From Russia with Nerve: Dissident Sakalys defies KGB
Vladas Sakalys, a Lithuanian dissident once jailed for anti-Soviet acts, escaped the Soviet Union in 1980 after signing the Baltic Declaration. He walked out of Lithuania, crossed Finland’s marshes, and reached Sweden on the Moscow Olympic opening day, later settling in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles
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Vladas Sakalys
Siberia
Moscow
Sakalys
Andrei Sakharov
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Soviet Union
Vilnius
Finland
Sweden
United States
New Jersey
Simas Kudirka
Martha’s Vineyard
New York
West
West German village pampered storks delight locals and frogs
Five regular visitors from Africa arrived in Bergenhusen near the Danish border for a summer of pampering. Rudolf Wendt, who cares for migratory white storks, hopes for mating as five of the birds nest in the village swamp. He notes storks foretell good luck and births, while he also cared for storks unable to travel and staying behind.
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Wendt
Europe
Africa
Eskimo Rangers Patrol Arctic Frontier With Submarine Sightings
In the Canadian Arctic, Ikkidluak brothers Iola and Lucassie join a seven member ranger patrol in Lake Harbour, wearing Canadian Rangers gear and armed with WWII Lee Enfield rifles. The Rangers monitor vast northern expanses from Ellesmere Island to Yellowknife, reporting unusual sightings such as submarines in Hudson Strait, while Canadian defence relies on reserve forces rather than permanent garrisons.
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Lucassie Ikkidluak
Lake Harbour
Baffin Island
Canadian Arctic
Canadian Rangers
Canada
Ellesmere Island
Yellowknife
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Special Service Force
Ontario
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Quebec
Bruce G. Martin
United States Army Rangers
United States
Joannepannee Kolola
Kolola
Ikkidluak Brothers
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