Word: lithuanian
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...about that Lithuanian sailor we so readily threw to the wolves? Or did someone remove the quotation from the Statue of Liberty...
...event in recent memory has more angered both the President and the American public than the forcible return of a defecting Lithuanian sailor to his Soviet ship last month. Simas (short for Simonas) Kudirka sought asylum aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant during a rendezvous-to discuss North Atlantic fishing rights-between the two vessels in U.S. territorial waters off Cape Cod. The incident resulted in the suspension of Rear Admiral William B. Ellis, commander of the Coast Guard's First District in Boston, his chief of staff, Captain Fletcher Brown, and Vigilant's skipper, Commander Ralph...
...evidence thus far clearly shows that Commander Eustis realized that the Lithuanian was a genuine defector, was loath to return him, and did so under direct order from Admiral Ellis. While in radio contact with Captain Brown, Eustis said: "I have talked a great deal with the individual . . . I believe he is sincere in his intention to defect to this country. The defector is definitely in fear of his life. At this time, indications are that regardless of what we do, he will go over the side [if we hand him back] as soon as we depart this area...
With STAR, controllers should rest easy. Built by a Lithuanian-born J.P.L. engineer named Algirdas Avižienis, 38, the computer consists of ten separate units, each designed to perform a specific function (computation, logic, communications, memory and monitoring). More important, some of the units always stand by as spares. Thus, if any of STAR'S working parts should falter, it can quickly mobilize a replacement...
...announcement that the four would be released, however, the Turkish government agreed to hand over the pilot and one passenger of a small Russian plane that had been hijacked late last month. Even so, the two students who took over the plane remained in Turkish custody, as did the Lithuanian father and son who forced the crew of an Aeroflot plane to land in Turkey in October and who killed a stewardess in the process...