Memories of Okinawa landing and Pacific voyage
Gus Schrader recalls the Okinawa invasion on April 1 1945 after a perilous voyage from the Philippines to Guadalcanal and Ulithi. He describes loading Marines, witnessing Franklin's wreckage, and life aboard including brief liberty and sightings of nurses and locals amid grim war realities.
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D-Day
Philippines
1St Marine Division
Guadalcanal
Pacific
Pasadena Star-News
UPI
Navy Air and Sea Forces
Del
Panama Canal
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Ulithi
Hope
Gazette promotes farming with soybean ink and recycling
The Gazette highlights its commitment to agriculture by printing with soybean ink and using recycled newsprint. Readers are urged to recycle newspapers at City Carton, 4250 Sixth St. SW, or via the nearest recycling location.
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City Carton
Sixth St
The Gazette Tip Line Numbers for News Tips
The Gazette invites readers to report news via two tip line numbers 398 8254 and 1 800 397 8212. It emphasizes using those lines for timely submissions and prompts readers to provide clear details to assist reporting.
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Nuclear treaty faces review as 172 nations convene
The four week New York conference will again debate the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Nations seek to extend or redefine the treaty amid concerns over disarmament and new nuclear threats. Major non aligned states and experts call for stronger safeguards and a new accord to address smuggling and weapons stockpiles.
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Paul Leventhal
Nuclear Control Institute
Patricia Lewis
Verification Technology Information Center
Jayantha Dhanapala
Washing
Indonesia
Nigeria
United States
International Atomic Energy Agency
Tehran
Iran
Perry urges Russia aid despite Iran reactor sale dispute
Defense Secretary William Perry said U S efforts to help convert Russia's defense industries should not be hostage to Russia's planned sale of nuclear reactors to Iran. He stressed the real nuclear threat Iran could pose to the region and to Russia and the United States amid congressional opposition.
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Russia
Iran
William Perry
Perry
Clinton
Middle East
United States
DNA evidence looms in Simpson murder case
After three months and about 40 witnesses, prosecutors press a DNA based phase focusing on blood evidence. Experts caution jurors need hard science to connect gloves hat blood spots and shoe prints to O J Simpson, while defense argues against relying on questionable collection methods.
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Los Angeles
O.J. Simpson
Simpson
Loyola Law School
Laurie Levenson
Dennis Fung
Levenson
O.J
Arenella
No settlement reached in GM strike at Pontiac plant
General Motors and the Auto Workers Union closed a second day of talks Sunday without a deal on the strike that halted production of hot selling pickups. Negotiations were to resume Monday morning with about 5,500 workers at GM's Pontiac East truck plant walking out Friday over labor shortage and job security concerns.
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General Motors Corp
Auto Workers
Pontiac East
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