For tenor from Malta, a star- making role?
November 26, 2009
| MIKE SILVERMAN
Since Malta's Royal Opera House had been destroyed during World War II, opportunities for his student to attend live performances were limited.'' So I had to talk to Joseph...
Edward Stimpson, aviation advocate, dies at 75
November 26, 2009
| JOHN MILLER
In 1998, Stimpson received the Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy for public service in aviation, an honor he shared with aviator Charles A. Lindbergh, World War II pilot Lt. Gen....
Democrats consider surtax to pay for Afghan war
November 25, 2009
| Steven Thomma
Franklin Roosevelt raised taxes as well, to help pay for World War II. Lyndon Johnson tacked a temporary 10 percent surtax on top of normal income taxes to help pay for the...
Today in History - Nov. 26
November 25, 2009
In 1943, during World War II, the HMT Rohna, a British transport ship carrying American soldiers, was hit by a German missile off Algeria; 1,138 men were killed. In 1949,...
Sacramento Bee - - Home Front
November 24, 2009
| Jim Wasserman
While the falloff in housing starts, new home sales, and existing home sales already rivals the worst downturns in the post World War II era, home price declines and mortgage...
Woman accused in Statesville slaying
November 27, 2009
| CharlotteObserver.com
World War II veteran Robert Comito's ashes were supposed to be spread across the N.C. sky. Instead, the plastic box with the ashes ended up in a 5-inch crater in...
Circle of Lights grows from modest to spectacle
November 26, 2009
| indystar.com
The idea of decorating the Soldiers and Sailors Monument for the holidays was hatched in 1945 as a way to celebrate peace, World War II having just ended. ...
George W. Goerke
November 26, 2009
| indystar.com
Mr. Goerke served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Private services will be held. Randall & Roberts Funeral Home, Noblesville, is handling the arrangements. ...
Proposal: Income- tax surcharge to pay for war
November 25, 2009
| CharlotteObserver.com
Franklin Roosevelt raised taxes as well, to help pay for World War II. Lyndon Johnson tacked a temporary 10 percent surtax on top of normal income taxes to help pay for the...
Without their sacrifices, blessings would not exist
November 25, 2009
| indystar.com
On a granite wall at the World War II Memorial in Washington is the following quote:'' Our debt... 14 permanent World War II cemeteries erected on foreign soil. The site was...
Sculpture of diary honors Anne Frank
November 25, 2009
| indystar.com
from Nazi occupiers during World War II, until their discovery in 1944. In 1945, 15-year-old Frank died of typhus in a concentration camp. Her best-selling diary was published...
Velma I. Strovers, 94, Indianola
November 24, 2009
| DesMoinesRegister.com
Velma served during World War II in the Army Air Corps. She worked for Northwestern Bell as an operator all of her working life. Velma was a long time member of the...
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AP reporter caught up in Stalin family's agony
November 21, 2009 |
The story was the possible defection to the United States of the grandson of Josef Stalin, the notorious Communist dictator and World War II hero of the Soviet Union. ...
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Pictures of the Week, Nov. 6 - 12
November 13, 2009 |
Captola'' Cappy'' Johnson of Fair Oaks was a Women Airforce Service Pilot, or WASP, during World War II. She and others in the program that helped pave the way for women in...
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Pioneering female WWII pilots to be honored at Mather event
November 10, 2009 |
Captola'' Cappy'' Johnson of Fair Oaks was a Women Airforce Service Pilot, or WASP, during World War II. She and others in the program that helped pave the way for women in...
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Navajo Code Talkers to be in NYC Veterans parade
November 10, 2009 |
Navajo Marines helped the U.S. prevail at Iwo Jima and other World War II Pacific battles with an unbreakable code that stymied the Japanese. The code of Navajo...
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U. S. Coast Guard at San Francisco Bay
November 08, 2009 |
our navy since before World War II. ...
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World War II photos found - - retrievable at courthouse
October 15, 2009 |
Security guards at Sacramento's federal courthouse are holding this World War II picture of a B-24 crew. The photo and another of the Asian American staff sergeant, center,...
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Beauty and tragedy in global network of war graves
November 08, 2009 |
black volunteer contingent during World War II, in the isolated Palmietkkuil near Springs, South Africa. Scattered through 150 countries and managed from a modest office...
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Tom Hanks, others screen' Beyond All Boundaries'
November 05, 2009 |
Actor Tom Hanks speaks to reporters as he arrives at the World War II Museum in New Orleans on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The museum is opening it $300 million expansion project...
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