Wichita weather pioneer Mike Smith earns national honor
Wichita meteorologist Mike Smith, founder of WeatherData Inc., receives the American Meteorological Society Outstanding Contributions to the Advancement of Applied Meteorology award. He pioneered color and time lapse radar in TV forecasts and developed a computer generated customized weather page package now used by major newspapers. The firm serves about 40 percent newspapers, 15 percent radio and TV, 20 percent transportation companies, and utilities and consulting work.
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Merchants of freedom reveal Cold War prisoner sales in Germany
In West Germany from 1963 to 1989 a covert middleman arranged the export of East German dissidents and escapees for goods and cash. About 33,755 people were bought from prisons for $2 billion, with secrecy and cloak-and-dagger bus plate swaps. East Berlin broker Wolfgang Vogel faced allegations over handling freed inmates.
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