Red River High School - Epilogue Yearbook (Grand Forks, ND)

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CONTENTS ACTIVITIES 11 ORGANIZATIONS 47 SPORTS 75 ACADEMICS Ill CLASSES 127 INDEX 161

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READY, SET, EAT! The chtcrleaders, football players, class com- mittees and Student Council all tried to prove that they were the fastest eaters. Miss Soli. Mr. Kopp and Mr. Pyle were a few of the teachers present to represent the faculty. Todd Patron was the Riders ' champion record holder for eating a whopper in the least number of bites. The competition was stiff as Red River, Central and East Grand Forks Senior High made the first Whopper of a Contest a great success. r

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FVoffj out of the past, the words oj Clijt Cushman. Grand Forks, stand tike sermons in stone written jor this story They w«rT not. Air Force dipt Chjton E Cuihmun wa» shot down in Vietnam m 1966. He is iisted a.i mr s ui in action and believed a prisoner o; war. Cushmun is one of the greatest athletes lo come out of the i ' u v«rstty of Kansas. He won a silver medal in the I960 Otympic h rd es In try-outs for 1964 Olympics he hit the fifth hurdle and sprawled inglonously to the track Th« words excerpted in the following article were con- tained in the open letter following that fall uhich he wrote to the youth of Grand Forks — uord ; which have been reprinted thousands of times. By ART RAYMOND Restdents of North Dakota and M;nn ota ar? bp:ne T-k ' d « joio a massive lener writing rampaign on ♦)ehalf of American pnsoners of war The effort is headed here by Capt Br.an Bennet and M,i r Mflton J. Warn Jr., both with the 319ih Bomb U ' ;r.- v Srand Porks Air Force Base They are being joined by a ;ro ' . tag ntnnber of people here and across the counin. ' Their ef ' or ' las been approved by the Pentagon and bv -.he A For p D ir ' t fed sorry for me. fee sorry for some of you. Cliff Cushman much rather foN knowing fi pwf fcrHt an honest effori fhan fo have tried ai of . CI ' tH If we can ' t pet mem ou . sertups we can make lon- Jmons betier for ' Jiem ijys Karl Beaton, whose husband s itationed ai the base She and thers are m tbe effort im at«d here by military peramacl. Mrs. Beaton spe,,l :n ' for rhe two officers who wer? on dory, urged, Oo not jr u« ' he menu of the w In far t p uTfft «o to neer iear of ih j ' 1 are talkmg about the wil bemgof our p sone EBCre purpose of »he Cjtnpwga is ' o bnnt; puh k ■re M b|jLr on seven na- laHtimiW have some ij «B Nora Vietra tnd oae J So far, Ol servicemen in the Vietnam War have been iden- tified as captured by the enemy Nearly 1,000 others are reported as missing in action and most are believed to be prisoners. TTie countries believed to have some influence ith North Vietnam are Cambodia. France, India, Poland, Romania. Sweden and the Soviet Union. Those who may wish are asked wnte the ambassadors of those countries in Washington, D ' These addresses, along with names, may be obtained by wnting to: Post Office Box 941, Grand Forks, N.D Little IS known of conditions for US men held pnsoner by the enemy What is known is bad Only 25 American prisoners of war have been released through the years — nine by North Vieomm and 16 by the Viet Cong Uniess your reach exceeds your grotp, how con you be sure w iof you cow aftain? Cliff Cushman Hanoi has stubbornly refu-sed to di ulge name.s of prisoners — or if, indeed, there are any pnsoners. except for limited and distorted information released sporadically for propaganda purposes. North Vietnam has refused ic abide by dtneva agreements. It holds that I S captives are not prisoners of war but cnminals It has not permuted neutral inspection of pnson camps North Vietnam signed the Geneva Agreement of 1957. It claims the provisions for prisoner of .ar ireaiment do not apply because there is no war TMere are some 3.000 next of km of Americans thought to be held pnsoner They li e the long days in a j flawing uncertainty, a stomach -flopping concern. Many, if not moi i. do not know if their loved one is alive — or dead Some are sus tamed by the knowledge and others by hope that theic man is ,vp — but a pRsoner There follows, then, the orry over ' wounds, hLs health, his state of qjIikI. the ■ hose coming bark have told of the untreated oi ninl inaled ' ion - ' ' ' miii ' iiiri,,,-, : l