Diary Entry - 03/07/1981
Key Facts
President Reagan prepares for an upcoming trip to Canada.
President Reagan sends a letter to Bolivia demanding that the "scum" responsible for executing a young bible translator be found and brought to justice.
Columbian guerillas murder Chester A. Bitterman III, an American linguist and lay missionary whom they abducted on January 19.
The gals went bowling. I did homework for Canadian trip. All of us took a hike. The Wicks fell in love with the place—all 8 inches of snow too.
Rcv’d word the young bible translator in Bolivia kidnapped in Jan. by terrorists had been executed. He leaves a wife & 3 children. I sent a letter to Bolivian Govt. telling them we would expect every effort to find the cowardly scum who did this and full protection for the bible team who have been threatened.
