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Show i5;.!'t RIO TI5K I) XII V I'tah, Tuesday, PwtmlKr IIF.KAL1). Provo, 5, 1 W5 Utah man educates aboiu World War raid on To! Mil r: : jso't '. ;Ji-. - . ' ) v.... ' I - 1 j - - ROY (AP) Chase Nielsen's latest mission is to tell anyone who wants to listen about his role in one of the most daring attacks of World War II. The Brigham City I 1 V C I - ' - v' '"v K ,1 A r man wants to remind people about how the Jimmy Doolittle raid on Tokyo in 1942 revived a country reeling from too many defeats. f j V.' . .'. " ; I 7 v ; '; Of y , r ,yV'A4 ' 1 ' : ' - 1 ' : ? c t ; el V . ' i i il; ? a" ' i a l-- Ml Li z- - 5 j f 1 VH, .41' "'iU& I- - 1 1 . . .'. i 1 i I town, Colo., Saturday. Spectators from Colorado and Wyoming overran the little town last weekend for the festival, which is held each December . "I remember thinking, Associated Press Colorado Conaress-woiua- n Pat Schrocder sot out on a cruise to the Thanksgiving By The !i, llamas with her I'amiK. she was ii tout on getting their leedhack on liji thoughts about retiring alter 2 terms in the U.S. House. There was still a chance she could he persuaded to seek reelection. But by the time they cruise. returned from the three-da- y Schroeder's mind was made up. The Denver Democrat last v.eek announced her decision, saving she was ready to try something eke and would not seek in 19. "I've spent most of my adult lite under that dome on the floor a pasenting the I si Congressional Schrocd district." the er said. "It's time to move on." Her family and staff said die decision was the culmination of more than a year of Her two grown children. Scott and Jamie, urged her to pursue another career while she still has the time and energy. "I felt it was critical for us to support her in this decision." her daughter. Jamie, said. "She is so loyal to the family, if we had pitched a fit. she would have probably reassessed the situation, although I think her mind was made up.' Only Schroeder's husband. Jim. urged her to stick it out. An attorney, he played devil's advocate and told her people count on her and that she is a leader in g. toenail clippers and eventually found his way to shore. "There I was 6,000 miles from doing here, and how in the hell are " you going to get out from here?' Nielsen said. A Chinese guerrilla found him and he was reunited with his pilot But someone in the and Chinese garrison told the Japanese where to find the three Americans, and they were suddenly prisoners of war. "Being a prisoner was something I had never prepared for," Nielsen said, his voice breaking. " i Heating vive the Doolittle raid fade. "We should enjoy our freedom and don't hamper the liberty ofj other people. I don't think my buiK dies died in vain. They died to per--! petuate this idea," Nielsen said. it's The Bennett family believes Pavlinac, i 16-ye- ar Gingrich's nemesis. in Utah County sad-fac- believe?" They say they'll never feel they know w ho killed Taunja. But they blame Pavlinac for much of their pain. "She might not have killed her. United Way Volunteer Center 374-810- 8 rg!,i'Ba 1 GRAND OPENING faces he drew on his letters. In November. Jesperson testified that he had met Taunja Ben nett at a bar and taken her to his I home. Without emotion, he described how he beat her and tied 1 1 vv a rope around her neck. of being House Speaker Newt Volunteering ing publicity. "I feel like she's the grandmother; then there's Jesperson, the Happy Face killer; and then the other guy (Sosnovske), the innocent drunk," Rowe said. "How do we know what to back up opened everything again." The truck driver, Keith Hunter Jesperson, later was captured and confessed to the murder of Bennett, and to the deaths of seven other women in Five states He came to be known as the Happy Face Killer because of the smiley whose family publicly campaigned for her release, has portrayed herself as a victim. And Jesperson, they say, is only seek- "When I heard this, I just started shaking," Bennett said. "I can't handle this.' It thought, caught several people by surprise, including Kip Cheroutes. a staffer. "She kept it very close to the vest." Cheroutes said. "This has been a personal, gradual thing. There's been a lot of introspection over the past few months." Some observers have attributed decision to the Schroeder's Republicans' new dominance in Congress and relegation of Democrats to the minority party. They also speculate that she doesn't relish a role consisting mainly ; "They're toying with Taunja's the media. announcement But at the very least, she delayed the investigation," Bennett said. "She needs to know the pain she put us through. How can she go on and smile and have a clean conscience? She should pay more, more than the five years for lying like that." Pavlinac has said she confessed to escape what she described as an abusive relationship with Sosnovske. After her release, she said she was sorry for everything she had put all the families through. ' Bennett says she just wants to bring an end to it all. "This will bug me until the day I die," she said. "Why can't we just let her rest." name and the justice system." 