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Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1992

Page

6

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.

Wichita, Kan Mike Smith Haysville Wichita Andover Smith WeatherData Inc WeatherData Kansas Gas and Electric Co Ksnw-Tv American Meteorological Society Wichita Eagle Los Angeles Times Miami Herald

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.

Stuttgart Germany Ludwig Geissel Geissel West Germany East Germany Merchants of Freedom Berlin Wall Bonn U.S. State Department Wolfgang Vogel East Berlin

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