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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1962
Page
8
West Berlin customs officers patrolling the border with truncheons will be issued rapid fire carbines. The move follows a deadly escape attempt when Communist guards killed a refugee trying to swim the Spree River. The decision was made by the three Western allies in April but kept secret until Thursday.
The article discusses a plan to convert a summer home into a year round residence amid East German rejection of free movement into West Berlin. It notes allied approval of trade credits and border tensions including a fatal shooting of a West Berlin boy near the border and subsequent actions by East German authorities.
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