Prison Gates Opening for Notorious Atom Spy Klaus Fuchs
London AP reports Klaus Fuchs, jailed nine years for betraying Western atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, is nearing release. Debate grows over whether he should live in East Germany despite distrust, with his father Emil Fuchs, Leipzig University, honored by East Germany in the meantime.
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Richard A. Butler
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East Germany
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Leipzig University
Last Confederate Survivor Named Five Star General
Walter Williams the last Confederate veteran received an honorary five star general rank from a group calling itself the Confederate High Command at his Houston bedside. The presentation was made by Donald A. Ramsey of St. Petersburg Florida as executive commissioner. Williams, said to have a slight chill, dozed through most of the ceremony after a nip of whisky.
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Donald A. Ramsey
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War Centennial Group Hunts Medals for Congressional Heroes
A nationwide search by the District of Columbia Civil War Centennial Commission seeks descendants of Civil War soldiers who earned the first Congressional Medals of Honor. The effort aims to locate medals, hold a 1962 centennial ceremony at Washington Cathedral, and may unveil related diaries and letters. The Navy may lay flowers on the Potomac, and public help is requested to find where medals and medal recipients’ descendants are today.
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White House Beat: A Reporter’s Hard Living Till Now
Veteran AP correspondent Ed Cr eagh describes the grind of covering the White House since 1947. He recalls constant travel and push to file stories while dodging distractions and keeping focus on presidents from Eisenhower to Truman.
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White House
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Chicago
Save the Chipmunks Federation
Space race proposal calls for immediate selection of first astronaut
The text urges rapid choice of a person to become the inaugural human launched into space, emphasizing expediency and the historic significance of the mission.
Youth Convicted on Ill Fame Charge
A 19 year old youth indicted on six counts of malicious wounding in Richmond AP reports the case proceeding with the defendant facing multiple assault charges and potential penalties.
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