Day Of Infamy Recalled From Clark Field POW Saga
Herbert F. Johnson of Sandpoint recounts the Pearl Harbor attack and 44 months as a prisoner of war in the Philippines and Japan. He details the siege of Clark Field on Luzon, the long march to San Fernando, and his postwar life in the Air Force and civilian work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brian Moe
BeeStaff
Franklin
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Clark, Air Field
Phillipine Islands
U.S. Navy
Honolulu
Hawaii
Clark Field
Army Air Force
Luzon
Philippines
U.S
Herbert F. Johnson
Sandpant
Air Field
Johnson
Air Force
Army Air Corps
United States
Bataan Peninsula
Corregidor
Marvalis
San Fernando
Bataan
Japan
Muki Shima
Hiroshima
Clark Air Field
U.s.i
Sandpoint
US Forest Service
Syringa Heights
Fagthis, Ge Wi
Sy Herbert F. Johnson
Tohovel Vista
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Marked Quietly in Hawaii
Pearl Harbor observers mark the 36th anniversary with low key services. Veterans plan wreaths at the Arizona memorial while the Army museum hosts an observance. At the time, the attack killed 2212 Americans and led the United States into World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Yuen
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
UPI
Pearl Harbor
United States
Navy
W. Graham Clayton Jr
Hawaii
Far East
U.S
Arizona
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Japan
Nazi Germany
Army Museum
Fort DeRwsy
Sandpoint Weather Forecast With Caveats
Sandpoint and vicinity expect cloudy skies with a 8 percent chance of showers Thursday. Temperatures will dip to the upper teens to upper 20s tonight, with Thursday highs in the 30s to low 40s. The extended Idaho forecast shows unsettled conditions with snow possible and highs in the 30s to low 40s, lows mainly in the 20s. Pend Oreille lake level sits at 2051.46 with winter pool maintained until spring runoff. sunrise 7 20 a.m. and sunset 3 58 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Pend Oreille
U S and Korea Seek Immunity Deal Over Park Testimony
UPI reports the United States and South Korea drafting an immunity agreement to let millionaire Tongsun Park testify in Washington about the Capitol Hill influence peddling scandal. Terms aim to ease tensions as Park faces U.S. charges of mail fraud bribery and corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kim
Seoul
South Korea
UPI
United States
Tongsun Park
Washington
Capitol Hill
Park
U.S
Cyrus Vance
Torgson Park
Congress
South ‘Korea
Foreign’ Ministry
Richard_. Sneider
Park Tong-jin
Ameri
House
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
House Ethics Committee
Korea
Sandpoint Boy Beats Paralysis through Therapy and Help
Dennis Sakofsky of Sandpoint survived a October stroke that left him paralyzed for two weeks and unable to walk for a month. He has made rapid gains with daily therapy, school tutoring, and generous local support including a donated waterbed and crutches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Sakofsky
Sandpoint
Dennis
Harriet Sakofsky
Sacred Heart
Spokane
Sakoutsky
Sakofsky
Steve Sodorff
Bonner County
Larry Goldberg
Farmin School
VFW
Sandpoint Drug Store
Sakofsky’s
Gunnings Alley
Liberty Vinyl Corporation
Seattle
Banner General
Liberty Vinyl
Sakofskys
Robert Grand
Danny Christianson
Randy Rouse
Dharma
Cleo
Rouse
Ehrlichman Paroled by U.S. Parole Commission in 1978
John Ehrlichman former Nixon aide convicted in Watergate receives parole effective April 27 1978 after a panel decision amid concurrent sentence reductions from judges including Sirica and Gesell. He has served at the Federal Prison Camp Safford Arizona since Oct 1976 with eligibility earlier in Oct 1977.
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ED Rogers
Washington
UPI
U.S Parole Commission
John Ehrlichman
Richard M. Nixon
White House
U.S
Parole Commission
Ehrlichman
Safford
Ariz
HR. Haldeman
John Mitchell Haldeman
Mitchell
John Sirica
Gesell
Sirica
Abortion policy showdown threatens federal paychecks delay
Congress remains deadlocked over subsidized abortions for rape and incest victims as the House and Senate clash on prompt reporting and life of the mother provisions. If no agreement is reached by Thursday, 745000 federal workers and 600000 state and local employees paid with federal funds may face Christmas payless payday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheryl Arvidson Washington
UPI
House
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Senate
Robert Michel
R-Nl
Michel
Sen
Edward
HEW
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Tokyo
Sandpoint Youth
Nixon
Sinca
Ehrichman
Siricas
Somebod
Gerhard
Damiel Elsberg
Psychianst
Lewis Fielding
Brooke
R-Mass
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