Ex POW details brutal sufferings in Viet Nam captivity
Michael Benge a 37 year old U S civilian aid official described five years in captivity ending with a 27 month confinement in Hanoi. He recounted a 600 mile barefoot march across South Vietnam into Laos Cambodia and North Vietnam along with deaths of Betty Olsen and Henry Flood and brutal treatment by North Vietnamese captors. He said he faced malnutrition dysentery confinement and coercive interrogation while holding a grudge against the war regime yet expressed no animosity toward the Vietnamese people.
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Stewart Hensley Washington
UPI
U.S
Michael Benge
Hepner
Ore
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Ho Chi
Agency For International Development
AID
Highlands
Benge
State Department
Betty Olsen
The
Christian Missionary Alliance
Henry Flood
California
Miss Olsen
Flood
Hanoi
Nixon
North Vietnam
Ireland town hall bomb halts St Patrick's Day march in Claremorris
A bomb shattered Claremorris town hall hours before the St Patrick's Day parade. The blast damaged the roof and walls while windows broke in nearby homes. In Dublin the brass band pageant drew many crowds with 42 bands including six from abroad.
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Dublin
UPI
Ireland
Claremorris
Tom O’connor
United States
Ohio State Coach Fred Taylor Contemplates Northwestern Move
Ohio State basketball coach Fred Taylor, completing his 15th season, is seriously considering becoming Northwestern's head coach. Northwestern athletic director Tippy Dye, who coached Taylor at OSU, says Taylor is their top choice.
Cambodian air strike on Lon Nol palace injures dozens
A Cambodian Air Force T28 dropped two bombs on the presidential palace area in an apparent assassination attempt. The bombs hit nearby palace guard barracks, killing and wounding dozens of soldiers and their dependents, with initial reports listing at least 20 dead.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Lon Nol
Weather warnings and travel advisory for Vermilion to Port Clinton area
Lake shore warning for flooding west of Vermilion and high waves east of Port Clinton with shore erosion. Travelers face strong winds and mixed precipitation turning to wet snow, 2 to 4 inches by evening, then flurries. temperatures near 30 today and mid 20s tonight. Near 100 percent precip today, 50 percent tonight, 30 percent Sunday. Northeast winds 25 to 35 mph, gusts to 50 mph. Death notices for Amelia Scheid, Opal Dear, and infant Geant Lee Yates.
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Lake Shore
Vermilion
Port Clinton
Norwalk
United Press International
Lake Erie
Lucas
Ottawa
Reno Beach
Lucas County
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Ottawa County
Lake Front
Port Clinton Junior High School
Oak Harbor
Sand Beach
Willow Beach
Sand Road
Ohio 2
Ohio 269
Perry Street
West Lakefront Drive
Ohio National Guard
Two Perfect Scores Top 41 Superiors At Science Day
Norwalk eighth grader Mike Irwin and Western Reserve senior Sue Stackhouse earned perfect scores at the Norwalk Huron County Science Day for projects on how music and water affect plants and how urea improves cattle weight gain. The event crowned 41 superiors among 73 excellent and 29 good, with district-wide advancement to Heidelberg College on March 31. Diana Patton won a special $25 bond for cancer study.
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Mike Irwin
Norwalk
Sue Stackhouse
Western Reserve
Jack Irwin
Indian Terrace
John Stackhouse
Wakeman
The
American Cancer Society
Diana Patton
City Council Hears Supplemental Budget Plan On Tuesday
The council will consider seven new measures including a supplemental appropriation to amend the 1973 ordinance. The plan seeks a net $6,694 rise in 1973 appropriations to cover 1972 projects paid late and new items such as a city engineer truck and McGuan park facilities while accounting for unused 1972 funds.
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Douglas Colvin
McGuan Park
Edison Charged Over Oil Spill in Norwalk Creek
Ohio Edison Co faces charges from the Ohio Division of Wildlife for polluting Norwalk Creek after a February 24 valve failure released about 50 gallons of oil onto a roadway and into the creek. A.J. Gorant said he had not been informed, with Ohio Edison representatives due in Huron County Court on March 24.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Pentagon
Daniel Ellsberg
U.S. District Court
Matt Byrne
Byrne
Ellsberg
Sandusky
Cedar Point Chaussee
White’s Landing
Crystal Rock
Vermilion
Huron County
Ohio Edison Co
Ohio Division of Wildlife
Norwalk Creek
A.J. Gorant
Ohio Edison
Bay
Huron County Court
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Gridder
Youngstown
IRS
Washington
White House
Cincinnati
Donald C. Alexander
Internal Revenue Service
Alexander
Johnnie M. Walters
Senate
Taylor
Osu
Cambodian
Amelia Scheid
Monroeville
Opal M. Dear
Ashland
Geant Lee Yates
Lloyd Yates
New London
Greenwich
Diana
South Central High School
Lloyd Patton
Bill Ferrell
John Marquis
Pat Kelly
Beverly Frizell
Mark Kimmel
Brent Fox
Sheree Thomas
Denise Young
Vicky Wheeler
Mike Benz
Nancy Lopez
Chris Luce
Susan Ward
Tim Lynch
David Peabody
Dalene Searls
Susanne Sipple
Bob Meagrow
Linda Tucker
Mark McLoney
Douglas Hamilton
Gary Timman
Julie Shrade
Tim Rose
Rich Brutsche
South Central Junior High
Curtis Clemons
Amy Welty
Roger van Scoy
Stephen Coffey
Christopher Brown
Western Reserve Junior
Sandra Rice
Bernie
Old Island
St. Mary’s
St. Patrick’s
Rock ‘Kills
Council
Ernsthausen
Edison
St. Patrick's Day
Billie Whited
Bill Whited
Billie
Norwalk Day Care Center
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