From ash hoppers to boats Ross Kreps recalls life along the Potomac
Williamsport resident Ross Thaddeus Kreps recalls western Washington County life along the Potomac River. He describes ash hoppers used for making wood-ash lye soap and names neighbors and farms such as the Shupp farm Zimmerman Clagett and Mike Rhodes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ofa Ann Ernst
Williamsport
Ross Thaddeus Kreps
South Conocncheague
Washington County
Potomac River
Shupp
Zimmerman
Clagett
Mike Rhodes
Ashton Ad
Russia radios arming East Germany with SA-11 SAR missiles
U S intelligence reports Russia is deploying new SA-11 SAR air defense missiles in East Germany to counter Western air forces. The system, mounted on armored vehicles, can fire two missiles at a target and complements existing SA programs as tanks move toward the West. Separate text recalls local histories of mills and families along the canal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Russia
East Germany
U.S
Europe
Pentagon
North Atlantic
Brussels
West German
Americans in Sweden resist Carter pardon plan
The article profiles draft resisters and deserters living in Sweden who say a presidential pardon would not guarantee their return. It notes about 250 to 300 Americans are believed to live there, with few taking Swedish citizenship and many building new lives while opposing the Vietnam War. It quotes Mike Powers and others detailing exile, identity, and attitudes toward repatriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powers
Wen Be
Bay Ridge
Brooklyn
Mike Powers
Steve
U.S
Toler
Chico
Calif
Steve Kinartson
Indianapolis
Sweden
Carter
Americas
Thomas Birath
Immigration Office
Cal
William Prout
Birath
Prout
New York
Stockholm University
Tre Carter
Hinkan
Jimny
Cartes
Exiles’ Committee
F.8
Vietnam
United States
State Department
Dinodey
States
Kinnamon
Thailand
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Ross Kreps
T. Kreps
E. Germany
Fred
Hoffman
Kreps
Tas
Hoss
Frederick Doyle Kreps
Kuhn's
Big Springs
Samuel Henry Kreps
Sunnyside
Woodland
Ross
Jack Charles
Mish
Dam No. 2
Mary Eshelman
Nellie Newkirk
Elsie Sprecher
Lula Shank’ Seibert
Eliza Jacques
Lizzie Hege Shupp
Ethel Newkirk
Ethel
Marty’ Kinsell
McCoy's Ferry
Smith's Store
Angle
Green Spring
Mertilt Hain
Florence Everitt
Miller's Bend
Everitt
Mrs. Kreps
Florence
Warmesboro
John Vinocur
Entleted
Stockholm
Wallingby
Patent and Trademark Office
First Federal
Hagerstown
Halfway
Frederick
Santa
Routzahn’s
Routzahn
Routzahn's
Washington St
Northern Ave
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