Memories of WWII air raids shape Japanese American women
In Newport and surrounding towns, five women recount wartime life in Japan and the postwar shift to the United States. They describe food shortages, factory labor, air raid sirens, and the trauma of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, alongside mixed loyalties and efforts to forgive.
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Japan
Hiroshima
Tsuneko Plisko
Newport
Osaka
Plisko
Kumiko Kiraly
Havelock
Kiraly
Nagasaki
U.S
Veterans praise restraint in wartime decisions and hopes for a better future
Veterans and locals reflect on military decisions driven by preserving American lives. Skipper credits restraint for saving soldiers, while Glenda Holt, born in 1945, hopes actions can improve the future and prevent past tragedies.
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Glenda Holt
Golden Corral
New Bern
Japan marks Hiroshima anniversary with anti nuclear protests
Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama laid a wreath of yellow chrysanthemums and urged a global test ban as anti nuclear activists gathered in Hiroshima. City officials, now reflecting on WWII, called for a broader nuclear free zone while residents debated past aggression and accountability. A CBS-TBS poll showed about 70 percent of Japanese respondents favor an American apology.
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Tomiichi Murayama
Japan
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
France
Pacific
Paris
Asia-Pacific
Balkans peacekeepers attacked as Croats press Knin area
Two Czech peacekeepers died and three were wounded after a Croat assault on their observation post near Gospic a key staging point northwest of Knin. Other injured included a Russian Danish and Kenyan peacekeeper. NATO warned of airstrikes as Croatian and Bosnian forces conducted pincer movements and linkups around Serb-held areas.
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Gospic
Knin
NATO
al Bosnia
Slunj
Rakovica
Croatia
Bihac
Bosnia
Alija Izetbegovic
Franjo Tudjman
Zagreb
U.N
Actress Ida Lupino dies at 77 pioneering female director
Ida Lupino, violet eyed star of High Sierra and a trailblazing Hollywood director, died at her Burbank home at 77 after colon cancer and a recent stroke. She mentored as screenwriter and producer and left three marriages, with no public funeral planned.
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Ida Lupino
Bette Davis
Humphrey Bogart
Hollywood
Burbank
Calif
Mary Ann Anderson
Lupino
Louis Hayward
Collier Young
Howard Duff
Duff
Anderson
New Bern Resident Praises Sex Offender Registry Provision
Donna Crudup of New Bern says she enjoys working for disadvantaged children and notes the General Assembly’s sex offender registration provision as the most noteworthy action this year.
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Donna Crudup
New Bern
Child Support Agency
Crudup
General Assembly
Roberts discusses Pretty Woman view amid divorce
Julia Roberts explains how Lyle Lovett’s music affects her while finalizing a 21 month marriage. She recalls hearing his voice in a store and noting the moment, adding the divorce is amicable as she prepares to film Michael Collins with Liam Neeson. Leonard Cohen hints at geographic separation during Quebec referendum talk. Jackie Joyner-Kersee cites Rosa Parks as her hero in Parade.
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Julia Roberts
Lyle Lovett
Roberts
Leonard Cohen
Quebec
Canada
Mt. Baldy
Los Angeles
Florida
Cohen
Elton John
Billy Joel
Sting
Peter Gabriel
Trisha Yearwood
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Rosa Parks
Joyner-Kersee
Parade Magazine
Jazz legend Marian McPartland fights NPR funding cuts
Jazz legend Marian McPartland told Parade she faced misperceptions about her race from fans who only know her radio persona. She recently wrote letters from Washington protesting threatened cuts to NPR’s Piano Jazz. McPartland said the show’s funding is now more secure than expected after her efforts.
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Marian McPartland
Washington
National Public Radio
McPartland
Parade Magazine
Kids propose laws to end gun violence in Chicago essay contest
In Chicago 1995, children from the Boys and Girls Clubs wrote essays on laws they would enact. Entries urge anti gun rules, drug bans, and violence stoppage, with calls to end killings, stop gang activity, and protect children’s safety. Bob Greene notes the column appears on this page.
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Chicago
D’ Ancona & Pflaum
Boys and Girls Clubs
Charle Davis
Darius Mass
Jerell Leggett
Tawanka Adams
Delilah Pacheco
Gerardo Garcia
Terrence Gillespie
Jennifer Baggett
Andrea Chinnaswamy
United States
Bob Greene
Debate Over Hiroshima Bombing Justification Continues
A public poll asks readers to weigh whether the United States was justified in dropping an atomic bomb on Hiroshima to end World War II. Respond with yes by calling 638-3579 or no by calling 638-6552.
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Japan
Asia
Hiraoka
Hiroshima
North Korea
United States
Nagasaki
Tokyo Broadcasting System
U.S
CBS
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