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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Prisoner of Freedom. Caught with his flak outfit in the Stalingrad encirclement, Strauss escaped but suffered frostbite so severe in both feet that he was declared unfit for combat. Ending the war as a lieutenant and an instructor at a flak school in southern Bavaria, Strauss was taken prisoner by the U.S. Third Army. It was the break of his life. The Americans made Strauss an interpreter. Then, finding that he was untainted by Nazi ties, they gave him a local-government job. Under American supervision, a new Catholic party was being formed in Bavaria. Joining forces with those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEST GERMANY: Watchman on the Rhine | 12/19/1960 | See Source »

...most notable members of the Marblehead outfit will not take to the water: U.S. 5.5 meter Olympic champion George O'Day and sailmaker Ted Hood. The Crimson's chief threat will probably be low visibility and freezing spray...

Author: By Peter S. Britell, | Title: Crimson Sailors Will Compete Tomorrow | 12/16/1960 | See Source »

...balance against the Huskies' great individual stars, including a speedy, high-scoring first line. Coach Cooney Welland's squad lost by one-goal margins last weekend to strong Clarkson and younger St. Lawrence, but its performances indicate that, even in early season form, the varsity can take on any outfit the East...

Author: By Robert E. Smith, | Title: Powerful, Balanced Sextet Faces Star-Studded Northeastern Squad | 12/15/1960 | See Source »

...Crimson and Northeastern have both been miserly with the goals thus far (with the exception of Clarkson's surprising six-goal splurge), but the Huskies are basically an offensive outfit, according to their coach. Jim Bell's northeastern sextet is potentially the best in the school's history and already the big threat locally. Each coach expects a tough battle and calls a victory essential...

Author: By Robert E. Smith, | Title: Powerful, Balanced Sextet Faces Star-Studded Northeastern Squad | 12/15/1960 | See Source »

...most ominous of many threats to the spirit of Christmas this year is a song manufacturer named Johnny Marks, president of an outfit known as St. Nicholas Music, Inc. In Christmases past, Marks has filled the holiday air with numbers like When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day and Everyone's a Child at Christmas. His most enduring creation is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which after twelve seasons and a sale of close to 30 million copies is this year enshrined in no fewer than 25 new recordings by Paul Anka, Ella...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Christmas Rock | 12/12/1960 | See Source »

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