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Old 06-08-2015, 10:00 AM   #537
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Guten morgan. On this date in 1948, a hand-built aluminum prototype vehicle was finished in Austria by Ferdinand Porsche, the first automobile to bear his name. And in 1986 former UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim was elected president of Austria, despite charges that he had also formerly been a Nazi staff officer.

On a personal note, I met Herr Waldheim once, in Nashville back in 1976. Odd story that, which also includes me getting a wink from Dolly Parton.
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