Word: cedars
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some of the veterans testimony concerned Operation Cedar Falls, during which about 40 square miles of the so-called Iron Triangle in Vietnam were cleared of "enemy" forces by bombing, artillery and infantry attacks. A former lieutenant in a unit that participated in Operation Junction City said that orders for the operation were that "villages, hamlets or any other signs of life were to be completely destroyed...
...charges against Major General Samuel W. Koster for "dereliction of duty" for allowing war crimes to be committed under his command, and against Seaman for "conspiracy to commit war crimes" and for "dereliction of duty" for allowing his men to commit war crimes in 1967, with regard to Operations Cedar Falls and Junction City, which he planned and executed...
WALTER E. SAHR Cedar Rapids, Iowa...
...this has helped to bring a windfall to bank equipment firms. One company, LeFebure of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a division of Walter Kidde, almost tripled its volume between 1966 and 1969, when it posted sales of $19 million. Diebold, Inc., based in Canton, Ohio, increased its volume by more than 50% in the past three years, to an estimated $135 million...
...drugstore the French transmogrified it into a near-erotic experience. Over the past dozen years, several versions of Le Drugstore have appeared in Paris: multimedia bazaars featuring bizarre decor, intimate bars, lavish food and smart boutiques. The phenomenon bore only a dreamlike resemblance to the drug supermarkets of, say, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Now, by way of cultural reexport, not to say retaliation, the metamorphosed drugstore has returned...