Imprisoned Because of Race Oberlin Optometrist Recalls Wartime Internment
Roy Ebihara an Oberlin optometrist recalls being shot at as a child during the 1942 45 Japanese American internment at Topaz Utah He was eight years old when a soldier in a guard tower opened fire on unarmed youths and an old man The incident left one man dead and contributed to a broader redress movement seeking compensation for detainees including Ebihara and his brother Ben now a NASA engineer based in Strongsville Ohio The article links the experiences to calls for $25 000 per detainee as redress grows nationwide.
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Topaz
Utah
Roy Ebihara
Ebihara
Oberlin
Ben
Strongsville
NASA
Reagan orders $13 billion defense cut over three years
President Reagan, at Camp David, directs Pentagon to cut direct defense outlays by 13 billion and contracted military spending by up to 22 billion over three years. Gergen says no strategic weapons cuts, aims to keep 7 percent annual military spending growth. Caspar Weinberger to quantify effects. ultimate figures pending.
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Washingyon
UPL
Reagan
Pentagon
Camp David
White House
David Gergen
Caspar Weinberger
Gergen
Department
Weinberger
David Stockman
Monty nearly risked Enigma secret in WWII
An official history reports General Sir Bernard Montgomery almost revealed Britain’s Enigma decoding secret to the enemy. Churchill issued a reprimand for the near disclosure, noting his stature as a great British commander who would later become field marshal and lord.
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London
UPS
Bernard Montgomery
Monty
Winston Churchill
Britain
Enigma codebreakers faced high level risk in WW II
Churchill suspected Montgomery leaked Enigma details after Rommel's illness while Mont gomery's cover for the intelligence source was weak. The Royal Navy also nearly disclosed Enigma secrets as experts say security nearly failed. Since the 1970s the Enigma story emerged, revealing chess masters and mathematicians at Bletchley Park breaking the top German code.
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Churchill
Montgomery
Enigma
Royal Navy
Ronald Lewin
Bletchery Park
Unclear Local Weather Brief From OCR Readout
Weather snapshot shows misty, cloudy conditions with possible showers. Forecasted highs around 75 to 99 degrees with a 10 percent rain chance today and a 7 percent chance later. tonight mostly cloudy with low temperatures in the upper 60s to 66s.
Miss Arkansas crowned 1982 Miss America in Atlantic City
Elizabeth Ward of Arkansas, 5 foot 9 inch brunette and University of Arkansas student, won the 1982 Miss America title in Atlantic City New Jersey. She sang After You've Gone in talent and captured the swimsuit award. Miss Arizona Sarah Tattersall did not reach finals but earned a 2000 scholarship among eight of the remaining contestants.
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Elizabeth Ward
Atlantic City
N.J
University of Arkansas
Elyria
Sarah Tattersall
Arizona
Victim of $30 million heist once charged with burglary
In Cleveland, police probed a rare stamp and coin burglary from David K. Hobus, who once faced charges of aggravated burglary grand theft and receiving stolen property for a separate $85,000 jewel theft in Brecksville. Hobus claimed innocence as an accomplice while awaiting details on the July case.
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Cleveland
UPY
David K. Hobus
Brecksville
Jerry Hruby
Hobus
John Rebrook
Cardinal Cody Denies Funds Misuse Amid New Insurance Claims
Cardinal John P. Cody condemned Sun-Times charges as innuendos while the paper reported a $100,000 policy for his alleged cousin Helen Dolan Wilson and loans tied to the policy. The Sun-Times claimed Cody directed contracts to Wilson and payroll payments, with others earning commissions. Acting U.S. Attorney Dan Webb said he was reviewing the case as Cody addressed Archdiocesan Catholic Women.
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Chicago
UPI
John P. Cody
Cody
Chicago Sun-Times
Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women
Conrad Hilton
Sun-Times
Wilson
Diocese of
St. Joseph
David Dolan Wilson
The
St. Louis
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Charlie de
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Cardinal John Patrick Cody
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