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...Chancellor insist that Kohl wrote Reagan a letter shortly after his Washington visit that repeated his hopes for a presidential trip full of upbeat symbolism. One paragraph, they say, mentioned Dachau as a Konzentrationslager that Reagan should see out of respect for its victims. Reagan aides would not confirm that such a suggestion was repeated by Kohl. Moreover, they contend, lower West German officials expressed pleasure that Reagan had publicly announced his intention to avoid such an appearance. A senior Bonn official concedes, "Quite a lot of German people were pleased about the decision not to go to Dachau because...
...noon on Monday, May 7, millions had heard the news, but the Allied governments still refused to confirm the story, apparently because of a Soviet request for a delay until a formal surrender in Berlin could be arranged. Several hundred thousand people milled around for five hours in New York's Times Square, sober, uncertain whether to celebrate or not. Ticker tape fluttered through the air, then stopped. Finally Mayor Fiorello La Guardia bellowed through a loudspeaker, "Go home ... or return to your jobs...
...swollen and blue, and I know I must get it tended to. I have a four-hour layover, so airport officials get me a taxi and instruct the driver to take me to the closest hospital on the outskirts of Moscow. After X-raying my foot, the doctors confirm it is a fracture, apply a plaster cast, give me a pair of crutches and send me back to the airport...
Wilson did not respond to phone and e-mail inquiries to personally confirm that his life was not over...
...latest in his exploration of a presidential run. While not exactly lighting up the crowd, he's clearly learned some of the requirements to be a Republican presidential candidate. He endlessly quoted and praised Ronald Reagan. He declared that Republicans would "end the IRS as you know it" and "confirm judges who will faithfully interpret the law from the bench and not fabricate law from the bench." He noted that he had spent some time near New Hampshire while in school, but never mentioned the Ivy League institution (Harvard Medical School) that he attended. He also said he would support...