Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 17, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 Winnipeg free september local Vietnam draft dodger Felt saved at Emerson staff Leporter on a sunny summer Day in Dave Cramer packed his Plymouth Belvidere Sedan with everything he owned and headed for away from a draft that would land him in t remember How funny it was driving a car that was bouncing on its said was so packed it bottomed out on the then a student from with a teaching said everyone his age was As terrified and paranoid As he then he got to the Emerson Border 1 remember looking Back at the Border on the other Side of the Road and its a in there Are no official records of How Many draft dodgers or deserters ended up in Canada during the Vietnam but estimates Are that to Young americans headed who been in Winnipeg 29 cant understand Why the government wont leave Randy Caudill its unfair and its it seems to be intentionally designed to cause suffering for some perverted sense of set Ting an Cramer said of Caudillo arrest last week at the Border in Washington Caudill has lived in Winnipeg since 1968 after ducking out of the marines and is now await ing charges at a Marine base in Don Marks was coordinator of the War resister information program from 1974 to 1976 in he helped draft dodgers get their charges dropped by finding mistakes in their files and appealing to the attorney generals 1 letter writers want Caudill Back Home a1 about draft dodgers in Canada used the Marks said he dealt with people who go Home to their own fathers funerals because the Fri would show up to arrest he sympathizes with after 30 its i Haven even thought about the Vietnam War in is Marks Marks Job ended in 1977 when then of resident Jimmy Carter granted Complete and unconditional pardons to All Vietnam draft evaders who were not involved in any violent in under the Gerald Pord there was a clemency program for deserters returning to the states if they did some form of alternative such As Community a few years the program was but not everyone feels sorry for Ron president of the Manitoba Chap Ter of the Canadian Vietnam veterans Assoc a fought in Vietnam for four months in 1965 with the Parkes said Caudill became a Marine when the Vietnam War was in full he had to have known there was a Good Chance of him Parkes said its not like he didst know what was going Parkes said marines have a Strong and Strong feelings about those who served and those who took desertion is right up there with murder and during world War men were shot for Parkes it makes it look bad for All those who did their watch for font House Fine Home furnishings fall Home Sale flyer being delivered tomorrow in selected areas to free press see our advertisement in tomorrows free press for even More fall Home Sale Canadian professional custom window door installations specializing in Loewen window door products 9813850 your source for Canon multifunction Colour Printer scanner 720x360 Dpi Colour Printer prints at 5 pages 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next two recovering from extensive Burns to All four of her suffered in the 4 a dentist who works at a Vancouver says she had wanted to visit Israel but kept on putting it because there was always something going on i knew about the bombing a few weeks ago in but the Odds of anything Ever happening to me seemed so the Vancouver clinic that Wise works quite is named after a Cana Dian jewish woman who died in a bus bombing in Israel years she Wise arrived in Israel on to do Volun Teer dental work for underprivileged children in the afternoon of the Wise met a Friend from new Gregg Salzman at the Village Green restaurant for a Friend of his joined a woman named while they were chatting Over lunch Wise the big Man dressed up As a who turned out to be one of the five minutes the bomb went one minute i was chatting and the next minute i was on the while she was lying on the Wise looked around to see who had a piece of Metal shrapnel from the bomb com ing out of her and whose nose was Cut when Wise left Diana was still in a coma in intensive care at a Hospital in i thought that my Friend Gregg had file photo a Soldier consoles an israeli woman after Market blast in which Wise was 7 was covered head to toe in sandstorm and Are covered in Sand All i saw was parts of people and his Wise but Gregg he was blown Down the Street by the and suffered the same kind of Burns As after Wise saw she began checking herself to see where she was bleed a Nail from the bomb was lodged in her left 1 was covered head to toe in human like when youre in a sandstorm and Are Cov ered in she within israeli police and ambulance attendants arrived at the it was there was a Man inside my ambulance who was bleeding pools of and the soldiers had to Wade through the blood to get to other people in the she eight peo ple died in the including the three bombers and an injured person who died More than 190 people were in the Wise shared a room with a Young israeli who also had Exten Sive Burns on her her family treated me As if i was one of their they bought me slippers and a shirt and visited Wise Wise was amazed at the outpouring of affection that she received from israelis she had never met israelis rally around their she youth groups brought Flowers and bake shops brought fresh bread for the jewish Sab and israelis would come and ask for my name and mothers name so they could Pray for me at the Western a nurse gave me a present before i Wise and her room mate were visited in hos Pital by israels president Ezer Weitzman and by United states Secretary of state Madeline Albright told us that she knew that wed be of because our eyes were Wise asked if she Felt hatred towards Palestin Ian extremists As a result of the Wise said i Haven had feelings of i dont feel badly for the i see them As victims of people who have manipulated them into believing that they Are heroes for giving up their As for the peace Wise has her i want to believe its but i dont think that it Burron lumber Sale 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