Former GI Arnold Kephart returns home after long desertion case
Former Private Arnold Kephart arrives in Omaha with his family after the Army decides not to court martial him for desertion to East Germany in 1960. He receives a less-than-honorable discharge, reunites with relatives, and plans for his 12 year old son Frankie while seeking arrangements for his East German family. The community greets him warmly as he begins a quiet, emotional homecoming.
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Iowa
Arnold Kephart
America
East Germany
Kephart
Arlo Dunbar
Arnold
Omaha
Neb
Fort Sil
Okla
United States
Dunbar and Dunbar
Frankie
Dad
Ernest Kephart
France
Brigitte
Kathleen
Katharina
Schmalkalden
Los Angeles adopts year round school start July 1991
Los Angeles Unified School District will switch 646 campuses to a year round calendar starting July 1991, expanding the segment already operating year round. The plan aims to ease overcrowding, affect sports schedules, and prompt other districts to consider similar calendars, drawing mixed reactions from students and parents.
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Los Angeles Unified
U.S
Charles Ballinger
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San Diego
Duane LaRue
University High School
Barbara Topkis
Lawrence USD 497 bids for ballasted flexible sheet
Lawrence USD 497 publishes a public bid notice for the installation of ballasted flexible sheet portions across three buildings. Bid documents are available at 1919 Delaware Street Room 105 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A performance bond is required. Bids due by 2:00 p.m. February 16, 1990 and opened publicly at that location.
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Lawrence Usd
Delaware Street
Lawrence
Billy Idol Injured in Hollywood Motorcycle Crash
Los Angeles AP report says Billy Idol ran a stop sign on a Harley in Hollywood, hitting a car and suffering serious leg and arm fractures. He underwent seven hours of surgery, is in serious but stable condition at Cedars Sinai, and faces a citation for failure to obey a stop sign.
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Los Angeles
Billy Idol
Idol
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Ron Wise
Hollywood
Ellen Golden
Conway Studios
Oliver Stone
Ms. Golden
Jim Morrison
Golden
Trade Slowdown Strains Soviet Cuba Food Ration Cuts
The Soviet Union falls behind on promised grain to Cuba forcing bread ration cuts and higher prices while Cuba admits shortfalls in citrus shipments. Experts debate if Moscow uses supplies to pressure Castro or reflects broader Soviet Bloc shortages and shipping woes.
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Soviet Union
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Castro
Soviet Bloc
Gorbachev
Havana
Soviet Communist Party
Pravda
Moscow
Brezhnev
Central Bank of
Europe
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