POWs Find Faith Sustains Them In POW Camps
UPI report from Manila details Navy Chaplain Lt Cmdr Alex B Aronis recounting POWs in North Vietnam camps sustaining faith through prayer and scripture. A prisoner valued New Testament pages despite their use as cigarette wrapping, illustrating deep religious commitment and perceived divine support during torture and hardship.
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Patrick J. Killen
Manila
UPI
North Vietnam
United States
Navy
Cmdr
Alex B. Aronis
Los Angeles
Clark Air Base
Avonis
Clark
Government urges welfare reforms
The administration proposes sweeping welfare rule changes to cut ineligible payments and reduce overpayments. Officials say states gain tools to verify eligibility and cut back backlogs, while critics warn hardships for the poor from longer decision times and broader third party verification.
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Sarleson
Catherine Jermany
Welfare Rights Organization
Carleson
Voices told him to build copters in basement lab
In 1953 Bill Farington of suburban Denver began hearing voices that urged him to build helicopters, a quest that continues after two decades. He has crafted eight machines in his basement using fabric and light tubing, with a recent crash injuring his arm. FAA warned him for flying unlicensed craft weighing 2000 pounds, while he envisions helicopters as future mass transit and pollution solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter M. Kelly
Denver
UPI
Bill Forington
Forington
Farington
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Columbus Junction area hosts many upcoming events
Local notices list a senior citizens meeting on April 27 at State Bank with a social committee, a preview of the Tri Centennial slides, a May 5 wedding of Rita Sellers to Ronald Porter, club meetings, bake sale plans, and a bulb exchange. Also noted are a barber shop opening, Day Camp registrations, and a May 4 5 production of Bye Bye Birdie at Columbus Community School.
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Helene B. Dillon
Columbus Junction
Aline Smith
Millicent Johnson
Omaha
State Bank
Edna Sands
Viola Clark
Edna Roesger
Melba’ Edmondson
Toolsboro
Peoples National Bank
Rita Sellers
Ronald Porter
Warren Lewis
Robert Reaney
Don Howell
Victor Stacy
Columbus City
Dorothy Smith
Elsie Gabriel
United Presbyterian
Priscilla Club
Lola Whistler
Silver Leaf Rebekah Lodge
Wapello
Carla Harris
Veda Marsden
Erma Copelan
Patricia O'Donnell
Mediapolis
Chautauqua Park
Don Brown
Columbus Community Vocational Agriculture
Kenneth Carrell
Des Moines
Proxmire criticizes pay guidelines for big business
Senator William Proxmire denounces Nixon wage policy as inequitable, urging Dr. Dunlop to apply the same 5.5 percent worker cap to executive pay raises and bonuses. He cites Chrysler leaders Lynn Townsend John Ricardo and Henry Ford II with large increases.
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Washington
UPI
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Nixon
Proxmire
John Dunlop
Cost of Living Council
Dunlop
Lynn Townsend
Chrysler ‘Orp
John Ricardo
Chrysler
Henry Ford II
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Jesus
Iwer
Frankie Covello
Frankie
Net
Frank
Veterans
Cal Voluntary Action Center
Washington, D.C
Narése+ Center
Untary Action
Portland
Orc
Kathryn A. Rooney
Union Pacific Railroad
Miss Rooney
Washington Evening Journal
Columbus Jct
Bundy
Washington County Hospital
Bill Peters
Muscatine General Hospital
John Dillon
Iowa City
Columbus
Kingsbury Inn
James Gorham
Harold Drinkall
Marlene Griffin
Gorhams
CEA
Griffin
Edith Newton
W. Shakespeare
U.S
America
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