D-Day Through German Eyes Remembered in Bonn
A German artillery lieutenant recalls the June 6 1944 invasion at Avranches and Caen, describing weary troops, outdated weapons, and sunk morale as Allied forces landed. He notes the shock of air superiority, naval gunfire, and the July 20 1944 Hitler assassination plot shaping their view of the war’s end.
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Bae
Avranches
Cherbourg
Normandy
France
Atlantic Wall
Orne River
Caen
Bourg
Rommel
von Rundstedt
Russia
Messerschmitt
Spain
Hitler
Steelworkers Aim For Fair Settlement Before June 30
The executive board of the United Steelworkers of America says the union will be flexible and reasonable in negotiations for basic steel industry contracts. The 33 member board adopted a resolution calling for a fair, equitable and honorable settlement before the industry contract expires June 30.
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New York
Execuive Board
United Steelworkers of America
Soldier recalls Leibstandarte fate in Europe war
The narrator describes serving near Hitler's Leibstandarte division with unexpectedly few dedicated Nazis. He details a slow retreat under Allied pressure, a brutal August 11 attack that killed or captured most of Unit 1154, his own wounding and evacuation to Holland, later return to Germany, command of a new artillery unit on the Eastern front, and being in Czechoslovakia when the war ended in May 1945.
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Batern Front
Russia
Normandy
Berlin
Avranches
Cher
Hitler
Leibstandarte
Holland
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Union warns of possible strike if contract talks fail
A union says talks continue with a June 30 deadline looming and a strike likely if no agreement. Industry leaders describe the union demands as astronomic while proposing a wage freeze and benefits cap to curb inflation. Basic pay averages 3.03 per hour. In Tucson, thieves strike a shopping center hitting a Bank of Douglas branch and other locations with little loot recovered.
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R. Conrad Cooper
United States Steel Corp
Tucson
Ariz
Bank of Douglas
Tucson Federal Savings & Loan Co
Moose Lodge Honors 12 New Members for 1958 Enrollment
The Winchester Moose Lodge welcomed 12 new members at a Tuesday evening ceremony honoring Nicholas Arnold of Mooseheart. Julian Deck received a portrait of Paul Schmitz from Willie McClement as part of the event. The lodge has enrolled 100 members since August 15, 1958.
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Winchester
Moose
Mooseheart
Ill
Willie McClement
Front Royal
Nicholas Arnold
Moosehart
Cork St
Jones
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