Stormin Norman Receives Honorary Knight Title
In Tampa, General H Norman Schwarzkopf was awarded an honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II. The Gulf War hero received the crimson ribboned two cross medallion at a private ceremony at U S Central Command headquarters. He joked he will wear it when appropriate and holds the title of Honorary Knight Commander in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath.
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Tampa
Fla
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
U.S
JFK May Have Quietly Accepted Berlin Wall to End Crisis
Washington reports a book by Michael Beschloss argues Kennedy silently accepted building the Berlin Wall as a means to avert nuclear war. The narrative cites Kennedy’s limited public discussion of the wall and his later remark to aides that a wall was preferable to war, enabling Khrushchev to exit the crisis.
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John F. Kennedy
Berlin Wall
Michael R. Beschloss
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Beschloss
West Berlin
Sen. J. William Ful
Bright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Fulbright
Walter Ulbricht
Police probe obstruction in Kennedy estate rape case
Palm Beach Florida AP police interview nearly complete in a probe of whether witnesses misled investigators into a March Florida estate rape case. Chief Tertizzese said possible obstruction charges could follow and that prosecutors will decide soon. Moira Lasch led depositions in New York with Stephen Kaufman representing Barry and Kennedy family figures.
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FBI
William G. Barry
Kennedy
Barry
William Kennedy Smith
Smith
Edward Kennedy
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Kennedys
Jack Freese
Sen. Kennedy
Senator
Rockland County
N.Y
New York City
Army plans major honing of Patriots
The Army plans major changes to the Patriot air defense system following scrutiny of its Persian Gulf War use. Upgrades aim to raise radar sensitivity to detect missiles sooner and to allow launchers to operate farther from control computers, widening defended areas. The Patriot, run by Army Missile Command in Huntsville, is part of the Theater Missile Defense Initiative.
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Ala
J. Morgan Jellett
Strategic Defense Command
Joint Theater Missile Defense Office
Army
Jellett
Army Missile Command
Theater Missile Defense Initiative
Pentagon
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