Homecoming of Cliff Meadows Marks End of War Wait
Cliff Meadows returned to American soil after seven days aboard a ship and reunited with his wife Maggie in New Bern. She quit her job to celebrate their marriage by a justice of the peace on June 20 1945. The couple, now married 50 years, recall the end of World War II, lost friends, and memories shared with family.
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France
Meadows
Maggie Meadows
Hardy’s Cleaners
New Bern
Europe
Cliff
Cliff Meadows
Dietrich Miller
Virginia
Charlie Inman
Miller
Inman
Ed Laughinghouse
Spring Garden
Danube River
Bob von Burg
Hitler
Grover E. Simmons
Voices of World War II Veterans Across Europe and Pacific
Riverton residents recall family life after hospital arrival of a newborn while fathers served in the Navy. Details span Omaha Beach damage, English Channel crossings, and Normandy convoys. Accounts cover Marseille V-E Day, Austria reconnaissance, battles near Magdeburg, and Bunker Hill kamikaze strike with 396 killed.
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Normandy
Omaha Beach
English Channel
Southampton
England
André P. Alas Havelock
Bunker Hill
Okinawa
Jima
World leaders join France for Paris reconciliation ceremony
France Vice President Al Gore, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, and British Prime Minister John Major accompanied President Mitterrand to Paris after a reconciliation ceremony in London. Chirac beat Jospin 52 to 47 in a runoff as 2,500 soldiers paraded and a red white blue jet flyover marked the day.
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al Gore
Helmut Kohland
John Major
Paris
London
Mitterrand
Chirac
Navy
Foreign
Nixon’s advice aids Dole in campaign for presidency
Before his death Nixon left letters to Bob Dole offering political guidance. He urged Dole to run toward the right to win a nomination and toward the middle to win the presidency. Nixon advised Dole on posture and public image and supported a middle ground on health reform while praising Dole’s proposed program. Dole later signaled caution on blocking Henry Foster’s surgeon general nomination.
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Senate
Bob Dole
White House
Nixon
Dole
Brian
Los Angeles Times
Clinton
Henry Foster
Tennessee
Malcolm X feud with Farrakhan ends at Harlem fundraiser
Malcolm X's widow and Louis Farrakhan reached a hopeful moment after decades of tension at a Harlem Apollo Theater fundraiser. Farrakhan received encouragement as about 1,400 attendees cheered, and she thanked him for backing her daughter Qubilah against federal charges.
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Louis Farrakhan
Farrakhan
Nation of Islam
Harlem
Apollo Theater
Qubilah
Local New Bern native backs Hornet jets at Cherry Point
Pake, a 39 year Cherry Point veteran born in New Bern, enjoys Craven Community College oil painting classes and has work displayed at Dixon's Soda Shop. He favors bringing Hornet jets to Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station as a boost to the local economy, saying it would be beneficial.
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Pake
New Bern
Cherry Point
Craven Community College
Dixon’s
U.S. Navy
Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station
Betty Shabazz Scouts Farrakhan Event Amid Silence
The scene covers Betty Shabazz leaving the podium as Louis Farrakhan shakes her hand and launches into an hourlong speech. She sits two seats away, nodding occasionally while Farrakhan receives numerous standing ovations.
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Farrakhan
Betty Shabazz
Royal kiss marks rare public moment for Charles and Diana
During a long V E Day ceremony in Lon don, Prince Charles kissed Diana on the cheek after largely ignoring her. The gesture, seen by their two sons and photographers, followed their December 1992 separation and their Christmas Day church appearance near Sandringham in Norfolk.
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Loneecee
Diana
Royal Sandringham
Norfolk
London
OJs lawyer sells used car at auction for small sum
A Mercedes 380 SEL once owned by Robert Shapiro sold for 9800 dollars at the World Classic Car Auction in Newport Beach. Auctioneer Sean Kruse joked the car might have been purchased by OJs attorney with his own money. The bid drew snickers before an unidentified buyer won the car.
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Robert Shapiro
Mr. Shapiro
O.j.’S
Sean Kruse
Newport Beach
Calif
Kruse
Hyatt Newporter Hotel
Otto the Avenger and the Baby Richard case
Mike Royko speculates that Otto the sperm father could cash in on the Baby Richard custody drama by leveraging reunion scenes and sensational TV rights. He envisions Otto controlling visits, financial windfall, and even a movie plot with Otto juggling lovers, lawsuits, and riverboat winnings as Hollywood interest grows.
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Otto
Beboy Richeed
Seeee
Sean
Daniela
Maria
Europe
Hollywood
Otto the Avenger
Mike Royko
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