Show 10B Sunday Oqden April 19 1937 Save $50 $60 $70 On Soldiers of Bataan Death March honored SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — It’s been 45 year since Gene Jacobsen marched 70 miles without food and water with the sun beating down his neck watching friends bayoneted and shot when they ran from the ranks to drink from nearby ponds' He has reflected much on that ordeal the “Bataan Death March” of World War II and the su&equent three years he spent in Japanese prison camps until the end of the war Since his liberation1ife has gone on He received a doctoral in education taught at the University df Utah and and undertook visiting Reaching assignments throughout the Wbrld He married raisedY son and two daughters and now has sever- al grandchildren Y v’ Since retiring he served on boards and committees to better his community and profession and he has fulfilled several assignments with his wife Barbara for the Mqrimnr Church t But the memories of the march of walking nearly naked in the moist summer heat of the Philippines while bunched together with othei suffering men in his squadron were Crystallized again this month by a letter from the secretary of the Air Force The letter advised Jacobsen he was ing the Bronze Medal of Honor given belatedly to the survivors' of the death march on orders by President Reagan Tfie medal came last week and the floodgate containing all those thoughts reuectiops and viyid scenes of torture and death were “The one good thing jhat came out of that is that nothing really bothers me much now" Jacobsen said “At the time of the march walking along and watching men get killed you thought a lot about what you did with your life and you hoped you did OK “Later in the prison camps you learned to appreciate everything in life and petty things that seemed a nuisance before just weren’t important" he said There were times during the torture and mistreatment that hatred for his captors swept in “But the day we were told the war was over and we were being freed and the Japanese officer at the prison camp told us he hoped now the United States and Japan could be friends all the bitterness seemed Car Insurance to sweep away from me A feeling of serenity and peace came over me And I have had no bitter feelings for what happened ever since" Jacobsen said Prior to that the bitterness ruled where 11000 Americans vainly tried to dig in and hold off the Japanese onslaught fell on May 9 1942 The Americans became prisoners of war were lined up in squadrons and the march to the first prison camp began “We weren’t given food or water for 12 days" said Jacobsen “There were ponds of water at the side of the road but w hen men were caught running out of ranks for 'a drink they were bayoneted Still they tried and many were successful “We all ran out of ranks one time or another to get a drink" he said bn saving food 19T6 CEICO has food money on their car insurance Find out how much you may save Call us todav GE1C0 offers you Custom coverage Convenient payment plana claim service Call us today or stop by our local office: imm FREE RATE QUOTATION Call or Visit Today 773-059- 5 1977 No Main (Comer of Antelope Lavton & Main) V Army Dep'pt to hire 1 50 vets then cut back ARMY DEPOT (AP) Tooele Army Depot officials say they will offer 150 temporary jobs to military veterans but the work will last ortfy until Sept 24 when the installation must trim its payroll by nearly 350 employ- accept no applications for the temporary positions because they will be given to former employees and veterans who already have applications on file “As a result of this increase the depot will be hiring temporaries ees as well as giving the emThe autumfl cutbacks in the ci- ployees that qualify an oppoftuni-t- y vilian work force are'ing reto accept temporary positions" i the depot said quired by order of TAD officials said Friday lr Last month a group of 25 Meantime the office of Inspect Vietnam-er- a veterans complained tor General of the US Army in‘‘ Jhey had been furloughed from Washington DC has confirmed thtfit jobs in the supply section of it is investigating allegations of the depot because they had been denied opportunities for permanepotism at the depot Further Kathy Gallegos of nent slots due to nepotism and Utah Rep Jim Hansen’s office mismanagement said she too will look into the alThe veterans were hired several years ago as legations employees Depot officials said they have meaning they could be laid off at received authorization to “inprogram any time The crease the manpower and level of was instituted said depot officials to give the Army flexibility staffing” through September 1987 in increasing or decreasing the A prepared statement said the number of its employees depend TOOELE depot’ will — ing on its needs But the veterans had complained that employees in other sections of the depot had been given more opportunities for permanent slots as they opened up They prepared an official complaint and sent it to members of the Utah congressional delegation and the Department of the Army Depot officials have said they were required to furlough the employees as is their right by law because of an order from higher Army officials that they needed to reduce the number of their employment slots The Army said the temporary jobs would include painters’ helpers sandblasters equipment cleaners mechanics’ helpers and general laborers But by the end of September the depot must be at 3609 employees down from the current 3800 officials said TQicA&uC 4 'TKfo' $ewelen& e Year Mother-of-th- Contest Tell us In no more than two (2) legibly printed or typed pages why Mother should be Richard’s Mfg Jewelers’ Mother of the Year 2000 DOLLARS 43 ct Diamond Ring Black Hills Gold Pendant Diamond Earrings Including: ENTRY Brigham FORM AND Locations RULES must be picked Categories: 8 yrs years years years and 19 up at Newgate Mall and 1st 2nd 3rd prizes for each category displayed at store lo- Under 8 your IN PRIZES cations older 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HURRY! 70 S Main Brigham City 1194 Newgate Mall Richfield mayor says she’s innocent of fraud RICHFIELD (AP) — Mayor Sue Marie Young says charges she her son and committed communications fraud when they were officers of a defunct construction company are untrue and “reckless allegations” Young her son Stephen A Alan Young and Young were charged with felony counts in 10th Circuit Court this week in a complaint signed by Sevier County Attorney R Don Brown The charges allege the three formed a corporation for the purpose of obtaining property owned by the LA Young Sons Construction Co’s profit sharing plan and then used fraudulent means in an attempt to sell that property to the Utah Department of Transportation Young also chairman of the Utah State Board of Regents on Friday denied any “These are reckless allegations I will be preparing an aggressive defense of these charges When the truth comes out I will be vin dicated” she said “I ask my friends to suspend judgment until this case is tried in court I am very anxious to have my day in court” Alan Young is charged in all while Mayor seven counts Young is charged in three counts and Stephen A Young in two counts All three are charged with devising a scheme to “defraud another person or to obtain from another money property or anything of value by means of false and fraudulent pretense representations promises or material omissions from September to December 1985” The charges allege they agreed to form a partnership “Cottonwood Development” to obtain property in Sevier County valued in excess of $100000 which was owned by LA Young Sons Construction Company Profit Sharing SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Oh thank heaven — for milkman Jim Godnick at a local early morning customers may have thought On Friday Godnick who stops at the convenience store as part of his early morning milk run for Meadow Gold suddenly found himself behind the counter When he cheeked in with his the clerk cheeked out delivery "He just walked out He didn’t say anything about quitting He just left" said Godnick So for the r before the next clerk showed up for his shill 670 O 7° Certificate financial plum! 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