Recalling the Soviet Berlin Battle Twenty Years On
Berlin 1945 saw a 21 million Russian army breach ordered lines to close on the city. Zhukov and Konev led 1st and 2nd Byelorussian Fronts as Hitler’s regime fell, with 100,000 estimated dead and the city’s destruction complete. Western doubts of military value and a national doubt lingered after the siege.
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John O. Koehler
Berlin
Gregori K. Zhuckov
Konstantin K. RokoSesovsky
Byelorussian Front
Ree
Zhukov
Konev
Teltow Canal
Reich Chancellery
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Gereman
Eva Braun
Marshall Vassily Sokilsvsky
Reich
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S
End Of Air Patrol Marks Change In Military Tactics
Midway Island ends its 24 seven airborne patrols on April 30, ending the Distant Early Warning system extension. The DEW line and North Pacific radar barrier, once centered at Barber's Point and Midway, wind down as crews disperse. The removal ends the Navy’s 26-aircraft, 340-officer, 1,700-enlisted barrier squadron, with flights averaging 17 hours.
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Malcolm Barr
Midway Island
U.S. Navy
Alaska
North Pacific
Honolulu
Barber’s Point Naval Air Station
Aleutians
Nhe
J.g
Dave Fore
Corpus Christi
Tex
Fore
Bob Palmquist
Columbia
Tuna Industry Gains Ground Against Foreign Competition
The American tuna industry overcomes postwar rivals with a $10 million promotion and diplomacy. Japan loses share as U S demand nears one billion cans, Italians buy far more tuna, and U S fishers face world-price pressures despite rising costs.
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Japan
Europe
Italy
America
U.S
San Pedro
Grant Given KY WASHINGTON AP The Institute Grants Funds
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences approved a $43,073 grant to the University of Kane Sas at Lawrence for chemistry research.
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Washington
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
University of Kane Sas At
Lawrence
Pearson urges Olathe NAS for airmobile pilot training
Sen James B Pearson urged using Olathe Kansas Naval Air Station to train pilots for an airmobile division. He sent telegrams to Defense Secretary McNamara and Army Secretary Ailes praising Kansas weather as ideal training conditions. Olathe, chosen in 1963 for pilot training, had its program curtailed and participation cancelled.
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Washington
Olathe
Kan
Naval Air Station
James B. Pearson
Rehan
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Secretary of the Army
Stephen Ailes
Pearson
Kansas
Sophia Loren to Stand Trial for Bigamy in Rome
Actress Sophia Loren and producer Carlo Ponti were ordered to stand trial in Rome on bigamy charges on July 6. Ponti had been married before. Loren faced complicity. If convicted, both could face up to five years in prison.
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Rome
Sophia Loren
Carlo Ponti
Ponti
Miss Loren
Beecause
Marcried
Giuliana Fiastri
Mexico
Local effort urged for Kansas industrial growth week
AP reports Gov. William H. Avery urged not wasting any effort on industrial growth during Kansas Appreciation Week. He stressed that Kansas' future depends on local level efforts, noting record investment capacities. The industrial division of the Topeka Chamber of Commerce sponsors the week.
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Topeka
William H. Avery
Kansas
Topeka Chamber of Commerce
US to Strengthen South Vietnamese Navy With New Vessels
The United States plans to supply faster patrol craft to reinforce the 550-ship Vietnamese armed junk fleet battling sea smuggling as advisers are added from the U.S. Navy. The scale hinges on a Navy survey, while air and naval spotting of junks continues off South Vietnam. The Honolulu talks also touched on potential Marine expansion and possible Army deployment in South Vietnam.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
United States
U.S. Navy
South
Viet Nam
U.S
Honolulu
Robert S. McNamara
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Marine Expeditionary Brigade
da Nang Air Base
Hue
KU Wants Timmons
CORVALLIS Ore AP Amory T Slats Gill Oregon State athletic director said Wednesday the University of Kansas is after Oregon State's new track coach Bob Timmons. Timmons a former Kansas assistant was hired recently to replace Coach Sam Bell.
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Corvallis
Ore
Amory T
Gill
Oregon State
University of Kansas
Bob Timmons
Timmons
Kansas
Sam Bell
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