Ex-German Officer Recalls D Day View
Horst Fluegge recalls June 6 1944 from Avranches as Artillery Unit 1154 faces Allied landing at Normandy. He describes exhausted troops training replacements, limited artillery range, air superiority by Allies, morale slumps, and the aftermath including the July 20 1944 plot and retreat toward Germany.
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Cherbourg
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Associated Press
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Bonn
Orne River
Caen
Russia
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von Rundstedt
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Spain
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Holland
Budget Director cites smaller deficit amid higher revenues
The deficit for the fiscal year ending June 30 may be $500 million less than the $12.9 billion estimate due to bigger federal receipts. Expenditures stay near $30.9 billion. revenues should exceed $68 billion. SEC asks Congress to expand regulation to include Alleghany Corp and NY Central holdings.
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Maurice H. Stans
Textile Workers Chief Gets Five Day Jail Sentence
Luther Jackson, president of a Textile Workers Union of America local in Henderson North Carolina, was sentenced to five days in jail after pleading no contest to assault and conspiracy to commit assault tied to a February attack on a truck transporting cotton to a mill. He received suspended six months on conditions and a $500 fine plus costs. Co-defendants Andrew Turner and Douglas Rose drew four and eighteen months respectively, with suspended terms and fines. The incident occurred during a violent textile strike at Harriet Henderson mills.
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Textile Workers Union of America
Luther Jackson
Andrew Turner
Douglas Rose
Raymond Mallard
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Turner
Charlies P. Rose
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Pressure Mounts in Steel Talks in New York
United Steelworkers unite for strategy as talks stall and a possible nationwide strike looms. An executive board session may authorize the Wage Policy Committee to press for bargaining action and potential NLRB charges amid wage freeze concerns.
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UPI
United Steelworkers of America
United Press International
National Labor Relations Board
Bank Embezzler Free Under Bond
Emmett P. Gauthier, 35, pled guilty to 22 charges from embezzlement to false bank entries. The former Moreauville State Bank cashier admitted embezzling up to 120000, with a bank audit showing a 68639 shortage. he faces up to 110 years in prison.
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Emmett P. Gauthier
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Moreauville State Bank
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T. Fitzhugh Wilson
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