Widow recalls Vietnam officer as tunnel system recalled
Harriet Linnell speaks from Beaufort about Lt. Colonel George Eyster, first West Point graduate killed in Vietnam. AP photographer Horst Faas revisits Vietnam with a German tour group and meets Capt. Nguyen Thanh Linh, who recalls the Cu Chi tunnel complex that housed the battle that killed Eyster. Linh describes the tunnel octopus and the lasting impact on both sides. Eyster’s family continues military tradition.
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Harriet Linnell
George Eyster
Associated Press
Horst Faas
Peter Arnett
Faas
New York
West Point
Vietnam
George
Beaufort
D.C
Eyster
Saipan
Nguyen Thanh Linh
Fuas
U.S
Linn
Cu Chi
Linh
Jonathan Seaman
Tunnels under fire reveal long buried war secrets
An account recalls hidden tunnel networks used by Vietnamese forces during conflict. Soldiers describe digging for years in darkness, creating passages with careful earthwork while amputees waited in dim shelters. Captains speak of cautious movement, limited light, and the harsh conditions endured underground.
UA scientist to lead search in Negev for lost people
University of Arizona professor William G. Dever will head a five year project with Ben Gurion University to excavate Negev ruins left by a 400 year ancestral group believed to be Amorites. The dig aims to reveal their origins and water strategies while mapping 400 sites in a 40 mile belt. The effort, funded about 150000 dollars, will involve ethnologists and agricultural water experts. Dever will speak at the Archaeological Institute of America Tucson chapter meeting on October 23 at Levy's Fiesta Room.
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Negev Desert
Israel
University of Arizona
William G. Dever
Dever
Negev
The
United Church of Christ
Ben Gurion University
Beersheba
Near East
Tucson
Archeological Institute of America
Institute
Levy
Fiesta Room
Police official faces fourth count in bribery case
San Francisco police Inspector Walter Martinovich, suspended on embezzlement grand theft and concealing stolen property charges, now faces a bribery indictment alleging he solicited and received 1500 from a pawnbroker to quash an investigation of a loan company owner.
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San Francisco
UPI
Walter Martinovich
Dozens of planes stolen as drug trafficking grows
At least 16 airplanes stolen in Arizona this year, 20 in California, nine in Texas amid rising drug smuggling. Dope flights use US pilots to ferry aircraft to Mexico for marijuana drops. authorities note many losses linked to narcotics, with recoveries and seizures across several states and counties.
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Phoenix
Arizona
California
Texas
Southwest
Phil Jordan
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Maricopa County
Dominic Spezzano
Mexico
Canada
Spezzano
U.S
Frank Teachout
Tucson
Teachout
United States
U.S. Customs Service
Federal Aviation Administration
Luke Air Force Base
Jean Rhodes
State Aeronautics Division
Mohave County
Dave Rathbone
Rathbone
Yavapai County
Utah
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