Former Nazi Death Camp Guard Sentenced in West Germany
Former New York City housewife Hermine Braunsteiner Ryan received two consecutive life sentences for mass child murder and selecting prisoners for gas chambers at Majdanek. Eight co-defendants got prison terms three to 12 years. one was acquitted. The verdict sparked protests from Jewish groups and international observers. Majdanek, near Lublin, was among the largest Nazi camps with deaths estimated between 250,000 and 1.5 million.
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Duesseldorf
West Germany
New York City
Hermine Braunsteiner Ryan
Ryan
G.I
Majdanek Concentration Camp
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Guenter Bogen
Tel Aviv
Israel
Yad Vashem
Gideon Hausner
Israel Radio
Hausner
Adolf Eichmann
Eichmann
Argentina
Majdanek
Lublin
FitzGerald Elected Irish Prime Minister in Narrow Win
Garret FitzGerald of Fine Gael won a tight 81 to 79 vote to lead a minority coalition with Labor and one independent, ahead of incumbent Charles Haughey. The Dail 166 seats, reduced to 164 in practice, reflects a fragile alliance after a June election left no majority.
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Dublin
Ireland
Garret FitzGerald
Charles Haughey
Dail
FitzGerald
Fine Gael
The
Labor Party
Haughey
Fianna Fail
Jim Kemmy
Labor
John O'Connell
Chinese Party condemns Mao era mistakes and endorses modern path
The Chinese Communist Party issued a 35,000 word communique criticizing Mao Tse tung's errors during 1966 76 Cultural Revolution while praising his contributions. Deng Xiaoping is depicted as having led correctly all along, as Hua Guofeng was ousted and Hu Yaobang named chairman in a shift toward pragmatic industrial modernization. The document marks the party’s 60th anniversary and signals a move away from ideology toward practical reform. In a separate note, Cabell County Sheriff Bob Bailey threatens court action over a disputed 90 000 overpayment to the Huntington Floodwall Board found in an internal audit.
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Peking
Chinese
Communist Party
Mao Tsetung
China
Mao
Hua Guofeng
Deng Xiaoping
Party Central
Hua
Deng
Hu Yaobang
Huntington
W.va
Cabell County
Bob Bailey
Bailey
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PAIS
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Jefferson Wards
Mercer Mall
Raleigh ST
Bluefield, W.va
Republican Army
Northern Ireland
IRA
Republic
Chinese Communist Party
Central Committee
Bluewell
West Virginia
T.A. “Buddy” Warden, Jr
Tom Warden
Wkoy-Am
Bluefield
Pepsi Cola Bottling Company
Dear Neighbor
Montcalm
Buddy
W.L
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Freeh SC Coffee
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