Prison camp life included torture and isolation
At Clark Air Base, former American POWs detail North Vietnamese camps marked by months of solitary confinement, torture including thumb removal, and repeated injuries. Despite harsh treatment, prisoners formed covert networks and held classes, sharing songs and messages to stay connected amid monotony and fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Upi
North Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
CWO
Joseph Rose III
Bertha Dunbar Dies in Sigourney Nursing Home
Bertha Eisther Dunbar died Friday evening at Rest Haven Nursing Home in Sigourney where she had resided for years. The funeral is set for Monday at 11 a.m. at Powell Funeral Home in Keota with Rev. Donald Callen officiating. Burial will follow in Keota Cemetery. Friends may call after 9 a.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
Bertha Eisther Dunbar
Rest Haven
Sigourney
Powell Funeral Home
Donald Callen
Easter Seal mail project completes in Washington County
The 44th Easter Seal Society of Iowa campaign opens with residents receiving blue, green and white seals by mail. It runs March through Easter, April 22, under the Washington Business and Professional Women’s Club. Miss Schulty has already received hundreds of responses totaling 414.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easter Seal Society of
Iowa
Washington County
Helen Peiffer
Washington Business and Professional Women’s Club
Lloyd Marek
Washington
Geraldine Schulty
Marek
Miss Schulty
Septic Tank Talk Details Home Waste Care and Limits
Iowa State University extension engineer Dale Vanderholm told Cedar Rapids area residents at a sanitary waste disposal meeting last Tuesday that septic tanks require regular cleaning to prevent sludge and scum buildup and clogging soil absorption systems. He outlined treatment methods, soil suitability, and alternative systems for difficult sites, stressing that no current method guarantees safe discharge to waterways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Vanderholm
Extension Ag
Iowa State University
Vanderholm
Dale Faulkner
Washington County Soil Conservation Service Office
Earl Voelker
State Department of Health
William Day
Washington County Board of Health
Cedar Rapids Area Extension Service
ISU
Doctor Lawton to speak on kidney disease at ISU
Dr Richard Lawton director of the Kidney Dialysis Center at the VA Hospital Iowa City will speak Monday March 12 at 7 30 p m in the ISU meeting room The public is invited A film Gift of Life will be shown followed by a discussion led by Dr Lawton on kidney disease and the kidney donor program This meeting is sponsored by the Theta Lambda Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Lawton
VA Hospital
Iowa City
ISU
Lawton
Theta Lambda
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Deeds Recorded for Higgins Weeks and McDoles
On the Record Deeds item notes mucnara G Higgins and wife convey Lot 3 Block 6 South Washington Steele Lumber Washington Inc to Richard L Weeks and wife. Also Michael P McDole and Karolyn K McDole acquire Lot 56 in Schnoebelen's Sub-division Riverside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mucnara G. Higgins
Richard L. Weeks
South
Washington
Steele Lumber Washington, Inc
Michael P. McDole
Karolyn K McDole
Schnoebelen
Riverside
Wellman mother Naomi Miller dies at 100
Naomi M. Miller 100 of Wellman died Friday March 9 at Fehlberg Nursing Home. Funeral services set for Sunday 2 30 p m at Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church with Rev. Robert K Yoder and Rev Ron Kennel officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Survived by five daughters, three sons, 26 grandchildren, 76 great grandchildren, 13 great great grandchildren. Preceded by husband 1952 and daughter Mary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellman
Naomi M. Miller
Fehlberg
Lower Deer Creek
Johnson County
John B
Catherine Yoder Miller
David D. Miller
Strude Brenneman
George
Katie) Miller Sr
Olive Garber
Hubbard
Ore
Nettie Hershberger
John
Mabel) Berry
Bettendorf
Ralph Miller
Grants Pass
John D. Miller
Harold T Miller
Washington
Mary
Death of L. C. McNeese Stuns Mt. Pleasant Family
News comes from Mt. Pleasant of the unexpected death of L. C. McNeese formerly of Brighton. He died early today in a local hospital. Survived by his wife Freida Koch of Brighton. funeral arrangements are currently indefinite.
