Khrushchev Is Silent on 75th Birthday in Exile
Nikita Khrushchev marks his 75th birthday with no public celebration in the Soviet Union. Once a force in peace and war, his name disappears from press and libraries after his October 1964 ouster. Only family observers recall a long, storied reign now erased from official history.
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Today In History highlights and Khrushchev retirement life notes
Sunday, April 13, 1969 marks history items from 1743 Jefferson birth in Albemarle County and 1366 Richard II, 1598 Edict of Nantes. It also recalls 1969 Sputnik-like events and five years ago Potter Oscar, plus a profile of Khrushchev living in a Moscow dacha with guarded privacy and rare public appearances.
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Navy Obsolete Undermanned Says Rivers
Rep L Mendel Rivers chairman of the House Armed Services Committee says the U S Navy is obsolete and under manned. He criticizes Pentagon Congress and presidents over 14 years for failing to modernize the fleet and supports a $200 billion funding need to modernize the Navy.
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