Pentagon proposed bizarre tricks to humiliate Castro
Newly released Defense Department files reveal 1960s ideas to humiliate Fidel Castro including faked photos of an overweight Castro with two beauties and simulated U S ship sinkings to justify a war. Proposals reached the secretary of defense and discussed with Lyndon Johnson but none were carried out.
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Berlin
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Missing San Diego girl Crystal Anzaldi found after seven years
San Diego police report eight year old Crystal Anzaldi, abducted seven years ago by Nitza Gierbolini Guzman, has learned her real name and parents’ custody fight resumes. Her mother Dorothy and father West seek guardianship as investigators note a murky start to Crystal’s disappearance in December 1990 and a subsequent case in Puerto Rico.
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Einstein Hilbert dispute over general relativity origins
A Berlin Tel Aviv Boston team reports new evidence that David Hilbert copied key parts of Einstein's general relativity from Einstein's work after reviewing Hilbert proofs dated December 6 1915 and the Einstein paper of November 25 1915 The study argues Hilbert's March 1916 publication included the equations only after seeing Einstein's later proof undermining claims of Einstein plagiarism The historians note Hilbert's incomplete 1915 version and conclude Einstein did not steal from Hilbert
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Max Planck Institute For the History of Science
Berlin
Tel Aviv University
Israel
Boston University
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Einstein
Science
Leo Corry
Corry
Jurgen Renn
Max Planck
John Stachel
TV regulator lacks a TV set despite top FCC role
Harold Furchtgott-Roth, a member of the Federal Communications Commission, says he does not own a television at home though he schedules TV policy. He noted he watches TV in the FCC office and cites sports as a favorite, while outlining FCC duties from licensing to enforcing regulations on educational broadcasting and political advertising.
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Lightning strikes redwood near Occidental home
A lightning bolt struck a 250-foot redwood behind Margie Hayes’ Occidental residence, blasting the tree and causing damage to nearby oaks and madrone, as well as a water tank. The home and occupants were unharmed.
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Occidental
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