Frankfurt Book Fair Echoes German Literary Debate
The Frankfurt Book Fair opens amid debates over writers role in society and protests over book burnings. Arthur Grass and other authors back Willy Brandt while arson attempts target Grass in Berlin. The event features about 150000 titles from 2400 publishers across 38 countries.
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Guenther Grass
Willy Brandt
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Berlin
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Comic Book Is Attacked By Cubans
In Havana the Verde Olivo magazine of the Cuban armed forces criticized American comic books for depicting heroes killing guerrillas on a Communist island. It claimed 98 percent of U S youngsters read sensational stories of hate murder and sadism and accused U S adventures of promoting anti Red propaganda over traditional children's stories.
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United States
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October 20 history highlights span wars and leadership
On this date in 1944 American forces invaded Leyte in the Philippines and Aachen fell to U S troops. Maria Theresa became ruler in 1740. Woodrow Wilson resigned Princeton presidency in 1910. Stalin proclaimed siege in Moscow in 1941. The War Department noted half the Atlantic and Pacific troops had returned home in 1945. Henry Grunewald’s perjury case dropped ten years ago. The Cuba embargo and ambassador recall occurred five years ago. Herbert Hoover died last year at 90.
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