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Soviet and East German WWII veterans urge renewed peace pledge
In Lawrence Kansas Soviet and East German veterans on a ten city tour urged world leaders to renew the Elbe peace pledge. Col Gen Ivan Katyshkin and Col Gen Alexander Olshansky recalled the Elbe meeting and called for reducing tensions and halting nuclear weapons tests. They spoke after a wreath laying at KU Campanile and a downtown rally with students and local crews.
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Ivan Katyshkin
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Albert “Buck” Kotzebue
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America
Journey For Peace
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University of Kansas
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McPherson College