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...promotional tour. He explained that he began receiving letters as soon as the first part of a serialization of Friendly Fire appeared in The New Yorker. Readers all over the country wrote that they had been moved to tears by Bryan's description of Michael clearing land with a tractor on the Mullen farm in Iowa the day before he left for Vietnam, the fumbling goodbyes in the local airport the next day, and the shock and horror six months later when Michael returns to the farm-country worked by his forefathers for over a century "in a U.S. Army...
...Vietnam, to others left with empty spaces in their lives by the continuing carnage. They placed advertisements in Iowa newspapers protesting against the war. Peg attended antiwar rallies, including the 1971 Mayday march on Washington, while Gene, more retiring, argued with local American Legionaries and doubters at the tractor factory where he worked the afternoon shift in addition to farming...
...hearing the news, Campbell's father Len, 54, of Bettendorf, Iowa, started an epic one-man campaign to win his son's freedom. An imposing, 6-ft. 6-in. man who works as a parts Inspector at an International Harvester tractor plant, Len Campbell first prodded the State Department to negotiate for his son's release. Officials told him of the U.S. Government's policy of not bargaining directly with or paying ransom to terrorists, but assured him that everything possible was being done. This was not enough for Campbell, who now says: "I never thought...
...taxmen figure that much of the haul is transported in tractor-trailers that can carry 10,000 cartons of cigarettes at a time for a profit of $15,000. Vending machine companies, restaurants and motels controlled by the Mafia can be easily persuaded to retail the cigarettes. The seven states and New York City are hoping for a $750,000 federal grant to help them combat the crime, but they know it won't be easy. Contraband cigarettes are even sold occasionally in Harrisburg's North Office Building, headquarters of the Pennsylvania state revenue department...
...efforts to gain an N.F.L. franchise for his Memphis club, which has 30 players under contract. If he succeeds, Csonka can look ahead to playing with the Grizzlies next year. If Bassett fails, Csonka will have to buy his release before he can play football elsewhere. Meanwhile, the tractor calls. Corn has to be harvested and a score of purebred Black Angus cattle need attention. As for those 80 good acres of rentable farm land, Csonka's football experience came in handy. He instructed his lawyer to draw up a five-year contract with a yearly option to renew...