JOHN ROBERT EASTWOOD, 84
Died Nov. 17th in San Bernardino, Ca.. A highly-decorated veteran of World War II, he joined the military at age 17 and was captured at the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium and assigned to Stalag 12, near Nuremburg, Germany.
From there, he and fellow prisoners were often moved from one camp to another. During those times, they suffered great hardships marching hundreds of miles in the snow and sometimes subsisting on one potato and a piece of bread a day.
He received five Bronze Stars and a Silver Star during the war.
San Bernardino, (Ca) Sun
BETTY JAMES, 90
Co-founded the company that made the popular toy Slinky, along with her husband Richard, in 1945. In 2001, they were inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame. She took charge of James Industries 14 years later in 1959, when her husband joined a cult in Bolivia. He died in 1974.
Hundreds of Millions of them have been made. She described their success in 1995, "I think really it's the simplicity of it. There's nothing to wind up; it doesn't take batteries. I think the price helps."
Associated Press
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