POW Benge Returns Describes Brutal Five Year Ordeal
Michael Benge, 37, an AID official in South Vietnam, detailed five years as a prisoner of war. He described a 600 mile barefoot march through Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, starvation, rheumatic illness, and the deaths of two fellow captives, Betty Olsen and Henry Flood, at the Cambodian border and in North Vietnam. He recounted interrogations, near-starvation conditions, and injuries, while expressing no hatred toward the Vietnamese people and urging amnesty for Americans who served two years for the government.
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Washington
UPI
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Hepner, Ore
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Cambodia
Ho Chi Minh Trail
North Vietnam
Benge
U.S. Agency For International Development (Aid
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State Department
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Christian Missionary Alliance
Henry Flood
California
Miss Olsen
Flood
Hanoi
Terrel Benge
Hepner
International
Nixon
North
Vietnam
Hartley
Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Harry
Bertha Woods Haifley
United States Air Force
Europe
Harold
Ernest
Cotter
Raymond
Mildred) Bower
Eugene
Helen) Knorr
OSHA Education: OSHA Act Seminar At Washington High
A spring community education course in Washington covers the Occupational Safety and Health Act in a 10 week seminar for management personnel. Tuition is 25 dollars. Registration is Wednesday March 21 in room 201 at Washington High School. Meets Wednesdays 7 to 9 p.m. for 10 sessions. For details contact the local coordinator at 653 3113. pre registration available.
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Washington
Washington High School
Burlington Jazz Band Tops Washington Jazz Festival
Burlington High School Jazz Band won top honors at the second annual Washington Jazz Festival on March 10, with Woodward-Granger and Mt. Pleasant also placing in the high school division. Edison of M Harlan won junior high, and the evening concert featured Arnie Lawrence with the Washington Jazz Band.
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Burlington High School
Burlington
Woodward-Granger
Mt. Pleasant
Edison
Macomb
Ill
Washington
Washington Jazz
Arnie Lawrence
Larry Green
Green
Burlington, Pleasant and
Harlan
Hannibal, Mo
Mt Pleasant
Eddyville
Grinnell
Wilton
Willisea
Panama exchange student speaks at WSCS meeting
Roberto Proll, an AFS exchange student from Panama, was the guest speaker at the Methodist Women's Society of Christian Service general meeting in Fellowship Hall. Seventy five women attended. He presented slides of his homeland and joined a Q A session. Claire Keating presided. Planned training for officers and circle leaders set for Riverside on March 23. Program Helps meeting to be held April 2 in Mt. Vernon. Local church bus offered to transport members. Luncheon organized by Merle Turnipseed and Circle II. Devotions led by Neal Burton and Turnipseed.
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Roberto Proll
AFS
Methodist Women’s Society of Christian Service
Fellowship Hall
Roberto
Panama
Claire Keating
Riverside
Mt. Vernon
Merle Turnipseed
Circle II
Neal Burton
Turnipseed
Violinist Mari Tsumura to perform with SE Town group
Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra concerts feature Japanese violinist Mari Tsumura in Beethoven Violin Concerto at 3 p.m. March 25 Burlington James Madison Auditorium and 8 p.m. March 25 Mt Pleasant Town Wesleyan Chapel and 8 p.m. March 27 Ottumwa Heights Auditorium. Program includes Bach Suite No. 1, Delius Walk to the Paradise Garden and Mimaroglu Nocturne. Tsumura, Osaka native, studied in Japan and the United States and has prize wins in Mainichi and Merriweather Post contests, a Leventritt performer, and studies with Zimbalist Galamian. Admission with symphony card or $1.50 adults, 50 cents students.
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Town Wesleyan Chapel
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Ottumwa Heights
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Delius
the Paradise Garden
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Japan
Toshiya Eto
United States
Merriweather Post
National Symphony
Washington
D. C
Efrem Zimbalist
Ivan Galamian
Paul Makanobizsky
Curtis Institute of Music
Philadelphia
Tsumura
Leventritt
Symphony
Four 4-H Club Meetings Share Skating Plans and Talks
Cedar Clippers club hosted Charlene Gent and 14 members plus leaders and visitors for a Monday session. Debates covered a skating party, sewing and clothing topics, and a hospital thank you note. Washington Hustlers and West Chester group meetings featured nutrition, film, pledges, and community service. Rob Stout presided. Another note covers contrasting views on X rated movies from a Denver POW story with Ziegler favoring morality and Leopold preferring imagination.
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Charlene Gent
Cedar Clippers 4-H Club
Debbie Altenhofen
Denise Hammen
Linda Jones
Cherie Liebe
Brenda Bush
Charlene
Funeral Monday for Bob Haifley 53
Funeral services for Raymond R. Bob Haifley aged 53 of Washington will be held Monday at 1 30 p m in Sherman Eden Funeral Home with the Rev Phil Kaufman in charge Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery
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Raymond R
Bob) Haifley
Washington
Sherman-Eden
Phil Kaufman
Elm Grove Cemetery
Interdenominational Bible Study Begins at Washington Mennonite
An interdenominational Bible study starts this Wednesday March 21 at 9 a.m. at Washington Mennonite Church and will continue each Wednesday from 9 to 11 a.m. with a study from the Book of Acts. Mrs Art Smucker of Iowa City will help initiate the series. Anyone interested is invited and a nursery will be provided for small children.
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Washington Mennonite Church
Art Smucker
Iowa City
SAC Band to Perform at Iowa City High Auditorium
The SAC Noteables a 20 member Air Force band will play at Iowa City High School Auditorium on Thursday March 22 at 8 p.m. Admission is free. The concert presented by Noteables in cooperation with Iowa City Air Force Recruiting and Howard Robertson features a varied program from Glenn Miller to Blood Sweat and Tears. After the show the Noteables will audition high school seniors for enlistment in the Air Force Band Program. Sergeant Charles Weaver noted the group has performed with celebrities and invites interested musicians to contact the Air Force Recruiting Office for details prior to auditions.
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Count Basie
Burt Bacharach
Iowa City
Iowa City High School
Noteables
Strategic Air Command
Iowa City Air Force Recruiting
Howard Robertson
Air Force
Charles Weaver
Ed Ames
Anita Bryant
Jimmy Webb
Red Skelton
Boots Randolph
Freda Payne
Bud Brisbois
Joe Morello
Buddy DeFranco
George Robert Sergeant Weaver
Air Force Recruiting Office
On the Record legal notices in Maplewood Park Wellman area
The record lists transfers and interests including J. R. Miller and wife to Robert L. Swartzendruber for Lot 8 Block 4 Maplewood Park Addition Wellman, Verle Porter to Duane J. Mottet, Mabel Morris to George Philip Morris with undivided land interests in Sections 30 76 9 and 29 76.
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J. R. Miller
Robert L. Swartzendruber
Maplewood Park
Wellman
Verle
Margaret) Porter
Duane J. Mottet
Mabel Morris
George Philip Morris
Attorneys Day Everett Meeker Bates at Arbuckle Abstract
Livingston and partners Day Everett Meeker Bates and Craig Arbuckle announce their abstract department offices at 112 South B and provide contact via phone 653-2147 for title and property records services.
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Robert Day
Everett Meeker
Robert Bates
Craig Arbuckle
South B
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
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