Education budgets face strain from enrollment shifts and course cuts
School officials grapple with tighter budgets as enrollment declines press districts to trim offerings while maintaining core programs. Smaller districts fear eroding vital education and may explore regionalization or cooperation with nearby schools. A Washington County Extension meeting on March 15, led by Dr. Ogg and Dr. Pounds, will discuss financing impacts and local implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Keota
Sigourney
Washington
Mid-Prairie
Highland
Waco
Washington County Extension Service
Kalona
Washington County
Wallace Ogg
Russell Pounds
Iowa State University
Ames
Farmers Savings Bank
Washington County Extension Office
Mareh B
Ropertttieken Welcomes Son in Ackley Area
Mr and Mrs Ropertttieken of Rural Route 2 Ackley announce the birth of a son this morning. Grandparents include Mrs Eunice Letts of Washington and Mr and Mrs Raymond Rieken of Ackley. The newborn’s sister is two year old Kelley. The mother is the former Carol Letts. Mrs Emma McAtlin moves to Washington Care Center at 601 East Polk. Gordon Johnson of Centrali Wash returns home after staying with sister Mrs Robert Choate. They visited Eldorado Kansas to see another sister Mrs Edwin Detwiler and family and stopped in Seward Nebraska to see uncle and aunt Theo Dierberger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ropert
Ackley
Eunice Letts
Washington
Raymond Rieken
Kelley
Carol Letts
Emma McAtlin
Washington Care Center
East Polk Street
S. Gordon Johnson
Centrali Wash
Robert Choate
Johnson
Choate
Dale Janecek
Jackie
Eldorado
Kan
Edwin Detwiler
Seward
Neb
Theo Dierberger
Joahn Vaughn Circle Hosts April Coffee Meeting
Joahn Vaughn Circle gathered at the Weeks home for a Friday 9:30 a.m. coffee with fourteen members and a guest. Florence Westen led with prayer, reports on White Cross projects were given, devotionals and prayer followed, and discussion questions from How Many More Americans Can It Happen Here were used. Cards were signed for Miss Lois Turnipseed and Miss Eula Cherry, a Turnipseed letter read, and Helen Ryner was announced as next speaker for April 13 at Don Lins home before the meeting closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Weeks
Ralph White
Joahn Vaughn
Florence Westen
Don Lins
White Cross
Berneice Howell
Marion Snodgrass
Lois ‘Turnipseed
Eula Cherry
Miss Turnipseed
Helen Ryner
Circle
Hospital Admit and Discharges Include Local Names
On the Record notes admissions at Wayland medical Ainsworth and Keota facilities. Discharges include Harold Snider to Mercy Hospital and several Washington residents Mrs Edna Humble Mrs Alice Zeck Mrs Oscar Cuddy Mrs David Schantz John Hubbs with births listed for Mr and Mrs Horak Mr and Mrs Graber and Mrs Triska plus a Brighton surgical case yesterday and Thursday entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Graber
Wayland Medical
Thomas Rabenold
Ainsworth
Jay Crone
Keota
Mary Triska
Washington
William Andrew Pence
Brighton
Larry Pitzer
Thomas Horak
Ralph Graber
Harold Snider
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Edna Humble Washington
Alice Zeck
Oscar Cuddy
David Schantz
John Hubbs
Crawfordsville
Andreotti to Meet Nixon in Washington in April
Italian Prime Minister Guilio Andreotti will visit Washington April 17 18 to discuss economic and political matters with President Nixon. The talks aim to address mutual interests within the NATO framework and related economic and political problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Guilio Andreotti
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
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E. T. Klassen
Senate Committee
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D-Wyo
Hiram Fong
Hawaii
Sen
McGee
Klassen
Dr. Lawton
Naomi Miller
L. C. McNeese
Weeks
C. L. Jennings
London, Iowa
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