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	Encyclopedia: Laconia incident
		The second RMS Laconia was a Cunard ocean liner built by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson as a successor to the Laconia of 1911 to 1917.
		Laconia was the Cunard liner involved in the Laconia incident during World War II.
		The Laconia incident was an event in World War II that profoundly affected the operations of the German U-boat fleet and caused the conviction, four years later, of Admiral Karl D nitz of war crimes.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Laconia-incident (744 words)

	ipedia.com: Laconia Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Laconia (Λακωνία), also known as Lacedaemonia, was in ancient Greece the portion of the Peloponnesus of which the most important city was Sparta.
		It is the tallest mountain in Laconia and the Peloponnese.
		The German admiralty subsequently issued the "Laconia order" which forbade U-boats from helping the survivors of ships which they had sunk, and for which Admiral Karl Dönitz was controversially prosecuted at the end of the war.
	www.ipedia.com /laconia.html (375 words)

	Laconia incident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Laconia incident was a 1942 incident during World War II when RMS Laconia, carrying some 80 civilians and 268 British soldiers, and about 1800 Italian POWs with 160 Polish soldiers on guard, was struck by a torpedo from a German U-boat off the coast of West Africa and sank.
		The 20,000-ton Laconia was carrying not only her regular crew of 136 but also some 80 civilians, military material and 268 British soldiers, and about 1800 Italian prisoners of war with 160 Polish soldiers on guard.
		Defense lawyers for Dönitz argued that the policy was ambiguous, and with Admiral Chester Nimitz's testimony, that American submarines in the Pacific operated under the same instructions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Laconia_incident (1178 words)

	RMS Laconia - Definition up Erdmond.Com
		The first Laconia was built by Swan,_Hunter_and_Wigham_Richardson, launched on July_27, 1911, delivered to the Cunard Line on December_12, 1911, and began service on January_20, 1912.
		On the outbreak of World_War_I Laconia was turned into an armed merchant cruiser in 1914 and based at Simonstown in the South Atlantic, from which she patrolled the South Atlantic and Indian_Ocean until April 1915.
		On September_24, 1934 Laconia was involved in a collision off the US coast, while traveling from Boston to New York in dense fog.
	www.erdmond.com /RMS_Laconia.html (846 words)

	Trenches on the Web - Special: The Sinking of the Laconia
		I have talked with a seaman who was in the same lifeboat with the two Chicago women and he has told me that he saw their lifeless bodies washing out of the sinking lifeboat.
		Two of the Laconia's stewardesses passed boiling basins of navy cocoa and aided in the disentanglement of wet and matted tresses.
		The men grouped themselves near steam pipes in the petty officers' quarters or over the gratings of the engine rooms, where new life was to be had from the upward blasts of heated air that brought with them the smell of bilge water and oil and sulphur from the bowels of the vessel.
	www.worldwar1.com /sflac.htm (4598 words)

	R.M.S. Laconia (II) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		From June to November 1923, Laconia served the Hamburg-New York route and once the 1930's arrived she was frequently used for cruising, as were many other liners.
		Laconia was converted into an armed merchant cruiser in 1939, and then into a troopship in 1941.
		As a result of the Laconia Incident, Doenitz ordered that no further rescues should be attempted by German U-boats.
	www.greatships.net /laconia2.html (226 words)

	Werner Hartenstein and the Laconia Incident
		Unbeknownst to Hartenstein, the Laconia was carrying not only her regular crew of 136 but also 80 British women and children, 268 British soldiers, 160 Free Polish troops and 1800 Italian prisoners of war.
		The Laconia incident, as it became known, was to have far-reaching consequences.
		His Laconia order was used to help convict Dönitz of war crimes at Nuremberg in 1946 even though American submarines in the Pacific operated under the same instructions.
	wernerhartenstein.tripod.com /U156Laconia.htm (814 words)

	Bishop Accountability
		LACONIA — A New Hampshire state trooper, who as a teenage boy was allegedly raped by a Roman Catholic priest, told his story in Belknap County Superior Court on Tuesday.
		The victim said the incident came to mind again when he applied to the New Hampshire State Police six years ago.
		During a questioning period, he mentioned the alleged sexual incident to his examiner who encouraged him to tell the appropriate authorities.
	www.bishop-accountability.org /news/2003_04_10_King_AllegedVictim.htm (764 words)

	The Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News - 02-Feb-06 - Laconia chief says shooting proves his stance on ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Laconia’s embattled Police Chief Bill Baker yesterday fired a verbal shot against politicians, businessmen and the New Hampshire Supreme Court in the wake of the shooting of two “Hells Angels prospects” in the early morning hours.
		Laconia police, who were called to the hospital, said the State Police knew the two men.
		Laconia Police Chief Bill Baker was quoted in the release as saying “the shooting is compelling evidence of the turbulence that exists in a world perhaps better understood by Law Enforcement than by some politicians and businessmen or Supreme Court members.”
	webarchive.unionleader.com /articles_showa.html?article=12273 (959 words)

