German General Recalls Battle of the Bulge 25 Years On
In a December 1969 interview from Diessen Germany Gen Hasso von Manteuffel chronicles Hitler’s last big Western offensive. He details initial surprise, Ardennes thrust toward Bastogne and Meuse, the St Vith defense, Bastogne’s stand, weather and supply failures, and Allied counterattacks that closed the bulge by January 16, 1945. He notes underestimation of American resilience and Patton’s rapid response.
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Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Otto Doelling Diessen
Germany
Eifel
Hasso von Manteuffel
Luxembourg
Our River
Ardennes Forest
Sepp Dietrich
6Th Panzer
Manteuffel
Aachen
Rhine
Schnee Eifel
Ardennes
Bastogne
St. Vith
Malmedy
Meuse
Brussels
Omar N. Bradley
Bernard Law Montgomery
Monteffel
Bulge
Batsogne
Panzer Lehr
Fritz Bayerlein
Anthony McAuliffe
101St Airborne
Bayerlein
McAuliffe
Prisoners Attend Securities Classes at Stateville
About 110 of Stateville’s 4,000 inmates attend weekly two hour lectures from a Chicago brokerage trainee. Warden Frank J. Pate supports the program begun by Ira Distenfield of McCormick & Co. The course aims to teach stocks and bonds, partnerships, and corporations, with hope of practical payoff like home purchases or a vacation.
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C.G. McDaniel
Frank J. Pate
Ira Distenfield
Girl Pleads Innocent In Tate Murder Case
Susan Denise Atkins, 21, pleads not guilty to murder charges in the Tate case. Prosecutors may seek a separate trial if statements are used and Atkins requests it. Trial date set for February 9. others await plea schedules and extradition statuses.
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Tate
Los Angeles
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
Susan Denise Atkins
Superior Court
William Keene
Miss Atkins
Manson
Charles D. ‘Tex’? Watson
Linda Kasabian
Patricia Krenwinkel
Leslie van Houten
Leno la Bianca
Rosemary
Hollywood
la Bianca
Tate Estate
Atty
Aaron Stovitz
Keene
Kasabian
Miss van Houten
Miss Krenwinkel
Watson
Alabama
Texas
Welfare Task Force Proposed For State
Milwaukee AP reports representatives of county boards across Wisconsin gathered in Milwaukee to consider forming a welfare legislation task force. Proposed by Rudolph R. Pohl, Milwaukee County Board finance committee chair, the group would refine federal welfare plans to fit county administration and aid in presenting a state stance to Congress.
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Milwaukee
Rudolph R. Pohl
Milwaukee County Board
Pohl
Congress
Teachers Lose Table Get Parking Ticket
In Louisville, interns Bobby Thomas and Woody Schwartz from the federally funded Teachers Corps had bought a Ping-Pong table for Southwick Elementary School with donations. En route with the table on a car, it flew off and was smashed by a truck on an expressway. Police issued them a ticket for illegal parking. They hurried back to the school tableless and started a drive to pay the traffic fine.
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Louisville
Southwick
Bobby Thomas
Woody Schwartz
Teachers Corps
Legislator Donates $1100 To Institutions In Florida
State Rep. Wayne Mixon donated the first $1,100 from a new pay raise to inmates at a hospital for men tally retarded children and two district correctional institutions. He opposed the raise from $8,400 to $12,000 but the bill passed and the first checks were issued. He said he would not take the raise.
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Tallahassee, Fla
Wayne Mixon
Mixon
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U.S
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Little
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Ing
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Matthew B. Ridgway
Reich
Amerifel
Third Reich
George S. Patton
3Rd Army
Sears
Sears and
SAVE
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Smart Trapunto
Hassock
Fifth Avenue
Wisconsin
Distenfield
McCormick & Co., Inc
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