War criminal Hermine Ryan gets life term in Maidanek case
In Düsseldorf West Germany, 61 year old Hermine Ryan extradited from the United States was sentenced to life in prison for murder and complicity in murders at Maidanek. Judge Guenter Bogen also sentenced eight other defendants to prison terms from three to twelve years. a ninth was acquitted.
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Duesseldorf
West Germany
Reuter
Hermine Ryan
United States
Guenter Bogen
Ryan
WWII Nazi camp guards receive varied prison terms in long trial
The court delivered sentences ranging from three to life years for nine defendants led by Emil Laurich and Heinz Villain. While Ryan got a life term, Heinrich Groffmann was acquitted. The trial spanned five years and seven months with about 900 witnesses heard.
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Hackmann
Ryan
Heinrich Groffmann
Arnold Strippel
Thomas Ellwanger
Bogen
Maidanek
Lefkowitz
Hussain
Princess Margaret Cancels U S Visit Over IRA Protests
Princess Margaret calls off her planned July trip to Washington and New York. Prime Minister Thatcher advised the cancellation to avoid Irish issue protests tied to Prince Charles visit, with Sinn Fein criticizing the move as lack of royal courage amid IRA publicity concerns.
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N.Y
London
Margaret
United States
Prince Charles
New York
Elizabeth II
Royal Ballet
Washington
Royal Opera House
Covent Garden
Ballet
Margaret Thatcher
Princess Margaret
Chicago
Jane M. Byrne
San Francisco
Thatcher
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Sinn Fein
IRA
Provisionals
America
Canada bids for 200 Mark 46 torpedoes to bolster navy
Canada seeks to buy 200 Mark 46 mod 5 torpedoes plus spares for about 60 million dollars to defend coastal waters and support NATO. The sale, routed through Honeywell and the U S Navy, covers operations from ships and aircraft and aims to counter modern Russian submarine threats.
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Washington
Canada
U.S
Treasury Board
Ottawa
Congress
U.S. Defence Security Assistance Agency
Honeywell Corp
Hopkins, Minn
U.S. Navy
NATO
Villains list announced by Catholic University faculty
The Catholic University of America faculty named the ten worst villains in history. Unanimous choices were Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, with others including Caligula Nero Attila the Hun Catherine de Medici Ivan the Terrible Abul-Hamid II and Mao Tse-tung.
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Washington
Ivan the Terrible
Idi Amin
Hitler
Stalin
Catholic University of America
Jack the Ripper
Ayatollah Khomeini
Caligula
Nero
Rome
Atilla the Hun
Mideast
Europe
Catherine de Medici
France
Ivan IV Vasilievich
Abul-Hamid II
Ottoman Empire
Adolf Hitler
Alfred Rosenberg
Rudolf Hess
Hermann Goring
Julius Streicher
Germany
Joseph Stalin
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Ats
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Angel of Death
Heinz Villain
Fritz Petrick
Mds
Boston Globe
Boston
Walter E. Steele
Suffolk Superior Court
Eugene Sherry
Arif Hussain
Waltham
Mass
Alan Lefkowitz
Waterbury
Rockport
Steele
Timothy P. O'Neill
Sherry
Albert's
Dunmore Rd
Ellis Auction Barn
Factory St. S.E
Medicine Hat
Commodore
H.P
M.F
Doug Ellis
Gerry Weiss
Alberta
Perry Matuel
Lethbridge
Thur
Darlene
Jim
Classic Swimming Pools Ltd
Brooklyn Bridge
Armi Akira
U.s.-Canada
Nanoose Bay
Vancouver Island
Strait of Georgia
Vancouver
Ray Ross
Mao Tse-tung
Taiwan
Mao
People's Republic of China
Bicycle Headquarters
Norco & Raleigh
Lauder Cycles Ltd
Edmonton
Tovel Aberta
Nowles Electric
Spencer St
Western Meat Processors
South Railway Street
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