	Encyclopedia: RMS Laconia
		Although one was launched ten years after the other, they are easily confused; they had similar careers and met similar fates.
		The first Laconia was launched in 1911 and sunk by a U-boat in 1917.
		The second Laconia was launched in 1921 and sunk by a U-boat in 1942.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/RMS-Laconia (297 words)

	St. Hilaire v. City of Laconia
		We affirm because the defendants are entitled to qualified immunity in that they did not violate any constitutional law that was clearly established at the time of the shooting and they could reasonably have believed their search warrant was supported by probable cause.
		The police were concerned about the reflective glass on the front of Laconia Auto Wrecking, which made it difficult for people outside to see in but easy for people inside to see out.
		The Court remanded the cause for a determination of whether the seizure was "unreasonable" in light of petitioners' allegations that the roadblock had been set up in such a manner as to be likely to kill the decedent.
	www.law.emory.edu /1circuit/dec95/95-1463.01a.html (3984 words)

	Issues - MESA
		William H. Phillips, 37, of Manchester, said in a jail interview Friday in Laconia that he saw several corrections officers drag Armstrong from his cell into a maximum security unit room at the Hillsborough County facility, also known as the Valley Street Jail on Jan. 13 or 14.
		Authorities have insisted Armstrong wasn't beaten at the jail, but say there was a minor incident on the evening of Jan. 14 with a correctional officer that caused Armstrong to fall and hit his head the day before his parents posted bail.
		He was semi-conscious the morning after the incident when his parents picked him up after posting bail at the jail and were told to take him directly to the hospital.
	www.mesacanada.com /suicid02.htm (1474 words)

	Station Information - Laconia incident
		At 10pm on September 12, 1942, U-156 was patrolling off the coast of West Africa midway between Liberia and Ascension Island.
		The 20,000-ton liner Laconia was carrying not only her regular crew of 136 but also some 80 civilians, military material and 268 British soldiers, and about 1800 Italian prisoners of war with 160 Polish soldiers on guard.
		Dönitz's "Laconia order" convicted him of war crimes at Nuremberg in 1946 despite the fact that American submarines in the Pacific operated under the same instructions.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/l/la/laconia_incident.html (791 words)

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		The warrant issued and the police planned their operation to execute the search warrant.\par }{\plain \tab It was a joint operation between the Belknap Sheriff's Office, the Belknap Police and the Laconia Police.
		The police had also received complaints some time earlier about the sounds of shooting from the auto yard.\par }{\plain \tab The police were concerned about the reflective glass on the front of Laconia Auto Wrecking, which made it difficult for people outside to see in but easy for people inside to see out.
		In\~}{\plain \ul Hegarty}{\plain, this court examined each of the actions leading up to the mortal wounding of a woman whom police officers were attempting to arrest for recklessly endangering the safety of four campers.
	www.law.emory.edu /1circuit/rtfs/dec95/95-1463.01a.rtf (4090 words)

	uboat.net - Articles
		Shortly after the sinking the crew of U-156 was amazed to hear Italian voices in the sea amongst the people both in lifeboats and also struggling in the water itself.
		This incident prompted one of the most controversial order Dönitz ever issued, usually known as the Laconia order today, it made it absolutely clear that no U-boats were to take part in any rescue operations from that date and leave any survivors in the sea.
		The Sinking of the Laconia, Grossmith, Frederick, 1994
	www.uboat.net /ops/laconia.htm (853 words)

	thanes posts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		LACONIA — The Laconia Police Department is winning support for its decision to be among the first in the state to prosecute an individual under a new law that makes it a misdemeanor offense to host an underage drinking party.
		The incident took place June 26 when police, responding to a noise complaint at 17 Methodist Circle in The Weirs, found 23 people under the age of 21 in various stages of intoxication.
		LACONIA — A Massachusetts Eagle Scout wanted it to be a three-day party to celebrate his achievement of the Boy Scouts’ highest honor and his high school graduation.
	www.scouter.com /Forums/viewAllPosts.asp?userID=28877 (1890 words)

	Shofar FTP Archives: imt/tgmwc/tgmwc-14/tgmwc-14-129.10
		No, on the contrary he was annoyed because the crew of the aircraft had not been brought along by the U-boat.
		The incident of U-386 happened in the autumn of 1943, which was later.
		I can only remember that in the course of the so-called Laconia incident, a great many wireless messages were sent and received; that many wireless messages were drafted; and that, in addition, U-boat operations were going on in the Atlantic, so that I cannot recall details of what happened when the message was drafted.
	www.nizkor.org /ftp.py?imt/tgmwc/tgmwc-14/tgmwc-14-129.10 (1852 words)

	Shop A&E and The History Channel : The Laconia Incident VHS
		Yet few people have heard of the Cunard liner Laconia, built in Newcastle, England in 1922 and torpedoed 20 years later in a remote part of the South Atlantic with 3,000 passengers on board.
		THE LACONIA INCIDENT reveals the complete, heart-rending story of this tragedy.
		Yet at that moment, he realized his error, for the Laconia held over 1,800 Italian prisoners of war along with 1,200 Allied civilians.
	store.aetv.com /html/product/index.jhtml?id=42225 (257 words)

