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...plans of some companies to compensate for their CO2 emissions by planting trees. This is a nice first step. But we also need a worldwide organization with a lot of political and economical power to force companies of every country to reduce CO2 emissions. Gerrit Röpke Verden, Germany The Personal Is Environmental Re "Kyoto, Heal Thyself" [Jan. 29]: I want to believe that we Japanese are born loving and cherishing nature. However, I feel that we are not taking action. Despite the trend toward hybrid cars overseas, many young Japanese are attracted to huge SUVs, which burn more...
...plans of some companies to compensate for their CO2 emissions by planting trees. This is a nice first step. But we also need a worldwide organization with a lot of political and economic power to force companies of every country to reduce CO2 emissions. Gerrit Röpke Verden, Germany...
...Richard Pfaff, Wigglesworth; David Holmes, Thayer South; Charles Chambers, Dudley; and Paul Verden, Grays...
Your Nov. 10 report on the SS meeting in Verden, Germany, addressed by ex-Paratrooper General "Papa" Ramcke, reminded me of the circumstances of his capture by our 13th Regiment of the 8th Division . . . on Sept. 19, 1944. Word was received that General Ramcke desired to surrender. He and his staff were in a bunker 75 feet underground, on the Crozon Peninsula outside Brest . . . At 1830 hours, Brigadier General Charles D. W. Canham . . . appeared to accept surrender. Very haughtily, Ramcke demanded of Canham his credentials. Canham pointed to the accompanying Tommy-gun and BAR men and replied: "These...
Steel Helmets. The occasion seemed harmless: since SS troops are not eligible for veterans' pensions, two former generals of SS combat divisions had formed an SS old soldiers society; last week they held a rally in Verden's soccer stadium. From all over Germany, even from South America, came more than 5,000 delegates. Welcomed by the Bur germeister, the SSmen made merry in Verden's beer gardens...