Torture in Saigon Prisons Revealed by Exile Accounts
Documents smuggled from South Vietnamese jails and interviews with former prisoners depict widespread torture by police and prison officials since the North Vietnamese offensive. Accounts describe beatings, forced nudity, water torture, electrical prods, and other abuses in detention centers before transfer to Con Son and Chi Hoa prisons.
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Saigon
Nguyen Thi Yen
Trinh Dimoban
Yo Bi Bach Tuyet
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Narcotics Raid Netted Marijuana in Hallidayboro Area
A Friday narcotics raid in Hallidayboro recovered over 10 pounds of marijuana. Pleasant A. Vaughn, 20, of Hallidayboro, was arrested on possession charges and held in the county jail awaiting a circuit court appearance Monday.
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Hallidayboro
Jackson County
John Hoffman
Hoffman
Pleasant A. Vaughn
Vaughn
EPA moves Test Lab to new regional facility by Dec
EPA plans a move of its test lab to a new regional site by December 1. More than 16200 from the General Revenue Fund已 been released for equipment and furniture. The current lab tests water pollution in the Kaskaskia Saline Big Muddy and Lower Mississippi basins and land pollution south of a line from East St. Louis. The lab will occupy one large room and three smaller rooms beside EPA facilities on old Route 13 west.
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General Revenue Fund
Kaskaskia
Big Muddy
Mississippi
East St. Louis
EPA
Old Rt. 13
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Bnee
Sydney H. Schanberg
New York Times Saigon
Department of Public Health
Chautauqua
Smith Alsop
Westmore Plaza
Sawyer
S. Illinois
Epps
Epps Motors, Inc
Caresndale, Illinois
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