Germany Capsulated 25 Years Ago Tonight
The Armistice ending World War II in Europe was signed at 2:41 a.m. May 7, 1945, at Rheims with Eisenhower overseeing Jodl and von Friedeburg signing. A second surrender followed at 12:15 a.m. May 9 in Berlin with Zhukhov, Tedder, and Keitel signing for the Allies and Axis respectively.
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Rheims
France
Jps
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Washington
United States
Europe
Alfred Jodle
Hans-Georg von Friedeburg
Eisenhower
Walter Bedell Smith
Ivan Susloparov
Bedell Smith
Jodl
von Friedeburg
Berlin
Georgi K. Khukhov
Karlshorst
Wilhelm Keitel
Wehrmacht
Zhukhov
Keitel
Stumpff
Tedder
FBI adds H. Rap Brown to 10 Most Wanted list
Washington reports that H. Rap Brown, 26, real name Hubert Gerald Brown, national SNCC chairman, was placed on the FBI ten most wanted fugitives list for failing to appear at a Maryland arson riot trial. Bond revoked, federal warrant issued. Brown last seen March 7 leaving New York City en route to Bel Air, Maryland. Brown is described as armed and dangerous, 6 foot 3, 180 to 185 pounds, brown eyes, black hair.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
H. Rap Brown
Maryland
FBI
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Richard Laurence Marquette
Portland, Ore
Brown
Howard County
Ellicott City
Cambridge
Hubert Gerald Brown
Baton Rouge
Student National Coordinating Committee
SNCC
New York City
Bel Air
Hartford Bus Plan Wins Support in Senate Hearing
Hartford busing for racial integration faces praise and questions as Gerald Waite, a 12 year old rider, testifies before the Senate Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity. Jonathan Brooke notes gains, while critics warn of segregation risks and Nixon policy implications.
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Washington
UPS
Gerald Verger Waite
Senate Select Committee On
Sen
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Gerald
Carol Whitney
Hartford, Conn
Carol
Richard Stockwell
Farmington, Conn
Farmington
Elsworth School
South Windsor
Conn
Vermont
Brooke
Senate
Alexander J. Plante
Connecticut State Department of Education
Plante
Nixon
United States
Hartford
Bill Would Create Corporation To Run Rail Passengers
A bipartisan bill to revive U S rail passenger service proposes a partly private public corporation to manage passenger trains. The plan, backed by the Nixon administration ICC unions and rail groups, would fund startup with 40 million dollars and 75 million in loans or guarantees to railroads joining the network.
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Corporation
Washington
UPS
Senate
Inpeae
Nixon Administration
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Railroads Unions
The
Association of American Railroads
National Association of Railroad Passengers
Sen
van Hartke
D-Ind
United States
Congress
Hartke
Transportation Department
John
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