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

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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

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

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' 4,NTON10, -Jex. (AP) - N !Ct»l roooo landing ex- w»s marked by medl- i »n«s which may shape ' ' jwr missions. J ries Berry, chief as- • •iJoctor. said Monday the ' •• ' U astronajts expert- ' ledical phenomena nev- •I « noted in more than ' 1 irs of man in space. i stronauts. he said, ob- ' ' iriihtnt flashes of light » fy closed their eyes in a ■ II portion of the space- .r. ■lid the lights, seen only 1? astronauts closed their eyes, are thought to be caused by charged particles or rays from the sun or from space penetrating fhe astronauts ' eye- hdS| ■Astronauts Charles A. Conrad Jr. Richard F Gordon Jr. and Alan L. Bean also experienced sensitivity to lunar material. Dust from the moon. Dr- Berry said, caused their lungs and noses to. become congested. Dr Berry noted that mem- bers of ttie Apollo 11 crew, also exposed to dusi. reported no ir- ntation. He said more stnngent efforts will be made on future moon i Sub Has Big Role ' If, TON (API - A ■ ( apable of hitting the on with nuclear mis ■ do. keri in a U S port XTg to play an imi or- In (he Pentagon ' s ira ling for ih» l»70s i , ihe program. » by the Na y as indersea long range I yit«m— was all but iiig BW mav be ' nfvPssarN it the Snvin mis ilr deplo nient con- tinue or if there is no agreeio«ql .11 ihf Rvissian l ' arrrurUmita tion lartt lither ivnem tioaM pitHo ft a nieany o( e (»Sndmg Aif } S. niicle.v arsenal t» a «lre suF vvixal «?f I lir t.. anion of tlw me IK. In ffljliators ' fJnve dur- inj Aauritttie aiuck..,- er (ighrid nen Rip ifo North ■.A N.D. (Special) Hmefs hat tnck belp llforks Red R ' « » 1,, here Friday iu« I i,R««i« » • finished tbe mght . ,, .cOTtng for the secor , RKien ' P ; joto Botsfonl. J , »nd Phfl Schroedw. ,i Lang ' s hat tnck ■ ,, tor all tJ 5P R,ver gloalie M ., out 19 shots while Non . oiHiftad tun»d baca ' win Ufti the R«W»» . go the season. 1 re )o» acoww- .1 » 1 1 Oat landings to keep the Interiors of spacecraft free of the black lu- nar dust. The Apollo 12 crewmen also reported visible body changes during the early part of their trip Berry said the astronauts ob- served that each »eem«d . 10 have ' a fuHer face during the first 24 hours of flight He said they alto noted that they had reddened eyes and flushed faces during that period. Berry attributed the change to pooling of fluids in the head. UHospital More Taxes Papers Are Filed Articles of in(.orpoi;ii.on for Ihe Lniled Hospiljl in (.r.iiid F-orks have been filed «.ith the Se. retdr o( Siatf .it Bismjn k Papers filed list as ■n- corporators the names of John Ka. kjnger Hit-. Rkc Dr Robert ■fainter. Dr Ben I idvburgh and Jerome Dunlevy Jr The filing of- ' hr papers of in- corporation IS another slep ' m I the ' ontmjing development ] toward a rnedii il center ml Grand Forks Despite the advance.] spokesmen tor betb Grand Forks hospitals have pledged an I interest — a vnllinj;ness to m- I ' .estimate the- Tioed for a one- hospral i om ep ' There is no committment be-.ond that point All of the ini orporators wi-ir merr,i ' rs of a ■.pet,;! ui - rommittee of the parent fom- rr.jnii ' . Heulth Pianrmp ' ' im miftee Thev viere named at an e.]rl:eT da e ' r. ' hirirnan H ' ' Bud) Puemmele to ' irruyr menr the formation of a oe ' forpora ' ion l-rank Brii; ' S s ' -mor ron aulfant for the fhirago firm h ' fed I ' l siirse. frfund fnik-, health n ds told memi ers ihii formation of a legal ' orp ' i .iin.i does not hind nor romnii ' hospitals to any ' oorse of ai tion The Weather GRAND FORKS FORECAST Mostly fair tonight and FrI daj and contlnsed cold Lows tonight i:V20 below and highs Friday J.« above Chance of mouture Lew than 10 per rent through Friday. cwrison WASHINGTON (AP) — The Nnon administration budget in- clude almost $12 million for construction of the Garrison D: ersion project in North Dako:a S n Ml ton R Young. R-N D . and Re? Mark Andrews. R- N D . said this put Ihe water diversion project into full con- struction status. ■Ue can be sure now that viith budget estimales like this at a time when the budgets for most everything else are being rut bark that Garrison Diversion has a high priomy with the N - on administration, Young said The budget requests sent to con iress also include funds for Sonh Dakota from the Defense depjrtmen Intenor I pjrl- meni. Bureau of Indian Affairs ■ »r-nv Corps of Fnt neers