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...dingen, a U.S. Army base near Frankfurt in West Germany, helicopter maintenance crews do much of their work under tents instead of in hangars. They use jury-rigged lighting and, in cold weather, kerosene heaters that military regulations prohibit as safety hazards. Across the road, 36 armed M-60 tanks stand ready to go to war-if they can churn their way out of a vast mudhole that turns into a pond whenever it rains. At Fliegerhorst barracks near Hanau, 15 miles south of Büdingen, helicopter repair crews have taken over the base's only gymnasium. They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Army of Self-Helpers on NATO's Front Line | 7/27/1981 | See Source »

Married. Prince Welf Heinrich of Hanover, 37, Kaiser Wilhelm II's grandson and the brother of Queen Frederika of Greece, a German-educated doctor of laws and writer about the legal problems of space; and Princess Alexandra of Ysembourg-Büdingen, 22, a fine-featured brunette, who wore a crown of diamonds lent by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II; in Büidingen, Germany, before 800 guests including Frederika and King Paul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 3, 1960 | 10/3/1960 | See Source »

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