Berlin gunfire at wall as refugee is shot near Checkpoint Charlie
Amid tense Berlin mobilizations the East German police shot a man trapped in Berlin wall wire near a cemetery border. Western reports say the death comes as the U S and allies prepare to bar Soviet armored cars from Checkpoint Charlie.
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Berlin Wall
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West Berlin
Checkpoint Charlie
U.S
Glienicker
Potsdam
East Germany
Kleblatt
West Germany
Touch of Autumn Felt in Midwest and Nation
The Associated Press reports a fall-like air across northern Midwest and northwest regions with clear skies and temperatures dropping into the 30s and 40s. Readings were 10 to 20 degrees cooler than a day earlier in the upper Mississippi Valley while most other areas had 60s and 70s, and 80s in the South.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Wyoming
Montana
Dakotas
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Nebraska
Mississippi Valley
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Southwest Desert
Iran Earthquake Devastates Northwest Village Dan-Isfahan
Weeping workers hurried dozens of bodies to graves as Iran faced its worst quake in 70 years. Death toll cited as more than 4000 with Red Cross warning it could reach 10000. thousands injured, aid airlifted by U.S. forces in Germany and relief agencies around the world.
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Iran
Iranian Red Cross
U.S
Germany
Tehran
Department
CARE
New York
League of Red Cross Societies
Geneva
Soviet Union Accuses U2 Spy Plane of Border Violation
Soviet officials demanded a clear U.S. answer after charging a U2 reconnaissance aircraft violated Sakhalin Island airspace for nine minutes on August 30. Tass noted U2 Powers flight history and warned of retaliatory measures if violations recur.
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White House
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Paris
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U.S.S.R
United States
General Assembly of the United Nations
Pacific
Francis Gary Powers
Powers
Rudolph Abel
Earthquake rattles Eureka area without reported damage
An earthquake struck near Eureka at 10 17 am PDT with no damage estimates reported. In London a Home Office spokesman rejected a Washington claim that spy Robert A Soblen may be deported to the United States today. In Berlin the United States Britain and France protested Soviet MiGs in air corridors and three Soviet armored cars moved into West Berlin for a war memorial ceremony.
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London
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Washington
Robert A. Soblen
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Britain
France
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U S Defense Dept Probes Soviet U2 Over Sakhalin Claim
A Defense Department spokesman said the department is investigating a Soviet complaint that a U2 reconnaissance plane flew over Sakhalin Island last Thursday. He said the situation is not known yet and noted ongoing questions about whether U2 flights over Soviet territory remain banned after the Powers case. The White House offered no immediate comment.
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Francis Gary Powers
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Funeral Services Planned for E Ray Cory and Wife
Funeral services are set for Wednesday for E Ray Cory 70 insurance executive and longtime Minnesota Automobile Association president and his wife Daisy 61 who died in a Hastings area crash while returning from a safety council meeting Cory was a driving safety advocate, AAA officer and public official with a long career in insurance and civic groups. The couple were killed when Corys 1962 Cadillac was struck near Highways 95 and 61. Corys sister hosted their Stillwater stay. Daisy Cory died after a hospital convulsion hours after the crash. Cory held Minnesota auto license No 1 and drove no more, preferring the bus. Relationship details and burial plans are noted.
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Austin Insurance
Minnesota State Automobile Association
Daisy
Hastings
Cory
Minnesota Safety Council
Duluth
Stillwater
Minnesota
Northwestern Mutual Insurance Co
Milwaukee
Rotary International
Austin Club
Daisy Crowley
Florida
Buttrey’s
Bismarck
N.C
Austin
No One Killed on Labor Day in Minnesota
Minnesota reports no fatalities during Labor Day, ending a weekend with 12 deaths across Saturday and Sunday. The latest victim, 83 year old Mrs Selma Roggeman of Robbinsdale, died in Shakopee hospital from injuries after a crash near Victoria. A Faribault man is being questioned in the hit and run death of 63 year old Mrs Emily Marier of Hugo. The weekend toll brings Minnesota to 412 fatalities versus 470 last year.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Wisconsin
South Dakota
North Dakota
Selma Roggeman
Robbinsdale
Shakopee Hospital
Victoria
Carver County
Faribault
Emily Marier
Hugo
Hog deliveries light at Hormel plant check points
NFC members manning three plant entrance checkpoints reported very light hog and cattle deliveries at the Geo A Hormel live stock station after a holiday. Estimates from 8 am to noon placed hogs at about 240 and cattle at 35 at the north gate, with other points noting overall subdued traffic and observers saying holding actions were in effect to pressure processors.
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Geo. A. Hormel and Co
National Farmers Organization
North Gate
NFC
Mower County
South St. Paul
Yards
NFO
Elk River
Minneapolis
Lynn Bowe
St. Cloud
Ernest Toth
Faribault Boy Drowns While Swimming on North Dakota Farm
Curtis Bauer 16 of Faribault Minnesota drowned while swimming with a 14 year old cousin on a farm pond near Scranton North Dakota. Curtis disappeared after diving to retrieve an inner tube and was found in 16 feet of water by volunteers. His mother arrived a hour later to take his body home.
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Scranton, N.D
Curtis Bauer
Faribault, Minn
Stanley Talczewski
Curtis
Minnesota
93 Missiles Sent for Japan Defense
The first shipment of Nike Ajax antiaircraft missiles and launchers for Japanese forces arrived at Yokohama, to be deployed at four bases around Tokyo, based on an announcement by the Japanese Defense Agency.
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United States
Yokohama
Japanese Defense Agency
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