrated Lebanese airspace twice this week in violation of the 1949 armistice. The Defense Ministry said planes flew at high altitudes over six villages and towns in south Lebanon with no bombings.
48 liberated American prisoners of war arrive at Clark Air Base and other U.S. airfields as Operation Homecoming enters its final phase. A total of 587 POWs from Vietnam and Laos are to be flown home by Sunday with additional flights planned to Andrews and Sheppard AFBs. Captain Robert T. White, 32, Newport News VA, is to be turned over near Saigon and flown to the Philippines. Marines, sailors, and soldiers express joy and faith as families prepare for reunions, while Travis Air Force Base marks the end of an 11 year chapter in Vietnam POW arrivals.
Farm leaders say Nixon meat price limits are unfair and may hurt production, while some urge counter tactics. Consumers and housewives brace for a boycott as producers warn costs will rise and plants may close. Fairfield investigations detail two women shot dead, with Manley held for questioning.
A three part feature by Helen Weiershausen starts Monday with danger areas in the home and intruder defense. Tuesday focuses on the phone intruder and driving alone at night safety. Wednesday covers hand to hand combat and self defense against an assailant. Illustrated.
Ray Haley 42 a former Muscatine resident and long time Bettendorf area truck driver died when his northbound car skidded off highway 130 in a curve east of Wisconsin Avenue in Davenport. He was thrown from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. Haley married Mary Elshoff in 1948 and left behind ten children, his wife, a brother, his mother, and his parents. Services pending.
Several former American prisoners of war recount torture meant to extract confessions and degrade captives. Air Force Lt. Col. Richard P. Keirn and Maj. Thomas E. Collins described beatings and humiliation, noting abuse occurred before 1969 and that many were mistreated. Navy Cmdr. Charles Nels Tanner and others provided vivid details, including solitary confinement, rope scars, and long-term bondage. Former defense secretary Melvin Laird said the Pentagon knew of torture but kept silent to spare families.
Washington AP reports Elsworth Bunker resigns as ambassador to South Vietnam after six years. Graham A. Martin, former ambassador to Thailand, is named his successor. Bunker, 78, will take other duties, possibly as an Indochina affairs adviser, with talks planned with President Thieu at the White House.
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