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Most Saturday mornings in Bremen, Ind., the regulars gather at Zentz's Barber Shop on Plymouth St. to talk politics. "There's a lot of pretty important decisions that are made in the barber shop," says proprietor John Zentz, chairman of Marshall County's Republican Party. The decisions aren't always earth-shaking, but we get some things done without making a fuss. "Barbering ($4 a cut) doesn't interfere. "Oh, my customers are extremely tolerant," Zentz explains. "I just keep on working and I guess they trust...
...boarded the ship, found 31 tons of pot aboard and arrested the crew, including 22 Colombian nationals. Seven days later, federal and local officials closed in on the freighter Indomable, believed to have loaded its cargo in Colombia, as it docked in the Maine town of Bremen. They confiscated 30 tons of marijuana and arrested 24 people, including eight Colombian nationals...
...ownership laws are strict, and the relatively few people who do qualify to possess handguns tend to choose Gun Seller Goldstein better-made and more expensive models. Thus, most Rohm gun parts-perhaps $1 million worth a year, although company officials refuse to be exact -are shipped through Bremen and Hamburg to the U.S., where there is one pistol for every four citizens, and where there is a flourishing market for cheap "Saturday night specials." Last year the U.S. imported 298,689 foreign handguns, most of them from Italy and West Germany, and 3.1 million gun parts...
...unusual and painful environmental epidemic is sweeping West Germany. In Bremen last week a crowd of demonstrators stoned the town hall and had to be dispersed with tear gas and water cannons. In Hamburg, police moved into a march of 5,000 youthful protesters and made rune arrests for rock throwing. In West Berlin, young people barricaded themselves in buildings and hung out Signs: HERE WE LIVE AND HERE WE STAY -WE SHALL OVERCOME...
With only one suitcase, filled with clothing and favorite photographs, she set sail from Bremen on the steamship Munchen. "I had seen the Rhine, but this was the biggest puddle of water." The ship reached New York on Dec. 11, 1923. The spectacle of the Statue of Liberty and the New York skyline lavishly lit up at night seemed to be a sign of America's astounding wealth. "At home, lights were out after 9," says Sophie. Her overwhelming sensation was fear: "If you didn't pass the tests, they would send you back...