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ARCHIVE PAPERS RECALL TOUGH TIMES IKE READY TO TAKE FALL IF D-DAY INVASION FAILED.(NEWS)

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From: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
Date: 19961230
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Byline: Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- Ike takes the blame for a colossal failure. Upton Sinclair educates America about rats ground into its meat supply. A black man soon to lose his freedom makes a heart-rending plea. A physics student records atomic fission with two triumphant words: ''We're cookin'!''

The National Archives has put on display a smattering of its 4 billion government records, yellowed papers that bring alive wrenching moments in the country's history.

Maybe none is more pertinent, in a capital where words become minced and evasive when an apology ...

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