Pueblo Sailors Tell Court of Pueblo Captivity Atrocities
In a Navy court of inquiry, Pueblo crew members recalled brutal captivity in North Korea after the January 1968 seizure of the USS Pueblo. Charles Law testified he and other enlisted men faced threats of execution if the United States did not retake the ship, while Radioman Hayes described writing to the Ohio governor to seek release and even urged plans involving an atom bomb. Law described beatings, forced labor, and attempts to coerce confessions, with injuries including permanent eye damage.
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Charles Law
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Law
Chehalis
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Releas
Lee R. Hayes
Columbus
Ohio
Hayes
U.S
Kore
Korea
Loyd M. Bucher
Bucher
Pueblos
North Korea
Robert J. Hammond
Cornish
Enginenan i
William D. Scarborough
San Pedro
Riverside laborer granted stay on San Quentin death
A federal judge stayed the March 5 execution of Riverside County laborer Lawrence G. Modesto 38 pending U.S. Supreme Court review of death penalty standards. The stay cites challenges to guidelines and juror scruples as Witherspoon issues affect other inmates on death row in California and nationwide.
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San Quentin
Riverside County
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S
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Lawrence G. Modesto
Zirpoli
Modesto
California
Alabama
Arkansas
State Supreme Court
Witherspoon
Earl Clarence Sears
David Carl Mathis
Santa Clara County
Sears
Gene
Mathis
San Jose
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Reeves
Kern County
William ©. Douglas
Douglas
Robert Lee Massie
Los Angeles
Massie
Naacp Legal Defense Fund
Stephens Ralston
Legal Defense Fund
California Supreme Court
San Quentid Deal Taw
March
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Paul Eugene LaVergne
Gerald Albert Beivelman
Army cover up claim in slaying of prisoner at Presidio
UPI reports an Amy defense attorney contends the Army swept under the carpet the fatal shooting of Richard Bunch 19 a Dayton Ohio prisoner in the Presidio stockade sparking a prisoner sit down strike mutiny charges. Defense notes the Army released its version to newsmen while Colip and others await court martial proceedings in St. George Mojave Desert venue change granted.
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UPI
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Presidio Stockade
Richard Bunch
Dayton
Ohio
Laamit Yeary
John Colip
Richard Snyder
Wat Coli
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Colip
Kun Sypnicki
Ruch
St. Trwin
Mojave Desert
Prison diet blamed for malnutrition in Carthage inmate
Herman Baldridge, 37, of Carthage Missouri, said medical care at the prison was adequate, but he claimed the Communists never improved the diet to correct malnutrition problems. Navy spokesman DrentonIghi.
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Carthage
Navy
Dren Tonighi
Hearing notes 1957 order on prisoner health mail
A report from the hearing states a 1957 general order permits prisoners of war to communicate with the enemy about personal health and prison administration matters. The ruling outlines allowed correspondence and its scope within wartime prisoner welfare and security considerations.
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