Sarajevo Front Turbulence Deepens in Serb Attacks
In Sarajevo and northern Bosnia deadly strikes hit multiple targets after a Serb mortar incident near a key airport tunnel wounded up to 40 and killed at least 10. Serb forces also damaged churches, closed the city airport, and blocked a major supply route as NATO considered action and U N urged restraint.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia
Butmir
Holiday Inn
Haris Silajdzic
Silajdzic
U.N
Maj
Pierre Chavancy
Croatia
NATO
Boutros-Ghali
N. Security Council
Banja Luka
Remembering Cliff Meadows and V E Day memories
Cliff Meadows recalls capture at age 20 by German troops and internment at Stalag 7A then 7B after six months of cold, hunger, and hard labor with the 178th Infantry 45th U S Army Division. Fifty years after V E Day he reflects on liberation and homecoming in Trent Woods.
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Cliff Meadows
178Th Infantry
45Th
U.S. Army
Germany
Meadows
Maggie
Europe
Pollocksville
Trent Woods
Nazi Germany
Where were you 50 years ago today V E Day memories
Local readers reply to Sun Journal request sharing WWII memories. Howard J. Leech recalls liberation from a German POW camp on April 29 1945 in Moosberg Germany and transport to Le Havre Camp Lucky Strike. May 8 1945 serviceman at Mare Island recalls USS Gansevoort repairs after kamikaze damage and joy over Germany’s defeat ending the European war.
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The
Sun Journal
Moosberg
Germany
Munich
Landshut
le Havre
France
America
Lucky Strike
Howard J
Bill
Leech River Bend
Army Air Corps
8Th Air Force
100Th
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
California
Gansevoort
Philippines
States
Western Pacific
Mitterrand and Chirac Host Dignitaries at WWII Commemoration
French President Francois Mitterrand and President-elect Jacques Chirac preside over the 50th anniversary of Nazi surrender at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Leaders from nearly 80 nations attend as police cordon central Paris and deploy more than 5,000 security personnel.
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Francois Mitterrand
France
Chirac
Arc de Triomphe
Paris
Mitterrand
Bridge jumper dies after Neuse River plunge in New Bern
William Bailes 72 of Bridgeton died Sunday night after plunging from John Lawson Bridge into the Neuse River around 9 50 a m Saturday. Police say he stood on the outside rail and let go or fell in. A witness and rescuers praised officers for pulling him from the 10 to 12 foot water but he never regained consciousness. This marks the third bridge leap in New Bern since January 1994.
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John Lawson
Neuse
William Bailes
Bridgeton
Alex Setzer
New Bern
Sal Zanghi
David
Pedzinski
Setzer
Bailes
Zanghi
Craven Bailes
Trent River
Freedom Memorial
Marty Gilgo White
Grantsboro
Trent
Midwest Storm Toll Reaches Twenty Two Dead Across Regions
A string of deadly storms across Missouri Texas and Oklahoma left at least 22 dead and many injured. In Missouri a man died when a mobile home blew over during a thunderstorm near Springfield. In Dallas area floods dragged people into a manhole leaving multiple missing. Ardmore and Ardmore area saw significant destruction with 18 storm deaths in Texas and several structures damaged including a tire plant and a school roof. A tornado near Amarillo killed a man aged 38 and damaged eight mobile homes with several injuries. Residents described widespread destruction and dramatic weather warnings aided by forecasters.
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Missouri
Springfield
Texas
Dallas
Ardmore
Oklahoma City
Plainview
Red River Ranch
Marietta
Texas State Line
Susan Murfee
Memorial Hospital
Oklahoma
Eastman
Love County
Wesley Liddell
Texas Panhandle
Robert LeGrand
Amarillo
Wayne Beighle
Texas Department of Public Safety
LeGrand
Beighle
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