Author: Collen Slevin
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‘Candy Bomber’ who dropped sweets during Berlin Airlift dies
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DENVER • U.S. military pilot Gail Halvorsen — known as the “Candy Bomber” for his candy airdrops during the Berlin Airlift after World War II ended — has died at age 101. Halvorsen died Wednesday after a brief illness in his home state of Utah, surrounded by most of his children, James Stewart, the director…
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Some in tourist industry push for state campaign to counter flood images
DENVER – A little more than a year after Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper insisted his wildfire-ravaged state was still “open for business,” he may have to throw another lifeline to the state’s billion-dollar tourism industry as the world takes in the startling images of dramatic flood rescues and washed-out roads. The flooding has struck at…