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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1980
Page
8
Adm Karl Doenitz, who led Nazi U boats and briefly headed the Nazi government after Hitler’s death, died at age 89 in Hamburg. He was imprisoned in Spandau until 1956 after being convicted by the Nuremberg tribunal of war crimes and crimes against peace.
Karl Doenitz, born September 16 1891 in Berlin, rose from naval cadet to head of the German navy and then successor to Hitler. He led a 23 day government that sought unconditional surrender to the Allies, dissolved the Nazi regime, and ordered its arrests as World War II in Europe ended.
In the southern Philippines, an overloaded 25 foot motorboat capsized near Surigao City while en route to Siargao Island. The Philippine News Agency says at least 24 people died with six still missing as 116 survivors report crowded conditions and hull stowaways. Rescue teams searched for additional survivors or bodies as waves toppled outriggers.
Soviet President Brezhnev met Polish Foreign Minister Jozef Czyrek in Moscow in a cordial session. Tass said they denounced alleged imperialist plots against socialist Poland and discussed deepening bilateral cooperation and Poland's labor turmoil amid growing Soviet economic aid reaching a reported deficit of 23 billion dollars. Pravda meanwhile denounced strike action and free unions.
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