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Synopsis: Former Nazi SS Troopers In Massacre Trial, 20 Firefighters And 3 Policemen Injured In Fire, French Veterans Of The Korean War Honored, The Cars Of The Future Debut At New York Auto Show, Ski Jumping Championships, Surfing In Australia... (read more)
France Former Nazi SS Troopers In Massacre Trial Twenty-one former Nazi SS men go on trial for the massacre in 1944, of 642 men, women and children in the village of Oradour, France. While in the village, survivors, seven of them, survey the charred buildings of the hamlet that was put to the torch.
United States 20 Firefighters And 3 Policemen Injured In Fire Twenty firefighters and three policemen are injured in a fire and explosion in a tire and battery shop. Firemen were blown through the wall in the blast.
France French Veterans Of The Korean War Honored Veterans of the Korean War are honored in ceremonies at Saint Germain, France. Members of the French battalion are decorated in the presence of NATO Commander General Matthew Ridgeway.
United States The Cars Of The Future Debut At New York Auto Show The cars of the future are shown in a mammoth show. If the cars aren’t beautiful enough, which they are, the gals who decorate them will hold your attention to a standstill.
United States Ski Jumping Championships John Risnes of Norway walks away with top honors, with a leap of 195 feet at the Norge Ski Club’s mid-winter jump.
Australia Surfing In Australia There are other kinds of skiing and the Aussies have it down pat as they race down the giant combers on their water skis. Now called surfboards.