Soviet Rewrites Omit Stalin Blame For 1941 War Losses
Moscow editors publish a revised Soviet party history ahead of the 25th anniversary of victory in World War II. The new edition downgrades Stalin and top commanders for failures in the initial 1941 invasion, replacing critical passages with a 1968 thesis framing Germany’s long buildup as the key factor.
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Dusko Doder
Moscow
UPI
Soviet Communist Party
Josef Stalin
Stalin
Semyon Tomoshenko
Georgi K. Zhukov
Kremlin
Boris Ponomarev
Central Committee
Red Army
Moscoaw
Germany
Oil Rig Fire Off Sabine Pass Claims One Diver
A mobile offshore oil rig 15 miles off Texas coast burst into flames early Tuesday forcing 28 crew to jump into Gulf waters. One man, Claude Bailey of Shreveport, drowned, nine were burned or injured as flames raged for over three hours before the fire subsided. The Storm Drilling Co rig, operated by Atlantic Richfield crew, showed all charred while authorities reported no visible pollution.
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Sabine Pass
Ops
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Coast
Claude Bailey
Shreveport
Herbert J. Vincent
Sulphur
Rodney Nolan
Liberty
Tex
Carl <A. Schellpepper
Yorktown
Eugene Miller
Mathis
Billy Joe West
Beaumont
Hollis W. London
Phillip Gleason
Houston
Wesley Kafka
The
Storm Drilling Co
Atlantic Richfield Oil Co
Pigeon War Prompts Hire For Trap Specialist In California
In Brawley California officials fought a pigeon infestation by deputizing hunters and posting rooftop shotgun units. After 323 pigeons were killed and 600 shells used, no professional trapper had been hired and bids remained open.
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Ritzenthaler
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Lubbocka Avalanche
Journal
Nazi Germany
U.S.S.R
Defense Commissariat
Tthe
S.K. Timoshjenko
G. K. Zhukov
Marshalsi
Mikhail Tukhachevsky
Viarmy
Blueher
Iona Yakir
Gulf
Charles Delay
Storm Drilling
Boston
United States
Lubbock
California
Comfort Mfg. Co
Chicago 7, Ill
Ue Eilors Reo
America
Family Park Center
Town & Country Center
Sat
Sun
Impala
Fisher Body
Chevrolet
Levines Mill
Wane BF Urcellince
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