India erupts in anti-British demonstrations
800'000 steel works join millions of strike
France recognizes Ho's Vietnam State
Russians announce troops leaving Iran
Coal and rail strikes bedevil country
For one of the few times Dad had a job
He was a scab driver during the coal strikes
He had money to drink for a while we did not see him
Ivan and I searched through abandoned houses
We were kids we didn't know it was those displaced
We found coins hidden in the walls
Quarter a can from the Real Estate office
The rich get richer the poor poorer
Let me explain about Ivan it is a sad story
His parents were Russian the cold war beginnings
Kids teased him as being Red and there were fights
Ivan was a tough kid only met his parents once
They moved from abandoned house to abandoned house
When Ivan was fifteen he began driving stock cars
He lied about his age he didn't have a license
He was a leading driver in figure 8 racing
Ivan had no fear and would run other cars into the wall
I was 15 when the police came to my front door
Would I come down to the morgue and identify Ivan
In his race car with no windows he was knocking down mailboxes
He had done it more than once to neighbors who hated him
One neighbor set a trap and the box came through his window
Racing there were no glass windows he was beheaded
His parents had gone back to Russia leaving Ivan alone
I vomited for days and the last thing I would ever want
to be was in the medical service--Air Force sent me to Medical training
I worked night shift in the Emergency room alone
I cannot stand the sight of blood and don't know how I did it
Today I hear of be headings and have had nightmares lately
Smoking is said to cause a cancer risk: October 2, 1946
Women are smoking once of the causes of Moms death was lung Cancer
She died at the young age of 54 sits on my shoulder as I write this
Vietnam uprising sparks war with the French
Get along people well there always be war give peace a chance
1947: Chiang blames Us for continued War we ain't perfect