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...Doria story recalls an almost identical tragedy that occurred on Jan. 23, 1909, when the outbound steamship Republic was rammed in a heavy fog off Nantucket by the inbound Italian immigrant ship Florida. Before the Republic sank, her passengers were transferred to the badly damaged Florida, then to the Baltic, and brought back to New York. It was the first time that wireless was used [by the Republic] to bring help to a stricken ship. I am 80 years old. My husband and I were on the Republic, bound for a two-month honeymoon in Italy when the tragedy occurred...
...fifth-floor reception room, that something was on his mind beside the new Kremlin policy of smiles. Ushered into Dulles' office, he protested angrily that four times in early July and four times last April U.S. planes based in West Germany had "deliberately" penetrated the air space over Baltic Russia-"some for more than 2½ hours" and by as much as 214 miles. He got a polite but short (ten minutes) hearing...
...liquidation of hundreds of thousands of peasants who resisted collectivization. After the conquest and partition of Poland, Serov was assigned to the job of eliminating "anti-Soviet elements" in the newly annexed territories. Infamous secret order No. 001223, outlining procedures to be adopted for executions and deportations in the Baltic states (an estimated 1,142,000 people), was signed by Serov. His reward: an Order of Lenin...
...eastbound train reached Utah, he was handed a security-cleared "Military Map of the U.S.," showing key military installations as of 1953 and bearing printed regrets that censorship prevented inclusion of newer facilities. Arriving in Chicago, Tourist Molotov was greeted by a band of grim-faced hecklers, mostly Baltic refugees. A postal employee was spotted at the depot carrying a shotgun and a .45 revolver. Because he refused to be disarmed briefly (he was guarding mail), he was sternly guarded by two cops while Molotov walked through. The diplomat was soon bustling through Chicago's Museum of Science...
...trip was not without some unpleasantness. In Omaha an angry crowd of Baltic refugees from Soviet tyranny picketed Molotov's train, and the Russian delegation stayed discreetly aboard. But in Cheyenne, Wyo. the Soviet diplomat hit the high spot of his tour when a reporter from the Denver Post presented him with a ten-gallon hat. The reporter had three Stetsons of different sizes, just to be sure the fit was right. Molotov first tried on a size 7⅛, which was too snug. The newsman offered him a 7½. That was just right. "Thank you. Thank...