Bataan escape 40 years later ex GI recalls swim to safety
George Verban reports on Zemo C Tarnowski of Amherst recalling his near death swim from Bataan to Corregidor in 1942 and years as a POW after the fall. Tarnowski, a U S Navy meteorologist aboard ships Houston and Augusta, endured currents for nine hours before reaching Corregidor. He describes starving conditions, lack of medicine, and false hopes for relief as U S forces faltered in the Philippines before Corregidor’s fall. He was captured May 6, 1942 and spent three years as a POW in Osaka, Japan, working as a stevedore with brutal treatment.
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UAW OKs GM pact amid mixed local votes
In Detroit UAW Vice President Owen Bieber announced a 52 percent contract approval after tallying 114 468 in favor to 105 090 opposed with 300 000 eligible. Local 780 at Elyria Fisher Body narrowly defeated the measure by 119 votes, signaling mixed feelings as the national agreement with General Motors moves toward signing on April 16 and taking effect Monday.
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General Motors
Elyria Fisher
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Larry Tanner
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Detroit
Owen Bieber
Elyria
Indians Face Uncertain Home Opener Weather
Persistent talk of Indian summer gives way to cautious hope as Cleveland Indians prepare for a Saturday home opener at Municipal Stadium. Forecasters predict cool, partly cloudy conditions with a small chance of snow, while stadium crews report snow cleared from the field and stands.
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Cleveland Indians
Bob Dibiasio
County won’t object to union vote in Lorain County
Lorain County Commissioners, in a unanimous Thursday resolution, said they have no objection to sheriffs deputies pursuing union elections, yet timetables remain unclear amid a lawsuit filed by the deputies association alleging a prior agreement to hold the election on April 29. The suit names Commissioners, Sheriff James A. Mertz, and labor consultant Howard Heffelfinger as defendants. a hearing is set for Monday before Judge Joseph Cirigliano.
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Deputies Association
Joseph Cirigliano
James A. Mertz
Howard Heffelfinger
Heffelfinger
Association
Carl Noll
Fred Ritenauer
John Keressi
Keressi
Jockeying among Democrats for Ohio offices spirals into confusion
A tangled race in Ohio shows Motts seeking re election in the 19th district while Feighan battles him for commissioner, Hagan navigates write in aims and chair duties, Gaul weighs a secretary of state bid leaving Kucinich and Sherrod Brown as possible beneficiaries. shifts follow a delayed redistricting bill and Stanton’s health driven exit.
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Ronald Mottl
Ohio
Motts
Mary Rose Oakar
Motti
Hagan
Feighan
Mottl
Executive Committee
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Frank Gaul
Gerald McFaul
Gaul
Dennis Kucinich
Cleveland
Sherrod Brown
Mansfield
Kucinich
William J. Brown
James Rhodes
Congress
William J. Stanton
Dennis E Eckart
Mottl’s
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