V J Day 20 Years Ago A Nation in Delirium
The Aug 14 1945 Japanese surrender ended World War II as two million people flooded Timex Square and cities worldwide. President Truman announced Potsdam terms, igniting celebrations and riots. unemployment dropped, rationing stayed strict, and wartime prices and black markets lingered while Americans anticipated a peacetime boom.
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Timex
San Francisco
Tom Henshaw
Associated Press
United States
White House
Harry S. Truman
Japa
Japan
America
Pearl Harbor
New York
Truman
Rosie
John P.slack
Market Street
Henry Hudson Terrane
Wwasraag Cain
Jim
Washington
Army
Marine Corps
Navy
San Fran
Times Square
Brooklyn Dodgers
Tommy Brown
Pete Gray
St. Louis Browns
Detroit Tigers
Chicago Cubs
Chicago
Warren Brown
DiMaggios
Fellers
Williamses
the Times
Fred Vinson
Fortas May Cast Deciding Vote On TV In Courtrooms
Abe Fortas, new U S Supreme Court nominee, may cast the deciding vote on whether live television can show criminal trials. The Estes case in Texas prompts a potential reversal if a rehearing is granted. The issue affects both television and still photography in courtrooms, with parties including Colorado and the NAB backing reversal.
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Fortas
Garth Jones
Austin
Tex
Abe Fortas
U.S. Supreme Court
American Bar Association
Supreme Court
Texas
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.S
United Nations
Goldberg
Tyler
State of
Colorado
National Association of Broadcasters
American Civil Liberties Union
Man Fights Leukemia With Faith and Work Until Final Days
A Kansas City journalist, 57, lived two years beyond doctors’ estimates as leukemia progressed. Despite pain and tests, he kept writing news items, editing, and maintaining a routine at the hospital while faith communities prayed for him.
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ED L. Campbell
Kansas City
Ewspaperman
News i
Uicel
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Uyu
Harry Taylor
Marseilles
France
Panama Canal
Leonard B. Jaudon
P.A
Europe
Pacific
Phonue
Abor
War Manpower Commission
Hooper
Bob Hope
Fibber
McGee and Molly
Red Skelton
Paria
Life
Ma Perkins
Jack Armstrong
Tom Mix
New York City
Philadelphia
Schenretady
Wren Tank
WCBW
Channel 2
Dwight Cooke
Frank Sinava
Kathryn Grayson
Gene Kelly
Connecticut
Barbara Stanwyck
Dennis Morgan
Sidney Greenstreet
Motion Picture Herald
Bing Crosby
van Johnson
Greer Garson
Betty Grable
Andrews Sisters
Patty
Laverne
Maxine
Johnny Mercer
Nlayers
Babe Hernan
National Association of Real Estate Boards
The
Danville Real Estate Board
Woody
Charles M. Bradley Realty Co. Realtors
John R. Rendall & Co. Realtors
Steve Sendall
H. H. Brincefield Realtor
Oscar G. Evans
Ins
Agey. Realtors
J. P. Wells, Jr
Agency Realtors
Austin E. Jones
J.D. Ley
W. Nat Blanks Agency Realtors
Shields Brothers, Inc. Realtors
George H. Shields, Jr
Protestant Episcopal Church
Wed
Ilunctions
Jess
Pam
Allen
Jewelers
Main St
Bendall’s Drug
Craghead St
North Main Street
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