	Laconia incident (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Laconia incident was an event in World War II that profoundly affected the operations of the German U-boat fleet and caused the conviction, four years later, of Admiral Karl D?z of war crimes.
		Now that it was apparent that the Americans would attack rescue missions under the Red Cross flag, D?z ordered that rescues were prohibited; survivors were to be left in the sea.
		D?z's "Laconia order" convicted him of war crimes at Nuremberg in 1946 despite Admiral Chester Nimitz's testimony that American submarines in the Pacific operated under the same instructions.
	laconia-incident.en.exsugo.org (661 words)

	Scuffle? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		LACONIA — Local police are continuing to investigate an incident in which a woman was taken to the hospital after getting caught in the middle of a scuffle between a member of the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club and another biker.
		According to Laconia Police Lt. Mike Moyer, the incident took place on Saturday night at the Paradise Beach Club in Weirs Beach.
		Moyer described the woman as an "innocent bystander" of a scuffle between a member of the New Hampshire chapter of the Hell's Angels and another man. He characterized the incident as a mostly "pushing and shoving." Police are continuing to investigate the incident and have yet to make any arrests.
	journals.aol.com /crazzeeeedave/TheLife/entries/482 (230 words)

	The Nuremberg Testimony of Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz about U-boat warfare and the Laconia Incident
		It was a much-played record, if I may use the expression, and I was now anxious to state to the commanders of the submarines a reason which would exclude all discretion and all independent decisions of the commanders.
		The incident is described there as showing that the crew of a Norwegian motor torpedo boat were taken prisoner on a Norwegian island.
		The document does not say who took the crew prisoner, but it does say that the members of the crew were wearing their uniforms when they were taken prisoner, that they were interrogated by a naval officer, and that on the order of Admiral Von Schrader they were turned over to the SD.
	wernerhartenstein.tripod.com /U156DoenitzNuremberg.htm (13905 words)

	The Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News - 02-Feb-06 - Woman cons Brooks for access to drug records (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		But employees at the Laconia store contacted their corporate office in an attempt to confirm the woman’s identity and denied her access to drug lists and drug inventories.
		“When the employees at the Laconia store were unable to verify her identity, she did not get to look at the drug lists or the inventory,” Tine said.
		Tine said Salem police were notified of the Laconia incident by Brooks management in Salem.
	webarchive.unionleader.com /articles_showa.html?article=12726 (665 words)

	Recommended Books on Werner Hartenstein, the Laconia Incident and World War II
		Fred Grossmith, The Sinking of the Laconia, a Tragedy in the Battle of the Atlantic
		The Laconia element here is that the surviving captain and crew transferred to Laconia after their rescue.
		In 2000 the author interviewed the second-in-command of the Italian submarine Cappellini involved in the Laconia rescue.
	wernerhartenstein.tripod.com /books.htm (1093 words)

	UNH Police Honored for Skill, Bravery During '98 Bike Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		DURHAM, N.H. -- University of New Hampshire police officers returned from Laconia recently with a cruiser full of awards honoring members of the department for their exceptional performance during a riot with the Hells Angels last summer.
		Officer Jason Smith, who was among the nine UNH officers to receive awards, was singled out for bravery by the city of Laconia, the U.S. Department of Justice and Congress.
		Beaudoin also presented awards to other UNH officers who were instrumental in handling the Laconia incident: Sgt. Clancy McMahon, Sgt. Thomas Swett, and officers Brian Shaw and Cecil Cooper.
	www.unh.edu /news/news_releases/1999/june/tm_19990628police.html (383 words)

	uboat.net - History
		One of the most controversial incidents of the war, she was also the first ship to be sunk in the war.
		Here you can read about the 2 4-man saboteur teams inserted in USA during the summer of 1942, the automatic weather station erected in Labrador in 1943 and the 2 agents landed at Cape Cod in late 1944.
		The Laconia Incident - One of the most controversial incidents in the war and one of the foundations for Admiral Dönitz' conviction at Nuremberg.
	uboat.net /history/index.html (517 words)

	8 March 1943
		Previously on 12 September, 1942 U-156 sank the Allied liner Laconia west of Africa in what has become known as the Laconia incident.
		The gunnery officer [II WO Leutnant zur See Dietrich von dem Borne, see right] lost his right leg in this incident, and so had to be put ashore into captivity at Martinique on 21 February.
		The commander decided to saw off the ruined portion of the gun barrel, and using this shorter barrel, on 27 February U-156 sank a 2,498-ton British steamer.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/1943/03/08.htm (801 words)

	Training Task Force 1
		"Incident Commander", a new fireground command training program, features the most advanced fire simulator ever created used for fire command tactics training, promotional assessment centers, NIMS training, haz-mat, WMD simulations.
		The fireground training simulator brings the highest level of realism to the training, allowing responders to see various views of an incident, watching the incident unfold in front of them.
		While the participants watch the incident unfold, company and chief officers will develop Incident Action Plans (IAP) and take positions on the fireground to deal with the emergency.
	www.taskforce1.net (195 words)

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