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...generals were angry with Defense Minister Kai-Uwe von Hassel, 53. Luftwaffe Lieut. General Werner Panitzki publicly charged that Von Hassel had delayed making needed improvements in Germany's F-104 Starfighter fleet, of which 61 have crashed, killing 35 pilots. Four-star General Heinz Trettner, the West German equivalent to the U.S.'s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, went up in smoke after Von Hassel failed to consult him before ruling-of all things-that labor union organizers could enter military camps to recruit career enlisted men and officers for their ranks. The third resignation...
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