1 1 Alum Royal Furniture Introduction Price DUUfxiro 1 I I I Mexican Art 10 -- - 20 Off You no longer have to cross the border to find the beauty of Mexico! All of the finest royal Mexican furnishings have come to Utah! 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Doolittle Raiders had been killed.I As it turned out, some had been; executed by the Japanese and one; ' died in prison, Nielsen said. ; Nielsen, who retired from the; Air Force in 1961, holds no; grudges against the Japanese peo;-p-le. atmosphere of television and newspaper coverage. And Jesperson continued his quest for publicity, offering to talk, but for a price. ul But in the end. she decided she had put in her time. Schroeder's believe he ',' safety Nielsen's plane ran out of fuel and crash-lande- d somewhere near the rocky China coast. Separated from his crew, Nielsen swam in the dark until exhausted. He got caught in fishing net, which he cut through with release Pavlianc and Sosnovske. Last week, the two walked out of prison and into a circuslike " Bennett said, shaking her head. "It's over." But in the spring of 1994. Bennett's emotions were torn open trucker had said again. A long-hahe killed Taunja bragging of the murder in a note on a bathroom wall in Montana and in a letter to ov er now,' amily cruise spawns 'no' vote or Colorado congresswoman When lice-ridde- tr er her blood. Jesperson was convicted and prosecutors worked feverishly to ld Season of Saint Nicholas - Finally, one day, a Nielsen heard a commotion outside his cell, and saw American soldiers headed for his door. A'. stunned Nielsen couldn't believe; She died. He said he later had to paint the walls of his house to cov- PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Five years after the wind carried her daughter's ashes away, and more than four years after she watched two people go to prison for her daughter's murder, Loretta Bennett is struggling to find peace once again. woman has felt The a return of anguish in the twist of events that released Laverne Pavlinac and John Sosnovske from prison. She thought she had found closure in 1991 when Pavlinac and Sosnovske were convicted after they confessed to the murder of Taunja Bennett. - AP Photo Pressed in a robe and carrying a staff, John Tyler . ' i i ai r (.yrirays oami wicnoias uunng ine anr)uai unrisi-i.ta- s Festival in the tiny mountain city of George i Other instances he was hung by. handcuffs on his cell wall, and had! bamboo shoved under his nails. . ; "I don't think I was really afraid of dying," Nielsen said. "The big thing was who will even! I know what happened to me." Ordeal not over for family of slain woman Af " i . ! XL Pif; i "4. i - i! I I 1.4 I : I; - 1 cuted. cuers couldn't true and it still draws tears from Nielsen, the lone Utah man to fly on an assignment that many believed would end in death. "We weren't sure where we were going," Nielsen says. "We were just told it would be very dangerous and we would probably be gone 90 days. Nielsen was a navigator in the Army Air Corps, when the Japan ese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, shocking the nation and sparking wild designs for revenge. Nielsen volunteered to train under Doolittle because of his bombing. experience in low-levIn all, 16 crews were asked tox accompany Doolittle in April 1942 on the aircraft carrier Hornet. Nielsen and the others weren't told what their target was until a few days before their final takeoff. "We were told not to tell anyone about it, " Nielsen said. "Our lives depended on it." The planes left the Hornet on Wv1 ... r;-,- ; : American Legion posts, anywhere to talk about it," said Nielsen's wife of five months, Phyllis. "This is something children need to know about. A lot of people don't even know what the Doolittle raid was." Nielsen's war story includes all the classic elements: courage and suspense, betrayal and sacrifice. The only difference is that his is hi"! . U frr 1 t For the next three years; Nielsen was tortured, beaten and tormented by his captors in prison : camps in Japan and China. Many;; times he was told he would be exei; "We weren't sure where we were going. We were just told it would be very dangerous and we would probably be gone 90 days." Chase Nielsen "He goes to high schools, ttw-- 1 radio broadcasts. The planes dumped conventional and incendiary bombs on the city, and met no resistance. The group tried to escape then to China, but just before reaching ld r I - the wind out of youi: ! sails, if you had anything left." 'it takes all 8, and flew into Tokyo with guidance from Japanese civilian April account NO PER MINUTE CHARGES ALMOST AUVAYS A LOCAL CALL JJthe Greater Provo Area " I ml. fi experience the warm yr Fmi feelings of a new environment UNLIMITED New! Now with local access in 261 North University Ave. Provo (801 ) 375-398- 9 1 - |